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Spotted: Amazon robot maps sidewalks north of Seattle, laden with cameras and sensors

GeekWire

An Amazon sidewalk mapping robot being driven in Everett, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Tim Ellis). While I was out on an ordinary drive through Everett, Wash., on Saturday morning, in between grabbing a donut for my daughter and a coffee for my wife, I spotted something interesting: An unmarked, six-wheeled robot being driven down the sidewalk on Broadway.

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The latest teardown from iFixit shows how huge the iPhone 12 Pro Max camera is

The Verge

The iPhone 12 Pro Max has an enviable camera | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge. The iPhone 12 Pro Max is Apple’s biggest iPhone ever, with a 6.7-inch display that boasts a camera system our reviewer called “one of the most confident smartphone cameras.” In its latest teardown, iFixit shows how big this impressive camera actually is compared to other iPhones. iFixit.

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Automated workflows are eating the world

Venture Beast

In the past 12 months, over $2.2 billion has been funneled into companies building workflow automation. This isn’t a bubble. It’s a balloon. Read More.

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5 Signs Your Storage Drive Is About to Fail

TechSpot

Like all electronic devices, PCs don't last forever, and the parts inside them will eventually fail. While it's easy to replace a broken device, the same can't be said for the data stored in your machine.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Practical strategies to minimize bias in machine learning

Venture Beast

The question isn't whether a machine learning model will systematically discriminate against people -- it's who, when, and how. Read More.

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Facebook accuses Apple of using privacy as an excuse to abuse its dominant position

TechSpot

Last month, a coalition of civil and human rights organizations including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook expressing disappointment at the company's decision to delay the full implementation of iOS 14's anti-tracking features until early 2021.

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Quick-start guide to building a design-first company

Venture Beast

User experience is key to a business’s success and differentiation, so innovative teams know they have to make it priority from day one. Read More.

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How culture and leadership helped ventilator maker Ventec meet huge demand in COVID-19 response

GeekWire

Chris Kiple, CEO of Ventec Life Systems, alongside one of the company’s ventilators. (Stuart Isett Photo). To rapidly increase a company’s production 8-fold is daunting. To ramp up 80-fold is almost unimaginable. It’s also what Chris Kiple had to do last spring as CEO of one of the nation’s few ventilator manufacturers. As COVID-19 was taking hold of America, the head of Ventec Life Systems quickly began increasing production at the company’s facilities in Bothell,

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang interview — Antitrust, openness, and the PC-console war

Venture Beast

Dean Takahashi of GamesBeat interviewed Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about antitrust, openness, and the PC-console war. Read More.

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The Apple TV remote has yet another alternate option that includes buttons

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI) has introduced its version of the notoriously unpopular Apple TV remote “specifically developed and designed” for cable, satellite, and MVPD (multichannel video program distributor) customers, the company announced. The remote uses Bluetooth low energy or infrared to connect with the box, has a microphone to speak commands to Siri, and its universal remote function allows control of TVs and audio devices from any brand or

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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The Last of Us Television Adaptation Is a Go at HBO

Gizmodo

From the mind behind Chernobyl and some of the folks at game developer Naughty Dog, The Last of Us , the hit PlayStation series about a fungus-based zombie apocalypse, is officially making its way to television. Read more.

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AMD is preparing Ryzen 5000 APUs for laptops, but not all will be Zen 3-based

TechSpot

The new Ryzen mobile series is suspected to have a mix of Zen 2 and Zen 3 parts, according to different leaks as shown in the table below (courtesy of NotebookCheck).

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PlayStation is the Energizer Bunny of the game industry TV ads

Venture Beast

From Oct. 16 through Nov. 15, gaming brands generated 1.49 billion TV ad impressions, and PlayStation led the pack. Read More.

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More States Are Offering Contact-Tracing Apps—Now if Only They Could Get People to Use Them

Gizmodo

Google and Apple rolled out their covid-19 contact-tracing APIs months ago for state officials to use in developing their own covid-19-tracking apps, but adoption has proceeded at a snail’s pace. Just 15 states and Washington, D.C. are currently employing the tech giants’ “exposure notification” tech while a handful… Read more.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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GeekWire Podcast: Skyscrapers, scooters, and a post-pandemic vision for big cities

GeekWire

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: A group of architects released their concept for a Seattle skyscraper suited to life in the post-pandemic world, where you might live and work all in the same place. Seattle 2030 would stand 1,030 feet tall and have a cloud walk observatory and drone ports at the top. But will it ever be built?

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Attackers Dupe GoDaddy Staff Into Helping Them Take Down Cryptocurrency Services

Gizmodo

Roughly one year after a data breach at GoDaddy compromised 28,000 customer accounts , the world’s largest internet domain registrar is once again at the center of a security scandal. Hackers brought down several cryptocurrency services using GoDaddy domains in recent weeks, and apparently the company’s own staff… Read more.

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With ‘Pluton’ chip, Microsoft shows strength, and proves Trustworthy Computing still matters

GeekWire

Microsoft Image. [Editor’s Note: Christopher Budd worked previously in Microsoft’s Security Response Center for 10 years.]. With this week’s “Pluton” news , Microsoft reminded the world that the new Microsoft is still Microsoft, and Bill Gates’ nearly 20-year-old Trustworthy Computing (TWC) memo is still providing important direction to the company.

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California Says Tesla Workers Are Now ‘Essential,’ and Can Ignore Stay-at-Home Order

Gizmodo

Workers that make Teslas during the coronavirus pandemic are now apparently considered “essential” in the state of California, which has reported an average of 10,981 new covid-19 infections per day in the last week. This means that Tesla’s workers will not be affected by the state’s new limited stay-at-home order ,… Read more.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Nintendo’s Switch with better battery life includes Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Black Friday

The Verge

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge. Ahead of Black Friday 2020, one of the best Nintendo deals is available early. If you are looking to buy a Nintendo Switch, Best Buy has a bundle that includes the console, a digital code for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe , and three months of Nintendo Switch Online for just $300. It’s a unique deal — the Nintendo Switch costs $300, a copy of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe costs $60, and three months of Nintendo Switch Online is $8.

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Channing Tatum Is Set to Star in a Monster Movie Produced by His Former 21 Jump Street Directors, Lord and Miller

Gizmodo

Cue “The Boys are Back in Town.” Channing Tatum is reuniting with his very funny former directors on 21 Jump Street , Phil Lord and Chris Miller, for another film. A monster movie. Read more.

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This Video Takes a Tour of the Hidden Tunnels Underneath the Original Disney Animation Buildings

Gizmodo

What do Paris, Disney , and sprawling nuclear fallout shelters have in common? Catacombs! Read more.

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Saturday's Best Deals: TCL 50" 4K Smart TV, BarkBox Monthly Subscription Box, Succulents & Plants, SodaStream Kit, Fenty Poutsicle Lipsticks, and Dyson V10 Absolute

Gizmodo

A 50-inch TCL 4K smart LED tv and a SodaStream sparkling water making kit lead Saturday’s best deals. Read more.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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It Doesn’t Matter If Trump Never Concedes, Twitter Is Giving @POTUS to Biden

Gizmodo

Outgoing President Donald Trump is set to receive a rude awakening on Jan. 20, 2021 on his favorite social media platform: Twitter. That day, Trump will no longer see a picture of himself on the popular @POTUS account—the official presidential Twitter account, although Trump prefers to use his own personal, … Read more.

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