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Financial IT leaders prep for a quantum-fueled future

CIO

Optimization problems, for which a whole chorus of variables must be fine-tuned and modulated, routinely plague financial firms, especially when it comes to highly engineered financial products such as those developed through quantitative analysis. Their work earned them a 2023 US CIO 100 Award for IT innovation and leadership.

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How the new AI executive order stacks up: B-

CIO

As other recent technology waves have taught us, developments will simply come too fast for such an approach and will be driven by the speed of private industry. It is a very powerful technology, and while it is not inherently good or bad, given its sheer power, guardrails must be put into place. AI must be regulated.

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Luminate aims to make hair loss from chemotherapy a thing of the past

TechCrunch

Luminate Medical may have a solution in a medical wearable that prevents the chemical cocktail from tainting hair follicles, preventing the worst of the loss and perhaps relegating this highly visible condition to the past. People do, after all, spend that much and more not just on wigs but on other hair retention products and methods.

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Manufacturing CIOs see bright future for the industry, thanks to IT

CIO

Throughout my career at Textron, I have had many roles, spanning supply chain, manufacturing, integrated product teams, and working on helicopter programs. From that point forward, I was fortunate enough to lead both the IT and OT teams within global pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chain organizations.

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DuPont and VCs see lithium mining as a critical investment for the electric future

TechCrunch

China through its mining companies and battery manufacturers is currently in the lead , thanks to a years-long push to control both the supply of lithium and develop massive new manufacturing capacity to meet global demand. Meanwhile, privately-held and venture-backed startups are developing other recycling solutions.

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AoAD2 Practice: Whole Team

James Shore

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. Whole Team. The Hole Team. Modern software development takes a lot of skills.

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The Good and the Bad of Selenium Test Automation Tool

Altexsoft

In the early 2000s, a company called Mercury Interactive ruled the test automation world with Astra Quick Test, its tool. For instance, you could only run tests on Windows computers, only a small number of browser versions were supported, and you had to use a single language to write scripts – VBScript.