Thu.Feb 10, 2022

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Elevating Agile With Financial Discipline

DevOps.com

A corporate axiom is changing, shifting from “Big eats small” to “Fast eats slow.” But change doesn’t happen overnight. While Agile and lean methods continue to chip away at the status quo, making gains and increasingly moving beyond pockets of teams to the portfolio and then enterprise-wide adoption levels, waterfall approaches to delivery persist.

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Republic’s metaverse real estate arm spins off, rebrands as Everyrealm

TechCrunch

Over $500 million worth of real estate was sold on the top four metaverse platforms in 2021, data shows. Traditional real estate companies are amongst the many investors flocking to stake their claim on plots of land in virtual worlds like Decentraland and Sandbox. Although important questions remain about which platforms and use cases will win the day in the metaverse craze, one thing is clear — capital is flowing fast into the metaverse, and “unreal estate,” so to speak, is n

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Securing GitHub Actions with Trivy and Cosign

Aqua Security

One of the advantages of automated CI/CD pipelines is that they’re a great place to implement regular security controls and checks. Using GitHub Actions, it’s easy to improve the security of your containers by automating vulnerability scanning and digital signing of container images on a regular basis. In this post, we’ll go over how to set up and secure a CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions, Cosign, and Trivy.

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Deepdub raises $20M for AI-powered dubbing that uses actors’ original voices

TechCrunch

Netflix’s Korean drama “Squid Game” was one of the most-watched dubbed series of all time, proving the massive potential for foreign-language programming to become a hit in overseas markets. Now, a startup called Deepdub is capitalizing on the growing demand for localized content by automating parts of the dubbing process using AI technology.

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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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How DORA Metrics Can Measure and Improve Performance

DevOps.com

A technology company’s most valuable assets are its people and data, especially data about the organization itself. By knowing what data to track over time, engineering leaders can measure how efficiently their DevOps teams are operating and enable them to maximize their value stream to deliver the best possible product to end users. After years […].

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Article: Embracing Agile Values as a Tech and People Lead

InfoQ Culture Methods

Having worked as a software developer, the agile community has been a great source of inspiration to me to find better ways of working. In my first leadership role, I incorporated the agile mindset which helped me to get everyone working towards a joint goal: refactoring an inherited codebase for scalability, while enabling cross functional teams to work as autonomously as possible.

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What’s driving China’s autonomous vehicle frenzy?

TechCrunch

China’s autonomous vehicle industry first started seeing some traction around 2016, when a bunch of ambitious startups mushroomed following advances in lidar, computing and machine learning. But the nascent sector was still driving in low gear, as the people working on the tech mostly had computer science backgrounds, and there weren’t many with extensive experience in the automobile industry.

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Unreliable Server Scare | Information Batteries | ARM IPO PDQ

DevOps.com

In this week’s The Long View: We worry about chips failing randomly, we ponder a new way of thinking about workload shifting, and we grok Arm’s IPO. The post Unreliable Server Scare | Information Batteries | ARM IPO PDQ appeared first on DevOps.com.

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YC-backed Duplo raises $1.3M pre-seed to build financial OS for B2B companies in Nigeria

TechCrunch

Startups have sought to use technology to digitize processes in Africa’s B2B e-commerce and retail space over the past couple of years. While many focus on moving products and providing credit, issues around cash overdependency haven’t been tackled at scale. . Here’s why this is a critical problem. When traditional distributors move goods from manufacturers and suppliers to retailers, they collect cash through a network of agents.

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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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The Biggest Leadership Mistake You Can Make

CEO Insider

The most important thing an Enlightened Leader can do is to view people as individuals and, in turn, respect who they are and what they’re all about. When you make everyone feel as though they belong and avoid creating unnecessary divisions, you open the doors to communication, cooperation, innovation, and motivation. Most of all, you […]. The post The Biggest Leadership Mistake You Can Make appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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H Twenty Capital aims to be ‘go-to fund for pre-seed investments’ in Latin America

TechCrunch

Venture capital continues to flow into Latin America at a staggering rate. Just over $15 billion went into startups in 2021 , according to LAVCA. That was three times more than the association recorded in fiscal year 2019. Brazil and Mexico continue to lead as regions where many startups are getting funding, but as LAVCA’s statistics show, some of that investor love is being spread around to other countries like Colombia, Argentina and Chile.

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When handing down responsibility, do you delegate or do you abdicate?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: When handing down responsibility, do you delegate or do you abdicate? I delegate and make sure I stay in touch with the task to ensure it’s done right 90.12% I abdicate and hand things off then hope for the best 4.35% I don’t really understand the difference between those approaches 5.53% Getting the benefits of delegation.

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Odys Aviation, formerly Craft Aerospace, raises $12M for its unique VTOL passenger aircraft

TechCrunch

A startup hoping to reinvent regional air travel with an unusual vertical-takeoff aircraft has rebranded and raised a $12.4M funding round. Craft Aerospace will henceforth be known as Odys Aviation, and the money will go towards, among other things, a planned demonstration flight this year with a one-passenger prototype. The interesting “blown wing” approach to VTOL craft is characterized in detail in this post , but in brief it bends the wing in such a way that the thrust from the r

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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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Kong Enterprise 2.7 Simplifies API Management

DevOps.com

Kong Inc. this week advanced its service connectivity platform strategy with an update to Kong Enterprise that makes it simpler to collectively manage groups of application programming interfaces (APIs). Michael Heap, director of developer experience for Kong, Inc., said that capability will make it simpler to, for example, assign rate limits to different tiers of […].

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BNPL payment startup Alma raises another $130 million round

TechCrunch

French startup Alma is trying to build a new “buy now, pay later” giant in Europe. The company has closed a $130 million Series C round (€115 million). It has also raised $109 million (€95 million) in debt financing. Tencent, GR Capital and Roosh Ventures are investing in the startup for the first time. Some of the startup’s existing investors are investing once again, such as Cathay Innovation, Eurazeo, Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund, Seaya Ventures and Picus Capital.

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Women, science and business process management

Beyond B2B

Today we celebrate Women in Science Day 2022 by talking to two women who chose a career in business process management (BPM).

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Remote work and events startup twine acquires YC-backed Glimpse to launch on Zoom

TechCrunch

Twine , a company that provides networking tools for virtual events and remote teams, will soon bring its services to Zoom thanks to its just-closed acquisition of the Y Combinator-backed startup, Glimpse, which had developed a “speed matching” platform designed for virtual events. Glimpse’s idea was to offer a way to facilitate the connections that typically took place at real-world events, and bring them online by matching attendees within video chats using A.I. intelligence.

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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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Why every team lead should be scheduling a hackathon

Gitprime

Hackathons provide countless benefits for every member of an organization from individual contributors across all teams to leaders and executives.

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Create a social media punch list for cryptocurrency marketing

TechCrunch

Last December, Facebook officially began allowing crypto advertisers to buy ads on its platform. This quiet but important change meant that a long-closed marketing avenue for crypto products was now open. But what are best practices for crypto marketers in general? And is the platform worth exploring for crypto and NFT projects? First, let’s understand just what is allowed on Facebook and other platforms.

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The Importance of R&D in Software Product Development

Apiumhub

More so than any other industry, software development moves at an incredible pace with new advances being made every day. In an industry that’s fast evolving and continuously advancing, remaining competitive is fundamental, and R&D is the key. Today, companies are investing more in R&D than ever before. There is a growing need for R&D in the area of software products.

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Sardine’s algorithm helps crypto and fintech companies detect fraud

TechCrunch

It’s a great time to be in the fraud detection business in crypto and fintech. Crypto in particular has faced some high-profile scams recently, and many companies operating within the ecosystem are beefing up their compliance capabilities to ensure they don’t end up in any regulatory hot water. Sardine , a compliance platform for fintech companies, primarily serves neobanks, NFT marketplaces, crypto exchanges, and crypto on-ramps.

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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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Lunch & Learn: Data Pipelines with Apache Hop & Pentaho Data Integration

OpenCredo

Every Thursday at OpenCredo we run internal Lunch & Learns for our developers to learn and share about the new tech they are working on, and now you can get to experience them! Data Pipelines with Apache Hop & Pentaho Data Integration – Fahran Wallace. Maintaining well-structured yet flexible data ingestion pipelines can be a challenge.

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Looks like we’ll get to test the impact of rising interest rates on tech stocks

TechCrunch

Inflation in the United States came in a little over expectations: The consumer price index rose 7.5% last year , the largest figure in some decades. In response, expectations for monetary tightening in America are also running hot. And as interest rates rise, there’s an expectation that safer assets will become more attractive, and more speculative assets less so.

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10G and Immersive Media Experiences

CableLabs

Imagine if you could create a life-like hologram of a given subject—and then be able to study and experience every detail of that subject later without being physically near it. Sounds like science fiction, right? We’re living in an era when such futuristic technology is already available to us! To make this kind of experience a reality, we can capture the rays of light that bounce off a particular subject, and what makes this possible is “light field media.”.

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Atommerce wants to scale its mental health platform with $16.7M funding

TechCrunch

Atommerce , a Korean startup that helps users connect with mental health professionals via a mobile app MiNDCAFE, plans to scale its mental health service with a $16.7 million Series B, which was three times oversubscribed within two months. With the recent funding, Atommerce plans to enhance artificial intelligence and machine learning technology for its platform and invest in digital therapeutics specialized in mental illness.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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The Cloud Goes Vertical in Mexico

Megaport

With 84% of Mexican companies using cloud services of some type, cloud adoption is booming in Mexico. Certain industry verticals have moved more quickly to the cloud than others, driven by specific use cases. According to a recent report by IBM, 57% of companies in Mexico are exploring the adoption of AI/ML, driving specific use cases in manufacturing, for example.

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Lung-health startup Respira Labs inhales $2.8M to help respiration patients breathe easier

TechCrunch

Respira Labs , a medical technology company specializing in respiratory care, which first unveiled its product to the world last year , successfully raised $1 million in funding and an additional $1.8 million in grants to continue building its acoustic resonance technology to assess lung function and changes therein. Tracking both is a critical aspect for patients with COVID-19, COPD, asthma and other lung afflictions.

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Error'd: Guantanamera

The Daily WTF

Gringo Timothy W. shivers "It's going to be a cold time in Havana tonight!" . Frequent flyer. Rob Hoffman notes. "The Richmond International Airport had a bit of a GENERIC_PROBLEM with the labels for their ROUTE_MAP. It still worked, although I wonder how many people got past the WEIRD_PROMPTS." . A diminutive Anonymaus squeaks. "I was searching for the classic Beatles track Let it Be , which Spotify is somehow confusing with Hitler's last, desperate radio speech fr

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