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Visualizing Data: Psychology and Analytics - Exploring, Explaining and Storytelling (Paperback)
Our editor's choice for August 2025 is this Books book that offers data visualization and psychology and analytics and storytelling and communication content. Visualizing Data: Psychology and Analytics - Exploring, Explaining and Storytelling (Paperback) stands out for its data visualization, psychology, analytics.
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Sources: Nvidia is developing a new Blackwell-based AI chip for China, tentatively known as the B30A, that will be more powerful than the H20 available in China (Reuters)
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Tue, 19 Aug 2025 06:20:01 -0400Xiaomi reports Q2 revenue up 31% YoY to $16.2B, above ~$16B est., and net income up 75.4% to ~$1.6B driven by EV sales, as its smartphone business slows down (Linda Lew/Bloomberg)
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Tue, 19 Aug 2025 06:05:01 -0400Sources: Databricks is finalizing a funding round that would value it at $100B, up 61% from December 2024, co-led by Thrive Capital; a16z is set to participate (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal)
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Lit Hub Daily: August 19, 2025
“She became fascinated with how human beings—especially those who didn’t have much power—could empower themselves and others and change the wo...
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:30:12 +0000Charlie Jane Anders on How A.S. Byatt’s Possession Paved the Way for Dark Academia
People constantly name The Secret History by Donna Tartt as the foundational text of dark academia—but A.S. Byatt’s masterpiece Possession was pub...
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:59:37 +0000Exploring Octavia Butler’s Beginnings as a Sci-Fi Trailblazer
It was Octavia Margaret who gave her daughter the spark to even consider a writing career. She saw her quiet, bookish ten-year-old daughter writing, s...
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:59:18 +0000News News
Australia v South Africa: first one-day international – live
<ul><li><p>Updates from the opening match of the ODI series in Cairns</p></li><li><p>Any thoughts? Get in touch with an <a href="mailto:daniel.gallan....
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:49:23 GMTTexas Democrats shadowed by law enforcement officers to stop them repeating protest over redrawing congressional districts – US politics live
<p>Democratic representative Nicole Collier of Fort Worth remained on House floor on Monday after refusing to sign ‘permission slip’ agreeing to r...
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:46:58 GMTBrazil aim to make waves at their first Women’s Rugby World Cup
<p>Tournament debutants will make history as the first South American team to qualify, just 17 years after their first match</p><p>Sixteen. That is ho...
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:41:51 GMTGaming News
Fine, I’ll Admit It: Battlefield 6‘s Open Weapon System Is Good
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Mon, 18 Aug 2025 21:46:35 +0000Conjuring 4′s Popcorn Bucket Features Annabelle And Fans Don’t Want It
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Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:59:35 +0000Geoff Keighley Teases Silksong Ahead Of The Last Big Gaming Showcase Of The Summer
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