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The real magic mouse is made by Logitech, not Apple

The Verge

Apple’s Magic Mouse doesn’t deserve the name. | Photo by Nick Statt / The Verge. And it hasn’t changed since 2017 We may never know why Apple doggedly insists on you charging its mouse upside down, like a beetle with its legs in the air, year after year after year. But I do know this: if you want a mouse that actually feels magical, price be damned, Logitech has the gadget for you.

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How to Stop Ukrainian Websites From Vanishing During War

Gizmodo

The night of Feb. 27, German historian Sebastian Majstorovic couldn’t sleep. Three days earlier, Russia had invaded Ukraine, a country Vladimir Putin believes lays no claim to independent statehood or a distinct identity. Read more.

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Review: Fast and Dumb

TechSpot

The RTX 3090 Ti is an overclocked 3090 with a ludicrously high power rating of 450 watts, a ~30% increase over the original. Is that dumb? Surely sounds like it, but to be sure let's go over the benchmarks.

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Tesla delivered over 310,000 vehicles despite ‘exceptionally difficult quarter’

The Verge

Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge. Tesla delivered 310,048 vehicles in the first quarter of 2022, despite what Tesla CEO Elon Musk says was an “exceptionally difficult quarter,” citing global supply chain issues and a brief closure at Tesla’s Shanghai factory, as reported by CNBC. In a press release , Tesla said the Model 3 and Y made up 295,324 of these deliveries, while 14,724 were for the Model S and X.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Wireshark lets you analyze network traffic in real time

TechSpot

Wireshark is a free utility to analyze network traffic at the microscopic level. This makes it easier to identify and solve networking traffic or latency related issues.

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DJI Mini 3 Pro leak shows obstacle avoidance sensors and a slightly bigger battery

The Verge

Photo by Ryan Loughlin. The rumored DJI Mini 3 Pro may come with some substantial upgrades over its non-Pro predecessor, including obstacle avoidance sensors and a larger battery, as indicated by leaked images and a video of the new drone (via TechRadar ). Self-described DJI investigator Jasper Ellens posted the leaked pictures and video to Twitter.

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Samsung’s M8 smart 4K monitor comes with a $100 gift card

The Verge

Note that the white-colored model is $699.99, while the other three are $729.99. | Samsung. One of the best deals of the week is on a product that isn’t even out yet. If you preorder Samsung’s 32-inch M8 4K smart monitor, starting at $699.99 , before April 17th, you’ll get a $100 Samsung credit to use on future purchases. Just a heads-up, though, that the white-colored model that costs $699.99 is currently set to deliver in early May.

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The difference between web and mobile search

Venture Beast

Web and mobile user search queries may have some similarities, but their respective search capabilities and user behaviors vary drastically. Read More.

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Fortnite brings back building

The Verge

The new parkour feature in Fortnite Chapter 3: Season 2. | Image: Epic Games. Building has returned. This morning, Fortnite has re-enabled queues for its signature building feature; it was temporarily removed as part of the game’s latest season, which launched on March 20th. However, while building is back, the combat-focused spirit lives on in the previously-introduced Zero Build mode.

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AI Weekly: As demand for chatbots increases, so does the need for better offerings

Venture Beast

Chatbots are blossoming in functionality as well as in other essential areas such as business sales, analytics, customer service and overall end-user satisfaction. But the architectures of these offerings can sometimes be limiting. 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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Snapchat now lets you share YouTube videos as a sticker in your snap

The Verge

YouTube videos will now appear as a resizable sticker. | Image by Snapchat. Snapchat is making it easier to share YouTube videos within your snap or story, letting you bypass the process of copying, pasting, and attaching the video as a link (via Android Police ). The feature is available on both Android and iOS. Now all you need to do is navigate to YouTube, hit the “Share” button, and then select “Snapchat.

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The importance of data audits when building AI

Venture Beast

As Zillow recently found out the hard way, if you don't conduct proper data audits, you can run into costly data mismatch problems Read More.

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Nature Wasn't Healing

Gizmodo

Two years ago, the initial covid-19 lockdowns sent students home from school, closed the dining rooms of restaurants, and ground international travel to a halt. All over the world, public life slowed down. With less human activity, there were reports of emissions dropping and unbothered wildlife roaming empty streets.… Read more.

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Centaur rising: How a decades-old paradigm is changing the way that top institutions look at AI

Venture Beast

The theory that advanced AI will eliminate the need for humans seems false. Enter the centaur: a mutualistic bond between users and AI. 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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Looks Like Blade's Daughter is Finally Making Her Comics Debut

Gizmodo

Set your mind back to Marvel Comics in 2015, during their “ All New, All Different Marvel ” period, wherein several legacy heroes were being replaced by younger, more diverse counterparts after the universe-altering events of Secret Wars. While many of those characters managed to make it off the ground, like Riri… Read more.

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How we can avoid the mistakes of Web2 when innovating around Web3

Venture Beast

Before allowing history to repeat itself with Web3, we need to closely examine and learn from some of the biggest mistakes of Web2. Read More.

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Doctor Who's Next Special Gets a Swashbuckling Teaser

Gizmodo

Before Jodie Whitaker says goodbye to Doctor Who and a new actor takes her place , the Thirteenth Doctor is closing out her time with a trio of holiday specials. The first one premiered on New Years and brought back the Daleks, and now the new special, Legend of the Sea Devils, is taking the Doctor, Yaz (Mandip Gill),… Read more.

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Jensen Huang press Q&A: Nvidia’s plans for the Omniverse, Earth-2, and CPUs

Venture Beast

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, took questions from the press at GTC 2022 on the Omniverse, Earth-2, the post-Arm deal, and his CPU plans. 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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Moon Knight Directors Tease What's Next, Promise "Big Swing" Coming

Gizmodo

Moon Knight finally debuted its first episode earlier this week on Disney+, and so far, it looks mighty impressive. Whether you came for Oscar Isaac playing Marc Spector and his several alternate personalities or the tinge of supernatural horror the show purports to bring to the MCU, fans have been won over by how… Read more.

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VMware says 3 Tanzu products impacted by Spring4Shell vulnerability

Venture Beast

Three VMware Tanzu products are impacted by the critical RCE vulnerability in Spring Core, known as Spring4Shell, a VMware advisory says. Read More.

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Doctor Strange 2's New Promo Highlights Stephen Strange's Magical Entourage

Gizmodo

Since Iron Man 2 in 2010, pretty much all of Marvel’s movies have been team-up films in some form or fashion, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is no exception. The sequel, picking up after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, will see Benedict Cumberbatch’s Stephen Strange fight through the many… Read more.

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Russia says it will suspend ISS cooperation until sanctions are lifted

The Verge

Russia says it will end cooperation with other nations on the International Space Station until the sanctions put on the country are lifted. Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, announced in a thread on Twitter that the “restoration of normal relations between partners” on the ISS and other projects is only possible with the “complete and unconditional lifting of illegal sanctions.”.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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5 Real Medical Treatments That Sound Like Sci-Fi

Gizmodo

Modern medicine has extended our lives and reduced suffering in all kinds of ways. Many of the impactful interventions we have available today have been around for a long time, though, such as antibiotics, most painkillers, and various forms of cancer screening. But every once in a while, scientists do come up with… Read more.

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Elevating human-machine relationships with no-code, reusable AI

Venture Beast

No-code AI will allow humans to be augmented instead of replaced by AI. Its no-code nature will also democratize human augmentation. Read More.

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How a bunch of Starbucks baristas built a labor movement

Vox

Starbucks employees and supporters react as votes are read during a viewing of their union election on December. 9, 2021, in Buffalo, New York. The vote to unionize was a first for the 50-year-old coffee retailer in the US, and the latest sign that the labor movement is stirring after decades of decline. | Joshua Bessex/AP. Inside Starbucks’s successful 21st-century union drive.

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Twitch’s new boost feature puts porn on the homepage

The Verge

Oops. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Twitch has paused its Boost Train feature, which launched last month and let people pay to promote streams, after porn ended up on users’ homepages with the label “promoted by the streamer’s community” slapped onto the NSFW thumbnails ( via Kotaku ). Several Twitter and Reddit users (NSFW links, by the way) shared screenshots of pornographic thumbnails that showed up at the front of their “Live channels we think you’ll like” sections.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“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.