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Bethesda offers fans a chance to own a part of Elder Scrolls Online history
- In celebration of the 10th anniversary of The Elder Scrolls Online, Bethesda is selling pieces from the original servers that hosted the game.
- The limited-edition keepsake features a stick of RAM taken from an original game server, mounted in a commemorative plaque.
- Similar to other companies offering physical hardware as collector's pieces, such as Blizzard auctioning off servers and Nvidia's giveaway of iconic GPUs.
- The Elder Scrolls Online collectible is priced at $110 and will start shipping in July.
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How brands are getting into the TV and movie game as they try to combat ad fatigue
- Brands are getting behind films and TV shows to combat ad fatigue.
- Brands' dollars and promotional support are welcomed by Hollywood, which has less money to buy programming.
- Brands are expanding into new formats like reality TV, game shows, and shoppable shows.
- Streamers are actively partnering with brands to validate and distribute branded films and shows.
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Avalon Labs Powers Bybit’s Bitcoin Yield Product With Fixed-Rate Lending Integration
- Avalon Labs has partnered with Bybit to launch a new Bitcoin-based fixed-income product.
- The platform uses $FBTC as collateral, enabling Bitcoin to generate stable returns via DeFi strategies.
- This CeFi-to-DeFi integration allows Bybit users to earn yield on BTC with predictable risk-managed returns.
- Avalon Labs' institutional-grade lending layer is now live on Bybit's Earn platform, offering Bitcoin lending with stable yields through arbitrage strategies and fixed-rate borrowing model.
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Internship season is here. Glassdoor says these are the 10 best internships of 2025.
- Glassdoor has published a list of the best internships of 2025.
- More than half of the top internships are in the tech industry, with representation from consulting, finance, and biotech.
- The list includes companies like LinkedIn, Synchrony, Microsoft, McKinsey & Company, Genentech, Uber, AMD, NVIDIA, Capital One, and EY - Parthenon.
- The ranking was determined based on factors like median salary, overall review rating, and workplace factors.
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🚀 OpenAI O3 and O4-Mini Released – A Must-Know for Developers!
- OpenAI released O3 and O4-Mini models, which are game-changers for coding, math, and visual tasks.
- O3 is a powerful model suitable for web browsing, image generation, and performs well on GPQA Diamond.
- O4-Mini is a cost-efficient alternative with a price of $1.10 per million input tokens.
- These models handle multimodal inputs, making them useful for debugging, equation solving, and analyzing diagrams.
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This New Tariff Could Crash Bitcoin Again — 245% on Chinese Goods
- President Trump imposes a 245% tariff on targeted Chinese goods, including electric cars, auto parts, and syringes.
- China has not yet announced its countermeasures, creating uncertainty in the market.
- Bitcoin remains stable above $80,000 but needs to gain momentum to surpass the $86,000 resistance zone.
- If China retaliates, a swift sell-off of various assets, including Bitcoin, may occur.
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Fifth Third Bancorp: Diversification Aids Resilience Amid Tariff-Driven Uncertainty
- Fifth Third Bancorp executives highlighted proactive management and resilience to navigate uncertain environments.
- The bank is pursuing strategies to maintain resilience, including diverse national loan origination platforms, investments in Southeast branches, and credit concentration limits.
- The bank's approach includes managing credit risk, diversified fee income sources, and optimized day-to-day management.
- Business owners are split on the potential impact of tariffs, with some viewing them as a negotiating tactic and others concerned about long-term higher tariffs on major supply chain countries.
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Insider
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We shopped Target's new Kate Spade line, and it's the chain's best designer collaboration yet
- Target and Kate Spade released a limited-edition collaboration featuring over 300 items like clothing, jewelry, and handbags.
- Business Insider reporters visited Target in person and online to check out the collection.
- Some pieces sold out quickly, showcasing the popularity of the collaboration.
- Reporters shared their experiences with shopping online and in-store for the collection.
- Quality, prices, and availability of items varied across different shopping experiences.
- Overall, the Kate Spade collection at Target was praised for blending the designer's style with affordable prices.
- The collaboration with Kate Spade is considered one of Target's best designer partnerships.
- This collaboration offered playful designs and approachable prices, appealing to a wide range of customers.
- Despite recent challenges, this collaboration represents a positive change for Target.
- Target's success with the Kate Spade collaboration opens up possibilities for future partnerships.
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The Verge
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Facebook considered offering an ad-free subscription after the Cambridge Analytica scandal
- Facebook's board of directors considered offering ad-free subscriptions as a response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the backlash against data usage.
- The proposed monthly subscription would allow users to experience Facebook without ads.
- The goal was to provide an advertising 'opt-out' and address the concern of users being the product if they are not paying for a service.
- Instead of launching the subscription, Facebook decided to reduce the amount of data available to outside developers and later launched an ad-free subscription option only in the EU, which faced criticism from regulators.
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Discord gets sued for allegedly violating child safety laws
- The state of New Jersey has filed suit against Discord claiming the company engaged in “deceptive and unconscionable business practices” that put children at risk.
- Discord is accused of not doing enough to keep its youngest users safe from predators and violent content.
- Discord's existing protections for children are considered inadequate or easily circumvented, as the app does not verify the claimed age of users.
- Discord spokesperson disputes the claims in the lawsuit and highlights the continuous efforts to make the platform safer.
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The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback
- China's Readmoo has announced the mooInk V, the first consumer-ready e-reader with a folding E Ink display.
- The device features an 8-inch touchscreen based on E Ink's Gallery 3 display technology, capable of producing over 50,000 shades at a resolution of 300ppi.
- The folding panel of the mooInk V has been developed over nine years to allow over 200,000 bends, using a reliable hinge design.
- With a lightweight aluminum-magnesium alloy body, the mooInk V is smaller than a paperback when folded and weighs around 225 grams, making it portable and pocket-friendly.
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Massive medical company data breach impacts millions
- A major data breach at Laboratory Services Cooperative (LSC) has compromised sensitive information of 1.6 million people.
- LSC provides lab testing services to a number of Planned Parenthood centers, and those who have visited these centers might have been affected.
- The breached data includes medical/clinical information, health insurance information, billing and payment data, and additional identifiers like Social Security Numbers.
- LSC is offering free credit monitoring and medical identity protection services to individuals potentially impacted by the breach.
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Funds Worth Over $3.2 Bn Launched For Indian Startups In Q1 2025
- A total of 23 funds worth over $3.2 Bn were launched in Q1 2025 to back Indian startups, with a focus on fintech, consumer services, and enterprise-grade AI solutions.
- Only three out of the 23 funds launched in Q1 were dedicated to deeptech sectors, such as robotics, AI, semiconductor, and healthcare.
- Fintech and AI sectors received significant attention with six funds worth $1.18 Bn and five funds worth $1.13 Bn respectively launched in the quarter.
- Seventeen funds amounting to close to $1.5 Bn were launched for early-stage startups in Q1, while growth and late-stage startups saw relatively fewer fund launches.
- Investment trend saw an increase in startups opting for debt funding, with venture debt firms like Stride Ventures and Alteria Capital being active during the quarter.
- Leading venture capital and private equity funds like Accel India, Bessemer Venture Partners, Avendus, Trifecta Capital, and Wipro Ventures launched significant funds to support startups.
- Accel Capital raised $650 Mn for its Fund VIII, targeting early-stage startups in AI, consumer brands, fintech, and manufacturing.
- Avendus PE marked the first close of its $350 Mn Future Leaders Fund III, while Bessemer Venture Partners closed its second India-focused fund at $350 Mn.
- Trifecta Capital rolled out a $230 Mn venture debt fund, focusing on sectors like fintech, EV, and sustainability, planning to invest in over 100 startups.
- Other notable funds launched include those by Bharat Value Fund, Venturi Partners, Cornerstone Ventures, Kotak Alt, Prime Venture Partners, and Wipro Ventures in Q1 2025.
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TechCrunch
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Florida draft law mandating encryption backdoors for social media accounts billed ‘dangerous and dumb’
- A Florida draft bill called "Social Media Use by Minors" (SB 868) has cleared a key legislative hurdle.
- The bill would require social media platforms to provide encryption backdoors for law enforcement to access user accounts.
- Opponents argue that weakening encryption compromises user privacy and could lead to data breaches.
- Tech companies, including Apple, Google, and Meta, are increasingly encrypting user data to protect privacy.
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Hajime Tabata Recalled FFXV Release Date and Its Delay
- Hajime Tabata, the director and producer of Final Fantasy XV, recalled how the release date of the game was determined and the troubles that arose from its delay.
- Square Enix fully trusted Tabata with the release details of FFXV, including the launch month and schedule adjustments.
- Initially, Tabata set the release date for September 2016, but later faced a delay, pushing it to November 29, 2016.
- Tabata admitted that the delay caused trouble and considered it a valuable experience despite the mistakes.
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