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Video Gaming Got Its First Major Union. Now What?
History is about to take place in Madison, Wisconsin. A group of game developers have gathered in person to await the results of a National Labor Relations Board election that will determine whether the quality assurance workers at Call…
Do People Want to Get Paid in Digital Coins?
“I do think Bitcoin is the first encrypted money that has the potential to do something like change the world,” said co-founder of PayPal, Peter Thiel.
And he was right.
Cryptocurrencies are a topic that has been trending for years…
Ordr raises $40M for IoT monitoring tool
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Liver transplant success, and lifting Shanghai’s lockdown
A patient who received a donated liver that had been stored for three days in a new type of machine that mimics the human body is healthy one year on from surgery, according to a study in Nature Biotechnology.The technology could…
Radar Trends to Watch: June 2022 – O’Reilly
The explosion of large models continues. Several developments are especially noteworthy. DeepMind’s Gato model is unique in that…
These Are The Ten Biggest Semiconductors And Other Electronic Components Companies
Companies in the semiconductors and other electronic components industry make computer chips and other components that are used in electronic devices. The industry depends primarily on the demand from the computer industry and companies…
Polls show a solid majority of Americans want gun control
The massacre of children at an elementary school in Texas is adding fresh urgency to the conversation about gun control in the United States, which has been politically fraught and lacking in progress. That’s not because of a lack of…
Netflix loses subscribers and Hollywood cheers. Maybe it shouldn’t.
Hollywood spent years ignoring Netflix. Then, it spent years resenting it. And more recently, Hollywood has contorted itself trying to be Netflix. But now things are different: Hollywood is happy to tell you how badly Netflix has…
A look at Discord's outsized role in crypto and Web3 communities, as the platform struggles…
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE:
A look at Discord's outsized role in crypto and Web3 communities, as the platform struggles with rampant spam, phishing attacks, scammers, and malware — Rampant spam, phishing…
Racist and Violent Ideas Jump From Web’s Fringes to Mainstream Sites
On March 30, the young man accused of the mass shooting at a Tops grocery store in Buffalo surfed through a smorgasbord of racist and antisemitic websites online. On BitChute, a video sharing site known for hosting right-wing extremism,…