Gizmodo
JANUARY 24, 2021
The King of all Kaiju. The King.er, Kong. Only one monarch may rule the monsterverse—and if our first look at Godzilla vs. Kong is any indicator, then it might be our simian pal who manages to eke out an early win. Read more.
The Verge
JANUARY 24, 2021
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. Microsoft’s flagship Xbox Series X is one of the most powerful gaming consoles available right now. If you are having difficulty finding it, Target has restocked the Xbox Series X today , so you may want to check it out while supplies last. Given the challenge it has been to secure a unit, inventory will likely not last long.
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Gizmodo
JANUARY 24, 2021
Parler, a veritable breeding ground of far-right extremists, has arguably come under the most fire for its part in the Capitol riots, but let’s not forget that the internet is a big place, and violent radicalization on the scale we saw on Jan. 6 doesn’t develop in a bubble. Case in point: The Federal Bureau of… Read more.
TechSpot
JANUARY 24, 2021
Video game retailer GameStop's stock rose by nearly 70 percent on Friday causing a halt in trading. The price spike in the company’s market value was attributed in part to a group of day traders on the subreddit r/wallstreetbets, which led to a scramble by investment firms to capitalize on.
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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.
Gizmodo
JANUARY 24, 2021
Machine learning algorithms serve us the news we read, the ads we see, and in some cases even drive our cars. But there’s an insidious layer to these algorithms: They rely on data collected by and about humans, and they spit our worst biases right back out at us. For example, job candidate screening algorithms may… Read more.
Venture Beast
JANUARY 24, 2021
Russia's SolarWinds hack gave it access to data from federal agencies because we haven't secured the software supply chain. Read More.
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GeekWire
JANUARY 24, 2021
Robert Winglee on July 17, 2019, at the opening of the “ ANGLes Challenge ,” marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. (Mark Stone/University of Washington Photo). The global aerospace community and students across the Northwest have lost a researcher, mentor and “Rocket Man” who inspired and guided thousands of young people toward careers in the stars.
Venture Beast
JANUARY 24, 2021
Processing of analytics across hybrid clouds will require organizations to take a different approach the semantic layer. Read More.
The Verge
JANUARY 24, 2021
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Tesla is suing a former employee for allegedly stealing company information, CNBC reported. The company says software engineer Alex Khatilov stole files from Tesla’s internal network related to its Warp Drive software, used to automated many of the company’s business processes. Tesla alleges in the lawsuit that Khatilov moved files to his personal Dropbox account, and that he was one of only a few Tesla employees who had access to the files.
Gizmodo
JANUARY 24, 2021
Millions of users of the dating site MeetMindful got some unpleasant news on Sunday. ZDNet reported that the hacker group ShinyHunters, the same group who leaked millions of user records for the company that listed the “Camp Auschwitz” shirts, has dumped what appears to be data from the dating site’s user database. … 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
JANUARY 24, 2021
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Uber has laid off about 185 Postmates workers, and plans to further integrate Postmates’ infrastructure within its Uber Eats segment, The New York Times reported. Uber acquired Postmates in July for $2.65 billion , following a failed attempt to buy rival food delivery service Grubhub. Meal delivery has been one bright spot for Uber amid the pandemic, as bookings in its Uber Eats division rose 135 percent year-over-year in the third quarter while its ride-
TechSpot
JANUARY 24, 2021
The problem is that news sites—which have been struggling to adapt their business model in an increasingly digital, online age—haven’t fared well in recent years, and blame the likes of Google and Facebook for lost advertising revenue.
The Verge
JANUARY 24, 2021
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images. ESPN Plus says it will issue partial refunds to customers who paid for a UFC pay-per-view event Saturday only to run into technical problems. Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier was the headline match of the UFC 257 main card , which was set to get underway at about 10PM ET Saturday. To watch, ESPN Plus subscribers, who pay $59.99 per year for the streaming service, also paid $69.99 for Saturday’s event.
Gizmodo
JANUARY 24, 2021
Henry James, queer romance, and ghosts. These are the DNA of Haunting of Bly Manor , and they’re the subject of this great (if long) video essay. 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.
Venture Beast
JANUARY 24, 2021
My co-hort Jeff Grubb and I rank every game in the core Mario series. What does "core" mean? It's whatever we say it means. Read More.
Gizmodo
JANUARY 24, 2021
Tesla is reportedly taking one of its former employees to court over allegedly stealing company information and breaching contract, CNBC reports. Read more.
GeekWire
JANUARY 24, 2021
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket rises from its launch pad with 143 satellites on board. (SpaceX via YouTube). SpaceX set a record for the number of satellites sent into orbit by a single rocket, and that’s not the only milestone reached during today’s Transporter-1 mission. The Falcon 9 rocket launch also marked the orbital debut of Sherpa-FX, a satellite transfer vehicle made and managed by Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc.
Gizmodo
JANUARY 24, 2021
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GeekWire
JANUARY 24, 2021
Erin Forsythe, a nurse practitioner with Virginia Mason, administers a COVID-19 vaccine shot Sunday at the Amazon Meeting Center in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper). During normal times, the Amazon Meeting Center is bustling with Amazon workers and others attending various tech-related events. Amid a pandemic, the building turned into a mass COVID-19 vaccination site.
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JANUARY 24, 2021
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The Verge
JANUARY 24, 2021
143 spacecraft inside Falcon 9’s payload fairing | SpaceX. SpaceX launched a batch of 143 spacecraft to space from Florida on Sunday morning under the company’s new cost-cutting SmallSat Rideshare Program, breaking the record for the most satellites lofted into space on a single launch. The Transporter-1 mission kicks off a potentially lucrative business line for SpaceX, which unveiled in 2019 its SmallSat Rideshare Program, essentially a carpool for dozens of satellites of different shapes and
Gizmodo
JANUARY 24, 2021
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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.
GeekWire
JANUARY 24, 2021
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 Jan. 17, 2021. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on GeekWire. ‘I feel great’: Bill Gates shares photo of himself getting first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Gizmodo
JANUARY 24, 2021
Over the past couple of weeks, staff at the Inbursa Aquarium in Mexico City have had their eyes glued to a single animal. In a way, it’s reminiscent of parents checking in on their newborn baby; aquarium staff made sure the animal’s mother didn’t squish him, watched so that other animals didn’t harm him, and… Read more.
TechSpot
JANUARY 24, 2021
In the past couple of days, a smattering of i9-11900K, i7-11700K, and i5-11500 Geekbench scores have entered the scene. Intel's flagship waded into the foray of the leaderboards. Though it's difficult to tell, it looks as if the 11900K is only beat by processors running a different operating system or.
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