Monthly Archives: May 2024

Hang on, that voice is familiar – who voices Hades II’s Melinoe?

Voice acting in video games is big business and a solid career choice these days if you have the dulcet tones for the job. Very often you will find somebody who voices your favorite character in a video game has … Continue reading

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Social media firms must ‘tame toxic algorithms’ under new measures to protect children

UK technology firms have been told to ‘tame toxic algorithms’ and implement practical steps for children’s safety online. This all comes under Ofcom’s new measures titled ‘Children’s Safety Codes of Practice,’ which must be followed by social media sites, apps, … Continue reading

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Free bets incentives prohibited for Brazil gamblers

Gamblers in Brazil won’t find any free bets being offered any time soon as promotional betting incentives have been outlawed. The Secretariat of Betting and Prizes (SPA) has confirmed that it plans to ban any kind of betting incentives for … Continue reading

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Scam warning from top cybersecurity CTO over ransomware criminal tactics

Criminals are opting for the personal approach as they use the guise of executives’ children to gain big payouts in ransomware attacks. This newest tactic is the latest in extortion attempts, but this time they’re making you believe your child … Continue reading

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Burnout Is Pushing Workers to Use AI—Even if Their Boss Doesn’t Know

People are using AI at work whether their bosses want them to or not, new data shows. But it’s desperation, not innovation, driving the change.

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UK challenger bank Monzo nabs another $190M as US expansion beckons

Monzo has raised another £150 million ($190 million), as the challenger bank looks to expand its presence internationally — particularly in the U.S. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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iRobot names former Timex head Gary Cohen as CEO

iRobot Tuesday announced the successor to longtime CEO, Colin Angle. Gary Cohen, who previous held chief executive role at Timex and Qualitor Automotive, will be heading up the company, marking a major shift from his predecessor, Angle, a cofounder of … Continue reading

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Hades 2 God Mode – what it does and how to activate it

Hades was great. One of the best games in years and now we have the Early Access version of Hades 2 to play with and that makes us very happy here at Readwrite Gaming. While many of the things such … Continue reading

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TikTok’s parent firm ByteDance tries to overturn US ban Act

TikTok and its owner ByteDance officially sued the federal government on Tuesday (May 7) to block the law signed by President Biden that could see the app being banned. The lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals … Continue reading

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Machine learning helps to discover sperm whale ‘alphabet’

Researchers have cracked the code to a sperm whale ‘alphabet’ after using machine learning technologies to understand vocalizations. In a published paper titled ‘Contextual and Combinatorial Structure in Sperm Whale Vocalisations,’ the sequences of clicks produced by the sperm whales … Continue reading

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