Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
When Stranger Things wrapped up its third season all the way back in the dystopian year of 2019, the unlucky Byers family and Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) packed up their things to leave the troubled town of Hawkins, Indiana for greener and less monstrous pastures. Where do you take a former telekinetic girl and a kid… Read more.
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
Chris Hansen, senior research scientist in the William E. Boeing Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at the University of Washington. (UW Photo). For decades, the promise of harnessing the power of fusion on a commercial scale to create vast amounts of carbon-free energy has hovered just out of reach for scientists. At last that tantalizing dream appears closer to reality and the cash is starting to flow.
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Venture Beast
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
The survey provides detailed information on developers who fend off cyberattacks and manage cloud and web apps in a hostile digital world. Read More.
The Verge
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Apple hasn’t been all that vocal about its electric car project, but according to Bloomberg , the iPhone maker is hiring Tesla’s Autopilot software engineer to work on its EVs. Sources close to the matter told Bloomberg that Apple scooped up Christopher “CJ” Moore to work on its self-driving software. He’ll report to Stuart Bowers, another Tesla ex-pat who previously served as the vice president of engineering.
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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.
Venture Beast
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
It’s vital that individuals are able to control and manage their own digital identities and personal data. Decentralization is the key. Read More.
The Verge
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge. As if the chip shortage didn’t make it hard enough to get our hands on graphics cards, criminals are making it a heck of a lot worse. According to a forum post by EVGA product manager Jacob Freeman , thieves made off with a whole truckload of EVGA RTX 30-Series graphics cards. The graphic cards were in transit from San Francisco to EVGA’s southern California distribution center at the time of the theft, and it remains unclear how many cards were affected.
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TechSpot
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
Two of the leading technologies in this generation's GPU wars have been Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) and AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR). Both promise to provide an enhanced visual experience for users, one through an AI-based algorithm and specialized hardware, and the other by rendering lower resolution frames.
The Verge
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Evidence is mounting that WhatsApp may be working on a Communities feature. XDA Developers first spotted the possibility in October, but now WABetaInfo has come forward with similar findings. According to WABetaInfo , the Communities feature appears to give group admins more power over groups. This includes the ability to create groups within groups, which may be similar to how channels are arranged beneath an umbrella Discord community.
TechSpot
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
According to AMD VP Jeff Connell, the demand for cloud gaming warranted the creation of a GPU just for the job. But the V620 isn’t limited to gaming; it comes with partitioning capabilities that make it capable of streaming multiple desktops / workspaces from the cloud simultaneously.
Venture Beast
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
Customers will measure satisfaction based on the consistent and modernized buying experience that digital transformation makes possible. Read More.
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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
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
Jane Park at the New York Stock Exchange this week. (NYSE Photo). Jane Park, the CEO of newly public Athena Consumer Acquisition Corp., hadn’t imagined herself leading a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, before accepting the job. She decided to consider the pitch from venture capitalist Isabelle Freidheim for one reason. “It took some convincing, a little bit.
TechSpot
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
According to my scientific calculations, I predict Stranger Things 4 will drop in Spring 2022. Okay, maybe not precisely scientific. It's just that aside from the first, which was released July 15, 2016, but took place in November 1983, each season has launched during the time of the year that the story was set.
The Verge
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
Eleven is back for Season 4 of Netflix’s Stranger Things series | Netflix. Netflix tweeted Saturday that Stranger Things 4 will premiere in the summer of 2022. While not a precise release date, it’s at least something for fans of Netflix’s flagship supernatural series, who have waited through months of delays and a seemingly endless parade of mysterious teasers.
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
Toymaker Mattel has removed language from a remote job description for its American Girl brand that said selected employees would be subject to “periodic unplanned visits” from supervisors during work shifts. However, that was far from the only requirement that raised eyebrows and provoked indignation over the job… 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
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
More leaked documents suggest Facebook is aware of its problems | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Facebook’s own internal research found 1 in 8 of its users reported compulsive social media use that interfered with their sleep, work, and relationships— what the social media platform calls “problematic use” but is more commonly known as “internet addiction,” the Wall Street Journal reported.
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
Along with its moody lighting and cyberpunk atmosphere, what defines the Blade Runner franchise are its Replicants. These androids have been the inciting incidents of both Ridley Scott’s 1982 original and Denis Villeneuve’s 2017 follow up, Blade Runner 2049. While the two movies are about Replicants, the beings are… Read more.
The Verge
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
New vaccine rules have been frozen by an appeals court | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. A federal appeals court on Saturday issued a stay against the Biden administration’s vaccine rules for US companies. The new rule announced Thursday requires workers at businesses with 100 or more employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, or submit to weekly testing.
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
November 6 is a big deal in the world of Stranger Things , as it’s the day that Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) went missing. In the real world, that means that Netflix is using the day to hold a “holiday” called Stranger Things Day and build up hype for the upcoming fourth season. Along with a trailer showing Eleven and… 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
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
Google. When Google released the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, it boasted about the devices’ fast-charging capabilities. Plugging a Pixel 6 series device into its $25 30W Fast Charger — which isn’t even included in the box — is supposed to take full advantage of the phone’s fast charging speed, juicing it up to 50 percent in just 30 minutes. We all can agree that this is an impressive spec, but unfortunately, it may not be totally realistic.
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
Marvel’s Eternals has finally hit theaters this weekend, and it’s.all over the place. Moreso than MCU movies typically are, I mean. Critics who saw the film early haven’t really been all that enthused with it, even as they respect that director Chloé Zhao tried her best to keep her Oscar-winning direction while… Read more.
The Verge
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
Jack in the Box is suing a crypto exchange it says copied its longtime mascot. Left is Moon Man, right is Jack. Restaurant chain Jack in the Box says it is suing cryptocurrency exchange FTX because it “brazenly and illegally copied or derived its ‘Moon Man’ mascot” from its established Jack mascot, and is doing damage to the Jack in the Box brand. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in the Northern District of California this week, Jack in the Box claims that FTX’s Moon Man character, aka Lou Na
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
The upcoming (and recently delayed ) Black Panther sequel, Wakanda Forever , has had to shut down its production. Actor Letitia Wright, who plays T’Challa’s genius sister Shuri and was previously reported to have a vocal anti-COVID vaccine stance on set , suffered an injury while filming that was pretty severe to warrant… Read more.
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The Verge
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
It delivers the 4K future I’ve been waiting for, but it came at a weird time Alienware did it. Its latest 17.3-inch X17 gaming laptop can actually deliver an enjoyable 4K gaming experience. The last time I checked in on how laptops were faring with 4K gaming in 2019, things weren’t looking so hot. Nvidia’s last-gen RTX 20-series mobile chips couldn’t work hard enough to smoothly run demanding games at 4K without several compromises to visual fidelity.
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
It is now apparently safe for all Mac users to update to macOS Monterey without the new software paralyzing their computers. Read more.
The Verge
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
The Dreamverse gallery. New York City has been filled with NFTs this week. Since Monday, hundreds, if not thousands, of people have darted between talks, galleries, hangouts, parties, and other events assembled for and by the usually all-online NFT community to talk about the future of art, hype the space, and discover new and potentially soon-to-be-explosive projects.
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
Remember The 100 over on The CW? It was a pretty good show for a solid chunk of its run, starting off as a story about 100 teens from space sent down to Earth to see if it was livable again after a nuclear apocalypse. And then the final season happened, and the show somehow managed to both go off the rails and make… 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.
The Verge
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
You can now buy an AirTag Loop for $24 from Amazon. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. iPhone owners planning on traveling or making lots of plans this holiday season may find today’s AirTag Loop deal useful. Right now at Amazon, you can buy the handy loop made specifically to carry Apple’s ultrawideband-capable Bluetooth tracker at an all-time low price of around $24 instead of $29.
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
On September 19, Cumbre Vieja—a volcanic ridge covered in the rocky scars of past paroxysms— erupted for the first time in 50 years. Every single day thereafter, molten rock cooking at nearly 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit has poured from multiple fissures and vents, frequently accompanied by explosions propelling glassy ash… Read more.
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
Finland Minister of Transport and Communications, Timo Harakka. (Photo courtesy of Laura Kotila). Long before the Apple iOS and Android operating systems came to dominate the smartphone market, the early days of the mobile phone era were pioneered by Nordic telecom companies. Finland’s Nokia, in particular, was a household name worldwide before the advent of the iPhone or Google Pixel.
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — The Republican climate delegation has landed at the Glasgow climate talks. As 100,000 protesters took to the streets to demand radical, transformational change , Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas, Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana, and Rep. John Curtis of Utah walked into the convention center where… Read more.
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