Fri.Sep 29, 2023

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Save money with workflow automation

Invid Group

Save money with workflow automation BY: INVID In today’s fast-paced business environment, efficiency and cost-effectiveness are paramount. Organizations are constantly seeking ways to optimize their processes and cut unnecessary expenses to remain competitive. One powerful tool that has emerged in recent years to help achieve these goals is workflow automation.

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10 most in-demand generative AI skills

CIO

If any technology has captured the collective imagination in 2023, it’s generative AI — and businesses are beginning to ramp up hiring for what in some cases are very nascent gen AI skills, turning at times to contract workers to fill gaps, pursue pilots, and round out in-house AI project teams. Analyzing the hiring behaviors of companies on its platform, freelance work marketplace Upwork has AI to be the fastest growing category for 2023, noting that posts for generative AI jobs increased more

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Three Arrows Capital co-founder Zhu arrested in Singapore airport, sentenced four months in prison

TechCrunch

The liquidators behind Three Arrows Capital (3AC), the now-defunct crypto hedge fund, shared that the firm’s co-founder Su Zhu was arrested in Singapore at the Changi Airport while trying to leave the country.

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Should finance organizations bank on Generative AI?

CIO

As I work with financial services and banking organizations around the world, one thing is clear: AI and generative AI are hot topics of conversation. These conversations are so weighty, they are happening at the boardroom level. I get it. Financial organizations want to capture generative AI’s tremendous potential while mitigating its risks. In the finance and banking industry, however, organizations are seeking extra guidance on the best way forward.

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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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X (Twitter) has paid almost $20M to creators, CEO says

TechCrunch

The company formerly known as Twitter has paid out nearly $20 million to creators, according to a post from X CEO Linda Yaccarino. The platform, now called X, began paying creators in July for a share of the ad revenue they earned from ads served in the replies to their posts to other verified users.

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VW bails on its plan for a $2.1B EV plant in Germany

TechCrunch

Volkswagen’s $2.1 billion plan to launch a dedicated electric-vehicle factory in Wolfsburg, Germany is kaput. The automaker instead reportedly plans to modify its existing plants in Zwickau and Wolfsburg to handle production of a new flagship EV — the postponed Project Trinity — and an all-electric Golf hatchback.

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Where to Focus for Peak Performance with Sunjay Nath

Let's Grow Leaders

Do you want to bring peak performance to your organization? If you do not have the time or resources to develop everyone, you are not alone. According to the 10-80-10 principle, any group or organization can be divided into three groups based on their behavior. For leaders, the key is to focus on the 10% already supporting the organization or you, as they can be your champions to influence the 80% who are looking for direction.

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Elon Musk’s X headed for ‘rule of law’ clash with EU, warns Twitter’s former head of trust & safety

TechCrunch

The former head of trust and safety at Twitter has warned the platform now known as X is charting a collision course with the European Union’s rebooted digital rulebook, the Digital Services Act (DSA) — which carries penalties of up to 6% of global annual turnover for confirmed breaches of the online governance regime.

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Creating a Cohesive Team for Corporate Transformation Projects

Harvard Business Review

Hollywood films have long been made by teams of independent contractors and employees of different production companies brought together for short-term projects. Companies have embraced this model for transformations, with data showing that 45% of the people on these projects are not regular employees. Managing a disparate group like this can be a challenge, but team leaders can overcome that by working to create one culture, making work personal, and empowering the team leader.

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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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BeReal pushes back at report that it’s losing steam, says it now has 25M daily users

TechCrunch

Just under a year ago, the buzzy new social app BeReal looked to be on the rise, with reportedly 20 million users launching the app every day to snap their candid photos.

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The Next Supply-Chain Challenge Isn’t a Shortage — It’s Inventory Glut

Harvard Business Review

Inventory challenges aren’t new. Electronics littered shelves in 2001 after the dot-com bubble burst. In 2009, the financial crash left manufacturers with excess inventory when consumer buying power suddenly dropped. And now, the high-tech industry is feeling the weight of a volatile market that has led to excess component inventory. Measuring inventory momentum can help leaders address the problem.

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Two large equity funds launched this week. What gives?

TechCrunch

Two large equity funds came out of the gate this week. So, what gives? Earlier this year we covered how Liquidity Group, a growth-stage debt financier, raised $40 million and launched a $250 million debt fund for tech companies. Backers included Apollo (private equity, and Yahoo! owner) and MUFG (a Japanese bank).

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Eliminating Algorithmic Bias Is Just the Beginning of Equitable AI

Harvard Business Review

Industries, governments, and scholars also need to understand how AI shapes the supply and demand for goods and services in ways that perpetuate inequality.

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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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Pudgy Penguins’ approach may be the answer to fixing NFTs’ revenue problems

TechCrunch

The company's toy-focused expansion is its bet that NFTs should have a broader presence, one that’s not limited to the digital world.

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Leaky Apps – How Banning Them Builds App Security

Ivanti

Banning apps is sometimes necessary to protect your organization from malicious or misused applications. In particular, leaky apps can be a significant threat, and identifying and banning them is an essential app security measure. Some organizations choose a more flexible approach by allowing employees to use unsanctioned apps and monitor their usage for suspicious activity.

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When predatory investors damage your chances of success

TechCrunch

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. You know what isn’t a great idea for my energy levels? Enjoying a week of TechCrunch Disrupt and then getting straight on a plane to attend a startup event in Oslo, Norway.

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Senser Unveils AIOps Platform Using eBPF to Collect Data

DevOps.com

Senser launched an AIOps platform that leverages eBPF in Linux operating systems to collect data from IT environments.

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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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So what happened to Blue Apron?

TechCrunch

How Blue Apron got to where it is today an interesting story, and one that we should trace from the company's IPO through to today.

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PowerProtect Data Manager: #1 in NPS Customer Satisfaction Rankings

Dell EMC

Learn how PowerProtect Data Manager stands out in the sea of endless choices for your data protection needs.

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Startups may have trouble finding their enterprise footing

TechCrunch

According to a survey from Battery Ventures, the percentage of respondents that let their engineers self-select tools fell from 74% in Q3 2023 to 44% last quarter.

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Research: In Recessions, Employees Avoid Jobs with Startups

Harvard Business Review

Startups typically have a tougher time raising money during recessions. But that’s not the only reason they struggle during downturns, according to new research — they also have a tougher time hiring. That’s because job seekers prefer safer options and so are more likely to apply for jobs at incumbent firms. This, alongside the difficulty fundraising, makes growth even tougher for startups during recessions.

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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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How to pitch me: 7 investors discuss what they’re looking for in September 2023

TechCrunch

If you’d like to know what investors are looking for, how they want to be approached and what they’re most likely to ask, keep reading.

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Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel on the Challenges and Opportunities of Following a Visionary Leader

Harvard Business Review

Filling the shoes of a legendary founder was not only a personal challenge for Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel, but a significant adjustment for all the company’s employees, from the C-suite to the hundreds of local stores.

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Google Pixel Event 2023: Pixel 8, Watch 2 and everything else we expect

TechCrunch

It’s been a wild few weeks for consumer hardware news, but it seems the season is finally winding down. We’ve already seen big events from Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, and now it’s time for Google to get in on the action. After all, being fashionably late to consumer electronics is kind of Google’s thing.

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What is a Shadow Deployment?

DevOps.com

Shadow deployment enables observation of changes and their impact without causing any disruption to a live application.

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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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Why product equity has become a business imperative for the future of digital products

TechCrunch

The full power of emerging technology cannot be realized without a diverse set of imaginations to fuel it.

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Microsoft Azure VMware Solution: The Best of Both Worlds

Dell EMC

With AVS, unlock seamless integration with the VMware environment and run native VMware workloads on Microsoft Azure.

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TechCrunch+ Roundup: How to pitch 7 VCs, building AI moats, immigration law Q&A

TechCrunch

Meeting investors is easy. The hard part is crafting a story that’s so convincing, they’ll wire you some money.

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