Month: April 2023

Surprise! There’s a third Diablo IV beta coming

Image: Blizzard Wouldya look at that, Diablo IV is getting one more beta before launch. During today’s D4 livestream event, the developers announced that they’ll be holding a third beta. Join the #DiabloIV Server Slam weekend 5.12.23 ⚔️ Reach lvl 20 Beat Ashava Claim the unique Cry of Ashava Mount Trophy pic.twitter.com/V99eZi61HA — Diablo (@Diablo)

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Monday.com Versus Jira | Comparison

Monday.com and Jira are two popular project management and team collaboration tools that offer a varied range of features to help businesses streamline their work processes. While both platforms possess task management, communication, and reporting functions, they have different focuses and unique features. Monday.com is known for its intuitive and visually appealing interface, offering a

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Surprise! There’s a third Diablo IV beta coming

Image: Blizzard Wouldya look at that, Diablo IV is getting one more beta before launch. During today’s D4 livestream event, the developers announced that they’ll be holding a third beta. Join the #DiabloIV Server Slam weekend 5.12.23 ⚔️ Reach lvl 20 Beat Ashava Claim the unique Cry of Ashava Mount Trophy pic.twitter.com/V99eZi61HA — Diablo (@Diablo)

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A Temperature-Sensing Magnetic Stir Bar

Magnetic stirring bars are the coolest piece of equipment you’ll see in a high-school chemistry lab. They’re a great way for agitating a solution without having to stand there manually and do it yourself. [Applied Science] has now made a magnetic stir bar that features an integrated temperature sensor. The device is essentially an RFID

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A look at ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social network protocol finalized in 2018 that is gaining prominence powering Twitter alternatives like Mastodon (David Pierce/The Verge)

David Pierce / The Verge: A look at ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social network protocol finalized in 2018 that is gaining prominence powering Twitter alternatives like Mastodon  —  The tech industry is abuzz about a new standard for social networking that is more open, more user-centric, and potentially more powerful than Twitter and Facebook.

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A look at ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social networking protocol finalized in 2018, as it gains prominence powering Twitter alternatives like Mastodon (David Pierce/The Verge)

David Pierce / The Verge: A look at ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social networking protocol finalized in 2018, as it gains prominence powering Twitter alternatives like Mastodon  —  The tech industry is abuzz about a new standard for social networking that is more open, more user-centric, and potentially more powerful than Twitter and Facebook.

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Montreal-based Optable, which provides a data collaboration and clean room service, raised a $20M Series A, bringing its total funding to $23.6M (Anthony Vargas/AdExchanger)

Anthony Vargas / AdExchanger: Montreal-based Optable, which provides a data collaboration and clean room service, raised a $20M Series A, bringing its total funding to $23.6M  —  Clean rooms are all the rage right now – and investors are noticing.  —  On Tuesday, data collaboration and clean room platform Optable announced $20 million …

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Disney Plus is getting five Spider-Man movies

Image: Disney Five Spider-Man movies, including the full Tobey Maguire-led trilogy, are coming to Disney Plus very soon, Disney announced on Thursday. Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, and The Amazing Spider-Man all hit the streaming service tomorrow, April 21st. Spider-Man: Homecoming and a Spider-Man-adjacent movie, Venom, will be available on May 12th. It will be

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Google announces Google DeepMind, a new unit combining the DeepMind team and the Brain team from Google Research, with DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis as CEO (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal)

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Google announces Google DeepMind, a new unit combining the DeepMind team and the Brain team from Google Research, with DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis as CEO  —  Search giant merges AI resources to accelerate progress in technology that is reshaping business

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BuzzFeed News is being shut down

Photo by Bennett Raglin / Getty Images for BuzzFeed Inc. BuzzFeed News, the Pulitzer Prize-winning news arm of BuzzFeed.com, is being shut down, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced to staff on Thursday. The shutdown is happening as part of a new wave of layoffs at the company that will reduce the company’s workforce by about

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The EU is taking a pragmatic approach to TikTok, treating it the same as its American rivals, in contrast to the “theatrical” approach being taken by the US (Jillian Deutsch/Bloomberg)

Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: The EU is taking a pragmatic approach to TikTok, treating it the same as its American rivals, in contrast to the “theatrical” approach being taken by the US  —  Europe is taking a different approach from the US toward TikTok.  But first…  • Instagram will cut or relocate its London employees

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