Author: Max Smith

If you want to see Joe Biden having fun, check out his presidential campaign's TikTok account.The account's avatar is “Dark Brandon” Biden, a mock-up of a superhero with laser beam eyes. In a short video, Biden and his surrogates troll former President Donald Trump with images that make him look overweight, sweaty and pale. Other clips show Biden having heartwarming encounters with ordinary people who aren't patient enough to make it onto cable news.Biden is clearly trying to connect with young Americans, who make up the majority of TikTok's 170 million U.S. users. But he also recently said he would…

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Incorporating end-to-end security into the semiconductor chip lifecycle Amida Technology Solutions, Inc. (Amida), a software services company that solves the most complex challenges in data interoperability, data exchange, data governance, and data security, announced its new Microelectronics Security business unit. The new division, led by Margaret Schmidt, will leverage the company's expertise in semiconductors, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Its aim is to provide a complete suite of security solutions spanning the entire semiconductor lifecycle, from early stages to full system deployment, ensuring unparalleled protection at every stage of development. “Hardware has a wide attack surface and is increasingly susceptible to…

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Updated: March 15, 2024 12:59 PM EDT This part has been updated to include additional information provided to Mashable by Google DeepMind. Computer-controlled video game characters are nothing new. Non-playable characters or his NPCs are a long-standing staple of gaming. But Google's AI research lab, DeepMind, announced We're working on something unique and new in computer-controlled gameplay: SIMA, which stands for Scalable Instructable Multiworld Agent. Tweet may have been deleted Unlike NPCs, Google DeepMind's AI-controlled game companions are not programmed into a specific game to behave in a particular way or respond to specific human actions. As DeepMind describes it,…

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Financial Institutions (NASDAQ:FISI) Full Year 2023 ResultsMain financial resultsRevenue: USD 203 million (flat in FY2022).Net profit: USD 48.8 million (down 11% from FY2022).Profit margin: 24% (down from 28% in FY2022).EPS: USD 3.17 (down from USD 3.58 in FY2022).FISI Banking Performance IndexNet Interest Margin (NIM): 2.94% (down from 3.20% in FY22).Cost-to-income ratio: 63.0% (60.4% in FY2022)Non-performing loans: 0.60% (up from 0.26% in FY2022).Earnings and revenue historyAll numbers shown in the chart above are for the trailing 12 month (TTM) period.Financial institutions' profits exceeded expectations, but EPS fell shortSales exceeded analysts' expectations by 2.2%. Earnings per share (EPS) were 3.6% lower than…

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This museum archives and lets you play hard-to-find and lost video games. OAKLAND, Calif. — As video games and game consoles are replaced by new, faster, more technologically advanced versions, older versions end up in warehouses, sold at yard sales, or thrown away, never to be played again. often. However, those old video games may be lucky to end up at Auckland's Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment, or The MADE for short. This nonprofit organization is like the afterlife of a video game that was thrown away and forgotten. “More than 80% of the games ever made are lost.…

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bottom line up front The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced a final rule on March 12, 2024 that expands access for defense contractors wishing to participate in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cybersecurity (CS) Program. The new rule and the changes it makes will require all defense contractors who own or operate unclassified information systems that process, store, or transmit covered defense information to You can benefit from information sharing. DIB CS program. Access to the DIB CS program has historically been limited to licensed defense contractors with a valid facility security clearance and a Department of Defense-approved Medium…

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These two actresses provided the voices and faces, respectively, of Resident Evil Village's Lady Dimitrescu, one of the most popular video game monsters in recent memory. Mrs. Dimitrescu already has an imposing figure, even though she doesn't look like an actual monster, at her 9 feet 6 inches tall. Despite this and her bloodthirsty attitude (or perhaps because of it), many gamers quickly fell in love with her dominant personality. For some, that love for Lady D faded when her boss battle culminated in an epic encounter with her mutants. Some people never lost their love. Memes aside, Lady Dimitrescu…

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Usachi The 10 FBS conferences and Notre Dame signed a new $1.3 billion television deal with ESPN on Friday, effective starting with the 2026 season, officials confirmed to CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd. The new television deal was locked down as the conference and Notre Dame agreed to a revenue-sharing model, but officials agreed to a memorandum of understanding that guarantees the field will consist of at least 12 teams in 2026, with an option to expand to 14 teams. signed. at a later date. It is expected that 14 teams will participate in CFP Field for the 2026 college football…

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