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Hedge funds don’t use Python for everything, but they use Python a lot! The benefits of working at a hedge fund include a high salary, great perks, and the opportunity to collaborate with some of the best quantitative minds in finance. An important thing to note is that Hedge funds don’t use Python for everything, but they use Python for a lot. Hedge funds love people who can code in Python. Why Python? Python has become the de-facto language for knowledge Science. It’s wonderful for two main…

Image: Paramount PicturesStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan came out in 1982. Now, 40 years later, its writer-director, Nicholas Meyer, returns to Star Trek to tell the story of Khan and his followers on Ceti Alpha—before the events of the film—in Star Trek’s first scripted podcast. Meyer announced the podcast alongside Paramount+’s Star Trek Day. Alex Kurtzman, Aaron Baiers, Trevor Roth, and Rod Roddenberry will serve as executive producers.According to a press release, the story will “examine what happened in the years…

just dropped to its lowest price ever. You can score this headset at 31% off.The HyperX Cloud Alpha headset is a headset designed for PC gamers that can last up to 300 hours on a single charge. The headset uses an aluminum frame and faux leather earpads to deliver ultimate comfort during gaming. This is in part from a signature memory foam that is both as lightweight and comfortable as the frame itself. The headset also uses special Dual Chamber Drivers to fine tune mids and highs in your audio to bring clear audio.…

Towards the end of The Chief, his keenly researched biography of Lord Northcliffe, the Daily Mail founder and “Britain’s greatest press baron”, the historian Andrew Roberts observes: “Great men are seldom nice men.”Northcliffe, or Alfred Harmsworth as he was born, possessed several unpleasant characteristics. He was an outspoken antisemite – alas, not unusual in Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; he was a devoted imperialist and jingoist, a remorseless bully and, in the inglorious tradition of the job, a…

It's looking likely that the story of World of Warcraft will jump forward in time following the events of Shadowlands, based on NPC dialogue in the alpha build of the upcoming Dragonflight expansion.As documented by Wowhead, two conversations, one on the Horde side and one on the Alliance side, point towards "several years" passing between the end of Shadowlands and the beginning of Dragonflight, despite the "end" of the Shadowlands story having only taken place a few months ago following the release of…

PUBG: New State closed alpha has reportedly gone live in certain regions, though just for the weekend. The game, developed by Krafton, was announced earlier this year in February and went up for pre-registration on Google Play and App Store back then. Later it was announced that the game is not available in India as the developer if focusing on relaunching PUBG Mobile in India, which now comes in a new avatar, called Battlegrounds Mobile India.Matthew Sholtz from Android Police reported that the closed alpha for PUBG: New…

| Whatnot Publishing is a collaboration between Whatnot, Inc., whose live streaming sales platform increased in popularity during the pandemic shutdown, and Starburns Industries Press, the publishing arm of the animated studio responsible for Rick And Morty, Animals, Anomalisa and Happy Tank. Photo from WhatNot Whatnot launched their publishing line at Fan Expo Denver, and will debut in the next Diamond Previews Magazine, with one new debut per month. They will have full distribution from Diamond at the full 50% discount…

NASA recently launched the first of three rockets headed to the stars Alpha Centauri A and B — the two stars closest to our solar system. Launched from Australia on June 26, the X-ray Quantum Calorimeter (XQC) mission is the first to be launched from a commercial facility outside the US. The first rocket will be followed by two more rockets that will “conduct astrophysics studies that can only be done from the southern hemisphere" and study how light from stars affects the formation of life in the universe, according to…

LEO Flight, formerly known as Urban eVTOL, has presented a manned alpha prototype for its LEO Coupe, a flying hypercar the company says will eventually be capable of carrying three people at speeds up to 250 mph (400 km/h), complete with "dynamic" handling. Naturally, the LX-1 experimental prototype doesn't display the rather dashing looks shown in earlier renders of the final LEO Coupe. It's a flying aluminum frame chiefly designed to test the propulsion system, which at this stage incorporates large banks of small…

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India-based FanClash, which lets users pick fantasy esports teams to compete with one another in its mobile app, raised a $40M Series B led by Alpha Wave Global — Millions of Indians each year assemble virtual sports teams, placing their hopes on the players they pick to perform exceedingly well in real-world matches. Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India-based FanClash, which lets users pick fantasy esports teams to compete with one another in its mobile app, raised a $40M…