Sat.Jul 04, 2020

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Imagine… a global economy optimized around everyone’s unique ability to contribute

Trends in the Living Networks

Every one of the almost 8 billion people on this planet is unique. And everyone can contribute to the world and humanity in a unique way. Most of us spend our lives trying to work out quite how. The past of work has been one of using and paying for a tiny and specific portion of people’s capabilities. The future of work should be one that is able to uncover, express, and reward everyone’s unique capabilities and their ability to contribute to society.

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Facebook and Google-backed ad firms are objecting to Apple's new warnings on user tracking

TechSpot

When Apple announced iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, the privacy features it showcased have created uproar among advertising groups, who are now worried the changes will interfere with their ability to target users with personalized ads.

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Rocket Lab’s 13th launch ends in failure, after rocket experiences problem mid-flight

The Verge

Rocket Lab’s 13th mission ended in failure on Saturday, after the company’s rocket experienced some kind of problem after launching to space. As a result, Rocket Lab lost its rocket, as well as all the satellites it carried on board. The company’s Electron rocket successfully took off at 5:19PM ET from Rocket Lab’s primary launch facility on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand.

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Squid Are Nature's Fireworks

Gizmodo

Depending on where you live, you might have zero appetite for fireworks shows right now. It’s been a rough year, so why not unwind this Independence Day (or regular Saturday for non-Americans) with nature’s fireworks with the assorted creatures of the deep sea? Read more.

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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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An AI founder’s struggle to be seen in the age of Black Lives Matter 

Venture Beast

With Google opening accelerators for Black and female founders, and with tech execs speaking about equalizing opportunities, I thought I'd at least be able to get a meeting. Read More.

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LinkedIn and Reddit Are The Latest Apps Found to be Snooping On Your Clipboards

Gizmodo

iOS 14’s new privacy feature has been snitching on a lot of snooping apps in recent days, raising concerns from users and hopefully inspiring the companies behind the apps to do something about it. The latest apps caught snitching were LinkedIn and Reddit, although the companies want to assure users that they’re… Read more.

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Reddit says it’s fixing code in its iOS app that copied clipboard contents

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Reddit says it’s releasing a fix for a piece of code that copied contents from users’ clipboards. Users in a beta version of iOS 14, which sends an alert when an app tries to copy clipboard information, reported receiving the alerts with each keystroke in Reddit’s iOS app. “We tracked this down to a codepath in the post composer that checks for URLs in the pasteboard and then suggests a post title based on the text contents of the URL,” a Reddit spokesper

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How AI can empower communities and strengthen democracy

Venture Beast

A look at AI projects and prototypes built with justice in mind to strengthen communities, improve democracies, and defend free societies and people. Read More.

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The Phineas and Ferb Movie Has a Release Date on Disney Plus

Gizmodo

Phineas and Ferb , the well-liked Disney cartoon with the extremely angular-headed protagonist, has been off the air for a solid five years now, which makes the impending release of a movie very welcome. Now that movie has a release date. Read more.

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CCPA compliance lags as enforcement begins in earnest

Venture Beast

Enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) began on Wednesday July 1, but many companies still aren't ready for it. Read More.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

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.

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DuckDuckGo reinstated in India after being unreachable since July 1st

The Verge

Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has been restored in India after being unreachable for many users there since July 1st, Android Police reported. Reports about what was causing the outage have varied. Some users reported the Indian government appeared to be behind the block, and others said they were getting what appeared to be DNS lookup errors, according to Android Police.

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New Zealand Authorizes Several Film and TV Productions to Start Up, Including Lord of the Rings and Cowboy Bebop

Gizmodo

New Zealand is handling covid-19 better than most, with ongoing cases in the country down to a handful. That makes it a promising place to resume production on all those TV shows and movies we love, and the country has recently authorized a handful of productions to resume or begin inside the country’s borders. Read more.

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Sony's Horizon Zero Dawn gets August 7 release date on PC

TechSpot

PC players are being treated to Sony's PS4 exclusives one after the other. There's Kojima's Death Stranding which is coming out in a few weeks' time (July 14) and now Guerrilla Games has revealed August 7 as the release date for Horizon Zero Dawn's PC version.

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PlayStation’s The Last of Us Part II campaign boosts game TV ad spending in June

Venture Beast

Gaming industry TV ad spend jumped 81 percent to an estimated $18.7 million in June, with PlayStation serving as the main driver of that growth. Read More.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

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.

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GeekWire Podcast: What pandemic? Tech funding stays strong; Accolade’s IPO; Future of sports

GeekWire

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. Despite the pandemic, funding for Pacific Northwest tech startups remains robust in the first half of 2020. In fact, funding is ahead of last year. What gives? We consider whether COVID-19 is accelerating some companies into the new economy of remote working, online shopping and heightened awareness of health and life sciences.

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An American Pickle Is a Classic Immigrant Story, Except for the Pickle Thing

Gizmodo

We’ve all heard the story. A family comes from the old country. They work hard. They hope. They dream. One of them… gets preserved in pickle brine. Read more.

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SQL INT Data Types in Different Databases

Database Star

INT is short for integer, and is a group of data types in many databases that store numbers. There are many INT data types in the major SQL databases. In this guide, you’ll see all of these INT data types, see their restrictions, and how they compare between databases. Let’s take a look.

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Daily Steals Has a Refurbished Gaming Keyboard for Just $73

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Logitech G610 Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (Refurbished) | $73 | Daily Steals | Use code KJORION Read more.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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SQL Server CHARINDEX Function Guide with Examples

Database Star

Are you looking to find a string within another string in SQL Server? You can do that with the CHARINDEX function, which is SQL Server’s version of an INSTR function. Learn how to use the function and see some examples in this article. What is the SQL CHARINDEX Function?

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Pre-Order Final Fantasy VII Remake: World Preview for $22 and Expand Your Art Book Collection

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Final Fantasy VII Remake: World Preview | $22 | Amazon Read more.

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The Latest Into the Dark Episode Is About an Amnesiac Who Might Be the President

Gizmodo

Happy Fourth of July? Read more.

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This Is How America Celebrated July 4 During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Gizmodo

This Fourth of July is unlike any other in recent memory. In many places, absent are familiar scenes of fireworks and get togethers, replaced by warnings and worry about the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has infected at least 2.8 million Americans and killed more than 129,000. But in other places, the celebration… Read more.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“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.

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Trump Sees Zero Irony in Ordering the Creation of 'American Heroes' Garden During Photo Op on Stolen Land

Gizmodo

In the shadow of Mount Rushmore on Friday, President Donald Trump decided to celebrate the nation’s Independence Day by launching a diatribe against liberals, cancel culture, and the “angry mobs” of protestors toppling statues of colonizers and white supremacists. While that may just sound like another Friday at this… Read more.

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