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How universities can help save the startup model

Venture Beast

Entrepreneurship doesn't have to go on hold during the current pandemic. Universities can offer funding, safety, and flexibility to young innovators. Read More.

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COVID-19 lessons from Iceland: How one Nordic country has all but stopped the virus in its tracks

GeekWire

Reykjavik, Iceland. Photo by Chris Yunker, via Flickr , Creative Commons 2.0. At first glance, Iceland’s COVID-19 statistics might seem contradictory. The Nordic island nation, perched in the North Atlantic, has reported more than 500 confirmed cases for every 100,000 people — among the highest rates in the world. Yet the country has also reported less than 3 deaths per 100,000 people.

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4 things this CEO didn’t expect about remote work life

Venture Beast

Remote working has surprised me in positive ways, but I'm still dubious that an all- or largely-remote workforce is as simple as some would like to think. Read More.

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Apple and Google are being sued over Rainbow Six: Siege clone

TechSpot

“R6S is among the most popular competitive multiplayer games in the world, and is among Ubisoft’s most valuable intellectual properties,” Ubisoft said. “Virtually every aspect of AF2 is copied from R6S, from the operator selection screen to the final scoring screen, and everything in between.

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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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Microsoft chief scientist: Humans and AI work better together than alone

Venture Beast

Humans and AI work better together than alone in tasks like finding galaxies or breast cancer metastasis, according to work from Microsoft Research. Read More.

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Boeing-built X-37B space plane goes into orbit for shadowy Space Force test mission

GeekWire

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched a Boeing-built X-37B space plane today on a semi-secret orbital mission under the management of the recently created Space Force. Today’s USSF-7 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida came at 9:14 a.m. ET (6:14 a.m. PT), a day after the first attempt was called off due to weather.

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eBook Features: 7 Must-Have eBook Features for Every Publisher

Kitaboo

A recent study reports that the eBook market amounts to $15,740 million and is expected to show an annual growth rate of 4.2% (CAGR 2020-2024), resulting in a market volume of $18,533 million by 2024. This exponential growth is a result of all the various interactive eBook features that are on offer and the engagement they create. Traditional print media can never compete with these eBook features.

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Why Phantom: Covert Ops is one of the most immersive VR games of 2020

Venture Beast

nDreams has long sought to establish itself as one of the leading developers of VR games. It may finally achieve that ambition with Phantom: Covert Ops. Read More.

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Old Nukes, Hot Dog Toasters, and Dr. Phil: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Gizmodo

As we all try to adjust to our current new reality, I have some thoughts to share with you all. I have come to realize that it is likely that for the next few months, or year, we will have to learn to live with dry, papery hands. At least, that’s what my hands feel like because of all the soap and hand sanitizer in my… Read more.

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China asks U.S. to stop ‘unreasonable suppression’ of Huawei

Venture Beast

China's foreign ministry said on Saturday the United States needed to stop the "unreasonable suppression" of Chinese companies like Huawei. 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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Sunday's Best Deals: Blue Yeti Microphones, Skillets, Animal Crossing: New Horizons Guides, and More

Gizmodo

A streaming microphone bundle , a sale on Kindle eBooks , a useful pole saw for $50 , cast iron skillets , and more headline Sunday’s best deals. Read more.

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The Leisure Economy: How to make money playing games in 2020

Venture Beast

John Linden, CEO of Mythical Games, told Harold Goldberg at our GamesBeat Summit 2020 event that the Leisure Economy is coming so players can make money. Read More.

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 10, 2020

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 May 10, 2020. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on GeekWire. Coronavirus Live Updates: The latest COVID-19 developments in Seattle and the world of tech.

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These Social Distancing Posters Are the Best Thing the Trump Administration Has Done for Parks

Gizmodo

As we all know, the Trump administration isn’t the best thing that’s happened to parks in this country. Some might say even that’s an understatement. Nonetheless, even it can manage to do some good things for parks every now and then. We’re talking about the marvelous new social distancing posters being rolled out by… 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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Trump Says He Is Thinking of Restoring Some U.S. Funding to the World Health Organization

Gizmodo

President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he was considering restoring some funds to the World Health Organization (WHO). Trump froze funding for the WHO in April after he criticized the organization for its response to the coronavirus pandemic and accused it of being biased in favor of China. Read more.

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