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Z2 vets raise $5M to grow Seattle studio Starform and launch social games

GeekWire

“We’re big believers in social play,” Fasulo, Starform’s CEO, said in an interview with GeekWire. The only guidelines in place are whether or not the game’s life cycle could theoretically last five to ten years, and if it could appeal to a global market. It plans to hire more for its second internal team.

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How 2 Australian sporting brands leverage human-centric digital innovation to drive new fan experiences in and out of the arena

CIO Business Intelligence

Creating new revenue streams, identifying untapped audiences and better engaging fans onsite and all year-round are just some of the wins iconic Australian sporting events are chalking up thanks to human-centric digital innovation. Here, we explore two stellar examples in the Australian Grand Prix and Australian Open.

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Microsoft is giving businesses access to OpenAI’s powerful AI language model GPT-3

The Verge

Here’s an example scenario from Microsoft: “A sports franchise could build an app for fans that offers reasoning of commentary and a summary of game highlights, lowlights and analysis in real time. I would not want to be the person or company accountable for what it might say based on that training data.”.

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A list of good things that happened this year in the world of tech, science, education, and more

GeekWire

As outrage and protests spread across the nation and social media after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis in May, major tech companies issued statements of solidarity , startup founders spoke out about racism and investors announced funds dedicated to entrepreneurs of color.

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Spooky, Scary Tales of Vendor Management

SecureWorld News

In that particular data breach, approximately 147 million consumers had their information compromised, including personally identifiable information ("PII") like names, social security numbers and birth dates. Any organizational program requires policies, parameters, guidelines, and procedures. Following NIST guidelines?

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The Apple Watch is being held back by Siri

The Verge

Apple’s new App Store guidelines carve out loopholes for xCloud, Stadia, and other apps that Apple had blocked. Bose announces $279 QuietComfort Earbuds and $179 Sport Earbuds. Julia Alexander with the definitive story explaining what the heck is going on with this horrible mess of conspiracy theory and social media.

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If working from home is the ‘future of work,’ here are 11 reasons why the office sounds better

GeekWire

Fewer social interactions. Why do people go to movies, shopping malls, crowded parks, sporting events? It’s because we are social creatures. Yes, some folks will welcome this change. Some won’t. . Why do people go to a restaurant if they can cook at home? Sometimes, the exceptions become the rule. .

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