GeekWire
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Marketly’s Chase Richards ponders some code from his desk at The Cloud Room. (Gregory Scruggs Photo). When software engineer Joe Buck started his new job in September at Seattle-based remittance company Remitly, his desk was wedged between the family minivan and kids toys. Like so many tech workers this year, Buck had to improvise amid the constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Verge
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. An Amazon support member trying to help a subscriber on Twitter was apparently not fully up to speed on world geography when they suggested to the user that Northern Ireland wasn’t part of the United Kingdom. Chris Jones was tweeting to the AmazonHelp account on Saturday, asking why he wasn’t able to view the Autumn Nations Cup, an international rugby tournament being live-streamed on Amazon Prime.
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Venture Beast
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Removing one source of bias from your model will frequently introduce another. It's a matter of deciding what you can live with. Read More.
The Verge
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Cyberattacks that originated in North Korea and Russia have been targeting companies conducting research for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, Microsoft said in a new blog post. The company says the attacks were aimed at seven leading pharmaceutical companies and researchers in the US, Canada, France, India, and South Korea.
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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 14, 2020
The Rzyen 5 5600X is the no-brainer gaming CPU going forward. If you need more cores, its bigger siblings are just as good. Read More.
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Ian Clarkson, president and chief operating officer for Varsity Tutors. (Photo courtesy of Clarkson). Why would anyone in their right mind voluntarily leave a rising star of a company that’s redefining commerce to a century-old business wildly grasping at relevance? Ian Clarkson admits it’s a fair question. It was a “seemingly stupid decision,” he said, to quit Amazon six years ago to take a job at Sears.
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The Verge
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. The Sonos Move smart speaker is $100 off at retailers like Best Buy , B&H Photo and Amazon today only, bringing the cost from $400 to a more reasonable $300. You can save a little more at Wellbots on the speaker if you live outside of NY, as it doesn’t charge sales tax on purchases for all other US states. The Move serves as Sonos’ only speaker that can serve as a Wi-Fi or a Bluetooth speaker, meaning you can use it to bolster your arrangement of speakers fo
Venture Beast
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
GamesBeat Decides is back with another new episode talking about PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo's very strong October sales. Read More.
The Verge
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Uber autonomous vehicle | Uber. Uber is in talks to sell its autonomous vehicle unit to startup competitor Aurora Innovation, TechCrunch reported. If it comes to pass, the sale of Uber Advanced Technologies Group (UberATG), would mark the end of a bumpy road for a division of Uber that was valued at $7.25 billion as recently as last July, but which has been plagued with ongoing problems.
TechSpot
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
When we look at the video games that have truly stood the test of time, MMORPGs are always near the top of that list. The genre has been around for decades, but what's the secret sauce that makes MMOs so popular and long-lasting? And which titles are worth playing today?
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Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
I think there’s one thing we, as a society, need to come together and agree on: no one wants to see a “realistic” CGI version of Stitch, the little blue gremlin of death and friendship that stars in the Disney animated movie Lilo & Stitch. Put it on the next election ballot as a referendum, get some data. Because we… Read more.
Dataconomy
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Data comes in many shapes and forms, but two of its core structures are stacks and queues. TechTarget’s definition states the following; “In programming, a stack is a data area or buffer used for storing requests that need to be handled.” And what’s inside that data stack? It’s not just. The post How to choose the right data stack for your business appeared first on Dataconomy.
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Everyone’s favorite screw-up hero is finally getting his own show again. Read more.
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: OthersideAI thinks it can help you be more productive by using artificial intelligence to write your emails for you. But is that really a good idea? The months-old firm announced a $2.6 million seed round this week. It’s one of several startups creating email products based on OpenAI’s GPT3 language processing technology.
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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.
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
These are trying times, and that can sometimes means that our brains just don’t function as well as they normally do. A member of the Amazon support team unfortunately learned this lesson in a very public way on Saturday when they stated that Northern Ireland was not a part of the United Kingdom. Spoiler: It is. Read more.
The Verge
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images. Social media app Parler receives financial backing from conservative hedge-fund investor Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah, The Wall Street Journal reported. The app, founded as an alternative to Twitter and Facebook which bills itself as “viewpoint neutral” saw nearly 1 million new downloads in the days after the US presidential election, rocketing it to the top of the iOS and Google Play app stores.
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
No relation to the real Space Force. I mean, probably. Who knows with that thing. Read more.
The Verge
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Qualcomm has received permission from the US to sell 4G mobile chips to Huawei, an exemption to the Trump administration’s ban on doing business with the Chinese company, Reuters reported. Qualcomm didn’t specify which products it’s allowed to sell to Huawei, but told Reuters they were related to mobile devices.
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Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Uber is in talks to sell its scandal - ridden self-driving vehicle branch, Advanced Technologies Group, according to a Friday TechCrunch report. And it looks like Aurora Innovation, a startup founded by veterans of the autonomous vehicle industry, is first in line to scoop up the “prize.” Read more.
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Some sculptors work in marble; some in clay; and some in microscopic dots of resin shaped by lasers. Read more.
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Ska Tune Network is one of my favorite YouTube channels. They take some great music and combine it with the most earnest genre of modern times, ska, to create vibrant, entertaining covers and lots of great new tunes to boot. In their latest video, they tackle a really great choice: “Change Your Mind” from Steven … Read more.
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
The clock is officially ticking. Read more.
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Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Another week, another interesting Star Trek: Discovery interview. This one is about the visual effects. Read more.
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NOVEMBER 14, 2020
An Insignia 32-inch Smart HD Fire TV and a sale on Macy’s cookware lead Saturday’s best deals. Read more.
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NOVEMBER 14, 2020
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NOVEMBER 14, 2020
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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.
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
The Trump administration was reportedly all set to purchase the Salineño Wildlife Preserve, a 2.5-acre stretch of Texas so popular among birders that it’s been called “hallowed ground,” to make way for its infamous border wall. But the deal fell apart at the last minute on Friday after the land’s owner bowed to… Read more.
Gizmodo
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
The Trump administration, distracted by other important things , has apparently forgotten that it’s mad at Huawei. If this seems strange to you, it’s probably because we’ve all gotten used to hearing the government go on and on about how the Chinese telecommunications company is a threat to U.S. national security. But… Read more.
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