The Race To Put Cars In The Cloud Is… Confusing
Forrester IT
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Cloud providers and car makers keep announcing grand partnerships. The reality is more complex and, often, less exciting.
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No-code/low-code: Why you should be paying attention
Venture Beast
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
GUEST: We’ve all been hearing the hype lately about low-code and no-code platforms. The promise of no-code platforms is that they’ll make software development just as easy as using Word or PowerPoint so that the average business user can move projects forward without the extra cost (in money and time) of an engineering team. Unlike no-c… Read More.
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Seattle HR startup creates virtual program to meet surge in demand for diversity training
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Cheryl Ingram, left, a DEI expert and author, and Mikaela Kiner, founder of the digital HR startup Reverb. After the death of George Floyd, tech leaders came together last spring and summer to condemn police brutality and vowed to do more to support racial equity and diversity. In the Pacific Northwest that included corporations such as Amazon, Microsoft, Zillow and T-Mobile as well as startups and newer businesses like Convoy, Leg Up, Remitly, DreamBox Learning, Moz and Outreach.
Finally, a Site That Just Lets Me Know How to Cook the Dang Thing
Gizmodo
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Do all food bloggers secretly want a book deal? Because without fail, every time I look up a new recipe to make, I end up scrolling past a thousand-word essay about some food blogger’s beloved, great-great-grandmother whose culinary insights have endured generations after she personally back-stroked across the… Read more.
Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time
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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.
In ‘How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,’ Bill Gates charts a difficult course that might just be doable
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Bill Gates authored “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster” and spoke to GeekWire about the book. (Image from a video of the GeekWire interview, Feb. 8, 2021). In his new book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” Bill Gates plays a role akin to a trusted doctor giving a prognosis and course of treatment for a patient confronting a potentially devastating disease.
Clubhouse says it will improve security after researchers raise China spying concerns
The Verge
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. The developers of audio chat room app Clubhouse plan to add additional encryption to prevent it from transmitting pings to servers in China, after Stanford researchers said they found vulnerabilities in its infrastructure. In a new report, the Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO) said it confirmed that Shanghai-based company Agora Inc., which makes real-time engagement software, “supplies back-end infrastructure to th
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The D20 Beat: Bringing the cool combat wheelchair to Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Venture Beast
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
The combat wheelchair is now in Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms, showing that chair users have a place in tabletop and digital RPGs. Read More.
Every second 842 Arm chips were built at the end of 2020
TechSpot
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Arm is the largest designer of processors in the world, if the sale of their designs is counted instead of the number of designs they produce: their rather slim Mali GPU series, for example, encompasses just nine models but has been the number one shipping GPU since 2015. If Arm.
Exploring AWS SageMaker’s new features — Formation Stacks, Data Wrangler
Venture Beast
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
SageMaker is AWS's flagship machine learning solution. Here we take a hands-on look at some of its newest features, rolled out in December. Read More.
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 7, 2021
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 14, 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 Feb. 7, 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. Jeff Bezos-backed startup Nautilus Biotechnology set to go public via SPAC at $900M valuation.
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.
Scaling AI: The 4 challenges you’ll face
Venture Beast
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
I've worked in big data and AI with several organizations. Here's where I've seen them flounder after an enthusiastic start. Read More.
Move Over 'Farout,' Astronomers Confirm 'Farfarout' Is the Solar System's Most Distant Known Object
Gizmodo
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
What astronomers believed to be the most distant object in the Solar System, “Farout,” has lost its title after just two years. That crown now goes to “Farfarout” (zero points for creativity, you guys), a planetoid that is more than 130 times farther from the Sun than Earth is. Read more.
Unity CFO Kim Jabal interview: Understanding the tradeoff between market share and profits
Venture Beast
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Unity CFO Kim Jabal explains the need to balance market share and profits, as well as the mission to make everyone a creator. Read More.
Scientists Found Unexpected Life Half a Mile Under an Antarctic Ice Shelf
Gizmodo
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Back in 2016, a team of marine scientists from around the world traveled to Antarctica to learn about the mysterious ecosystems under its vast ice shelves. One team of geologists was tasked with videos from beneath the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, which is on the South Eastern Weddell Sea. Read more.
7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production
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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.
Exploring AWS SageMaker’s new features — Clarify, Pipelines, Feature Store
Venture Beast
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Are you considering AWS SageMaker for your machine learning hub? Here's a hands-on look at some key, newly delivered, capabilities. Read More.
Clubhouse Will Strengthen Security After Researchers Find That Data Could Be Accessed by the Chinese Government
Gizmodo
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
A group of researchers at the Stanford Internet Observatory has determined that Clubhouse’s data protection practices allowed its users’ data, possibly including their raw audio, to potentially be accessed by the Chinese government. Read more.
Google updates YouTube for iPhone, first major iOS update since December
TechSpot
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Following the 15.49.6 update, privacy details for the YouTube app are now appearing on the App Store.
Mercedes-Benz to Recall Nearly 1.3 Million Cars Over Glitch with eCall Emergency Locator
Gizmodo
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
The U.S. division of Mercedes-Benz is recalling 1.29 million vehicles over an issue with its eCall emergency call system that may send out the wrong location information to emergency responders after a crash, potentially delaying a rescue in a critical moment. Read more.
20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers
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Nissan says it’s not in Apple car discussions
The Verge
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge. Nissan has issued a statement denying that it’s in discussions to work with Apple on the US company’s long-rumored autonomous car project. Earlier today the Financial Times reported that Apple had approached the Japanese automaker about a potential partnership “in recent months.”. “We are not in talks with Apple,” a Nissan spokesperson tells Reuters.
It Looks Like Google’s Starting to Update Its Major iOS Apps
Gizmodo
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
There are signs the waiting could be over. It seems like Google has finally decided to start updating its major iOS apps. The company released an update for YouTube this weekend, more than two months after its last update. Read more.
The Chevy Bolt is now a compact SUV with 250 miles of range and ‘hands-free’ driving
The Verge
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
The original hatchback Bolt EV is also getting a refresh The Chevy Bolt is undergoing a growth spurt. General Motors unveiled two new versions of the Bolt on Sunday: an updated Bolt EV hatchback with longer range and new high-tech features, and the brand new Bolt EUV — essentially a compact SUV — with more legroom room and less range than the Bolt EV.
Zack Snyder's New Justice League Trailer Ushers In a New Age of Heroes
Gizmodo
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
It’s also living in a society. Yes, they went there. Read more.
How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra
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Bob's Burgers and The Great North Have Your Perfect Valentine's Day Jam
Gizmodo
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Happy Valentine’s Day , my little internet lovebugs. I got you a folded Lisa Frank paper valentine with a temporary tattoo inside, because I love you. Read more.
This Glass Sculpture of the AstraZeneca Coronavirus Vaccine Is 1 Million Times Larger Than the Real Thing
Gizmodo
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
If you’ve ever wondered what a covid-19 vaccine looks like outside of its syringe, you can check out what it looks like in glass. Read more.
Sunday's Best Deals: Dash Compact Juicer, Xbox One and PS4 Controllers, Car Jump Starter, Corsair Virtuoso Headset, UNT Ready For Takeoff Peelable Base Coat, and More
Gizmodo
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
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