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The first time I ventured out into the vast open land of Dragon's Dogma 2, I was accompanied by my three companions as we followed a lead on a missing young boy, suspected to have been dragged off by a pack of wolves. As I pursued the trail, my crew and I fought off a gang of thieves, sliced our way through banshees, discovered treasure, and battled a giant troll on the edge of a cliff that eventually fell to its death. None of these occurrences were at all related to one another, nor did they pertain to…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Cuts to fire protection funding initially have a larger effect on home prices than crime, school quality, or environmental quality, but the short-term decreases don't persist, the University of Cincinnati economists found. David Brasington, Ph.D., and Olivier Parent, Ph.D., professors of economics at UC's Carl H.…

OpenAI has completed a deal that values the San Francisco artificial intelligence company at $80 billion or more, nearly triple its valuation in less than 10 months, according to three people with knowledge of the deal.The company would sell existing shares in a so-called tender offer led by venture firm Thrive Capital, the people said. The deal lets employees cash out their shares in the company, rather than a traditional funding round that would raise money for business operations.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with…

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Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic: Silicon Valley's powerful companies claim to embrace Enlightenment values, but instead are leading an antidemocratic, illiberal, and authoritarian technocracy — If you had to capture Silicon Valley's dominant ideology in a single anecdote, you might look first to Mark Zuckerberg … Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic: Silicon Valley's powerful companies claim to embrace Enlightenment values, but instead are leading an antidemocratic, illiberal, and authoritarian…

While some tech gadgets get more valuable with time, that’s largely restricted to the collector’s market. In the real world, deflation hits gadgets at about the same speed it hits a new car driving off the dealer’s lot.Apple is the latest company to lower the value of many of its existing devices, adjusting the amount it’s willing to pay for trade-ins when people upgrade. Some devices saw reductions of just $5, while others saw their value fall by nearly $100. In a few rare cases, though, trade-in values actually saw a…

If you’ve been waiting to make the switch, Apple may have just offered the perfect incentive to trade in your old Android device. Today, Apple trade-in values have just changed, giving less for its own line of iPhones but a bit more for its competitors. If you have been looking for an excuse to upgrade anyway, trading in your old devices is a great way to do so and those recycled parts will be put to good use on future iPhones and repairs. First spotted by MacRumors, here is what the company now offers for the current…

by Bianca Schröder, Forschungsinstitut für Nachhaltigkeit Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There is a growing interest in sustainability among orchestras, ensembles and concert halls in Germany, in terms of reducing their environmental impacts, and in relation to programming, such as creating concert formats that engage with sustainability on a thematic level.…

A new study from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab offers fresh insights into the impact of wind farms on the values of nearby homes. The analysis, “Commercial Wind Turbines and Residential Home Values: New Evidence from the Universe of Land-Based Wind Projects in the United States,” scrutinized a dataset of 500,000 home sales near 428 wind farms across 34 states, spanning from 2005 to 2020. What’s unique here is the timeframe of the study – it covers a period from four years before announcement to…

Peppa Pig is, to many, a staple British kids’ show that many of Gen Z have grown up with. However, the cute little adventurous piglet isn’t to everyone’s taste, as a mom has made it very clear by banning her children from watching the preschool series.A certain Brittany has reportedly forbidden all four of her kids from ever watching Peppa Pig and other popular kids’ shows because the characters are “rude and stupid” with “poor values”.Moreover, the mom-of-four reportedly thinks some TV shows can be used as a learning…