Associate Game Designer - Temp, HearthstoneBlizzard EntertainmentIrvine California 92618 United States of America46 minutes agoApplyTeam Name:HearthstoneJob Title:Associate Game Designer - Temp, HearthstoneRequisition ID:R025393Job Description:Pull up a chair and join us by the hearth! Blizzard is looking for an Associate Game Designer to join the Hearthstone card design team on a temporary 12-month contract. If you have a passion for the design and craft of card games and want to participate in the future of Hearthstone, we want to hear from you! Our team values creativity, collaboration and a commitment to quality and we are searching for talented developers to add to our team of passionate game makers.As an Associate Game Designer on the card design team, you will have the core responsibility and specialization in making fun-to-play, clear, and balanced cards for our upcoming expansions. Your player insight, analytical abilities, and creativity will help create player-focused designs that will surprise and delight millions of players all around the world. As with every design role on the Hearthstone team, you will be a champion of Blizzard's commitment to delivering world class quality.This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work required to be on-site and some work-from-home. The home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.ResponsibilitiesCreate engaging cards and mechanics for Hearthstone’s future expansionsUse your keen design and analytical sensibilities to help design and develop cards, concepts, and flavor that encapsulates the charm of HearthstoneScripting and implementing cards using internal toolsParticipating in playtests and giving feedback to other designers' cardsSet a good example for your team to collaborate, communicate, listen and be respectful. Inspire designers through your actions, so that others may observe and be motivated to join inAdvocate for and explain product vision and design decisions both inside and outside the initial design teamMinimum RequirementsKnowledge and SkillsA strong sense of what makes a gameplay experience compelling and fun, as well as the ability to articulate well why a game design decision is good or badA demonstrable understanding of the how the player experience in competitive card games evolves as a consequence of the introduction of new mechanics and synergiesKey AttributesOutstanding self-motivation and initiativeDemonstrated ability to work well within a highly collaborative environmentExcellent written and verbal communications skillsCommitment to creating a safe space for collaboration, communication, and creativity across all subject areas and departmentsExtra PointsExperiencePrevious professional game design experienceExperience working with data on a live product to inform design decisionsExperience implementing game content using a programming or scripting languageExpert/Tournament level CCG play experienceKnowledge and SkillsCreative writing skillsA familiarity with statistics or analyticsYour PlatformBest known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.Our WorldActivision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.RewardsWe provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/ .In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $24.04 - $44.47 Hourly. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable. Create Your Profile — Game companies can contact you with their relevant job openings. Apply

The idea of using the body’s own organs as mini bioreactors to grow replacement tissue or even regenerate other organs might sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but it's already becoming reality in cutting-edge labs around the world.A collaboration between Wenzhou Medical University, Nanjing University, and the University of Macau has taken an unexpected turn in regenerative medicine by turning to the spleen, a lymphatic organ typically overshadowed by its more high-profile neighbors. Their findings, recently published in Science Translational Medicine, suggest that the spleen could be key to growing new, functional tissues within the body. And the implications are huge, particularly for diseases like type 1 diabetes.Reinventing the Spleen's PurposeRoughly the size of an avocado and tucked under the left side of the rib cage just above the stomach, the spleen’s usual responsibilities include filtering damaged blood cells and supporting the immune system. It’s often considered non-essential as many people live healthy lives without their spleen, if it was removed after injury or illness.But its seemingly simple structure might be exactly what makes it so powerful. With its sponge-like texture, nutrient-rich environment, and proximity to major blood vessels like those of the liver, the spleen turns out to be an ideal candidate for tissue cultivation.Insulin, Made in the SpleenIn this study, researchers set their sights on type 1 diabetes, a condition in which the immune system destroys insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells. Working with the spleens of primates (macaques), the team engineered microenvironments within the test organs to support human pancreatic islets.“We’re essentially converting the spleen into a high-performance bioreactor,” explained study co-author Lei Dong in a press release. “By enhancing extracellular matrix support, accelerating blood vessel growth, and suppressing immune attacks, we’ve created an ideal niche for transplanted cells to thrive.”After transplantation, the human islet cells matured inside the primates’ spleens and began producing insulin and C-peptide (a byproduct of insulin production) continuously for 28 days. It’s a critical proof of concept — showing that not only can the spleen host new tissue, but it can support it long enough to function effectively.This isn't the team’s first foray into reimagining the spleen’s capabilities. They already reprogrammed mouse spleens to perform liver functions, used gene editing to grow liver tissue without transplanting any cells, and even rebuilt thyroid tissue in animal models.Now, the next frontier is personal: using patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to grow customized organs. “The spleen acts like a living bioreactor embedded in our bodies,” said Dong. “With minimally invasive B-ultrasound-guided delivery, we could one day cultivate custom-made organs on demand.”While the concept is promising, clinical use is still a few years away. However, after undergoing thorough safety testing, this work forces a re-evaluation of regenerative medicine and what we consider “non-essential.” The spleen, long overshadowed and often dismissed, might just be one of the body’s most underutilized resources — an internal bioreactor whose potential is only just starting to be realized.This article is not offering medical advice and should be used for informational purposes only.Article SourcesOur writers at Discovermagazine.com use peer-reviewed studies and high-quality sources for our articles, and our editors review for scientific accuracy and editorial standards. Review the sources used below for this article:Science Advances: Transforming the spleen into a liver-like organ in vivoScience Translational Medicine: Islet transplantation in immunomodulatory nanoparticle–remodeled spleensHaving worked as a biomedical research assistant in labs across three countries, Jenny excels at translating complex scientific concepts – ranging from medical breakthroughs and pharmacological discoveries to the latest in nutrition – into engaging, accessible content. Her interests extend to topics such as human evolution, psychology, and quirky animal stories. When she’s not immersed in a popular science book, you’ll find her catching waves or cruising around Vancouver Island on her longboard.

Requisition #: 16199 Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys. Innovate With Ansys, Power Your Career. Summary / Role Purpose The Principal Application Engineer leads the evaluation, deployment, and support of innovative solutions for PowerArtist. In this role, the Principal Application Engineer will act as a technical reference, working closely with customers, partners, R&D Engineers, and Sales teams to evaluate and deploy major new flows, methods and capabilities to meet business objectives. Key Duties and Responsibilities Regional subject matter expert in multiple tools Lead technical campaigns and direct peers to successful completion Own complete solution (i.e. tool/command, documentation, etc.) and drive to closure Develop and deliver training/education to peers, customers Be a mentor for junior levels Negotiate success criteria with customers for critical technical campaigns Discover and contribute to closing new business opportunities Become a trusted advisor to at least two customers Within their field of expertise, they are not relying on fellow peers for gaps in skill set. I.e. issues encountered are beyond peer knowledge Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience BS in Electrical/Electronics Engineering with 12 years' experience, MS with 10 years' experience, or PhD with 7 years' experience Extensive commercial experience with EDA, semiconductors design and methodologies Demonstrated leadership with a track record of delivering state-of-the-art results on complex problems Excellent TCL, Python programming skills translating into an ability to take a customer specification and code a solution Preferred Qualifications and Skills Expert-level knowledge and leadership in EDA, semiconductor design specializing in digital frontend design, verification and signoff. Experience and ability to perform RTL design/verification, power estimation, power budgeting, signoff checks like power consumption rollup, etc Experience leading technical efforts to deliver innovative solutions that advance large-scale commercial products Proven ability to understand business requirements and translate them into software roadmaps and plans Ability to disseminate complex information in a clear way to customers, sales teams, and stakeholders Ability to drive success across teams and geographies, and to mentor others At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: our commitments to stakeholders, our values that guide how we work together, and our actions to deliver results. As ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement Our Commitments:Amaze with innovative products and solutionsMake our customers incredibly successfulAct with integrityEnsure employees thrive and shareholders prosper Our Values:Adaptability: Be open, welcome what's nextCourage: Be courageous, move forward passionatelyGenerosity: Be generous, share, listen, serveAuthenticity: Be you, make us stronger Our Actions:We commit to audacious goalsWe work seamlessly as a teamWe demonstrate masteryWe deliver outstanding resultsVALUES IN ACTION Ansys is committed to powering the people who power human advancement. We believe in creating and nurturing a workplace that supports and welcomes people of all backgrounds; encouraging them to bring their talents and experience to a workplace where they are valued and can thrive. Our culture is grounded in our four core values of adaptability, courage, generosity, and authenticity. Through our behaviors and actions, these values foster higher team performance and greater innovation for our customers. We're proud to offer programs, available to all employees, to further impact innovation and business outcomes, such as employee networks and learning communities that inform solutions for our globally minded customer base. WELCOME WHAT'S NEXT IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively, we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high - met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head on. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost. Ready to feel inspired? Check out some of our recent customer stories, here and here . At Ansys, it's about the learning, the discovery, and the collaboration. It's about the "what's next" as much as the "mission accomplished." And it's about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics.CREATING A PLACE WE'RE PROUD TO BEAnsys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: Newsweek's Most Loved Workplace globally and in the U.S., Gold Stevie Award Winner, America's Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and U.K.).For more information, please visit us at Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. 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A Young Cooper’s Hawk Learned to Use a Crosswalk Signal to Launch Surprise Attacks on Other Birds Researcher Vladimir Dinets watched the bird repeatedly sneak behind a row of cars to ambush its unsuspecting prey Cooper's hawks are skilled hunters that feast on small and medium-sized birds. Pixabay Vladimir Dinets was driving his daughter to school one morning when a flash of movement caught his eye. He watched as a young Cooper’s hawk darted out of a tree, soared low to the ground along a line of cars and dove into a nearby front yard. Dinets is a zoologist at the University of Tennessee who specializes in animal behavior and intelligence, so the scene naturally piqued his curiosity. But when he watched the exact same scenario play out a few days later, Dinets realized something scientifically interesting might be going on. He decided to investigate. The bird seemed to understand that, whenever a human pushed the pedestrian crossing signal, a long line of cars would back up down the street. The savvy creature then used the vehicles as cover to launch a sneak attack on a group of unsuspecting birds gathered in a nearby home’s front yard. Dinets details the hawk’s clever behavior in a new paper published Thursday in the journal Frontiers in Ethology. “When I figured out what was going on, I was really impressed. I didn’t expect that,” Dinets tells the Guardian’s Nicola Davis. “On the other hand, every time I study some animal species it proves smarter than I expect.” Dinets observed the hawk for 12 total hours over the course of 18 weekday mornings in a neighborhood in West Orange, New Jersey, during the winter of 2021 to 2022. He watched as the bird attempted six attacks on the prey flock, but because of where Dinets was positioned, he couldn’t see how many of the hunts were successful. On one occasion, however, he did see the hawk fly away with a sparrow gripped in its talons, and on another, he saw the hawk eating a mourning dove on the ground. After the first two attacks, Dinets gleaned a clear picture of what was happening. First, someone would push the pedestrian crossing signal, which would activate a loud, rhythmic clicking sound designed to let individuals with visual impairments know it was safe to cross the street. The noise also seemed to serve as a cue for the hawk, which would fly into a nearby tree and perch on a low branch. As cars began stopping behind the crosswalk, the hawk seemed to bide its time. Once the queue got long enough—usually about ten cars—the bird sprang into action, swooping down and flying just a few feet above the sidewalk along the line of vehicles. Then, once it reached a certain house, it would make a hard, 90-degree turn and veer into the yard across the street, where prey birds were feeding on the ground. That house, as Dinets learned, was occupied by a family that liked to eat dinner outdoors. The next morning, their leftover crumbs would attract sparrows, doves and starlings—birds that Cooper’s hawks like to hunt and eat. “The hawk understood the connection between the [pedestrian crossing] sound and the eventual car queue length,” Dinets writes in a guest editorial for Frontiers in Ethology. “The bird also had to have a good mental map of the place, because when the car queue reached its tree, the raptor could no longer see the place where its prey was and had to get there by memory.” The bird waited in a tree by house 11 until the line of cars got long enough, then it launched its attack by flying toward house one and cutting across the street to the front yard of house two. Dinets, Vladimir, Frontiers in Ethology, 2025 Dinets was impressed by the bird’s ability to master a human environment for its own benefit. The ambush tactics were even more impressive, given the hawk’s likely unfamiliarity with the neighborhood, he adds. “Cooper’s hawks rarely nest in cities in our area but are common winter visitors,” he writes. “So, the bird I was watching was almost certainly a migrant, having moved to the city just a few weeks earlier. And it had already figured out how to use traffic signals and patterns.” The bird had also learned this behavior at a young age, at a time when other Cooper’s hawks “are just not good at hunting yet,” says Janet Ng, a wildlife biologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada who was not involved with the research, to the Atlantic’s Katherine J. Wu. Though adult Cooper’s hawks are skilled predators, Ng notes that young members of the species sometimes die of starvation if they can’t secure enough food. Other birds have also been observed taking advantage of human environments. Urban crows, for instance, have been spotted dropping nuts into traffic, letting cars do the hard work of cracking open the tough shells so they can reach the tasty morsels inside. Pigeons will sometimes wait for humans to turn on drinking fountains so they can get a sip of water. And Swainson’s hawks have been known to follow behind tractors and other farm equipment to nab insects and rodents that get flushed out. But cities are particularly difficult environments for birds of prey, Dinets notes. They must “avoid windows, cars, utility wire and countless other dangers while catching something to eat every day,” he writes in the editorial. Scientists have more often studied intelligence in other birds, such as parrots and crows, rather than in raptors. But that’s starting to change, as papers like this one start to call more attention to raptor intelligence. “My observations show that Cooper’s hawks manage to survive and thrive there, at least in part, by being very smart,” Dinets writes. Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.

Développeur Back-end Senior - Senior Backend developer / Equipe RicardoTurbulentMontreal QC CA1 minute agoApplyQue ferez-vous ?En tant que membre de l’équipe Ricardo de Turbulent, vous participerez à la modernisation de plateformes écrites en PHP. Vous contribuerez à l’adoption d’un plan d’architecture et à son développement, tout en soulevant les risques possibles de la solution proposée et en trouvant les mitigations nécessaires. Vous voulez repousser les limites de la technologie ainsi que devenir une ressource clé pour votre équipe.Collaborer de près avec le Product Owner pour l’élaboration de nouveaux projets avec le clientMettre en place des architectures efficaces et des solutions robustes grâce à un processus itératifSoulever et documenter les risques inhérents aux solutions proposées, trouver les mitigations nécessairesEffectuer l’estimation complète du travail à accomplir au niveau du développement backendMettre en place des architectures efficaces et des solutions robustes grâce à un processus itératifLivraison réussie de solutions backend dans le respect des normes élevées de qualité, de performance et de sécurité.Excellente gestion du stress et sens de la relation client pour évoluer efficacement dans un environnement exigeant et dynamique.Qu'attendons-nous de notre Développeur Back-end Senior ?10 ans+ d’expérience en développement webDiplôme en programmation informatique ou tout autre domaine connexeBonne maîtrise du cycle de production de projets web et multimédiaCommuniquer et collaborer étroitement avec des collègues de différentes expertises. Vulgariser des concepts complexes est naturel pour vous.Compétences avancées en programmation dans des langages backend tels que PHP, Node.js, TypeScript.Excellente expérience en conception et implémentations API RestConnaissance approfondie des bases de données relationnelles et non relationnelles, ainsi que des outils de gestion de bases de données (MySQL, Redis).Expérience avec les services Cloud (AWS ou autre)Bonne expérience de travail avec DockerSolide expérience dans la conception, le développement et la maintenance de systèmes backend robustes et évolutifs à volume élevé.Prise en charge les systèmes de compilation et de déploiement applicatif des projets qui vous sont assignés.Expérience avec des plateformes web telles que Symfony, Laravel ou autres frameworks similairesFamiliarité avec les engins d’indexation tels que Solr et ElasticSearchBonne connaissance de la méthodologie Agile – un atoutMaîtrise complète du français et bonne connaissance de l'anglaisÀ propos de Turbulent, une entreprise de Cloud ImperiumCIG Turbulent est à la pointe du développement de jeux, créant des fonctionnalités de jeu, des environnements, des personnages et des technologies pour l'univers de Star Citizen. Située à Montréal, notre équipe talentueuse est dédiée à la création d'expériences immersives et innovantes qui captivent les joueur·se·s du monde entier.Depuis sa création en 2002, Turbulent est un leader dans le développement de plateformes technologiques innovantes à travers divers secteurs, y compris le divertissement, les médias et l'éducation. En 2012, nous avons commencé notre collaboration avec Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) pour développer la plateforme web de Star Citizen. Ce partenariat a évolué et, en 2020, nous avons fondé un studio de développement de jeux qui travaille avec les équipes de développement nord-américaines de Star Citizen. Notre studio à part entière couvre la technologie en ligne, l'art, les environnements, l'interface utilisateur et la création de personnages. Le 13 juillet 2023, après plus d'une décennie de collaboration réussie, nous avons fièrement annoncé notre fusion avec Cloud Imperium Games.Cloud Imperium Games est reconnu pour créer des jeux vidéo révolutionnaires qui repoussent les limites du possible. Nos projets phares incluent Star Citizen, une simulation spatiale multijoueur record, et Squadron 42, une aventure épique en solo se déroulant dans le même univers.Pour plus d'informations sur la vie chez Cloud Imperium Games, cliquez ici 🎮Turbulent s'engage à employer une main-d'œuvre diversifiée. Les candidats qualifiés seront considérés sans égard à la race, la couleur, la religion, le sexe, l'origine nationale, l'âge, l'orientation sexuelle, l'identité de genre, l'expression de genre ou le handicap .------What will you do?As a member of Turbulent’s Core team Ricardo, you will take part in modernizing platforms written in PHP. You will contribute to the adoption and development of an architectural plan, while identifying potential risks in the proposed solution and finding appropriate mitigations. You’re driven to push technological boundaries and become a key asset to your team.Work closely with the Product Owner to design new projects with the clientImplement effective architectures and robust solutions through an iterative processIdentify and document risks inherent to proposed solutions, and determine appropriate mitigationsProvide accurate estimates for backend development tasksSuccessfully deliver backend solutions that meet high standards of quality, performance, and securityDemonstrate strong stress management and client relationship skills to thrive in a demanding and fast-paced environmentWhat do we expect from ou r Senior Backend developer ?10+ years of experience in web developmentDegree in Computer Programming or any related fieldStrong understanding of the web and multimedia project lifecycleAble to communicate and collaborate closely with colleagues from various disciplines — explaining complex concepts comes naturally to youAdvanced programming skills in backend languages such as PHP, Node.js, and TypeScriptExtensive experience in designing and implementing REST APIsIn-depth knowledge of both relational and non-relational databases, as well as database management tools (MySQL, Redis)Experience with Cloud services (AWS or others)Solid experience working with DockerProven track record in designing, developing, and maintaining robust and scalable high-volume backend systemsAbility to manage build and deployment systems for assigned projectsExperience with web frameworks such as Symfony, Laravel, or similarFamiliarity with indexing engines like Solr and ElasticsearchGood knowledge of Agile methodology – an assetFluent in French and good command of EnglishAbout Turbulent, a Cloud Imperium CompanyCIG Turbulent is at the cutting edge of game development, creating game features, environments, characters, and technology for the Star Citizen universe. Located in Montreal, our talented team is dedicated to crafting immersive and innovative experiences that captivate players around the globe.Since its inception in 2002, Turbulent has been a leader in developing innovative technological platforms across diverse sectors, including entertainment, media, and education. In 2012, we began our collaboration with Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) to develop the web platform for Star Citizen. This partnership evolved, and in 2020, we founded a game development studio that powers the North American development teams of Star Citizen. Our full-fledged studio reaches across online technology, art, environments, UI, and character creation. On July 13, 2023, after more than a decade of successful collaboration, we proudly announced our merger with Cloud Imperium Games.Cloud Imperium Games is renowned for creating cutting-edge video games that push the boundaries of what is possible. Our flagship projects include Star Citizen, a record-breaking multiplayer online space simulation, and Squadron 42, an epic single-player adventure set in the same expansive universe.For more information about life at Cloud Imperium Games, check this out 🎮Turbulent is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or disability. Create Your Profile — Game companies can contact you with their relevant job openings. Apply

South Korea’s Female Free Divers May Have Evolved to Thrive Underwater, Study Finds The Haenyeo, a group of skilled divers on Jeju Island, plunge beneath the ocean’s surface without any breathing equipment, thanks to a combination of their training and genetics Lillian Ali - Staff Contributor May 23, 2025 4:50 p.m. A group of female South Korean free divers on Jeju Island, known as the Haenyeo, exit the water after catching marine snails in November 2015. Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images On Jeju Island, 50 miles south of the Korean peninsula, senior women regularly dive up to 60 feet beneath the ocean’s surface. They collect sea urchins, sea snails called abalone and other food—and they do it all without breathing equipment. These divers are known as the Haenyeo, or “women of the sea.” Trained from a young age, they plunge into cold ocean water year-round, throughout their lives. “They dive throughout their whole pregnancy,” Diana Aguilar-Gómez, a geneticist at the University of California, Los Angeles, tells NPR’s Ari Daniel. She describes stories of women diving until shortly before giving birth, then returning to the water just days later. Today, however, the practice is dwindling, and the current average age of the Haenyeo is about 70 years old. Many of the divers consider themselves to be the last of their kind. Aguilar-Gómez and her colleagues wanted to know how the Haenyeo built their remarkable underwater resilience—and whether evolution, rather than just training, played a role in their abilities. The scientists found a variety of genetic and adaptive traits among the Haenyeo and published their work this month in the journal Cell Reports. The research team compared 30 Haenyeo divers to 30 older non-diving women on Jeju Island, as well as to 31 older South Korean women from off the island. To keep all participants safe, they decided to conduct only “simulated dives,” where participants hold their breath and submerge their faces in a bowl of cold water. This triggers the mammalian dive reflex: The heart slows down, and the body diverts blood to the most important areas, like the brain. “Your body says, ‘Ok, there’s not a lot of oxygen coming, let’s keep it in the organs that need it the most,’” study co-author Melissa Ann Ilardo, a geneticist at the University of Utah, tells Deutsche Welle’s Matthew Ward Agius. The Haenyeo prepare for a dive. Hans Hillewaert / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Comparing the Haenyeo to other women, researchers found that the trained divers’ heart rates fell about 50 percent more than those who weren’t divers. In an extreme case, one Haenyeo woman’s heart rate dropped by 40 beats per minute in just 15 seconds. The lowered heart rate is not genetic, though. Scientists think that any human, if they had the lifetime of training the Haenyeo do, would adapt similarly. “We know that it’s because of training, because it’s something that we only saw in the Haenyeo,” Ilardo tells CNN’s Katie Hunt. To look for genetic differences, researchers took saliva samples from the different groups. They found that women from Jeju, whether or not they were divers, had similar genes. Compared to non-islanders, though, researchers saw two key differences. One has to do with cold tolerance—the Haenyeo are known for diving in frigid conditions, with surface water temperatures during their dives reaching 50 degrees Fahrenheit or colder. Ilardo tells NPR about a time she saw the Haenyeo diving in snowy weather: “They said as long as there’s not a risk that they’re going to be blown away to sea, then they still go out in the water, no matter how cold it is.” The people from Jeju Island were more likely to carry a genetic variant that may make them more resistant to hypothermia—in previous research, it has been linked to the ability to tolerate cold temperatures and pain. Jeju Island, known for its female free divers, seen from above. Robert Simmons / NASA The second difference relates to blood pressure—women from Jeju were more than four times more likely than women not from the island to have a gene variant related to lower blood pressure. Everyone’s blood pressure increases when they dive, Ilardo tells CNN. But Jeju residents’ blood pressure increases less. This resistance to heightened blood pressure could help the Haenyeo dive while pregnant, since high blood pressure can be very dangerous during pregnancy. The Haenyeo’s unique adaptations could hold the key to treating chronic diseases, particularly those related to high blood pressure. Gaining a better understanding of the gene tied to lower blood pressure could help scientists develop medications to protect people who are at risk of stroke or blood pressure complications, the researchers say. Ben Trumble, an anthropologist at Arizona State University who was not involved in the study, tells theWashington Post’s Mark Johnson that this new research could give insight into how to treat cardiovascular disease. “By working with populations like those Dr. Ilardo is working with, who aren’t sedentary office dwellers, we can gain some insights into how natural selection has helped us adapt and survive many problems that humans have faced throughout history,” Trumble says. Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.

Senior Environment Artist – Unannounced Game | Irvine, CABlizzard EntertainmentIrvine California 92618 United States of America50 minutes agoApplyTeam Name:Unannounced ProjectJob Title:Senior Environment Artist – Unannounced Game | Irvine, CARequisition ID:R025360Job Description:At Blizzard, we craft genre-defining games and legendary worlds for all to share. Through unparalleled creativity and storytelling, we create immersive universes and iconic characters that are beloved across platforms, borders, backgrounds, and generations - only made possible by building a work environment that nurtures the artistry of game development and unleashes the aspirations of our people.We are looking for a Senior Environment Artist to help us craft a new, unannounced game for Blizzard. As a key member of the development team, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality environment artwork through artistic and technical knowledge. You understand how to effectively build, integrate, and optimize a variety of environment asset types as well as how to support the gameplay experience. You are comfortable operating in a dynamic environment, navigating fluid deadlines and changing priorities with purpose.This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.Responsibilities:Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:Working closely with the art director, collaborate with designers, artists, code, materials, VFX and lighting departments to help deliver game environments to a world-class standard .Use your knowledge of environment art creation to deliver work from iterative prototyping to final execution.Create artifacts (content creation briefs, workflow techniques) to guide the work of internal and external artists.Remain current on industry trends including advancement in commercial game engines and workflow efficiencies.Be comfortable touching many aspects of environment work including asset creation, texture work, material creation, composition and set dressing, foliage, geology, roads, and terrain.Proactively identify risks and propose solutions within the area of environment art creation.Minimum RequirementsExperience7+ years of experience in AAA environment art.Proven experience, having shipped multiple major titles in a relevant role.Experience working with a AAA game engine with strong understanding of implementation and integration.Knowledge of many aspects of environment art creation including strong proficiency in industry-standard 3D workflows.A portfolio, with examples and detailed breakdowns, showcasing your practical work.Strong understanding of authoring PBR content.Experience collaborating to develop better workflows and technology.Key AttributesA team-oriented approach to your work, understanding the importance of collaboration, and partnering with all departments.The ability to Inspire others with an enthusiastic approach to game development and improving core skills.Self-motivated ability to push initiatives forward.Extra PointsExperienceExperience working through early development R&D phases of a project is a plus.Solid understanding of game art creation outside of environment art ( e.g. lighting, VFX, characters, animation, rendering).An interest in photography and cinema.Experience creating and handling photogrammetry data.Expertise in 3D composition, form, balance, and color theory.Your PlatformBest known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. ( www.blizzard.com ), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.Our WorldActivision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush ™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment . We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications ? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com . General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.RewardsWe provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/ .In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $80,800.00 - $149,400.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable. Create Your Profile — Game companies can contact you with their relevant job openings. Apply

Key Takeaways Maxsun unveiled the new Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual GPU video card, featuring two 24GB Pro B60 GPUs. It features a blower-style fan, ideal for building complex workstations with multiple cards. Although the pricing isn’t made public yet, we expect it to be around $1,000, which can be a competition-killer. Remember the good old CrossFire days when you could hook up multiple AMD GPUs to achieve higher performance? Well, those days might be returning thanks to the new Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual GPU launched by Maxsun at Computex. It PCIe features two 24GB GPUs in a single card, meaning you can get 48 GB of GPU memory. What’s incredible here is that the Arc Pro B60 only needs 8 PCIe lanes, unlike some high-end GPUs that need 16. However, you’ll need an X16 motherboard/CPU combo that supports PCIe bifurcation. In that case, the entire x16 slot can be split into two x8 connections. Interestingly, the Arc Pro B60 isn’t marketed as a gaming GPU – it’s meant primarily for workstations that require high computing power for tasks such as rendering, animations, moderate AI development, 3D modelling, etc. This is why it features a unique blower-like fan instead of the typical open-air fan we see in gaming CPUs. Unlike open-air fans that spread the heat out inside the case, a blower-style fan works like a hairdryer by pushing the heat out from the inside of the case. While the cooling efficiency of a blower fan might be lower on a single GPU, they turn out to be more effective in stacks, which is exactly what the Arc Pro B60 is meant for. So, if you’re building a workstation with 3 Arc Pro B60s, a blower-style fan ensures all 6 GPUs can be cooled without overwhelming the entire setup, making it better for ‘stacking.’ Comeback of Multi-GPU Setups Multi-GPU setups were quite the thing back in the day. We’re sure that a couple of die-hard builders in our team would serve up puppy eyes thinking about hooking up two 16GB GPUs to get more power. However, despite the widespread belief that you would get double the performance, memory was only enhanced by 30-50%. Still, these CrossFire setups served the purpose, i.e., gamers could play resource-intensive games. It’s worth noting that such dual-GPU setups faded away with the rapid development of newer GPUs. In short, single GPUs became powerful enough to overshadow dual GPUs. Eventually, a lot of applications and games stopped supporting CrossFire setups. With the new Intel Arc Pro B60, dual GPUs might make a mini-comeback. They’re not returning to the gaming arena, but to data centers, workstations, and AI setups. NVIDIA hasn’t promoted this in a long time, pushing its expensive GPUs into the market instead. This is also precisely where Intel wants to punch harder – the price point. Although we’re still waiting for the exact details on the Intel Arc Pro B60 dual GPU setup price, experts believe it could be priced around $1,000-$1,200. To get the same 48 GB of VRAM, you might have to spend $5,000-6,000 with models like the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada. Of course, there will be performance differences between the two, too, but getting at-par VRAM is the first step of the process. Honestly, if power-intensive workspaces are able to get 48 GB of VRAM at 70-80% less cost, this dual GPU setup can become a market killer. In other news, Intel has also announced Project Battlematrix – a solution that supports AI workloads that can combine up to eight Intel Arc Pro GPUs in a system, with 192 GB of VRAM. The company seems to be working hard on the workstation and data processing industry – something NVIDIA and AMD haven’t catered to explicitly yet. This could give Intel a first-mover advantage. If it can achieve comparable performance with some modern NVIDIA chips, the new Intel Arc Pro B60 can revive the Blue team. Read more: Nvidia’s downgraded H20 chips might not be enough to stop China’s Ai ambitions Krishi is a seasoned tech journalist with over four years of experience writing about PC hardware, consumer technology, and artificial intelligence.  Clarity and accessibility are at the core of Krishi’s writing style. He believes technology writing should empower readers—not confuse them—and he’s committed to ensuring his content is always easy to understand without sacrificing accuracy or depth. Over the years, Krishi has contributed to some of the most reputable names in the industry, including Techopedia, TechRadar, and Tom’s Guide. A man of many talents, Krishi has also proven his mettle as a crypto writer, tackling complex topics with both ease and zeal. 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Venture capitalists have always focused on investing in companies that leverage technology to either disrupt established industries or create entirely new business categories. But some VCs are starting to flip the script on their investing styles. Rather than funding startups, they are acquiring mature businesses –such as call centers, accounting firms, and other professional service firms—and optimizing them with artificial intelligence to serve more customers through automation. This strategy, often likened to private equity roll-ups, is being employed by firms such as General Catalyst, Thrive Capital, and solo VC Elad Gil. General Catalyst, touting this as a new asset class, has already backed seven such companies, including Long Lake, a startup that scoops up homeowners’ associations in an effort to make the management of communities more streamlined. Since its founding less than two years ago, Long Lake has secured $670 million in funding, according to PitchBook data. While the strategy is still new, a few other venture outfits have told TechCrunch that they are also considering trying out the investment model. Among them is Khosla Ventures, a firm known for making early bets on risky, unproven technologies with long development timelines. “I think we’ll look at a few of these types of opportunities,” Samir Kaul, general partner at Khosla Ventures, told TechCrunch. Interestingly, this PE-flavored approach could be a surprising benefit to the multitudes of AI startups VCs are backing. If a VC marries old businesses with new technology, AI startups wanting to serve these industries would essentially gain instant access to large, established clients. Techcrunch event Join us at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot for our leading AI industry event with speakers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cohere. For a limited time, tickets are just $292 for an entire day of expert talks, workshops, and potent networking. Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you’ve built — without the big spend. Available through May 9 or while tables last. Berkeley, CA | June 5 REGISTER NOW According to Kaul, such access would be helpful when new startups have difficulties securing customers on their own. With the rapid rate of change in AI, the number of startups pouring into the market, and the historically long sales cycles involved in selling to enterprises, such difficulties apply to many AI startups.  But Khosla Ventures wants to proceed with caution. “The companies we’re looking at are very unlikely to lose money,” Kaul said, but he doesn’t want the strategy to ruin the firm’s strong return track record. “My biggest stress in life is I’m managing other people’s money, and I want to make sure that I continue to be a good steward of it.” While Khosla Ventures is starting to “dabble” in AI roll-up investments, Kaul explained that the firm wants to do a few deals to assess if such investments deliver strong returns for the firm before possibly raising money for some kind of vehicle specifically aimed at this investment strategy. If early bets pan out, Khosla would likely partner with a PE-style firm to help it with acquisitions rather than hire a team. “We wouldn’t do it alone, we don’t have that expertise,” he said.

Venture capitalists have always focused on investing in companies that leverage technology to either disrupt established industries or create entirely new business categories. But some VCs are starting to flip the script on their investing styles. Rather than funding startups, they are acquiring mature businesses –such as call centers, accounting firms, and other professional service firms—and optimizing them with artificial intelligence to serve more customers through automation. This strategy, often likened to private equity roll-ups, is being employed by firms such as General Catalyst, Thrive Capital, and solo VC Elad Gil. General Catalyst, touting this as a new asset class, has already backed seven such companies, including Long Lake, a startup that scoops up homeowners’ associations in an effort to make the management of communities more streamlined. Since its founding less than two years ago, Long Lake has secured $670 million in funding, according to PitchBook data. While the strategy is still new, a few other venture outfits have told TechCrunch that they are also considering trying out the investment model. Among them is Khosla Ventures, a firm known for making early bets on risky, unproven technologies with long development timelines. “I think we’ll look at a few of these types of opportunities,” Samir Kaul, general partner at Khosla Ventures, told TechCrunch. Interestingly, this PE-flavored approach could be a surprising benefit to the multitudes of AI startups VCs are backing. If a VC marries old businesses with new technology, AI startups wanting to serve these industries would essentially gain instant access to large, established clients. Techcrunch event Join us at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot for our leading AI industry event with speakers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cohere. For a limited time, tickets are just $292 for an entire day of expert talks, workshops, and potent networking. Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you’ve built — without the big spend. Available through May 9 or while tables last. Berkeley, CA | June 5 REGISTER NOW According to Kaul, such access would be helpful when new startups have difficulties securing customers on their own. With the rapid rate of change in AI, the number of startups pouring into the market, and the historically long sales cycles involved in selling to enterprises, such difficulties apply to many AI startups.  But Khosla Ventures wants to proceed with caution. “The companies we’re looking at are very unlikely to lose money,” Kaul said, but he doesn’t want the strategy to ruin the firm’s strong return track record. “My biggest stress in life is I’m managing other people’s money, and I want to make sure that I continue to be a good steward of it.” While Khosla Ventures is starting to “dabble” in AI roll-up investments, Kaul explained that the firm wants to do a few deals to assess if such investments deliver strong returns for the firm before possibly raising money for some kind of vehicle specifically aimed at this investment strategy. If early bets pan out, Khosla would likely partner with a PE-style firm to help it with acquisitions rather than hire a team. “We wouldn’t do it alone, we don’t have that expertise,” he said.