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Source: Netflix This week, a surprise contender emerged in the world of mobile games: Netflix, which has been offering games as part of its iOS app since fall last year. The streaming giant has never really shouted about its games offering until this past week, when it revealed a whole load of games coming to the service. There will be a total of 50 Netflix games by the end of the year, in fact. There's also a couple of fun new games to check out on the App Store, including the Ace Attorney Trilogy and a platformer where…

Simple and effective methods — designed for recurrent neural networks — that have stood the test of extensive academic evaluationsImage source: pixabay.comBackgroundA great deal of medical data is, by nature, time series data — cardiogram, temperature monitoring, blood pressure monitoring, regular nurse checkups, and so many more. There is a sea of valuable information embedded in the trends, patterns, spikes and dips of those medical charts, waiting to be uncovered. The healthcare industry calls for effective analysis of…

Katie Jennings / Forbes: NY-based Capital Rx, whose software lets employers, unions, and insurers handle claims processing and billing for prescription drugs, raises a $106M Series C — The Federal Trade Commission took aim at the prescription drug middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers last week … Katie Jennings / Forbes: NY-based Capital Rx, whose software lets employers, unions, and insurers handle claims processing and billing for prescription drugs, raises a $106M Series C …

If you were online at all this weekend, you may very well have noticed an interview that Simon Pegg gave to The Times (£). It didn’t offer much new information when it comes to Pegg (he had an alcohol problem, he wants to be taken seriously, he has tattoos now). However, it did appear to reveal something new about Pegg’s frequent co-star Tom Cruise: he is compulsively unable to display contrition.“The best thing he taught me is never to accept responsibility for a mistake,” Pegg said. “If something goes wrong and it’s his…

Days after Rebel Wilson announced she was dating fashion designer Ramona Agruma via Instagram, The Sydney Morning Herald revealed in an op-ed piece that it was planning to announce the actor's new romance in the newspaper. On Saturday, the Australian newspaper said it gave Rebel a two-day deadline to comment on her current relationship, which she had not yet discussed publicly. In another piece on Sunday, the publication clarified, “To say that the Herald ‘outed’ Wilson is wrong.” Read more: Rebel Wilson comes out and…

Apple CEO Tim Cook poses for a portrait next to a line of new MacBook Airs as he enters the Steve Jobs Theater during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California on June 6, 2022.Chris Tuite | AFP | Getty ImagesA wholly owned subsidiary of Apple will check user credit and extend short-term loans to users for Apple Pay Later, the tech giant said.The new loan service, which will compete against similar offerings from Affirm and PayPal, was announced during Apple's…

At times, I wonder what life would be like if we knew everything beforehand. Every decision we made turned out in line with our expectations. Every outcome was guaranteed. No unknowns. No unexpected conditions. No unwarranted circumstances.Pretty boring, right?After all, as a species, we are designed to thrive in uncertainty. We don’t find joy in the knowns. It’s the thrill of navigating the unknowns that keep us inspired and motivated. What gives us pleasure is not the successful outcome, but getting past the obstacles…

When its service launches alongside later this year, Apple plans to handle lending decisions on its own. According to , the tech giant has established a subsidiary called Apple Financing to conduct credit checks and customer approvals. The new firm will operate separately from Apple, but it has obtained the necessary state licenses to offer the feature. While Apple has dabbled in financial services before, it did so with the help of institutions like Goldman Sachs. The investment bank is still involved in Apple Pay…

Payment history often not reportedBNPL companies generally don't report to the credit-scoring companies when consumers use these loans. That makes it a challenge for a lender to know how many loans a consumer has outstanding. "That makes a big difference in terms of how much you should loan," said Kenneth Lin, CEO of fintech company Credit Karma. "Oftentimes, a credit system is actually blind to how much you owe in the Buy Now Pay Later scenario."Consumers with multiple BNPL loans with multiple payment dates may find…

Klaus Vedfelt | DigitalVision | Getty ImagesMonths of stock market volatility may deliver a costly surprise to parents sending children to school this fall: smaller-than-expected 529 college savings plan balances. The average 529 account size was $30,287 in 2021, according to the College Savings Plans Network, but families may now have lower balances, financial experts say.And it may be a "rude awakening" for parents scrambling to make their first payments in August, said certified financial planner Lisa Kirchenbauer,…