Extraction

Depending on how big of a classic Bungie enjoyer you are, you may or may not have been horrified upon learning that the revival of Marathon would be… a live-service extraction shooter. Regardless of whether that turns out well, though, there’s good news, classic Marathon coming to Steam! Do note, however, that this is not an official Bungie effort. Indeed, the Destiny developer isn’t using this as an opportunity to regain community goodwill ahead of The Final Shape‘s release. Instead, we’re looking at an…

Multi-objective multigraph feature extraction for the shortest path cost prediction. Credit: Green Energy and Intelligent Transportation (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.geits.2023.100129 As emerging urban air mobility concepts such as air taxis, on-demand aircraft, and large unmanned aerial vehicles become integrated into daily life, ensuring their smooth interaction with existing conventional airport infrastructures is imperative…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Global warming is real and climate change is worsening day-by-day with raging forest fires, unseasonably warm winters and flooding disasters taking place across Canada. Meanwhile, the carbon-zero transition required to move away from such a dire future is hampered by a key weakness—"critical minerals." The energy transition…

End-to-end data science project using Streamlit, Upstash, and OpenAI to build better knowledge navigation and comprehension using network analysisPhoto by USGS on UnsplashThis article will guide you through an end-to-end data science project using several state-of-the-art tools in the AI space. This tool is called Mind Mapper because it allows you to create conceptual maps by injecting information into a knowledge base and retrieving it in a smart way.The motivation was to go beyond the “simple” RAG framework, where a…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The United Nations' flagship Global Resources Outlook report is the portrait of a juggernaut. Due to be published later this month by the UN's International Resource Panel, it highlights how global consumption of raw materials, having increased four-fold since 1970, is set to rise by a further 60% by 2060. Already,…

Sony Interactive Entertainment It’s only February and 2024 has already another unexpected hit. Helldivers 2 revels in the confidence of knowing exactly what it’s doing, offering up one of the most approachable extraction shooters yet. The extraction shooter is an emerging subgenre of games focused on getting players to drop into an intense mission, complete objectives, obtain loot, and extract without fighting or dying too much. Helldivers 2 takes that formula and redefines it by applying its basics to a more…

Enabling fast data development from big operational systemsPhoto by Benjamin Zanatta on UnsplashThe challenge when facing the ‘monster’For a data engineer building analytics from transactional systems such as ERP (enterprise resource planning) and CRM (customer relationship management), the main challenge lies in navigating the gap between raw operational data and domain knowledge. ERP and CRM systems are designed and built to fulfil a broad range of business processes and functions. This generalisation makes their data…

The lion’s share of a state-backed solid minerals company, currently in the works, will go to private investors and the public who will be able to own not less than three-quarters of its shareholding. While the government will hold up to 25 per cent in the so-called Nigerian Solid Minerals Corporation, the public will hold the same proportion of stake, while the rest is planned to be owned by private investors, Minister Dele Alake told a conference arranged by BusinessDay in Abuja on Tuesday. The idea is to make…

The lion’s share of a state-backed solid minerals company, currently in the works, will go to private investors and the public who will be able to own not less than three-quarters of its shareholding. While the government will hold up to 25 per cent in the so-called Nigerian Solid Minerals Corporation, the public will hold the same proportion of stake, while the rest is planned to be owned by private investors, Minister Dele Alake told a conference arranged by BusinessDay in Abuja on Tuesday. The idea is to make…

Action game developer Action Square revealed an open playtest for their extraction PvPvE dungeon crawler title, Dungeon Stalkers, starting today. The multiplayer extraction game is the first of three to be showcased during their currently ongoing Action Square Steam Fest. Those interested in participating in the playtest simply need to visit the Dungeon Stalkers Steam page and click the green Request Access button. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhkCNToRiQk Dark and Darker mashed the dungeon crawling and…