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USPTO denies OpenAI’s attempts to trademark ‘ChatGPT’ and ‘GPT’

GeekWire

The trademark examining attorney wrote, in part: … Internet evidence shows that “CHAT” means “a synchronous exchange of remarks over a computer network.” OpenAI’s brand guidelines currently prevent partners and developers from using “GPT” in their product or app names “because it confuses end users.”

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Why F5 and Tempered Networks founder Jeff Hussey left retirement and ‘bought’ himself a job

GeekWire

Jeff Hussey, CEO and co-founder of Tempered Networks, and his wife on a trip to Austria. Jeff Hussey , co-founder and CEO of Seattle’s Tempered Networks, is not a believer in long-term work-from-home practices. “We Hussey left the F5 board of directors in 2004. Photo courtesy of Jeff Hussey). Jeff Hussey.

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Social networks and engineering serendipity in the workplace

Trends in the Living Networks

and Google are doing in the space, the article continues: As Yahoo and Google see it, serendipity is largely a byproduct of social networks. was that employees who ate at cafeteria tables designed for 12 were more productive than those at tables for four, thanks to more chance conversations and larger social networks.

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Reflections on the early days of social networking as LinkedIn reaches 100 million users

Trends in the Living Networks

While I closely followed the social networking space at the time, I didn’t join many. When I was writing Living Networks in 2002 there were no true social networking applications in existence. As it happens this model closer to LinkedIn than any of the other major social networking platforms of today.

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Great Anecdotes: The CIA and Their Contributions to Modern Technology

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Have you ever wondered if the world-class technology developed by the CIA could ever be made available to the public? CIA developed lithium iodine batteries in the 1960s because certain operational missions required long-lasting batteries of various shapes and sizes. The CIA and You: CIA’s Contributions to Modern Technology.

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Former Microsoft exec Ed Fries shares behind-the-scenes stories from the original Xbox project

GeekWire

In an hour-long conversation with Takahashi, Fries talked about the Xbox console, its development, his personal history with it, and his current business, a venture capital fund that specifically invests in up-and-coming game developers. This was a present from the team when I retired from running Microsoft Game Studios in 2004.

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19 organizations advancing women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

Today’s networking and advocacy landscape finds a growing array of programs and organizations for girls, women, and anyone who identifies as a woman — and plenty are also open to male allies. Girl Develop It. Girl Develop It offers web and software development courses at affordable rates in a “judgement-free zone.”

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