Sat.May 08, 2021

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96% of users are not enabling in-app tracking in iOS 14.5

TechSpot

Apple’s move to bolster user privacy by forcing apps to request to track users’ data has been at the center of a dispute between the iPhone-maker and Facebook. The social network has been critical of Apple’s App Tracking Transparency changes in iOS 14, going as far as publishing newspaper ads.

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The four most common fallacies about AI

Venture Beast

These AI fallacies feed misconceptions about how close we are to having systems with human-level cognitive and general problem-solving skills. Read More.

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Microsoft is letting go of Windows 10X as it focuses on making Windows 10 better

TechSpot

Microsoft's Windows 10X project started out as a Chrome OS alternative, with a fresh interface designed around the web browser, new security model for running apps, faster update process, light enough to run for many hours at a time on inexpensive laptops with less beefy internals, and an adaptable shell.

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U.S. Senate committee revised a draft bill to fund AI, quantum, biotech

Venture Beast

The U.S. Senate will consider a revised technology research bill to invest $95 billion in AI, semiconductors, quantum computing, and biotech. Read More.

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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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Tesla to pay $750k fine and build solar microgrid system to settle California air quality violations

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Tesla has agreed to pay a $750,000 fine and install a solar roof project to settle air quality violations at its Fremont, California plant, officials announced Friday. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District, which regulates air pollution in nine San Francisco Bay Area counties, said the settlement covers 33 notices of violations dating back to 2015, including “installing or modifying equipment without proper permits, failure to conduct required emis

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AI is turning us into de facto cyborgs

Venture Beast

It is dangerous that society is outsourcing its thinking to algorithms that are not in our collective best interests. Read More.

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How Corey Rosemond aims to grow digital tabletop gaming firm Roll20

Venture Beast

Corey Rosemond has taken the job of chief operating officer of Roll20, a digital tabletop gaming company on the rise. Read More.

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Hacked Verified Twitter Accounts Are Spamming Musk Fans With Bitcoin Scams Ahead of SNL Debut

Gizmodo

Several verified Twitter accounts strangely started flooding the replies of Elon Musk and his followers with bitcoin spam on Saturday. The apparent hacks come just hours before the Tesla CEO’s much-discussed hosting gig on Saturday Night Live. Read more.

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Effective data leaders focus on decision-making, sharing, Gartner says

Venture Beast

Chief data officers are heavily involved in digital transformation, and successful CDOs link business goals with analytics, Gartner said. Read More.

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Faces of Death Gets a Gen-Z Reboot From Legendary Entertainment

Gizmodo

The fakeumentary Faces of Death is classic horror that left movie fans in disbelief as it showed various ways humans can die in graphic detail. The film includes clips from around the world and convinced everyone the various deaths were real, but many were not. 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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Naraka: Bladepoint’s sword-fighting battle royale makes every encounter feel exciting

Venture Beast

Naraka is a new sword-based battle royale game that feels fresh and different thanks to its combat and empahsis on tactics over aiming. Read More.

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NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Nails Its Last Scheduled Flight, but It’s Not Goodbye Yet

Gizmodo

After what we’ve seen over the past few weeks, it goes without saying that a little helicopter built by NASA can pack a big punch. The space agency’s Ingenuity helicopter nailed its fifth scheduled flight on Mars on Friday and completed its initial objectives. It will now embark on a new mission on the faraway planet. Read more.

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Celebrate the weekend with these money-saving tech deals

The Verge

Image: Satechi. I’m here with the latest collection of the best tech deals that appeared on The Verge this week. Similar to the last weekend’s post, deals have been ramping up lately. Hopefully it has helped you save a little money either shopping for yourself or a mom in your life for Mother’s Day. If you happen to be searching for a belated gift to ship over (orders placed today probably won’t arrive by Sunday, May 9th, which is Mother’s Day), check out our gift guide that’s full of fun gift i

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This Subway Station in Seoul Doubles as a Futuristic Vegetable Garden

Gizmodo

Although the image above might look like something straight out of Candyland—drat, my age is showing—I am pleased to inform you that it is part of our world. These aren’t sugar creations, but nutritious plants. In fact, if you lived in South Korea, you could enjoy these leafy greens from the comfort of the Sangdo… 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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How to watch Technoking Elon Musk on SNL

The Verge

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is hosting Saturday Night Live this week. He’s coming in fresh from Wednesday’s successful Starship prototype landing but also on the heels of recent customer complaints about Tesla’s Solar Roof costs and last month’s deadly Tesla crash. If you have the desire to spend part of your Saturday finding out if the self-proclaimed Technoking makes a good comedy show host, here are the details.

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Amazon's New Horror Anthology The Unknown Will Explore Folklore and True Crime

Gizmodo

New horror anthology The Unknown is coming to Amazon , this time from Craig Macneill, Clay Chapman, Jonathan Nolan, and Kilter films Lisa Joy. This announcement comes two years after Nolan and Joy signed an overall TV deal with the streaming service. Read more.

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Go watch how Marvel’s FX team created a new ‘visual language’ for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

The Verge

Anthony Mackie as Falcon | Marvel. Now that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has wrapped and we’re still a few weeks away from the debut of Loki, Marvel has released a behind-the-scenes video on its YouTube channel detailing the CGI effects that made it look like Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) was flying through the air as Falcon [minor spoilers ahead if you haven’t watched the show yet].

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The CW's Black Lightning: What We Learned About the Final Episode

Gizmodo

The CW has scattered information across the internet about the last episode of the electric DC comics hero television show Black Lightning. 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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Cyberattack prompts shutdown of major fuel pipeline in the US

The Verge

Colonial Pipeline says it was victim of cyberattack | Getty Images. One of the largest pipelines in the US has been taken offline by its operator following a cyberattack. First reported by the New York Times , Colonial Pipeline, which carries 45 percent of the fuel supplies for the eastern US, said in a statement late Friday that it took “certain systems offline to contain the threat, which has temporarily halted all pipeline operations and affected some of our IT systems.”.

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ZTE Blade 11 Prime review: wireless charging for under $200

The Verge

If you’re already invested in a wireless charging lifestyle, the Blade 11 Prime is a budget phone to match it The ZTE Blade 11 Prime offers one standout feature in a field of largely similar sub-$200 phones: wireless charging. In the smartphone trickle-down economy, wireless charging is basically guaranteed on any flagship-level phone, but it’s still hit-and-miss among midrange phones and all but absent from the budget class.