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The 5 Most Important and Critical Skills for Jobs of the Future

Career Advancement

“Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself.” – Denis Waitley. According to the World Economic Forum, five years from now, over one-third of the skills that are important on the job today will have become irrelevant. That means some of your employees could find their jobs being phased out in the coming years.

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UK challenger bank Starling raises $376M, now valued at $1.9B

TechCrunch

Challenger banks continue to see huge infusions of cash from investors bullish on the opportunity for smaller and faster-moving tech-based banking startups to woo customers from their larger rivals. In the latest development, U.K.-based Starling announced that is has closed £272 million ($376 million at current rates), at a pre-money valuation of £1.1 billion.

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4 Simple Ways to Gain More Credibility at Work

Let's Grow Leaders

To Gain More Credibility at Work, Think Others First I’m often asked to speak about ways to show up with more confidence and to build credibility at work. There are still a stupid number of places that this is way harder than […]. The post 4 Simple Ways to Gain More Credibility at Work appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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While eyeing a SPAC, Swedish autonomous EV company Einride nears $75 million in new funding

TechCrunch

Swedish autonomous electric vehicle startup Einride is aiming to continue the momentum sparked by partnerships with Oatly and Lidl by seeking additional capital, TechCrunch has learned. . Einride is seeking $75 million in new financing, while at the same time exploring the potential for a public listing through a special purpose acquisition company, according to people with knowledge of the company’s plans.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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Max Heap vs Min Heap

The Crazy Programmer

In this article, we will have a look at the difference between Max Heap and Min Heap Data Structure. We will look at the description of each data structure and examples related to them. Firstly, let us have a quick recap of the Heap Data Structure. Heap is a special type of binary tree based structure. The underlying structure resembles that of a Complete Binary Tree.

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Anduril Gets Subcontract from Palantir

CTOvision

Irvine-based defense and border protection company Anduril Industries said it has received a subcontract award from Palantir Technologies for the hardware system design for the U.S. Army’s Tactical Intelligence Targeting […].

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Equity Monday: More money for fintech, Deliveroo’s IPO, and AI startups

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets.

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Adaptability Enhances How We Work

Agile Alliance

(This is Part 2 in a 5-part series.) In our last post we explored these ideas: When the organization and the teams explicitly limit their work Maintain continuous improvement Visualize and focus on the work (not any person) And use the board to reflect the actual way the team works (instead of a fictitious process) … Continued. The post Adaptability Enhances How We Work first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Swiss maker of meat alternatives Planted will expand and diversify with $18M Series A

TechCrunch

Planted , a startup pursuing a unique method of creating a vegetarian chicken alternative, has raised an $18M (CHF 17M) Series A to expand its product offerings and international footprint. With new kebabs and pulled-style faux meats available and steak-like cuts in the (literal) pipeline, Planted has begun to set its sights outside central Europe. The company was a spinout from ETH Zurich and made its debut in 2019 , but has not rested on the success of its plain chicken recipe.

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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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Chinese app Meitu buys $40 million worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum

CTOvision

Meitu, a Chinese company that makes a photo editing app, has purchased bitcoin and ether, becoming the latest firm to buy cryptocurrencies. The Hong Kong-listed company said on Sunday it bought […].

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Vendr raises huge $60M Series A as its SaaS-purchasing service scales

TechCrunch

This morning Vendr announced a $60 million Series A round, a huge funding event led by Tiger Global, with participation from Y Combinator, Sound Ventures, Craft Ventures, F-Prime Capital, and Garage Capital. The outsized Series A comes after Vendr last raised $4 million in a mid-2020 seed round , with TechCrunch reporting that the company was profitable at the time.

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Cloud Migration Monitoring: A Practical Guide

DevOps.com

Almost every organization has transitioned some operational systems to the cloud. DevOps professionals are an essential part of migration projects, facilitating the migration itself, and making sure applications work as expected and provide satisfactory performance after the migration. To make your next cloud migration a success, you must get monitoring right.

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Taipei-based Influenxio gets $2M from DCM Ventures for its “microinfluencer” marketing platform

TechCrunch

Influenxio’s team, with founder and chief executive officer Allan Ko in the center. “Microinfluencers” are gaining clout among marketers. Though they may have as little as a thousand followers, microinfluencers tend to focus on specific content and be seen as more engaging and trustworthy by their audience, said Allan Ko, founder and chief executive officer of Influenxio.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.

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What Sid Meier’s Civilization Game Taught Me About Business

N2Growth Blog

Since childhood, I have played video games, and one of my all-time favorites is Sid Meier’s Civilization. The turn-based strategy game appeared in the early ’90s, and the game has evolved significantly since its debut, each version has new challenges for players to solve. As the title of this article suggests, I’d like to share what Sid Meier’s Civilization game has taught me about business and strategy.

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Last-mile delivery robotics company Refraction AI raises $4.2M

TechCrunch

Ann Arbor-based Refraction A I announced today that it has raised a $4.2 million seed round. The startup, which debuted on the TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility stage back in 2019, was founded by a pair of University of Michigan professors (Matthew Johnson-Roberson — now CTO — and Ram Vasudevan) seeking to solve a number of issues posed by many delivery robots.

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Leading With Intent and Awareness in the Age of Conscious Capitalism

CEO Insider

The global pandemic awakened so many of us to the severe disparities in our world. For business leaders, in particular, that awakening became a call to lead with intent and “do well by doing good.” In this piece, Corey Blake of Round Table Companies discusses the tenets of Conscious Capitalism and outlines how leaders can […]. License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article Leading With Intent and Awareness in the Age of Conscious Capitalism are those of the author Corey Blak

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Olo’s IPO could value the company north of $3B as Toast waits in the wings

TechCrunch

Olo , the New York-based fintech startup that provides order processing software to restaurants, shared its initial IPO price range this morning. The company’s debut comes ahead of the expected IPO of Toast , a Boston-based unicorn with a similar market remit. Targeting $16 to $18 per share, Olo could raise as much as $372.6 million in its public offering.

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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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Despite the Pandemic, DevOps Salaries Rose in 2020

DevOps.com

Puppet today published the results of an annual global DevOps survey that found, despite the downturn in the global economy brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, most DevOps professionals saw their salaries rise in 2020. However, for the first time since Puppet started collecting this data, DevOps professionals working in the life sciences, health care […].

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Egypt’s customer engagement platform for F&B brands in MENA, Koinz, raises $4.8M seed

TechCrunch

As the restaurant industry across different cities was massively hit by the pandemic-induced lockdowns last year, food aggregator platforms helped by driving online customers to them. Koinz is one such startup in Egypt. Its value for food and beverages brands before, during and after the lockdowns has bagged the startup a $4.8 million seed round. Founded in 2018 by Hussein Momtaz , Ahmed Said , and Abdullah Al Khalidi , Koinz set out to solve two major problems in Egypt’s food aggregation

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Bloomberg Terminal Adds Price Data for Chainlink and Several Other Coins

CTOvision

Bloomberg Terminal, a platform that allows professional traders to monitor and analyze real-time financial market data, has added price tracking for six new cryptocurrencies, according to an announcement shared with […].

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Celebs like Rob Dyrdek, Joe Jonas and Travis Barker are backing the nootropic nosh company, Mindright

TechCrunch

It was only a matter of time before someone married the nascent nootropic supplements for brain health to the snack bar craze that continues to attract dollars and exits. That time is apparently now, as Rob Dyrdek, the MTV-famous celebrity, pro-skater and entrepreneur, and Chris Bernard announce a new investment in the company they co-founded, Mindright , alongside celebrity investors including Joe Jonas, Travis Barker and The Profit’s Marcus Lemonis. . “When we started down the path

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Embedded Analytics Insights for 2024

Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.

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Virtuous Teaming: Palantir And AWS Team Up For ERP Suite

CTOvision

Palantir Technologies Inc announced Friday its new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system with Amazon.com, Inc. cloud service platform Amazon Web Services (AWS) will be available to all AWS customers. What […].

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From electric charging to supply chain management, InMotion Ventures preps Jaguar for a sustainable future

TechCrunch

Since InMotion Ventures , the independent investment and incubation initiative set up by Jaguar Land Rover , launched in 2016 the firm has focused on backing companies across the mobility space broadly. Its 15 active investments run the gamut from autonomous vehicles, to car insurance tech, to ride-sharing, and travel planning, but increasingly the firm is focusing its efforts on vehicle electrification and sustainable supply chains.

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With Aerospike Trade Desk Achieves Hyperscale for Real-time Bidding

CTOvision

The Trade Desk is an advertising technology company that provides a self-service platform through which media buyers can purchase digital advertising. Aerospike runs at the edge as a cache for real-time […].

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Cosi raises €20M for its ‘full-stack’ approach to short-term rentals

TechCrunch

Cosi Group , a Berlin-based startup offering an alternative to boutique hotels and managed short-stay apartments, is disclosing €20 million in new investment. Backing the round is Vienna-based Soravia, a leading real estate group in German-speaking countries. Existing investors Cherry Ventures, e.ventures, Kreos Capital and Bremke followed on, along with a number of individual investors.

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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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5 Topmost Practices for Converting Business to DevOps

Kovair - DevOps

Businesses have been facing the age-old delivery conundrum arising from developers and operations not having a proper communication channel, resulting in operations having to deal.

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Attend TechCrunch’s free virtual Miami meetup on March 11

TechCrunch

TechCrunch is hosting a small virtual meetup this Thursday centered around Miami. We hope you can attend. It’s free. This is our first (virtual) field trip to Miami. Even though we can’t be there physically right now, it’ll sure feel like we are. All lights will be shining on the Magic City. The area is quickly transforming thanks to active investors, interesting companies, a Twitter-proficient mayor and beautifully scenic living.

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SUPERNOVA Web Shell Deployment Linked to SPIRAL Threat Group

SecureWorks

SUPERNOVA Web Shell Deployment Linked to SPIRAL Threat Group Similarities between the SUPERNOVA activity and a previous compromise of the network suggest that SPIRAL was responsible for both intrusions and reveal information about the threat group. Similarities between the SUPERNOVA activity and a previous compromise of the network suggest that SPIRAL was responsible for both intrusions and reveal information about the threat group.

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