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Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Shaun White, Shawn Mendes get behind Shelf Engine

TechCrunch

Shelf Engine ’s mission to eliminate food waste in grocery retailers now has some additional celebrity backers. The company has already helped retailers divert 1 million pounds of food waste from landfills, Stefan Kalb, co-founder and CEO of Shelf Engine, told TechCrunch. This includes a $12 million Series A from 2020.

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DIY cloud cost management: The strategic case for building your own tools

CIO

He and his teams tried a few off-the-shelf tools but were never satisfied with the support for linking a cloud resource to a line of business to determine ownership. And that’s all before considering the need to fuel new AI initiatives , which can push cloud costs up further.

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New School Foods’ filet looks and tastes like salmon, but it’s actually plants

TechCrunch

New School Foods also has grants from Canadian government agencies, including Sustainable Development Technology Canada and Protein Industries Canada. One of the biggest venture capital investments into alternative seafood last year went into Wildtype , which raised $100 million in a Series B round for its cultured salmon product.

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5 ways to improve mental health for software developers

TechCrunch

Contributor. Share on Twitter. Lorna Mitchell is head of Developer Relations at Aiven , a software company that combines the best open source technologies with cloud infrastructure. With World Mental Health Day just behind us, I thought about how the tech industry can be a difficult place to stay mentally well. Give the gift of autonomy.

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Achieving Net Zero aviation will need rapid innovation. Digital engineering can deliver it

Capgemini

To enable them to achieve this, aerospace manufacturers are adopting a range of approaches, including sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs), lighter airframes, optimising and automating flights, and whole new propulsion technologies based on hydrogen and batteries. And they want to get there fast.

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A Note to Business Leaders on Software Engineering

Strategic Tech

The benefits you are looking for are speed and sustainability. Delivering faster: Keeps you ahead of the competition Allows you to monetise/leverage your innovations sooner Reduces customer feedback cycles, accelerating product innovation Sustainability means being able to deliver at a consistent pace indefinitely to retain these benefits.

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7 data trends on our radar

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Increasing focus on building data culture, organization, and training. LinkedIn recently found that demand for data scientists in the US is “off the charts,” and our survey indicated that the demand for data scientists and data engineers is strong not just in the US but globally. Sustaining machine learning in an enterprise.

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