Sat.Jan 21, 2023

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The power dynamics behind tech job cuts: How layoffs are changing the realities of the past decade

GeekWire

Amazon workers and others near The Spheres on the company’s Seattle headquarters campus last fall. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) One of the defining tech industry trends of the past decade, along with the meteoric expansion of big companies and their insatiable appetite for talent, was the growing influence of engineers who commanded ever-increasing salaries.

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Microsoft Office is down to just $29, no subscription required

TechSpot

Microsoft Office is the most popular productivity suite in the world, with millions of people relying on Office for work and personal projects. There's currently a deal that gets you a lifetime license of Office Professional for just $29.99 -- this is the lowest price we have seen for the.

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Moonstone Bank, the Washington state bank with ties to FTX, will wind down crypto operations

GeekWire

(Bigstock Image) Moonstone Bank , the digital lender with ties to FTX, announced this week it will wind down plans to offer banking services for industries such as crypto and cannabis. The move is a sudden pivot from the company’s original ambitions to turn the centuries-old Farmington State Bank, a tiny lender near the Washington-Idaho border, into a tech-focused financial company. “The change in strategy reflects the impact of recent events in the crypto assets industry and the res

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These are the severance packages tech giants like Google, Meta and Amazon are offering to fired employees

TechSpot

In the first three weeks of this year, over 100,000 workers in the tech industry have lost their jobs. A new report shows that severance packages vary greatly from one tech giant to another.

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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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Faulty Intel Ethernet controllers are dropping connections on some Raptor Lake motherboards

TechSpot

According to research conducted by the team at TechPowerUp, the issue is attributed to the I226-V controller when running in its default 2.5 GbE state. The short duration connectivity drops occur at random and may not be noticeable by some users depending on their specific activity level.

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DreamPlan allows you to design your floor plans for free

TechSpot

DreamPlan Home Design lets you design floor plans in 2D and visualize them in 2D or realistic 3D models. You can also import your existing plans and DreamPlan will render them into a 3D model.

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