Trends in the Living Networks
APRIL 25, 2021
I have been thinking and writing about the rise of virtual professional service firms for over two decades, since my first book. Professional services are, by definition, delivered by experienced professionals. While there are significant reasons for teams of professionals creating value for clients to be co-located, they very often are not, even in traditional firms.
Gizmodo
APRIL 25, 2021
Rascally beavers took down internet service for about 900 customers in a remote Canadian community this weekend after gnawing through crucial fiber cables, the Candian Broadcasting Corporation reported Sunday. The outage, which has since been resolved, also affected 60 cable TV customers and disrupted local cell phone… Read more.
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GeekWire
APRIL 25, 2021
Riz Ahmed in Amazon’s “Sound of Metal.” (Amazon Studios Photo). Amazon picked up two Oscars Sunday night during the 93rd Academy Awards as the annual celebration of the best in film took on a more subdued approach because of the pandemic. Amazon’s wins: Amazon Studios entered the night with 12 nominations, including six for “Sound of Metal,” the story of a heavy metal drummer who loses his hearing.
TechSpot
APRIL 25, 2021
Last week, Russia’s GS Group and Philax announced their partnership to produce "at least" 40,000 motherboards and 50,000 monitors. While the latter are still under development, the motherboards are almost ready to go; they’ve passed all the tests, even gotten certified for government use, and are now available to pre-order.
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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
APRIL 25, 2021
AI algorithms will do most of the heavy lifting, but if humans aren't doing critical upfront work on the data, your models will fall short. Read More.
Gizmodo
APRIL 25, 2021
As fans drool with anticipation for the fourth installment of John Wick , Keanu Reeves and Lionsgate TV look to expand the Wick universe. There were talks about developing television shows connected to the films back in 2017 , but Lionsgate TV chairman Kevin Beggs finally confirmed a prequel spinoff series about hitman… Read more.
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Venture Beast
APRIL 25, 2021
There is a remarkably close affinity between low-code/no-code and business process management. Read More.
Gizmodo
APRIL 25, 2021
On Sunday, Ingenuity demonstrated once again that it was the little Mars helicopter that could. NASA reported that Ingenuity had successfully completed its third test flight earlier in the day, flying further and faster than it ever had in tests conducted on Earth. Read more.
The Verge
APRIL 25, 2021
Photo Illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images. Audio social platform Clubhouse is partnering with the National Football League for some exclusive programming during the upcoming NFL draft, the company announced Sunday. This is the first sports partnership for Clubhouse. The NFL will host a series of draft-themed rooms on Clubhouse beginning Monday and throughout the week, which will include player assessments, a mock draft for fans, and a conversation with football team alumni f
Gizmodo
APRIL 25, 2021
It goes without saying that NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has delighted the world in recent weeks, and it’s not done yet. NASA has released the first color aerial photos of the surface of Mars taken by Ingenuity in its successful second test flight earlier this week. They are quite a sight, although I must admit… Read more.
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.
The Verge
APRIL 25, 2021
Colette , a short film featured in the Oculus VR game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond , has won this year’s Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Presented by Oculus Studios and Electronic Arts’ Respawn Entertainment, and later acquired and distributed by The Guardian , it’s the first time a video game industry project has won an Oscar.
Venture Beast
APRIL 25, 2021
Attackers stole credentials from an organization in an attack targeting the Pulse Secure VPN appliance and the SolarWinds Orion platform. Read More.
The Verge
APRIL 25, 2021
We’ve known that Brazilian soccer star Neymar was coming to Fortnite since March, when he was teased as part of the battle royale’s latest season — and now we finally know what he’ll look like. Today, Epic revealed Neymar’s video game look, which, in traditional Fortnite fashion, gets pretty outlandish, with unlockable outfits that look ripped straight out of Power Rangers.
Venture Beast
APRIL 25, 2021
Fans are working on a recreation of Star Wars Galaxies, restoring the old MMORPG to a state when folks loved it. 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
APRIL 25, 2021
Ingenuity lifts off from the Martian surface | NASA /JPL. NASA’s tiny Ingenuity helicopter made its third successful flight on Mars early Sunday, and flew higher and faster than it did even when it was being tested on Earth. At about 1:31 AM ET, the helicopter ascended 16 feet and flew 164 feet during its 80 second third flight, at a top speed of 6.6 feet per second.
Gizmodo
APRIL 25, 2021
Fans of the Fast and Furious on “Fast Fridays” can watch all eight films leading up to the summer release of F9 for free! Read more.
The Verge
APRIL 25, 2021
Ted Lasso returns | Photo by SAGAwards2021 via Getty Images. The Oscars are tonight and despite my best efforts I still haven’t seen all the Best Picture contenders, so will hold off on making predictions (but honestly not sure how anyone beats Chadwick Boseman as Best Actor). Lots of good trailers this week including the return of the most wholesome show on all of streaming and the next big Marvel movie.
Gizmodo
APRIL 25, 2021
Simon McQuoid is a former commercial director who was won over by Greg Russo’s Mortal Kombat script. However, he wasn’t sold on directing a video game film—at first. As he recalls telling his agent: “The first movie out, I think it shouldn’t be a video game.” Clearly, that didn’t age well. 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.
The Verge
APRIL 25, 2021
Family members of Covid-19 infected patients stand in a queue with empty oxygen cylinders outside the oxygen filling center in New Delhi on April 23rd. | Photo by Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. Doctors, hospital owners, journalists, and other Twitter users in India have been tweeting and amplifying pleas for oxygen supplies on social platforms out of desperation, as new coronavirus cases and deaths there hit record highs.
Gizmodo
APRIL 25, 2021
India’s government reportedly ordered Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to censor dozens of posts criticizing the administration’s response to the pandemic, arguing that they were misleading or could hinder emergency response efforts. The crackdown comes amid an unprecedented surge in covid-19 cases and deaths in India… Read more.
GeekWire
APRIL 25, 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 April 18, 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. Video: Jeff Bezos gives Washington governor a tour of homeless shelter attached to Amazon HQ.
TechSpot
APRIL 25, 2021
The first commercial hard disk drive was shipped in 1956
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Gizmodo
APRIL 25, 2021
How does one go from directing mobster movies to directing fantasy? Alan Taylor might have the answer. Read more.
The Verge
APRIL 25, 2021
Niko Tavernise/NETFLIX © 2020. The 93rd Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars) will broadcast tonight, April 25th. This ceremony will recognize the films and their associated talent in a particularly strange and difficult year for the industry, which has been forced to adapt to some big changes during the pandemic. Cinemas weren’t where most people saw newly-released movies.
GeekWire
APRIL 25, 2021
Rep. Noel Frame, lead sponsor of the 2021 capital gains tax. (Noel Frame Photo). With time running out on the legislative session, Washington state lawmakers approved a $59 billion state budget including a tax on capital gains that has divided the region’s tech community. The Sunday vote on the capital gains bill, mostly along party lines, primarily targets stock and business ownership sales with a 7% tax for the first time in state history.
The Verge
APRIL 25, 2021
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. A woman has sued Reddit for allowing an ex-boyfriend to repeatedly post pornographic images of her as a 16-year-old. The lawsuit applies controversial measures instituted in 2018 under FOSTA-SESTA to a site that’s drawn particular criticism for child sexualization. The resulting case will test the limits of platforms’ legal shields amid ongoing efforts to pare back the law behind them.
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