TechSpot
DECEMBER 5, 2020
At its peak in the 1990s, Silicon Graphics had legendary status among 3D and graphic designers who leveraged the unique power of these workstations that were at cutting edge of visual computing.
The Verge
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Photo by Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is planning to move from California to Texas, a move that would potentially save him from a huge personal income tax bill, CNBC reported. Musk announced in July that Tesla was building its next US factory in Austin, where it will produce its Cybertruck, Model Y, Model 3, and Semi vehicles.
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TechSpot
DECEMBER 5, 2020
South African digital retailer Pinnacle has listed four Asus laptops, with four different RTX 3000 GPUs, and two different AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs. The flagship Ryzen 9 5900HX, about which little is known, has been paired with the RTX 3080 mobile and RTX 3070 mobile. The 5900HS has been paired with the RTX 3060.
The Verge
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Tesla published its first-ever diversity report on Friday, which shows the automaker’s US leadership is 83 percent male, and 59 percent white. The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Impact report shows that men represent 79 percent of Tesla’s workforce, and women 21 percent. “While women are historically underrepresented in the tech and automotive industries, we recognize we have work to do in this area,” the report states.
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.
GeekWire
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Seattle Skate Features co-founders Massimo Cosini, left, and Luca Motte. (@nico.macarthur Photo). Kids are coping with the grind of COVID-19 in a variety of ways as they deal with isolation, remote school and friendships on hold. Just a few weeks into quarantine, two skateboarding teens from Seattle found a way to kill time by launching their own startup.
The Verge
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Photo by Kimberly White / Getty Images for TechCrunch. A paper co-authored by former Google AI ethicist Timnit Gebru raised some potentially thorny questions for Google about whether AI language models may be too big, and whether tech companies are doing enough to reduce potential risks, according to MIT Technology Review. The paper also questioned the environmental costs and inherent biases in large language models.
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The Verge
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. It may be time to pour one out for the streaming service trial. CNET reports that HBO Max is no longer offering users a free week of watching its content, following both Disney Plus and Netflix’s examples earlier in the year. This change, probably not coincidentally, comes just weeks before December 25th, when Wonder Woman 1984 is set to launch on the service (as well as in theaters, but you should probably stay home).
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Currently, across the U.S., an estimated 20,000 big cats are privately kept as pets or as roadside zoo attractions, with many living in squalor cages and malnourished misery. They are beaten to succumb to performance. And some are even slaughtered or sold for parts once outlive their utility as cub petting acts. But,… Read more.
The Verge
DECEMBER 5, 2020
The ascender of Chang’e-5 spacecraft flies above the surface of the Moon December 3rd. | Xinhua/Jin Liwang via Getty Images. China’s Chang’e-5 mission completed a tricky docking maneuver on Saturday, as it prepares to return the soil samples it collected from the Moon’s surface back to Earth. Chang’e 5 launched on November 23rd atop a Long March 5 rocket, with four main spacecraft.
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 5, 2020
On November 17, Embracer Group (a game publisher formed from the combination of THQ Nordic and Nordic Games Publishing) announced the acquisition of a dozen game studios. That was a historic day in games, and it was part of an acquisition binge trend that we’ve seen along with deals like Microsoft’s $7.5 billion acquisition of Bethesda in Sep… Read More.
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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.
The Verge
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab A7 is a good cheap tablet I’m here to tell you that cheap tablets are good. I’m not here to tell you that they are the future of computing or will replace your laptop for getting work done. But I will tell you they are great entertainment devices. The best way to experience a cheap tablet is to just install the apps you use for entertainment and relaxation: Kindle, Hulu, Prime Video, HBO Max, Pocket, whatever your vice of choice is.
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is reportedly gearing up to permanently decamp to Texas in an effort to take advantage of the Lone Star State’s lack of personal income taxes. Read more.
The Verge
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. If your iPhone 11 isn’t responding to touches, it might be eligible for a free fix from Apple. The company has launched a replacement program for iPhone 11 displays that stop responding to touches “due to an issue with the display module.” Apple says that “a small percentage of iPhone 11 displays” are affected.
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 5, 2020
More than 1,500 Google employees and some 2,000 academic, industry, and civil society supporters have signed a petition protesting the termination of Timnit Gebru, a Black scientist and artificial intelligence ethicist who claims that she was fired by Google after she raised concerns about the company’s diversity… Read more.
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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.
The Verge
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Google Fi will stop activating non-VoLTE phones in January, and encourage customers with older phones to upgrade with a $100 credit provided they purchase a new phone from the Fi store and activate it before December 31st, 9to5Google reports. Google’s hand is forced in the matter. Customers subscribe to Fi, but as an MVNO, Fi actually piggybacks on T-Mobile and US Cellular’s networks to provide coverage.
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 5, 2020
While I realize that the world won’t magically reset when the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, I’m still counting down the days until this cursed year is over. I mean, the universe has to be running out of ammo to hit us with, right? So far 2020's seen an ongoing global pandemic , the spread of murder hornets , … Read more.
The Verge
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge. This weekend, you can enjoy the last of the leftovers — not Thanksgiving leftovers. (There’s still no end in sight for those at my house.) I’m talking about the deals left over from Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It’s a relative drought compared to the number of sales we saw last weekend in the thick of it all, but you can still get some of this year’s best prices on headphones, video games, and smart speakers.
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Robert Rodriguez, as a creator, seems a natural fit for Chapter 14 of The Mandalorian , which premiered this past Thursday on Disney Plus. After all, few people do high action and character work better than Rodriguez, and he’s more than a little experienced with big-budget filmmaking. And yet, apparently, it was sort… Read more.
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GeekWire
DECEMBER 5, 2020
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Salesforce strikes a deal to acquire Slack for $27.7 billion; Amazon Web Services makes some surprising news at its annual re:Invent cloud conference ; and a new tech giant arrives in our backyard. Matt McIlwain. (Madrona Photo). Joining us on this episode is Matt McIlwain , managing director at Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group , offering his commentary on the implications of these developments for the region, and for the world of clo
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Higher-ups at WarnerMedia are purportedly considering adding two new streaming services: one a free offering for its entertainment cable channel programs and the other a subscription-based CNN spin-off of sorts, the Information reported Friday. Read more.
GeekWire
DECEMBER 5, 2020
DomainTools CEO Tim Chen. (DomainTools Photo). Longtime investment firm Battery Ventures announced a majority investment in DomainTools , a Seattle startup that helps companies mitigate security threats. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. DomainTools sells a bevy of products including a domain and DNS threat intelligence platform; a domain risk assessment tool; a phishing domain discovery tool; and an API service.
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Bank tellers may get to skip the line to receive the covid-19 vaccine once it becomes available, jumping ahead of those who are at an increased risk for severe symptoms from the virus such as people 65 and older or who have preexisting conditions. Read more.
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“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Neil Druckmann, an influential game developer behind titles such as The Last of Us, has been appointed co-president of Naughty Dog. Read More.
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 5, 2020
As introduced in 2019's Naomi: Season One , Naomi McDuffie is a normal enough girl. Until she discovers her magic powers. And that she’s from an alternate Earth. You know, it happens. Read more.
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 5, 2020
What's next for BioWare now that the people in charge of Mass Effect and Dragon Age are retiring from the studio. Read More.
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Joe Gardner, the protagonist of Soul , wants one thing: to be a successful jazz musician. He might just get there. But it’s going to be rough going. Read more.
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GeekWire
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Jacqueline Nolis. (Photo courtesy of Jacqueline Nolis). Jacqueline Nolis hasn’t just made a career out of working in data science, she wrote the book on making a career in data science. Nolis, a principal data scientist at Brightloom , leads a data science team that helps restaurants improve their marketing with data. She’s been at the restaurant tech startup, with hubs in Seattle and San Francisco, for eight months, but she’s been a data scientist for 15 years.
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Unfortunately, it’s not a remake of Witchboard , which would be both hilarious and amazing, but Switchboard will put a period spin on one of horror’s most well-worn tropes: the killer who loves talking on the phone almost as much as he loves taking lives. Read more.
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 5, 2020
In a Deep Collaboration future, a person doing a specific task doesn’t have to leave a single piece of software to get that job done. Read More.
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 5, 2020
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Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO
The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.
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