Tag: win

Maths reveals the top strategies to win at fantasy football

An analysis of top fantasy football players shows that they rely on strategic transfers and experience – every year of playing gave people an average 22 extra points a season Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2254155-maths-reveals-the-top-strategies-to-win-at-fantasy-football/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Apple App Store Draws New Scrutiny in Japan, Epicenter of Gaming

Epic Games’s decision to sue Apple over its mobile store practices has sparked new scrutiny in the massive Japanese gaming market, prompting complaints and questions about how to counter the tech giant’s dominance. From a report: While Epic, publisher of the hit title Fortnite, focuses on the 30% revenue cut app stores typically take, Japanese game studios have broader concerns. They…

US Says It Won’t Join WHO-Linked Effort To Develop, Distribute Coronavirus Vaccine

The Trump administration said it will not join a global effort to develop, manufacture and equitably distribute a coronavirus vaccine, in part because the World Health Organization is involved, a decision that could shape the course of the pandemic and the country’s role in health diplomacy. The Washington Post reports: More than 170 countries are in talks to participate in the…

Andrew Yang Takes Lead Role In California Data Privacy Campaign

Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang is throwing his weight behind California’s November data privacy ballot measure — not just endorsing the initiative but chairing its advisory board, the Proposition 24 campaign announced Monday. Politico reports: Yang’s involvement could bring more visibility and cachet to the effort, given the tech entrepreneur’s national profile and popularity among younger voters. It could also help…

To Assuage Fears of Google Domination, Istio Restructures Its Steering Committee

An anonymous reader quotes The New Stack:
While there are some who may never get over the fact that the Istio service mesh, originally created by Google and IBM, will not be handed over to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, the project took a big step this past week to assuage those who critiqued the project for being under a Google-majority control:…

Rare swarming rays and Australian bushfires win top photography prizes

Stunning images of cownose rays and Australia’s runaway bushfires are among the winners of the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24732973-300-rare-swarming-rays-and-australian-bushfires-win-top-photography-prizes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Man Sues Patent Office For Deciding an AI Can’t Invent Things

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A computer scientist who created an artificial intelligence system capable of generating original inventions is suing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) over its decision earlier this year to reject two patent applications which list the algorithmic system, known as DABUS, as the inventor. The lawsuit is the latest step in an…

Windows 95 Released a Quarter Century Ago

New submitter bondman writes: Windows 95 was released a full quarter century ago today, on August 24th, 1995. Long gone, nearly forgotten? I’m surprised to not have come across a retrospective article yet. I’ve linked to the Wikipedia article. As for me I still haven’t grown to re-like The Rolling Stones “Start Me Up” yet. I got so sick of hearing…

Apple Ordered To Not Block Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, But Fortnite To Stay Off App Store

A district court denied Epic Games’ motion to temporarily restore Fortnite game to the iOS App Store, but also ordered Apple to not block the gaming giant’s ability to provide and distribute Unreal Engine on the iPhone-maker’s ecosystem in a mixed-ruling delivered Monday evening. From a report: U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said Apple can’t retaliate against Epic Games…