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BioWare hit with layoffs as it shifts to next Mass Effect
BioWare now has fewer than 100 employees after laying off “around two dozen” staffers and shifting others to different projects at EA, Bloomberg reports. The changes follow BioWare’s own “Studio Update” published this week where GM Gary McKay said the studio had “worked diligently over the past few months to match many of our colleagues […]
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There's Still Time to Spot Six Planets in a Spectacular Planet Parade This Week
Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but get a telescope and you can spot Neptune and Uranus.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Microsoft is letting anyone use ChatGPT’s $200 reasoning model for free
Microsoft is adding OpenAI’s o1 model to its Copilot AI experience as a feature called Think Deeper. It is available for free to all users with a Microsoft account.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Donald Trump’s data purge has begun
Key resources for environmental data and public health have already been taken down from federal websites, and more could soon vanish as the Trump administration works to scrap anything that has to do with climate change, racial equity, or gender identity. Warnings floated on social media today about an impending purge at the Centers for […]
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:How Accurate Is Groundhog Day? Experts Grade the Woodchucks
Sand Mountain Sam is already predicting an early spring, so let's hope he knows his stuff.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Germany: Number of unemployed highest in 10 years
Article URL: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-number-of-unemployed-highest-in-10-years/a-71470806 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42893146 Points: 22 # Comments: 9
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Player First euthanizes MultiVersus amid ongoing live-service purge
Player First Games announced today that the upcoming season of its live-service fighting game MultiVersus will be its last. Season 5 will run from February 4 through May 30, after which the game will only be available to play offline. Starting today, players will no longer be able to spend money on in-game transactions, and[…]
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:The Faux Free Speech Warriors Attacking Free Speech
Article URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/the-faux-free-speech-warriors-attacking-free-speech/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42893081 Points: 25 # Comments: 0
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Fine-tuning Multimodal Embedding Models
Adapting CLIP to YouTube Data (with PythonCode)This is the 4th article in a larger series on multimodal AI. In the previous post, we discussed multimodal RAG systems, which can retrieve and synthesize information from different data modalities (e.g. text, images, audio). There, we saw how we could implement such a system using CLIP. One issue with this approach, however, is that vector search results from a...
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:LA Times Flips Anti-RFK Jr. Op-Ed into Pro-Kennedy Propaganda
Article URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/la-times-flips-anti-rfk-jr-op-ed-into-pro-kennedy-propaganda/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42893079 Points: 28 # Comments: 0
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Kraken revenue surges 128% to $1.5 billion in 2024 amid strategic overhaul
Kraken doubled its revenue in 2024 to $1.5 billion in earnings, a 128% increase from the previous year, according to its latest released financial data. The exchange also disclosed that it holds $42.8 billion in customer assets, with an average revenue of more than $2,000 per customer. Kraken’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization […] The post Kraken revenue surges 128% to $1.5 billion in...
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:After DeepSeek R1's Release, ChatGPT Offers Free Trials for o3-mini
OpenAI's o3-mini release could pull attention away from DeepSeek.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:FCC demands CBS provide unedited transcript of Kamala Harris interview
FCC probes editing of 60 Minutes interview as CBS considers settling Trump suit.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Google log-in prompts on Android add new layer of security
Google prompt adds a new layer of security for log-ins.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Premier League Soccer: Livestream Nottingham Forest vs. Brighton From Anywhere
The Tricky Trees look to get back to winning ways against the Seagulls at the City Ground.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:C++ Reflection: Back on Track - David Olsen - Meeting C++ 2024
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Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:The Sandman canceled at Netflix, will end with season 2
The Sandman is ending with season 2 at Netflix. The announcement comes in the wake of the sexual assault and misconduct allegations against Neil Gaiman.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:6.6 Duramax Vs. 6.7 Power Stroke: How Do These Diesel Engines Compare?
The 6.6 Duramax and 6.7 Power Stroke are two engines powering some of the most well-known pickups in the country, but how do they compare?
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:The Best Gadgets of January 2025
CES 2025 brought us tons of fun gadgets, but January also offered new Samsung Galaxy S25 phones and Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Bitcoin, XRP and Dogecoin Fall Fast as Trump Tariffs Confirmed
The price of Bitcoin dove Friday after President Trump’s team confirmed that tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada are imminent.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Don’t miss this $300 discount for the new Dell XPS 13 laptop with Copilot
The Dell XPS 13 9350, a Copilot+ laptop with the Intel Core Ultra 7 256V Series 2 processor and 16GB of RAM, is on sale from Dell at $300 off -- down to $1,160.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:MLCommons and Hugging Face team up to release massive speech dataset for AI research
MLCommons, a nonprofit AI safety working group, has teamed up with AI dev platform Hugging Face to release one of the world’s largest collections of public domain voice recordings for AI research. The dataset, called Unsupervised People’s Speech, contains more than a million hours of audio spanning at least 89 languages. MLCommons says it was […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Friday Squid Blogging: On Squid Brains
Interesting. Blog moderation policy.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:3 underrated Netflix shows you should watch this weekend (January 31-February 2)
These Netflix shows are some of the best on the streamer, but they're not necessarily ones the algorithm would recommend.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:The Virgin of the Quarry Lake Is a Dreamy, Grimy Meditation on Teenage Rage
Laura Casabé's horror-tinged coming-of-age drama screened at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:The Quest for HA and DR in Loki
According to the 2016 Ponemon Institute research, the average downtime cost is nearly $9,000 per minute. These downtimes not only cost money, but also hurt the competitive edge and brand reputation. The organization can prepare for downtime by identifying the root causes. For that, they need information on how the software and infrastructure is running. Many software programs help aggregate this information, and one of...
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:The United States is following El Salvador's playbook — Web3 exec
“I think the regulatory body of El Salvador and the regulatory body of the United States will talk a lot,” Michele Crivelli said.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra is $200 off, only today
Here's a $200 discount on the most capable smartwatch for Android users.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:‘Hundreds’ of companies are blocking DeepSeek over China data risks
Some companies are blocking DeepSeek over concerns their data will end up with the Chinese government. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Community Health Center Data Breach Affects 1M Patients
The CHC remains operational, but a host of personal data is now in the hands of a "skilled cybercriminal," it said.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Sid Meier’s Civilization VII: all the latest on the strategy epic from Firaxis Games
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII is the latest in the long-running 4X strategy franchise that first debuted in 1991 on MS-DOS. The new turn-based game from Firaxis Games and the titular, legendary designer is set to release on PC and modern consoles in on February 11th, 2025 — over eight years after the last installment. Civ […]
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Apple Just Killed A Smart Glasses Project (And We Can't Really Blame Them)
Following the Apple Vision Pro's production uncertainty, it seems Apple has also canned another mixed-reality project involving a new pair of smart glasses.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Pixelated 039: The Pixel in our 9 Pro XL
Welcome to episode 39 of Pixelated, a podcast by 9to5Google. This week, we talk about our long-term Pixel 9 Pro XL review. Subscribe YouTube Podcasts Pocket Casts Spotify Apple Podcasts Overcast Sponsored by Yaber:Check out Yaber’s latest projectors that combine exceptional image quality, powerful sound, and smart features to revolutionize your viewing experience. On sale now. 9to5Rewards: Win a Google Pixel 9 from...
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:DoJ Shutters Cybercrime Forums Behind Attacks on 17M Americans
The "Cracked" and "Nulled" Dark Web sites are now offline, along with the Pakistani "Saim Raza" network of underground forums (aka HeartSender).
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Super Bowl 2025: How to watch the Chiefs vs. Eagles on Sunday, February 9
The Caesars Superdome will host Super Bowl LXI on Sunday, February 9. Here's how to tune in to the big game! (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) Chris Graythen via Getty Images It's been almost a full week since the Super Bowl LIX lineup was set: AFC champions the Kansas City Chiefs will face NFC champs the Philadelphia Eagles. If that roster sounds familiar, it's because it's a rematch of the 2023 Super Bowl, where...
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