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Have you ever struggled to bring together four folks for an Overwatch team? Tried to figure out how you and your friends can play Destiny 2 simultaneously?  Can you imagine assembling 33 players for a 25-minute raid? 33 Immortals plans to do exactly that. Channeling the animation style of retro cartoons (and a little Banner Saga), 33 Immortals is a massively substantially multiplayer roguelike top-down action game, from the creators of Spiritfarer. At a session following this week’s Xbox Showcase at Summer Game Fest, five…

International researchers studying the yellow crazy ant, or Anoplolepis gracilipes, found that male ants of this species are chimeras, containing two genomes from different parent cells within their bodies. This unique reproductive process, originating from a single fertilized egg that undergoes separate maternal and paternal nuclear division, is unprecedented and challenges the fundamental biological inheritance law stating that all cells of an individual should contain the same genome. Credit: Hugo DarrasMale yellow…

Generative AI has become the tech world's biggest buzzword ever since Microsoft-backed OpenAI released ChatGPT late last year, revealing the capabilities of the emerging technology. Generative AI has become the tech world's biggest buzzword ever since Microsoft-backed OpenAI released ChatGPT late last year, revealing the capabilities of the emerging technology. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In…

Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA), DNA circles carrying cancer-associated genes, play a critical role in cancer development, according to new research led by Stanford Medicine. These DNA circles can be found in precancerous cells, and their presence accelerates the transformation to a cancerous state. This discovery paves the way for potential early diagnosis and intervention methods in cancer treatment.Tiny circles of <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div…

Can the cryptocurrency market sustain the increasing regulatory scrutiny without a major collapse?  Amid recent regulatory crackdowns, such as the CFTC accusing Binance of violating trading and derivatives rules, the cryptocurrency market has been highly unstable. However, Bitcoin’s (BTC) value has reached $29k, leaving some to ponder if this growth is sustainable or merely another bubble waiting to burst. Meanwhile, a fresh meme coin, Dogetti (DETI), has garnered the interest of cryptocurrency investors and enthusiasts.…

LONDON—Britain’s inflation is proving stubbornly high.Price increases in February picked up to 10.4% from 10.1% in January as the cost of food rose at the fastest pace since records began in 1989. That left the U.K. with the highest rate of inflation among the Group of Seven wealthy democracies.  Though the increase was unexpected given recent declines, economists still foresee the pace of inflation falling sharply in months ahead, as the country’s overall economic picture improves. Declines in the pace of price increases…

Despite Russia’s ongoing invasion, Ukrainian energy company DTEK Group has finished the construction of the first 114 megawatts (MW) of a 500 MW wind farm. In spring of this year, 19 Vestas 6 MW wind turbines will begin to generate 114 MW of electricity. The Tyligulska wind farm, which is in the Mykolaiv region in southern Ukraine, is another step toward DTEK’s goal of achieving 30 GW of installed renewable energy capacity in Ukraine by 2030. Maxim Timchenko, CEO of DTEK, said: …

As Dave Gahan happily admits, there was a moment when he thought there would never be another Depeche Mode album. Actually, he says, there were two. The first came as a result of the pandemic, when he underwent a rock star equivalent of the Great Resignation, the phenomenon in which people stuck at home started reconsidering their priorities. He had tried to gig with his other band, Soulsavers, at the end of 2020, between the first and second lockdowns (“Wonderful shows, but the whole thing was a constant state of anxiety…

Concerns about further interest-rate hikes, a fizzling stock rally and a US crypto crackdown all suggest Bitcoin and other tokens should be beating a hasty retreat. Instead, they're extending their 2023 rebound.Bitcoin's year-to-date gain has now reached 50% after a further jump in February, contrasting with a retreat in global equities this month courtesy of a macroeconomic environment replete with growth and inflation concerns. This divergence has dented a positive correlation between shares and crypto that sprouted…

The number of independent bookshops in the UK and Ireland climbed to a 10-year high in 2022, as the book trade defied the odds in an otherwise brutal year for high street retailers.The lifestyle changes brought about by the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns were a boon for the book trade, as Britons with more time on their hands read more and sought out bookshops when they reopened.There are now 1,072 independent bookshops after the industry enjoyed a sixth consecutive year of growth, according to the Booksellers Association…