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Google Privacy Sandbox Initiative ushers in interest-based advertising with Topics API
Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream. Today, Google’s Privacy Sandbox initiative, which is designed to improve web privacy for users, announced the launch of the Topics API for interest-based advertising. The API enables a... Read more
The 22 Top Masterminds to Join in 2022
A Mastermind is a peer-to-peer mentoring group used to help members solve their problems and improve their lives. We have all read Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. The central concept is to surround yourself with like-minded individuals who have what you’d like to create if you haven’t.... Read more
This Nintendo Switch deal saves Prime members $20 on the hard-to-find console
Just about every gaming console is hard to find these days, including the Nintendo Switch. When you are able to find a Nintendo Switch to buy, odds are you are paying full price as discounts are pretty hard to come by. Right now, Amazon Prime members can take advantage... Read more
An Unsung Hero of Gaming History Deserves a Higher Profile
Search “video cartridge inventor” on Google. Do you see Jerry Lawson? Good. So why don’t more people know this fact? It might have to do with confusion about the actual creator of the medium. Ten years after his death, Lawson still isn’t a household name. Why? Press Start If... Read more
InstaDeep raises $100M to inject enterprise decision-making with AI
Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.  AI has the potential to generate meaningful returns for the enterprise. Responding to a 2018 PricewaterhouseCoopers... Read more
Hactivists say they hacked Belarus rail system to stop Russian military buildup
Enlarge / Servicemen of Russia’s Eastern Military District units attend a welcoming ceremony as they arrive in Belarus to take part in joint military exercises. Russia’s military is combining its own means of transport with train travel. Getty Images Hacktivists in Belarus said on Monday they had infected the... Read more
Pixel 6 Pro vs. iPhone 13 Pro vs. Samsung S21 Ultra: Which zoom is best
The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro might be two of the best phones Google has ever made. The Pro model specifically has a gorgeous 6.7-inch, 120Hz display, a not-too-extreme price of $899 (£849, AU$1,299) and, of course, the cameras. It’s always the cameras. The conspicuous camera bar on... Read more
Bird Flu Is Back in the US. No One Knows What Comes Next
To understand the importance of those three ducks and the virus they were carrying, we need to take a quick tour through Flu School. Lesson One: The flu virus family tree is vast and sprawling; it contains types—A, B, C, D—and subtypes, designated with Hs and Ns. (Those are... Read more
Darwinbox nabs $72M for its all-in-one HR cloud software solution
Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream. Companies are adopting cloud HR technologies as their workforces become increasingly distributed during the pandemic. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, roughly 44% of talent managers look to cloud solutions to... Read more
Dark Souls servers taken down following discovery of critical vulnerability
The_Grim_Sleeper Bandai Namco, publisher of the Dark Souls role-playing game series, has taken down its player-versus-player servers while it investigates reports of a serious vulnerability that allows players to execute malicious code on the PCs of fellow players. Word of the critical remote-code-execution flaw emerged over the weekend in... Read more