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The Evolution of Software Creation: IDPs and the Future of Development

Codegiant

Introduction Software development tools have come a long way. From basic code editors to complex suites, these tools have evolved to meet the growing challenges of software projects. Today, we're seeing a significant shift towards Integrated Development Platforms (IDPs). These platforms are reshaping how we develop, deploy, and maintain software.

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Liquid AI, a new MIT spinoff, wants to build an entirely new type of AI

TechCrunch

An MIT spinoff co-founded by robotics luminary Daniela Rus aims to build general-purpose AI systems powered by a relatively new type of AI model called a liquid neural network. The spinoff, aptly named Liquid AI, emerged from stealth this morning and announced that it’s raised $37.5 million — substantial for a two-stage seed round — […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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How gen AI is joining the holiday shopping season

CIO

Retailers are pushing their customer service and supply chain systems to new limits in anticipation of record spending this holiday season. Increasingly, they’re relying on generative AI to help them deliver on rising demand. Just a year after the release of ChatGPT, gen AI is generating value in many different industries, including retail. Salesforce predicts gen AI will account for $194 billion in global online spend during this holiday season.

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Your mobile password manager might be exposing your credentials

TechCrunch

A number of popular mobile password managers are inadvertently spilling user credentials due to a vulnerability in the autofill functionality of Android apps. The vulnerability, dubbed “AutoSpill,” can expose users’ saved credentials from mobile password managers by circumventing Android’s secure autofill mechanism, according to university researchers at the IIIT Hyderabad, who discovered the vulnerability and […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

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.

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How the cloud and AI will help more companies become future proof

CIO

When speaking with IT leaders from the world’s largest companies about their greatest business challenges, there’s one thing I hear often. They all want to be future proof, where their operations become more flexible and resilient so they can bounce back faster to unforeseen challenges. It’s easy to see why. In a world where macroeconomic uncertainty has become the new normal, being future-proof is no longer a ‘nice to have’.

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Delivering value through IT at Village Roadshow

CIO

More is expected of a CIO these days, and it’s debatable whether that’s a change for the better or not. But according to Michael Fagan, chief transformation officer of Australian cinema and theme park company Village Roadshow, the positive change of the role is about being less focused on cost and more around value-added delivery. Village Roadshow owns and operates, on one hand, theme parks on the Gold Coast, like Warner Brothers Movie World, SeaWorld, and Wet and Wild, among others, and on the

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CISA says US government agency was hacked thanks to ‘end of life’ software

TechCrunch

U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA has warned that unknown hackers broke into the servers of a federal government agency by taking advantage of a previously known vulnerability in software that no longer receives updates — meaning the agency couldn’t have patched it even if it wanted to. On Tuesday, CISA released an advisory detailing two separate […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Generative AI in enterprises: LLM orchestration holds the key to success

CIO

This article was co-authored by Shail Khiyara, President & COO, Turbotic, and Rodrigo Madanes, EY Global Innovation AI Leader. The views reflected in this article are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the global EY organization or its member firms. Many enterprises are accelerating their artificial intelligence (AI) plans, and in particular moving quickly to stand up a full generative AI (GenAI) organization, tech stacks, projects, and governance.

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Meta launches a standalone AI-powered image generator

TechCrunch

Not to be outdone by Google’s Gemini launch, Meta’s rolling out a new, standalone generative AI experience on the web, Imagine with Meta, that allows users to create images by describing them in natural language. Similar to OpenAI’s DALL-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, Imagine with Meta, which is powered by Meta’s existing Emu image generation […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Streamlining Database Compliance with CI/CD Integration

IT leaders know the importance of compliance at every level, but the database often gets left behind as other environments are automated for robust protection. This whitepaper emphasizes the importance of robust, auditable, and secure database change management practices for safeguarding organizational compliance. Learn how automating database compliance: Mitigates risk Protects against security vulnerabilities Helps avoid regulatory penalties Aligns database workflows with app lifecycle Turns d

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The Fruits of Failure: 7 Successful Ways of Looking at Every Loss

CEO Insider

Failure. Mistake. Miscalculation. These words have a nasty reputation, most especially when mixed with growth-focused business and professional leadership. According to conventional wisdom, failure is simply the absence of success. So if success is the ultimate goal, then failure, mistakes, and miscalculations should be defined as wholly negative and avoided at all costs.

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US senator warns governments are spying on Apple and Google users via push notifications

TechCrunch

U.S. senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has warned in a letter to the Justice Department that unidentified governments are spying on Apple and Google phone users through their push notifications. The letter says his office received a tip last year that government agencies in foreign countries were “demanding” push notification records from the tech giants.

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When Designing Employee Learning Programs, Less Is More

Harvard Business Review

People now expect personalized experiences from websites, apps, and social media, yet organizations’ approach to learning programs and related content typically feels overwhelming, indiscriminate, and, above all else, impersonal. Since this overabundance of learning options seems to be the norm, learning and development leaders need to pause and reflect on something behavioral scientists have known for decades: Less is more.

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Google unveils AlphaCode 2, powered by Gemini

TechCrunch

Alongside its Gemini generative AI model, Google this morning took the wraps off of AlphaCode 2, an improved version of the code-generating AlphaCode introduced by Google’s DeepMind lab roughly a year ago. AlphaCode 2 is in fact powered by Gemini, or at least some variant of it (Gemini Pro) fine-tuned on coding contest data. And […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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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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What to Do When Stakeholders Have Competing Visions

Harvard Business Review

It’s not uncommon for multiple stakeholders within companies to have differing visions or even competing agendas. In this article, the authors offer strategies for how to get everyone on the same page — and what to do if the confusion persists. Sometimes a simple one-on-one is all that’s needed to clear confusion and identify a workable set of success criteria for everyone.

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Five-month-old Indian AI startup Sarvam scores $41 million funding

TechCrunch

Sarvam AI has come out of stealth mode and announced it has raised $41 million as the five-month old Indian startup races to build a suite of full-stack generative AI offerings. The $41 million funding raise is across the Seed and Series A financing rounds. Lightspeed led the Series A round, whereas it co-led the […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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Strategy, Not Technology, Is the Key to Winning with GenAI

Harvard Business Review

The explosion of AI startups in dozens of sectors masks something many of them share: They are increasingly built on top of standardized technology from a few AI giants like OpenAI, Google, and Meta. This puts a premium on strategy over proprietary technology. Companies who use these tools will need to think about how they’ll create value beyond the technical features they offer and what they will do to stand out from the pack.

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Sydney-based generative AI art platform Leonardo.Ai raises $31M

TechCrunch

Sydney, Australia-based Leonardo.Ai is the one of the latest generative AI startups to raise funding. Today, the AI art production platform for consumers and enterprise users announced a $31 million USD round from investors including Blackbird, Side Stage Ventures, Smash Capital, TIRTA Ventures, Gaorong Capital and Samsung Next. Founded last year, Leonardo.Ai’s founders say that […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Top 5 Challenges in Designing a Data Warehouse for Multi-Tenant Analytics

Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.

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How to Leverage Kubernetes' New CronJob API for Efficient Task Scheduling

Dzone - DevOps

Kubernetes' CronJob API is a pivotal feature for automating regular tasks in a cloud-native environment. This guide not only walks you through the steps to use this API but also illustrates practical use cases where it can be highly beneficial. Prerequisites A running Kubernetes Cluster (version 1.21 or later) kubectl Command Line Tool Basic Kubernetes knowledge (Pods, Jobs, CronJobs) Understanding the CronJob API The CronJob resource in Kubernetes is designed for time-based job execution.

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OurSky lands $9.5M seed to build out developer platform for space data

TechCrunch

A developer platform for the…sky? That’s the vision of OurSky, a startup founded last year that’s aiming to make space observational data more accessible via a software platform and global telescope network. The company announced that it closed $9.5 million in seed funding led by Upfront Ventures alongside Oceans Ventures, Venrex Investment Management, Marlinspike Partners, […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Coexisting With AI: The Future of Software Testing

DevOps.com

If 2023 was the year of artificial intelligence (AI), then 2024 is going to be the year of human coexistence with the technology.

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Meta AI adds Reels support and ‘reimagine,’ a way to generate new AI images in group chats, and more

TechCrunch

Alongside other AI updates announced today, Meta AI, the company’s generative AI experience, is gaining new capabilities starting today, including the ability to create new AI images when prompted as well as support for Reels, among other things. The former, a feature called “reimagine,” allows users in group chats to have more fun by recreating […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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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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5 great new features in Django 5

InfoWorld

Django, the Python web framework with all batteries included, is on the verge of its fifth major release. Here's a rundown of five big new Django 5 features to take advantage of, in both existing and new Django projects. Top 5 new features in Django 5 Form fields are simpler to render Model fields for computations and generated columns Field choices are easier to write More async view decorators Exception handling for async disconnects 1.

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Meta’s AI characters are now live across its US apps, with support for Bing Search and better memory

TechCrunch

Earlier this year, Meta introduced a set of AI characters, including those based on real-life celebs including the likes of Paris Hilton, Mr. Beast, Kendall Jenner, Tom Brady, Charli D’Amelio, Snoop Dog, and others, which users could chat with across Meta’s apps. Today, the company announced its 28 AI characters are fully rolled out across […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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The best new features in Angular 17: A kinder, faster Angular

InfoWorld

Angular is one of the most storied front-end web frameworks, and it has gone through significant changes since its initial release—including the complete rewrite that transformed it into a reactive framework in the vein of React. Angular today is a powerful system with some great ideas, like reactive eventing throughout and a robust dependency injection system.

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Respeecher’s ethics-first approach to AI voice cloning locks in new funding

TechCrunch

Ukrainian synthetic voice startup Respeecher is finding success despite not just bombs raining down on their city, but a wave of hype that has raised up sometimes controversial competitors. A new $1M in funding should help the company add a few studios to its media and gaming clients. Respeecher is perhaps best known for being […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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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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Dell Generative AI Open Ecosystem with AMD Instinct Accelerators

Dell EMC

The world’s broadest GenAI solutions portfolio just got better.

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Bluesky says it will allow users to opt out of the public web interface after backlash

TechCrunch

Bluesky is changing course by allowing users to opt out of a change that would expose their posts to the public web. Last month, the company announced its decentralized alternative to Twitter/X would soon open up a public web interface allowing anyone to view the posts on its platform, even if they didn’t have an […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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Why and How to Transition to SaaS Cloud Enterprise Applications

Dzone - DevOps

Many CEOs and CIOs have grappled with whether to migrate their applications from on-premise (the traditional route) to public cloud-based infrastructure. With an increasing array of cloud services available today, organizations can subscribe to a combination of different cloud services with their portfolio, including a mix of public, private, or hybrid cloud services.