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Niantic tries its hand at sports with NBA All-World

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Being that I’m not much of a sports person — my preferred type of game involves controllers and screens — I hadn’t given All-World much thought until Darrell Etherington, TechCrunch’s managing editor, assigned me to write a first impressions piece. Why’d the studio choose this sport for its next AR venture?

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How sport made CIO 100 winner Joanna Drake a better technology leader

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CIO 100 winner, sports leadership and being ‘too friendly’ Having featured in the CIO 100 in 2021 and 2020 prior to topping this year’s list , Drake says the award is for her team, not just her. “If If this was about me, as an individual, I’d struggle to do a [CIO 100] submission,” she said. And if they’re successful, we’re all happy.”

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10 celebri disastri provocati dall’intelligenza artificiale

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Sports Illustrated potrebbe aver pubblicato articoli di falsi scrittori generati dall’IA Nel novembre del 2023, la rivista online Futurism ha scoperto che Sports Illustrated stava pubblicando articoli di scrittori non in carne e ossa ma generati dall’intelligenza artificiale [in inglese].

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Computer vision transforms tennis coaching at Billie Jean King Cup

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With centuries of tradition behind it, tennis as a sport has been highly resistant to change. It’s fair to say that tennis has lived up to its roots as a traditional sport,” says Mat Pemble, executive director of IT for the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the sport’s governing body.

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Instacart raises $265M at a $39B valuation

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In a blog post announcing the news, Instacart doesn’t put specifics on the growth rates of usage over the course of 2020, but it does express its intent to grow headcount by 50% in 2021, and continue to scale and invest in its advertising, marketing and enterprise efforts specifically in a quote.

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Sunflower Lab Named Most Innovative App Development Company in Ohio, 2021

Sunflower Lab

Sunflower Lab Named Most Innovative App Development Company, Ohio, 2021 Sunflower Lab is proud to announce we have been named Most Innovative App Development Company in Ohio in 2021! Press Sports Recruiting App Design , Web , iOS , Cloud. Nationwide “Make Safe Happen” App Design , iOS , Android , Tablet.

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Insurtech goes niche

TechCrunch

Boundless Rider was founded specifically to serve riders of motorcycles, e-bikes and power sport vehicles. As I tweeted in 2021, the size of this round wouldn’t have turned heads. It also more than doubled its gross written premium in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021. The Washington, D.C.,

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