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‘Software is eating more of the world, faster’: Pandemic spotlights enterprise tech startups

GeekWire

Enterprise software companies have long dominated the Seattle and Pacific Northwest tech scene. A report from OpenView Venture Partners predicts that enterprise cloud software firms are largely “recession-proof” in part due to the increased reliance on cloud services amid the pandemic. Sunset over the Seattle skyline.

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Robin Hood of the Internet or the apocalypse of an industry

Dataconomy

This rampant practice poses significant challenges to the creative industries, encompassing film, music, publishing, software development, and gaming. Digital piracy encompasses the unlawful replication or dissemination of copyrighted material through the vast realm of the Internet.

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Generative AI is pushing unstructured data to center stage

CIO Business Intelligence

Since those early days, the ratio of structured and unstructured data has shifted as the Internet, social media, digital cameras, smartphones, digital communications, etc. much of it is still stored in physical, or analog, formats such as paper, tape, film, microfiche, etc. have encouraged the creation of unstructured data.

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The Battle For Your Head Is Underway: VR from Oculus, Sony, HTC/Valve competing at GDC2016

CTOvision

It expands beyond games to help developers produce immersive entertainment of all kinds, from games to CG movies to filmed experiences to simulations. Enterprise users will want to consider the Oculus path. It has become so huge a sub-conference has been organized called the Virtual Reality Developers Conference ( VRDC ).

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Magic Leap names former Microsoft executive as CEO

The Verge

Johnson, who ran Qualcomm’s internet services division before joining Microsoft in 2014, told the Times that current-generation mixed reality is comparable to early cellphone or cloud computing tech. Microsoft is one of augmented reality’s biggest success stories.

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People online are drinking laundry detergent again

Vox

The latest dangerous internet challenge Some people are calling the borax challenge “the Tide Pod challenge for boomers,” referencing the 2018 moral panic about teens filming themselves eating Tide Pods for social media clout. The borax challenge is part of a cottage industry of health misinformation that extends beyond TikTok.

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14-year-old influencer’s fake death used as bait by crypto scammers

Dataconomy

At the age of 9, Lil Tay became well-known for her vulgar and provocative films. Everyone on the internet thought she passed away after an Instagram post, but it turns out that Lil Tay is still alive and she is fine. This is a known scamming method and you need to open your eyes and check official channels of announcements.

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