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28 Gift Ideas for Creative People in Your Life (2019 Guide)

Gifts for creative people seem to have a bit more pressure attached to them, don’t they? Because it’s always those same creative people who seem to have the absolute best gift ideas for the rest of us. But never fear! Today, we’ll remove the pressure of finding gifts for creative people this holiday season by offering you some of our best gift ideas for creatives. The list below includes everything from “under $20” gifts for creative people, books to be given as gifts to creatives, super quirky gift ideas for…

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How 10 Brands Use Reddit for Marketing

Did you know that the most downvoted comment on Reddit was from a brand? And surprisingly, that comment came from the major video game company EA. Why is this so shocking? If you’ve ever surfed Reddit, a platform that encourages users to start discussion threads, you’ll find that a large chunk of its user base is very interested in gaming. When EA replied to a comment in a thread discussing a game they created, users quickly pressed the down arrow symbol to downvote it. This moved the comment lower and…

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Sherlock Holmes games pulled from console storefronts by publisher Focus Home Interactive

The Sherlock Holmes franchise and other titles developed by Frogwares have been removed from console storefronts by the studio’s former publisher, Focus Home Interactive. Frogwares issued a statement today following the removal of its games from Microsoft and Sony storefronts. According to the studio titles Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes vs Jack The Ripper and Magrunner: Dark Pulse will no longer be available for purchase on consoles. Frogwares said the reason behind the removal is that Focus Home Interactive “refuses to transfer the title…

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Dying Light 2 players can expect at least four years of post-release support

Dying Light 2 will be supported with extra content for at least four years, according to the game’s lead designer. Speaking in an interview with Prankster 101, lead game designer Tymon Smektala said Techland’s post-release plan for Dying Light 2 is similar to the support it showed for the original (thanks, Push Square). “Dying Light 1 was supported for four years after its release, and the plan for Dying Light 2 is exactly the same,” said Smektala. “We want this game to be supported after its release. “We know that a…

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Destination profile: Vancouver

Consistently found topping lists of the world’s most liveable cities, Vancouver’s charms are myriad. Wedged between sea and mountains, its natural setting rivals the likes of Rio and Cape Town while its creative enthusiasm sites it firmly on North America’s West Coast. Taste your way through artisan cafés and craft breweries, marvel at world-class art […] The post Destination profile: Vancouver appeared first on A Luxury Travel Blog. Read more: aluxurytravelblog.com

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Content Moderation At Scale Especially Doesn’t Work When You Hide All The Rules

For quite a while now, we’ve pointed out that doing any serious content moderation on major internet sites is laughably difficult, if not impossible. Whether done in a purely automated format, or with real human oversight, everything ends up boiling down to just how much collateral damage are we all willing to accept when sites attempt to enforce moderation rules. Even when sites attempt to communicate the rules to the public in a somewhat transparent fashion, such as Facebook, it all inevitably goes to the kind of hell that includes…

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Chinese Authorities Call For Internet Companies To Add Bias To AI Algorithms — In Order To ‘Promote Mainstream Values’

Techdirt has been tracking the worsening online surveillance and censorship situation in China for many years now. The latest move concerns the currently hot area of artificial intelligence (AI). It’s a sector that the Chinese government understands better than most Western governments, and which it has made one of its technology priorities. The authorities in China know that AI in the form of algorithms is increasingly deployed to optimize and customize Web sites. They have realized that this fact gives them an important new lever for controlling the online world.…

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World’s largest online betting firm created by Paddy Power owner

Flutter Entertainment to buy The Stars Group, owner of Sky Bet, in £10bn deal Flutter Entertainment, the owner of Paddy Power and Betfair, is to buy The Stars Group (TSG), which owns Sky Bet, in a £10bn deal which will create the world’s largest online betting company by revenue. The deal, agreed with one eye on the new and rapidly expanding US market for sports betting, will give Flutter shareholders a 55% majority of an online gaming group that would have had combined revenues of £3.8bn last year. Related: Sports…

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