TechSpot
JUNE 21, 2020
Let’s plunge into the numbers. The GPU achieved a score of 18,257 in the graphics component of 3DMark’s Time Spy benchmark. That score could be considered proof enough that this is a new GPU. A Titan RTX can’t generally get that high without exotic cooling like liquid nitrogen.
Gizmodo
JUNE 21, 2020
I feel like I’ve thought more about the mayor from Jaws more in the past three months than I have in the entire rest of my life, multiplied several times over. Out of all the major pop culture figures people have referenced as they’ve struggled to deal with the ongoing global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus,… Read more.
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The Verge
JUNE 21, 2020
Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge. Apple is set to unveil its long-awaited Mac transition from Intel to ARM processors today at its online WWDC 2020 keynote, and analyst Ming-chi Kuo has issued his predictions for the first Macs that will use the new Apple-designed processors. His research note was reported on by MacRumors , 9to5Mac , and AppleInsider.
Venture Beast
JUNE 21, 2020
Polyient Labs, an early-stage blockchain-startup incubator, recently created Polyient Games, a division that will invest in blockchain games. Read More.
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.
TechSpot
JUNE 21, 2020
A spokesperson for Disney told CNET that “the service was set at an attractive price-to-value proposition that we believe delivers a compelling entertainment offering on its own.
Venture Beast
JUNE 21, 2020
At CVPR 2020, Waymo and Uber researchers presented new techniques to improve the reliability -- and safety -- of their self-driving systems. Read More.
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Venture Beast
JUNE 21, 2020
Suddenly, aspiring to be a ‘unicorn’ doesn’t just seem like fantasy. It feels utterly ridiculous. Read More.
The Verge
JUNE 21, 2020
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Snap’s vice president of diversity and inclusion apologized this weekend for the distribution of a Juneteeth filter that many people found offensive and offered new details about the how it was created. In an email distributed to the company, Oona King said the filter released Friday was a collaboration between black and white employees — and pushed back against criticism that the company had been culturally insensitive.
Gizmodo
JUNE 21, 2020
When I log off work today at six, I’ll shuffle over to my window where I’ll anxiously check the time over and over again. For the next hour, I’ll wait, listening to the quiet music of New York during lockdown: birds chirping, trucks wheezing in the distance, a tinkering wind chime. Finally, at seven, the horrible… Read more.
The Verge
JUNE 21, 2020
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Android’s upcoming AirDrop-style sharing feature, called Nearby Share (and referred to also as Nearby Sharing), may also come to Chrome on numerous other platforms, 9to5Google reports. The feature will allow Android users to directly share photos, links, and other files with other devices, similar to how AirDrop works across macOS and iOS.
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GeekWire
JUNE 21, 2020
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 June 14, 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. What’s really happening in Seattle’s protest zone?
The Verge
JUNE 21, 2020
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. Amazon is ending support for its Dash Wand, an Alexa-enabled device that let shoppers scan grocery barcodes and order household essentials from their homes. In an email to users, the company said the devices will no longer be supported as of July 21st. Shoppers can still use other Alexa-enabled devices to add items to a shopping list, the company noted.
Gizmodo
JUNE 21, 2020
Snapchat apparently wants to make sure people know that both Black and white employees were involved in the creation of the offensive filter, or Lens in Snapchat jargon, it launched on Juneteenth that placed an approximation of the Pan-African flag behind users and asked them to smile to break the chains of slavery. Read more.
The Verge
JUNE 21, 2020
Photo by MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images. [ extreme Stefon voice ]: This story has everything: A high-speed super-yacht, a secret disaster strike force, a Google co-founder, and strawberry ice cream. The Daily Beast ’s Mark Harris has a wild story about Global Support and Development (GSD), a disaster charity founded by Sergey Brin that’s being run by his former bodyguards.
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Gizmodo
JUNE 21, 2020
Only one catch: the cosplays were made in a day, with only household items. I guess that’s two catches. Read more.
Venture Beast
JUNE 21, 2020
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Gizmodo
JUNE 21, 2020
When shadowy masterminds threaten to descend the world into chaos, the Kingsman steps in. Even if his agency was only ust created. It’s prequel time. Read more.
Nutanix
JUNE 21, 2020
Applications without data is like an awesome Tesla Cybertruck without batteries. It's all about the data, apps are just access.
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Gizmodo
JUNE 21, 2020
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Nutanix
JUNE 21, 2020
Applications without data is like an awesome Tesla Cybertruck without batteries. It's all about the data, apps are just access.
Gizmodo
JUNE 21, 2020
A few days ago, President Donald Trump boasted on Twitter that almost a million people had requested tickets for his campaign rally, the first one he’s held in months due to the coronavirus pandemic, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. However, the reality was that only a few thousand showed up, leaving the president speaking to a… Read more.
Nutanix
JUNE 21, 2020
Applications without data is like an awesome Tesla Cybertruck without batteries. It's all about the data, apps are just access.
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Gizmodo
JUNE 21, 2020
On Saturday, President Donald Trump held his first re-election campaign rally since states nationwide issued shelter-in-place orders and mandated restrictions on crowd sizes to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. To everyone’s surprise, the event was largely successful and critics applauded the president’s… Read more.
The Verge
JUNE 21, 2020
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. On Monday, Apple will kick off its annual developer conference in the strangest and most contentious climate it has faced in many years. Not only does Apple have to hold all of its presentations online, it’s doing so to a developer audience that has become aware of a collective, unspoken discontent. Chaim Gartenberg has posted our long list of features you should expect to come to Apple’s operating systems this year.
The Verge
JUNE 21, 2020
The upper section is seen partially empty during President Trump’s campaign rally June 20 at the BOK Center in Tulsa. | Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images. As part of a coordinated effort, K-pop fans and teenage TikTok users scooped up tickets to President Trump’s Saturday rally in Tulsa, potentially leaving at least hundreds of empty seats, The New York Times reported.
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