Is a game even a game without bots? Pixels CEO doesn’t think so Some think that bots in games is a sign of the apocalypse, or perhaps just the makers trying to fill up an empty venue to make it look popular. But Pixels founder and CEO Luke Barwikowski says that conversely, if people aren’t
Ex-exec sues ex-Twitter — Ex-Twitter exec sues Musk, says he was fired for objecting to budget cuts Fired exec suing Musk says he warned that budget cuts would harm FTC compliance. Jon Brodkin – Dec 6, 2023 10:33 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images | NurPhoto reader comments 112 A former Twitter security executive sued Elon Musk
In the latest irrelevant political news, President and Venal Houseplant Joe Biden did not attend this weeks U.N. Climate Crisis Conference because hes been dead for six months and the whole climate thing is crap anyway. Making the announcement to what was either the White House Press Corps or a collection of animatronic Pirates of
Loading… Loading… Moodys Corporation, the ratings agency and research firm, has become the first financial services company to leverage the power of Generative AI (GenAI) to launch a customer research platform that it says will save users hours every day. The company announced on Tuesday the launch of Moodys Research Assistant, a first-of-its-kind search and
Main to main — Crossed wires led to high drama as NASA returned asteroid samples to Earth “I was trying to mentally prepare myself to deal with a crashed capsule in the desert.” Stephen Clark – Dec 6, 2023 11:08 pm UTC Enlarge / The OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule, with its main parachute nearby, shortly
spider-man pointing meme dot jpeg — Intel, of all companies, knocks AMDs CPU numbering in now-deleted presentation When it comes to recycling and rebranding old chips, no one’s hands are clean. Andrew Cunningham – Dec 6, 2023 10:19 pm UTC Enlarge / A now-deleted Intel presentation makes a good point, but with a side of
MORE FUN WITH FIRMWARE — Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images. Dan Goodin – Dec 6, 2023 3:02 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 197 Hundreds of Windows and Linux computer models from virtually all
Polygon co-founder Jordi Baylina says 2024 will see the amalgamation of Polygon’s various Ethereum layer 2 scaling networks to complete its “Polygon 2.0” cross-chain coordination protocol. Speaking exclusively to Cointelegraph, Baylina said next year will be a litmus test to see how the Polygon ecosystem’s various networks can scale and integrate through the implementation of
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Moody’s Investors Service advised staff in China to work from home ahead of its cut to the outlook for the country’s sovereign credit rating, a suggestion staff believed was prompted by concern over
Behind the glittery facades of London’s Selfridges and New York’s Chrysler Building, Austrian property billionaire René Benko assembled a financial time bomb. Benko’s Signa Group, which bought stakes in the two trophy assets and amassed a €27bn ($29bn) property portfolio, racked up at least €13bn in debt during the years when the cost of borrowing
Residential buildings under construction at China Vanke Co.’s Isle Maison development in Hefei, China, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. China is ramping up pressure on banks to support struggling real estate developers, signaling President Xi Jinping’s tolerance for property sector pain is nearing its limit. Source: Bloomberg Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China
Municipals were firmer Wednesday while a busy primary market saw Pennsylvania sell $2.1 billion of general obligation bonds competitively and the New York City Transitional Finance Authority repriced its $1.3 billion of revenue bonds in the negotiated market with yields lowered by up to 12 basis points from Tuesday’s retail offering. Treasuries were firmer five
A plan to modify outstanding Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company debt with an upfront cash payment and a new series of longer-dated taxable bonds, which had overwhelming support of bondholders, was approved by U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain Wednesday. The PRIDCO bonds, federally taxable, have $150 million in principal outstanding ($189.6 million when
Bitcoin (BTC) has been on a tear, rising more than 10% this week. This shows that traders are urgently scrambling to buy Bitcoin as they anticipate the price to rally further. CoinShares data shows that investors have pumped in more than $1.44 billion into Bitcoin investment products in the past ten weeks. The expectation is
Remember when a second home connoted a dwelling owners used occasionally, on the limited times annually when the family traveled from their primary residence for a vacation? That paradigm is being supplanted by the concept of “bi-residential” living, in which the modern second home rises to the status of an equal or near-equal of the
Real bipartisan legislative efforts are rare in Washington, DC, these days, but Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Joe Manchin and Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Roger Marshall have managed to come together to co-sponsor a bill focused on crypto crime. According to the senators, the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2023 aims to close
By Vijay Kumar Malesu Dec 6 2023 Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, a group of researchers investigated the association between race and outcomes (mortality and intensive care unit (ICU) admission) in Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) hospitalizations in California. Study: Racial difference in mortality among COVID-19 hospitalizations in California. Image
Loading… Loading… Loading… AfterMicrosoft MSFT PresidentBrad Smithdismissed the development of any super-intelligent Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the next 12 months, the tech giantannounced a $3.2 billion investment in the U.K. What Happened: Microsoft'sU.K. investment is for artificial intelligence infrastructure and training, which will be spread over the upcoming three years. This marks the company's largest
Montana lawmakers passed a bill on Friday banning TikTok from operating in the state amid growing concerns about the app’s suspected ties to the Chinese government. The bill was passed by the state House in a 5443 vote and now heads to Gov. Greg Gianforte’s desk. If Gianforte signs it into law, Montana will become