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Meta sets up 'top-level' Compute initiative to make sure its AI data centers get all the power they need - Zuckerberg promises 'tens of gigawatts this decade, and hundreds of gigawatts or more over time'

Meta Compute will oversee AI infrastructure expansion, unify leadership, and plan for tens to hundreds of gigawatts over the next decade.

TechRadar

The ill-starred Perfect Dark reboot had 'entire chapters' completed before cancellation, says Joanna Dark's voice actor, who 'did not see it coming… it was devastating'

Developers also tried to pitch a 'slimmed down' version to save the project, but got nowhere.

PC Gamer

"I did not see it coming. I was absolutely blindsided" — star of Xbox's canceled Perfect Dark reboot and the next Tomb Raider shares her "devastating" story

Actress Alix Wilton-Regan was starring in Xbox's now-canceled Perfect Dark reboot, and has now told her story about how "devastating" it was when the axe came down on the project.

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"Unlike anything I've taken on before" — The heads of this canceled Xbox game join Take-Two to make a new 2K developer after Microsoft killed their studio

Xbox infamously canceled the Perfect Dark reboot and closed down The Initiative, but two of its lead devs have joined Take-Two to make a new 2K studio.

Windows Central

2K’s New Studio Aims Big With Former Initiative Leadership at the Helm

Brighter days ahead

Operation Sports

‘A nucleus of a community’: the five-hour stage play about Dungeons & Dragons

In Initiative, a group of young people in the early 2000s finds themselves via the role-playing game, the latest example of its undying popularity

The Guardian - US

Microsoft cancels the Perfect Dark reboot that blew us away last year, closes developer The Initiative

Microsoft laid off 9,000 employees today, and cancellations and closures are following.

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Microsoft is closing down Xbox studio The Initiative, with Perfect Dark killed as well — joining Everwild and ZeniMax's new IP, and other unannounced projects

Microsoft is closing down The Initiative, after 7 years. The partnership with Crystal Dynamics will end, and "Perfect Dark" will be cancelled.

Windows Central

Google invested millions in training job seekers to use AI this year. Will it work?

Google's AI Opportunity Initiative Fund shines a light on the importance of AI education worldwide.

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Migrants at the border report 'unnecessary' family separation and verbal abuse by U.S. authorities

The Kino Border Initiative reports to have found 101 instances over two weeks of migrants losing touch with their families after agents send them back

Latin Times

Perfect Dark FAQ: Xbox Game Pass, story, gameplay, and everything you need to know

Xbox's Perfect Dark is an upcoming spy shooter that provides a new take on an old franchise. Here's everything you need to know.

Windows Central

Original GoldenEye and Perfect Dark composer “would’ve loved” to work on the reboot, but the studio “chose someone else”

The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics are revisiting Perfect Dark after nearly 20 years

GamesRadar

SKF India Expands Innovation Ecosystem with Launch of Open Innovation

SKF India, the country's leading bearings manufacturer, announces the launch of Open Innovation initiative to accelerate innovation and create more sustainable and customer-oriented solutions under the intelligent and clean strategy. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Call for Papers: Free Speech and Civil and Social Progress

Request for Paper Proposals Snapshot: Voices for Liberty, an initiative of the Liberty & Law Center at the Antonin Scalia Law School, seeks to examine the ways in which free speech propels civil and social progress. Authors are invited to submit proposals for original articles that will ultimately appear in…

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Perfect Dark reportedly "years" from launch after a development reboot in 2022

Perfect Dark is once again "in the earliest stages" of development

Windows Central

Report: Xbox exclusive Perfect Dark's release is 'years away' due to development struggles

A new report reveals the Xbox exclusive Perfect Dark is "years away" from launch due to significant development issues.

The Hindu

NIMHANS Green Skills initiative blossoms this election season

NIMHANS’s Green Skills initiative, in partnership with Craftizen Foundation, aims to empower those with intellectual disabilities and mental illnesses to earn a source of income and enhance their cognitive abilities

Inverse

Ariel Ekblaw Wants To Go to Space So We Can Save Earth

The 30-year-old founder of MIT’s Space Exploration Initiative is engineering small wonders with a big goal: making sure Earth remains our home.

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The Times of India

This match is a celebration of women in sports, says Nita Ambani

Mumbai Indians (MI) will be celebrating a unique initiative when they take on Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.

Sports Illustrated

Colin Kaepernick Is Fact-Checking Police Killings, One Autopsy at a Time

It’s been seven years since he first knelt in protest of police violence—here’s what he’s doing about it.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Macron Salutes Fight of 'Martyr' Mahsa Amini

French President Emmanuel Macron commended the "battle" of Iranian martyr Mahsa Amini, who was killed for not wearing the veil. In a video on his Twitter account, the French President indicated that repression was increasing worldwide, adding that as often the first victims of these oppressions were women and young…

Daily Record

Dalbeattie's Rocks and Wheels project receives £5.4 million boost from Levelling Up Fund

The funding means Dalbeattie Community Initiative can push on with their plans for the former Dalbeattie Primary School

Reason

Call for Papers: Free Speech, Civil Rights & Social Progress

Voices for Liberty: Free Speech, Civil Rights & Social Progress Submission: December 31, 2022 — 5 p.m. EST Priority Deadline Paper proposals must be submitted by December 31, 2022, for full consideration and will be considered after the priority deadline on a rolling basis. All proposals should include a summary…

Benzinga

Wanna Grow Weed At Home? This Intensive Course Could Help You Get Great Results

The Minority Cannabis Academy (MCA), a New Jersey-based non-profit educational institution, and My First Plant, Powered by Cannabis Hub, a subsidiary of the Cleveland School of Cannabis, have teamed up to create the “Seed at the Table Initiative” as part of the My First Plant home cultivation program.

GamesRadar

Perfect Dark: Everything we know about the canceled Xbox exclusive

The Perfect Dark reboot from The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics was canceled in 2025

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