Month: January 2023

Don’t forget about Persona 3

Persona 3 Portable. | Image: Atlus The 2017 release of Persona 5, which turned the once cult series into a mainstream hit, was a long time coming. Its predecessor, Persona 4, was a big moment, particularly the refined Golden edition that became a must-own for PlayStation Vita owners. But it was 2007’s Persona 3 that

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NYC-based QR code management service Beaconstac raised a $25M Series A led by Telescope Partners with Accel participating, bringing its total funding to $27M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: NYC-based QR code management service Beaconstac raised a $25M Series A led by Telescope Partners with Accel participating, bringing its total funding to $27M  —  QR code tech, which exploded during the pandemic as businesses searched for hygienic alternatives to physical touchpoints …

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Tesla’s Autopilot software director testified in 2022 that a 2016 video of Tesla’s self-driving tech, promoted by Musk, was staged and showed features it lacked (Hyunjoo Jin/Reuters)

Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: Tesla’s Autopilot software director testified in 2022 that a 2016 video of Tesla’s self-driving tech, promoted by Musk, was staged and showed features it lacked  —  A 2016 video that Tesla (TSLA.O) used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping …

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All About USB-C: High-Speed Interfaces

One amazing thing about USB-C is its high-speed capabilities. The pinout gives you four high-speed differential pairs and a few more lower-speed pairs, which let you pump giant amounts of data through a connector smaller than a cent coin. Not all devices take advantage of this capability, and they’re not required to – USB-C is

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US tech firms are outsourcing developer jobs to Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay, making it harder for Latin American startups to attract talent despite recent layoffs (Rest of World)

Rest of World: US tech firms are outsourcing developer jobs to Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay, making it harder for Latin American startups to attract talent despite recent layoffs  —  Poaching and coaching novice developers is local startups’ only solution.  —  • LIMA, PERU

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Is Cybersecurity a Good Career?

Cyber Security is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world, with no signs of slowing down, but Is Cyber Security a Good Career? As businesses become increasingly reliant on technology, the need for Cyber Security professionals to protect their data and systems is more critical than ever. But what are the opportunities available within

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Scientists Have Successfully Reversed Aging in Mice

“DNA double helix,” AndreaLaurel, CC 2.0 — source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/81461206@N02/7490001992/ (Credit: AndreaLaurel/CC BY-SA 2.0)We’ve recently made some major strides toward understanding and managing aging on a larger scale. In 2022 alone, scientists found ways to predict a person’s lifespan, use fecal microbiota to “restore” youth in rodents, and make human cells look and function 30 years

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Cape Town-based game studio startup Carry1st raised a $27M pre-Series B led by Bitkraft Ventures with Konvoy Ventures, a16z, and TTV Capital among investors (Tage Kene-Okafor/TechCrunch)

Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: Cape Town-based game studio startup Carry1st raised a $27M pre-Series B led by Bitkraft Ventures with Konvoy Ventures, a16z, and TTV Capital among investors  —  In the coming decades, Africa will be a significant growth market for mobile games driven by the proliferation of technology adoption among the continent’s youthful population.

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Roblox releases its December 2022 metrics report, showing estimated bookings between $430M and $439M, up 17% to 20% YoY, and DAUs up 18% to 62.5M; stock up 12%+ (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Roblox releases its December 2022 metrics report, showing estimated bookings between $430M and $439M, up 17% to 20% YoY, and DAUs up 18% to 62.5M; stock up 12%+  —  – Shares of Roblox popped Tuesday after the gaming company released its December 2022 metrics report.

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An AI-written “fact-checked” CNET article had major errors, leading CNET to add notes to almost all AI pieces saying they are being reviewed “for accuracy” (Jon Christian/Futurism)

Jon Christian / Futurism: An AI-written “fact-checked” CNET article had major errors, leading CNET to add notes to almost all AI pieces saying they are being reviewed “for accuracy”  —  CNET is now letting an AI write articles for its site.  The problem?  It’s kind of a moron.

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