While the pandemic has been a major focus for the past year and a half, 2020 was a major turning point for racial injustice both from a societal standpoint and within the workplace. And while many organizations and leaders have made commitments to implement better Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices, 40% of employees of […]
Jett: The Far Shore Review – To Boldly Go Nowhere
“Surrounded by wonder, touched with dread” is a line from Jett: The Far Shore’s holy writings. These scriptures guide Mei, the protagonist, and seep into every aspect of the game. Conveniently enough, the quote is an apt description of my time with Jett, and not always for the best reasons. Some narrative moments reach high […]
64% of CISOs hired from outside, highlighting retention issues
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! The number of CISOs hired from another company is an astounding 64%, according to new research from Marlin Hawk. The research shows that there isn’t a good plan for keeping current CISOs happy, succession planning is nonexistent, and there seems […]
Fidel API Expands Leadership Team With Three Executive Hires From Visa, Google & Talkdesk
LONDON & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–October 14, 2021– Fidel API, a leading financial infrastructure API provider, today announced three executive appointments to support its significant growth in response to a record year. Kevin Akerman joins as Vice President of Global Strategic Initiatives, Mounir Mouawad joins as Vice President of Payments and Emerging Products and Carlos Vilhena […]
Ninjas in Pyjamas and Zilliqa agree five-year blockhain-focused deal – Esports Insider
Swedish esports organisation Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP) and blockchain company Zilliqa have announced a partnership aimed at creating virtual experiences for ‘esports and crypto enthusiasts’. According to the release the experiences are expected to provide users with ‘real and tangible utility’, as well as interactions, within the digital realm. Some of the experiences teased from […]
DeepMind claims its AI weather forecasting model beats conventional models
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! In a paper published in the journal Nature, meteorologists gave an AI model for predicting short-term weather events top rank in terms of accuracy and usefulness in 88% of cases. It marks the first time professional forecasters have expressed a […]
HR Acuity raises $47M to track and manage workplace issues
HR Acuity, a platform built for employee relations and investigations management, today announced that it raised $47 million in a minority investment from K1 Investment Management. CEO and founder Deb Muller says that the capital — which is the first that the Florham Park, New Jersey-based company has publicly disclosed — will be put toward […]
WarioWare: Get It Together! is fast, frantic and silly micro game fun on Switch
Forget mini games – it’s all about micro games this week on the Nintendo Switch. WarioWare: Get It Together! is a breath of fresh air on the handheld console and brings a whole new meaning to the tried-and-testing genre. The long story, short, is that Wario has created his own video game only for the […]
Microsoft and Nvidia team up to train one of the world’s largest language models
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Microsoft and Nvidia today announced that they trained what they claim is the largest and most capable AI-powered language model to date: Megatron-Turing Natural Language Generation (MT-NLP). The successor to the companies’ Turing NLG 17B and Megatron-LM models, MT-NLP contains […]
Actraiser Is Back Today With Actraiser Renaissance
Remember the semi-amazing SNES game Actraiser? It had incredible graphics for the era, and was also notable for being a fantasy hack-n-slash game mixed with simulation elements. Actraiser is back today on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC, iOS, and Android in a full remaster with Actraiser Renaissance. Check out the launch trailer below: Yep, in Actraiser you go […]