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Jude is building a bladder health champion

TechCrunch

Bladder health isn’t the sexiest subject in the world so it probably won’t surprise you there are so few startups focused on the area. Only one actually, according to Jude founder Peony Li — who’s just closed a $4.24 million seed round for her London-based bladder health startup to expand into the US.

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CodeSOD: Classic WTF: The Single Sign On

The Daily WTF

It's Labor Day in the US, which means we're taking a break from the usual grind. Enjoy this classic story about the challenges of providing users with the authentication system they desire- one with no passwords or usernames. Original -- Remy “It’s impossible,” Gerald said in a matter-of-fact tone, “simply impossible.” “Now just so we’re clear,” Craig responded, “by ‘impossible’, you actually mean ‘a big pain in the ass’, but you’re a smart guy who can make it happen, right?

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What’s up with Qi2 and why should you care?

TechCrunch

If you’ve been following the onslaught of gadget news out of Berlin this week, you’ve no doubt heard Qi2 pop up more than once. Notably, Anker and Mophie have both announced products that adopt the standard. So, [Seinfeld voice] what’s the deal with Qi2?

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Translating Different Content Types Using Helsinki-NLP ML Model from Hugging Face

Perficient

Introduction In Hugging Face, a translation model is a pre-trained deep learning model that can be used for machine translation tasks, These models are pre-trained on large amounts of multilingual data and fine-tuned on translation-specific datasets. To use a translation model in Hugging Face, we typically load the model using the from_pretrained() function, which fetches the pre-trained weights and configuration.

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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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Google brings that cheap flight data and the feds investigate Elon’s glass house

TechCrunch

Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. Kirsten is away, so I’ll be your host this week.

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Crypto funding in August wasn’t as good as the numbers may lead you to believe

TechCrunch

At this point, it seems the only thing that could shake up the seemingly never-ending decline in venture interest in crypto would be a drastic thawing of the crypto winter.

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How to build a social media app: An entrepreneur’s guide

Openxcell

Forbes reports that the number of people using social media worldwide has reached 4.9 billion in 2023. By 2027, this number is expected to reach approximately 5.85 billion. Over the last few years, social media has evolved from being primarily a communication channel and entertainment platform to marketing and growing businesses, contributing to significant social and political discussions.

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Launch into the future with the complete Space Stage agenda at TC Disrupt 2023

TechCrunch

We’re out-of-this-world excited to announce the complete Space Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. We’re joining forces with the Aerospace Corporation to host this stage and of course are excited to hear the startup pitches from the Space Domain Awareness Challenge Pitch-off.

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What’s a Merge Queue and Why Use It?

Dzone - DevOps

That’s a good question, isn’t it? Indeed, if it was only a little-known term a few months ago, merge queues are more and more talked about. Between announcements from leaders like GitHub and real technical solutions, merge queues are increasingly adopted by software development teams. You will therefore dive into this topic to understand what a merge queue is, in what situations they are useful but also how they work in practice.

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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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Qept is a simple iOS note-taking app that is all about texting yourself

TechCrunch

People have a habit of using messaging apps to send things to themselves. So much so that chat apps like WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram have built-in features for bookmarking or note-taking. Developer Willem de Beijer has developed a new note-taking app for iOS called Qept with the “DM-to-yourself” phenomenon in mind.

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From Rags to Riches: A Remarkable Entrepreneurial Journey from Zero to Success

Women on Business

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This veteran VC doesn’t think ARM’s IPO will have the impact that everyone is hoping it will

TechCrunch

The startup industry has been whistling a happy tune since the British chip designer ARM filed paperwork with the SEC late last month for an IPO. The growing expectation is that the hotly anticipated offering will force open the IPO window for many other outfits.

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Greylock, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Pear VC join Startup Battlefield judges

TechCrunch

Just a couple more weeks until 20 of the world’s top early-stage startups take to the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 to compete for an equity-free, $100,000 grand prize and eternal glory. They’ll face tough questions from our judges and must stand out against a crowd of super-star founders.

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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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Inside Rent Butter: Why credit scores shouldn’t tell the whole story

TechCrunch

Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. As we head into a long holiday weekend here in the U.S.

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Watered-down SEC fund disclosure changes still worth paying attention to

TechCrunch

While VCs may have dodged a bullet regarding what fund disclosure rules the SEC did pass, they shouldn't overlook them.

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