GeekWire

MAY 15, 2021

Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle rises from its pad in New Zealand. (Rocket Lab via YouTube). Two satellites for BlackSky’s Earth observation constellation were lost today when the second stage of Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle suffered an anomaly, just minutes after liftoff from New Zealand. Rocket Lab said the mission failure was under investigation. “The issue occurred shortly after stage two ignition,” the company said in a tweet.

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The Verge

MAY 15, 2021

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Twitter has previously confirmed that it’s exploring a paid subscription model for some features, and app researcher Jane Manchun Wong tweeted Saturday that she’s discovered how much it will cost and what it will be called. Twitter Blue, Wong says, will cost $2.99 per month, and will include an Undo Tweets feature and bookmark collections.

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TechSpot

MAY 15, 2021

Earlier this month, a hacker group named DarkSide launched a ransomware attack against the business network of the Colonial Pipeline, forcing the company to shut down the 5,500-mile main pipeline and leading to fuel shortages in 17 states and Washington DC last week.

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GeekWire

MAY 15, 2021

PATH coordinated with vendors to install pressure swing adsorption oxygen generation plants at medical facilities in India. (Photo courtesy of PATH). The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has teamed with two Chicago financial groups to channel $5.5 million into efforts by Seattle-based nonprofit PATH to bring more oxygen to COVID-19 patients in India.

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Gizmodo

MAY 15, 2021

Many of you are too young to know what Nickelodeon’s Legends of the Hidden Temple is, but those who do should remember how it was the most lit kid show on television. The CW is looking to tap into that nostalgia by reviving the show, but this time for adults. Read more.

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GeekWire

MAY 15, 2021

Stoke Space Technologies’ second-stage engine injector undergoes a test firing at the company’s component test facility. (Stoke Photo). Two Washington state companies have won grants of up to $750,000 each from NASA to take space-related technologies they’re already working on to the next stage of development. The awards to Renton-based Stoke Space Technologies and Bellevue-based Sequoia Scientific are part of the latest batch of NASA Small Business Innovation Research Phase II

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Gizmodo

MAY 15, 2021

There’s been speculation on the sequel floating around for years. After many doubted Edge of Tomorrow and its concept, it was the surprise action hit of 2014. It was undoubtedly one of my favorite films of the year and is also one of my favorite action films and one of the best action characters (Emily Blunt as Rita… Read more.

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Venture Beast

MAY 15, 2021

Biological and Computer Vision by Gabriel Kreiman explains how AI attempts to replicate how humans and animals process visual data. Read More.

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The Verge

MAY 15, 2021

Apple will keep its mask mandate in place at its US retail stores | Getty Images. Despite new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Apple will keep its mandatory mask policy in place at its US retail stores for the time being, Bloomberg reported. The company informed stores that it is continuing to evaluate COVID-19-related health and safety measures, but that the policy requiring customers and employees at its Apple stores would stay in effect.

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Venture Beast

MAY 15, 2021

The key lesson coming out of Colonial Pipeline's ransomware debacle is that enterprises should adopt zero trust to protect data and networks. Read More.

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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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The Verge

MAY 15, 2021

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. As part of iOS 14.5 , Apple’s App Tracking Transparency forces developers to ask permission for something they used to be able to do for free: track iOS users. Today, Twitter is joining the ranks of other developers and adding a prompt that asks users to enable tracking on iOS ( via MacRumors ). Twitter’s main justification for listening to its request is straightforward — having the feature enabled allows it to serve “better” ads.

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Gizmodo

MAY 15, 2021

Twitter hasn’t released many details about the paid subscription model it’s cooking up, but thanks to app researcher Jane Manchun Wong we may have some clues about what it will cost and be called. On Saturday, Wong tweeted that the subscription service Twitter Blue will cost $2.99 per month and allow users to undo… Read more.

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TechSpot

MAY 15, 2021

"The term ‘experience’ is consistent with how we’ve evolved our terminology to reflect our realization of the metaverse," a Roblox spokesperson, who is coincidentally a science fiction fan but who doesn't let that affect their day job, told The Verge.

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Venture Beast

MAY 15, 2021

When it comes to being data driven and innovative with AI, there are 4 lessons enterprises can learn from the vaccine rollout. Read More.

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Gizmodo

MAY 15, 2021

Fans have been waiting for Indiana Jones 5 for so long you wouldn’t blame them if they don’t believe it’s real until they sit down to watch it. But after years and years of delays, Steven Spielberg dropping out as director, Harrison Ford pushing 80, and more, it seems like it’s finally happening. Especially when the… Read more.

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Venture Beast

MAY 15, 2021

Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker debuted its second new job class today during the Final Fantasy XIV Digital Fan Fest today. Read More.

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The Verge

MAY 15, 2021

Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. Anyone who’s spent more than five minutes on social media can tell you that most platforms have plenty of trolls, reply-guys and other people who may just be unpleasant to interact with. On big platforms like Twitter, Faecbook, and Instagram, the option to block another user allows you to keep someone out of your feed.

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Venture Beast

MAY 15, 2021

In a work-from-home world, enterprises need the cloud to speed up productivity, enhance work-life balance, and save costs. Read More.

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Gizmodo

MAY 15, 2021

Former Apple employee Antonio García Martínez has refuted the company’s portrayal of his high-profile ouster this week and claims Apple knew about his past writings demeaning women and people of color, which came under fire from employees this week, before it made a job offer. Read more.

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Venture Beast

MAY 15, 2021

Abbyy announced investment from Marlin Equity Partners that could help drive Abbyy's continued expansion in a growing IPA market. Read More.

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Gizmodo

MAY 15, 2021

Marvel’s Secret Invasion series is crazy stacked with A-Listers like Oscar winner Olivia Coleman ( The Favorite ), Emilia Clarke ( Game of Thrones ), Kingsley Ben-Adir ( Bridgerton ), with Samuel L. Jackson reprising his role as Nick Fury, and Ben Mendelsohn coming back as Skrull shapeshifter Talos. Read more.

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Venture Beast

MAY 15, 2021

Legacy Games has been around a long time, and it is one of the last companies standing that sells CD-ROM games, thanks to Walmart. Read More.

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The Verge

MAY 15, 2021

This week brought some unexpected bargains by way of an eBay sitewide code that can knock up to $100 off a pricey purchase, such as a 4K TV, as well as an excellent Humble Bundle with 100 percent of proceeds going toward COVID-19 relief in India and Brazil. There are more, including a day-long sale on AT&T-locked Microsoft Surface Duo phones and more, so take a spin through this dispatch to see what we thought stood out from the rest in deals world this week.

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Venture Beast

MAY 15, 2021

How does the industry sidestep the impacts of COVID-19 and continue innovate and generate leads? With virtual events. Read More.

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The Verge

MAY 15, 2021

Colonial Pipeline said Saturday that all of its systems are back to operating normally, including the pipeline it shut down a week ago amid a ransomware attack. The pipeline is now servicing all its markets including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, DC, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, the company tweeted.

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Gizmodo

MAY 15, 2021

California is in trouble. Read more.

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GeekWire

MAY 15, 2021

Charna Parkey is the data science lead for Seattle startup Kaskada. (Photo courtesy of Charna Parkey). Growing up, Charna Parkey was always the “tech person” in her house. In high school she started getting IT certifications, and by the time she got to college, she took as many engineering classes as she could. On a referral from a professor, Parkey, who grew up in Florida, landed her first job when she was 19, at a small startup in the defense industry.

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Gizmodo

MAY 15, 2021

WandaVision writer Jac Schaeffer has been holding OUT! Read more.

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GeekWire

MAY 15, 2021

(AI2 Photo). A young child’s ability to acquire language is nothing short of astonishing. But occasionally a toddler will pick up an inappropriate word, often with no comprehension of its meaning. Fortunately, with the right guidance, the child can be steered away from using the offensive term. A similar situation can occur with natural language generation (NLG) in machine learning, even though the process is very different from how people use words.

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The Verge

MAY 15, 2021

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. When you’ve been through tough times — and we all have — sometimes you just need a distraction or something that just makes you feel good to get you through it. We asked the staff of The Verge what they’ve treated themselves to in order to help make all the upheavals and lockdowns of the past year just a bit more bearable.

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