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As part of its ongoing bid to get more boys and girls playing soccer, UEFA is meeting them where they’re spending the most time: inside the Roblox metaverse. With less than 100 days to go until the Women’s Euro 2022, the sporting body has invested in its own game on Roblox, the huge Lego-style hub…Read More

A new partnership with Snap has given more than 40 news publishers a rare opportunity to ask its coveted Gen-Z audience, “How do you do, fellow kids?” When it launches officially Tuesday, the program, called Dynamic Stories, will give news media companies access to the Discover feature of Snap, providing the publishers entr?e to a…Read More

In 2020, like our personal and professional lives, everything about the TV upfront changed. The combined impacts of the pandemic and the shift away from linear television to streaming have primed the industry for change. Or it certainly felt that way, as many believed we would see a rethink of how tens of billions of…Read More

Last year, the very foundation on which television advertising is bought and sold–Nielsen’s rating metrics–started to crumble. Following months of controversy and client outrage, the Media Rating Council pulled Nielsen’s national and local TV accreditation last September after the measurement company admitted it had undercounted TV viewership following its inability to maintain the integrity of…Read More

There was a moment in 2021 when the fate of scripted network comedy seemed a little shaky. Watercooler talkers like Succession and Mare of Easttown kept cable dramas on top, while longtime fan favorites Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Black-ish prepared for their final seasons. For the first time in 50 years, NBC–once a leader in prime-time…Read More

Among the many changes to where and how we’ve worked since March 2020 has been the shift to virtual events. Two years on, they have become a fixture of the hybrid workplace–but when it comes to sales, networking and education, Zoom is falling out of favor. This shift, enabled by Covid-19 vaccine availability, is reflected…Read More

The “brain in a jar” is a thought experiment of a disembodied human brain living in a jar of sustenance. The thought experiment explores human conceptions of reality, mind, and consciousness. This article will explore a metaphysical argument against artificial intelligence on the grounds that a disembodied artificial intelligence, or a “brain” without a body, is incompatible with the nature of intelligence.[1] The brain in a jar is a different inquiry than traditional questions about artificial intelligence. The brain in a jar asks whether thinking requires a thinker. The possibility of artificial intelligence primarily revolves around what is necessary to make…

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For better or worse, American foods have a tendency to find their way to the far corners of the earth, which is why steak-flavored Doritos are popular in Europe and South Koreans give tins of Spam as gifts. But if there’s a notable exception to the tradition of America exporting all of its treats, it’s…Read More

This article was originally published on .cult by Patrick Zawadzki. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. Software development as a career has exploded over the last couple of years. And with the popularity of boot camps and lateral movements, it’s a great time to get involved. Yet behind all the fluff and pizazz of software engineering, there’s a side that’s not so glamorous. And if you’re like me, you probably want to know the dirty truth before…

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