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Pfizer to close Seagen manufacturing plant in Seattle area following $43B acquisition

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Pharma giant Pfizer, fresh off its $43 billion acquisition of Seagen, said it will shut down construction on a new 270,000 square-foot manufacturing facility Seagen was building north of Seattle near its headquarters. “Pfizer regularly evaluates our manufacturing network to ensure capacity is effectively utilized based on projected product demands,” the company said in a statement to GeekWire. “After careful evaluation, we have made the difficult decision to wind down construct

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Nvidia could be working on a new gaming device to rival the Steam Deck

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Nvidia may be having a serious case of FOMO. The company has been watching AMD APUs clean up in the somewhat new segment of PC-based gaming handhelds, and now that Intel alternatives are coming out later in 2024, Team Green wants in. That is what a source has told YouTube.

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Seattle vanlife gurus see tech and AI’s potential as a copilot, to boost human connections on road trips

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With all the makings of a buddy road trip adventure, two longtime Seattle friends and tech veterans have teamed up to breathe new life into a popular travel app under the umbrella of a thriving business built around a love for “vanlife.” Jordan Schwartz , the software entrepreneur who previously founded and led Seattle startup Pathable, is the new chief product officer at Sēkr , an app to help travelers plan trips, find campsites and more.

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The Raspberry Pi Pico-powered Throttle Blaster brings classic games to life on modern systems

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Somewhere out there, a gamer in possession of a vintage PC wants to play Monkey Island. It's a game known to have issues initializing on faster systems, and sure enough, it won't start at full speed. But one reboot later in which the speed is dialed down and the game.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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How Microsoft, T-Mobile, and Amazon use big bets to build durable businesses in turbulent times

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Kevin McCaffrey, left, and John Rossman, authors of the new book, “Big Bet Leadership: Your Transformation Playbook for Winning in the Hyper-Digital Era.” (Rossman Partners Photo) At the outset of their new book, “Big Bet Leadership,” authors John Rossman and Kevin McCaffrey identify three “mega forces” that they believe could define the years ahead for businesses and the economy: Disruptive technologies such as generative AI and quantum computing The aging of

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Windows 11 now supports USB4 at 80GB/s

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With the latest public update, Windows 11 gains support for USB4 connections at 80GB/s, also known as USB4 2.0. The upgrade comes with OS builds 22621.3235 and 22631.3235, which users should receive through an automatic update this week.

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"Goodnight, Odie": Odysseus lander's historic moon mission comes to an end

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At 6:23 p.m. ET on February 22, 2024, the Odysseus lander became the first non-governmental US craft to make a successful soft landing on the moon. Built by Texas-based Intuitive Machines, Odysseus was meant to operate on the lunar surface for around seven to ten days, but after a little.

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Unreal Tournament and the original Unreal receive RTX path tracing mods

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Unreal and Unreal Tournament are the latest classic games to become playable with advanced path-traced lighting through RTX Remix. Although the mod that enables the effect remains a work in progress, screenshots and videos from an early version show the two titles with dramatically altered aesthetics.

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Asus promo offers UK customers cashback on Radeon 7000 GPUs

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Posted on Friday, the Asus promotion page describes the new cashback incentive program and identifies eligible Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs from the TUF and Dual lineups. The list of eligible GPU models from each extends from the flagship TUF 7900 XTX 24GB down to the Asus Dual RX 7600 8GB.