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A Pandemic Tragedy on Brazil’s Lago Verde

June 9, 2022 by top10r

“Alter do Chão has a history of being a matriarchal village,” Neca explains. “If you did a survey here, you’d see that 70 percent of households are run by women.” Dona Lusia never married. “She never let herself be subjugated by a man,” her daughter says. “She raised us all on her own.”Dona Lusia occupied … Read more

How a Saxophonist Tricked the KGB by Encrypting Secrets in Music

June 9, 2022 by top10r

“When we arrived, we were immediately pulled aside, and they went through everything in our luggage, to the point of unwrapping Tampax. It was crazy, ”says Goldberg, who is presenting about the experience and her musical code at the RSA security conference in San Francisco today. “With my music, they opened it up and there … Read more

What Would a Novavax Covid-19 Vaccine Mean in the US?

June 9, 2022 by top10r

A committee of Independent, expert advisers for the Food and Drug Administration voted overwhelmingly to authorize the two-dose Novavax Covid-19 vaccine yesterday, with 21 of 22 committee members voting in favor of the vaccine and one member abstaining.The endorsement is only for a two-dose primary series in adults, not for boosters. The FDA is not … Read more

Pure Storage’s new FlashBlade solution doubles storage density, performance and efficiency

June 9, 2022 by top10r

Pure Storage has been a pioneer in the world of flash-based storage for some time. It was front and center when all flash arrays appeared about a decade ago. In 2017, the company introduced FlashBlade as a unified, high-performance platform that combined file and object storage. Now, Pure Storage’s tool, FlashBlade // S, brings a … Read more

Genesys brings more AI to boost customer service at contact centers

June 9, 2022 by top10r

For customer experience and contact center leader Genesys, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly at the foundation of all its services. At the company’s Xperience ’22 conference today, Genesys announced its new integration with Pointillist’s contact center optimization technology. Genesys acquired Pointillist in December 2021 in a bid to help bring new AI … Read more

Playable Worlds adds Gordon Walton to cloud-native MMO team

June 9, 2022 by top10r

Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Learn more. Playable Worlds announced today new hires for its cloud-native MMO project. The company hired veteran developer Gordon Walton as executive producer and chief product officer. It also hired … Read more

Infinity Ward answers Modern Warfare II questions

June 9, 2022 by top10r

Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Learn more. Activision’s Infinity Ward studio opened its doors last week to the gaming press for the first time since 2019’s debut of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. This time, … Read more

Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Gaming Group embraces Embracer with $1B investment

June 9, 2022 by top10r

Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Learn more. Savvy Gaming Group, an investment group from Saudi Arabia, has invested deeply into Embracer Group. For $ 1 billion dollars from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Embracer … Read more

Fractal makes it easy to integrate crypto wallet with Web3 games

June 9, 2022 by top10r

Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Learn more. Twitch cofounder Justin Kan is announcing today that his new blockchain games marketplace Fractal has made it easy for Web3 gamers to sign into cryptocurrency wallets. The new … Read more