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Stardew Valley, Mario & Luigi, and other chill games for a chill weekend

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 60, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, it’s a lot of gaming stuff this week, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)  This week, I’ve been… doomscrolling about the election, if I’m honest. But let’s not talk about …

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How to influence people and succeed at work: Executive coach

Why do decision-makers at work really choose one person for a role over another? What actually makes them trust someone’s judgment? How do they decide in practice who to tap for important opportunities? For the last 12 years, I’ve coached top performers at some of the world’s largest and most competitive Fortune 500 companies. As a result, I’ve been a …

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Spotify’s AI is no match for a real DJ

At the risk of stating the obvious, AI is absolutely everywhere lately. There’s AI in your car, AI in your messaging app, AI in your glasses. I’ve gotten pretty desensitized to it all as a hazard of the job, but it was Spotify’s AI DJ that actually got my attention.  I’ve listened to a top 40 radio station in the …

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