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The FAA is no longer concerned with SpaceX’s Starship SN9 and SN8

The Verge

The FAA seems satisfied with its investigations into Elon Musk’s last two SpaceX Starship tests, each of which ended in an explosive crash , and the conclusion of those investigations should clear the way for a new SN10 flight in the very near future. In fact, Musk just tweeted there’s a “good chance of flying this week!”. Late last month, we broke the news that SpaceX had violated its launch license with its Starship SN8 launch in December, but an FAA spokesperson now says that matter has alrea

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AMD acknowledges USB connectivity issues on X570 and B550 motherboards

TechSpot

For the past few months, reports of sporadic USB disconnections on 500-series motherboards have been stacking up on the desk of AMD’s subreddit. Some users have reported that their keyboard will suddenly become unresponsive for 5 to 10 seconds, every few minutes. Other users complain that their mouse will slow.

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Sophisticated hackers snuck sleeper malware into nearly 30,000 Macs

The Verge

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. There’s a popular stereotype that Apple’s computers are largely immune to malware. Not only is is that incorrect , it appears that sophisticated hacker(s) might have been toying with the idea of a heist or drop nasty enough they’d have needed to cover their tracks. As Ars Technica reports , security researchers at Malwarebytes and Red Canary discovered a mysterious piece of malware hiding on nearly 30,000 Macs, one designed to deliver an as-yet-unknown payload,

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Amazon’s new approach to ‘Human Capital’ is a telling takeaway from its annual regulatory report

GeekWire

Tech workers at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, pre-pandemic. (Amazon Photo / Jordan Stead). Customers are still No. 1 at Amazon, but the tech giant now wants it to be known, officially, that employees are also “critical” to its customer-centric mission. That’s one of the insights gleaned from a close read of Amazon’s new Form 10-K , the annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission in which public companies offer unvarnished updates on their business res

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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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Samsung imagines how its first AR glasses might look in these leaked concept videos

The Verge

Samsung has been toying with AR glasses for years , most recently trotting out an extremely basic set of image-projecting goggles on the CES 2020 stage , but I’ve never seen the company suggest it might like to build an actually ambitious augmented reality wearable computing device — until perhaps today. WalkingCat, a fairly reliable source of gadget leaks, has published two new concept videos that show off some of the fun things a pair of “Samsung Glasses Lite” could do, like projecting a giant

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Here’s why (and how) we’ll see gaming’s influence span across industries, regions, and more in 2021.

Venture Beast

Gaming will become even more pervasive across all kinds of areas: B2B content, new consumer content, and even the film industry. Read More.

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AI isn’t yet ready to pass for human on video calls

Venture Beast

The idea of humanlike AI is deeply sexy, but the final key components of such a system won't be solved for another few years. Read More.

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VC shares 5 tips for startup founders who are ready to raise their Series A round

GeekWire

Phil Boyer, partner at Crosslink Capital. (Crosslink Photo). Your startup just hit $1 million in annual recurring revenue. You’ve got product market fit. Now you’re ready for more capital to supercharge that growth — it’s time to raise a Series A round. But how should you pitch investors? What are they looking for? What do they care about?

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Candor crowdsources a database of tech job salaries

Venture Beast

Candor said it is crowdsourcing a database of salaries for jobs in the technology industry to give people intelligence for job negotiations. Read More.

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WhatsApp: Users Who Don’t Accept Our New Privacy Policy Won’t Be Able to Read or Send Messages

Gizmodo

After causing a huge virtual meltdown with the announcement of its new privacy policy, and then postponing the implementation of said policy due to online fury, WhatsApp has spent the last few weeks trying not to stir up trouble. However, it has just revealed what will happen to users who do not accept its new privacy… Read more.

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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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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 14, 2021

GeekWire

Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 14, 2021. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on GeekWire. Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide in 2020, cutting into Windows market share.

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The Poster for Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead Releases the Zombie Cut

Gizmodo

After years of everyone being all “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia” about his Justice League cut, I almost forgot about Zack Snyder’s return to the zombie genre. But since everything’s coming up Snyder this month, we’ve got a poster and an upcoming teaser. Read more.

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Razer’s Blade 15 Base is $500 off today, but this Asus Zephyrus G14 deal is the one I’d pick

The Verge

Photo by Avery White / The Verge. Pop quiz: which is the better deal, $500 off a Razer Blade laptop, or $150 off an Asus Zephyrus G14? It might hinge on whether you need a webcam, because in practically every other way the Asus is the laptop I’d buy today. That’s not to say there’s anything particularly wrong with the Razer Blade 15 Base at today’s unheard of price of $1,099 at Amazon (regularly $1,599): aside from the paltry 256GB of solid state storage, you’re looking at a speedy 6-core Core i

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Check Out the Debris That Rained Down on a Colorado Suburb After a Plane's Engine Exploded

Gizmodo

On Saturday, residents of a Colorado suburb witnessed a scene straight out of a disaster movie: The sound of an explosion overhead followed by huge chunks of metal raining down from above. 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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Bezos and the Bills (a.k.a., the three B’s): A Seattle Business Story

GeekWire

Bill Gates, Bill Boeing and Jeff Bezos redefined their industries, and the Seattle region in the process. (GeekWire Photos of Gates and Bezos; Boeing photo from San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives, via Wikimedia Commons , Public Domain.). [ Sandeep Krishnamurthy is dean of the School of Business at the University of Washington, Bothell.]. Commentary: Jeff Bezos just announced plans to step down as Amazon’s CEO.

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Official Twitch Gaming Stream Replaces Audio From Metallica Performance With… Whatever This Is

Gizmodo

Fans on the official Twitch gaming stream hoping to enjoy Metallica’s virtual performance at BlizzCon , Blizzard’s annual gaming convention, on Friday heard something that was, uh, definitely not Metallica. Read more.

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Chunks of United Airlines Plane Rain Down on Colorado Suburb Following Engine Trouble

Gizmodo

Huge metal chunks of debris rained down on a Colorado suburb Saturday afternoon after the engine on a United Airlines plane overhead burst into flames. Read more.

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Sunday's Best Deals: FIXD Vehicle Diagnostic Tool, Kitchen Solutions Bundle, Skinfood Products, Compact Tire Inflator, and More

Gizmodo

An 18-piece Kitchen Solutions set and a FIXD vehicle diagnostic tool lead Sunday’s best deals. 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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Enjoy the Outdoors (Someday, Hopefully) with $230 off Tacklife’s Beautiful Fire Pit Table

Gizmodo

Tacklife Fire Pit Table | $270 | Amazon | Use code 40919XJ8 + Clip coupon Read more.

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