Thu.Jun 23, 2022

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Python Single vs Double Quotes

The Crazy Programmer

We know that if we want to print something on the console then we use print() statement in python. In a print statement, we can use single quotes or double quotes to print the text to the console. In this article, we will see what is the difference between single and double quotes in Python and in which scenario we have to use one. In languages like Java, C++, and C when we want to print something we strictly have to use double quotes.

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FDA orders Juul to stop selling its vaping products in the US

TechCrunch

The axe has fallen for e-cigarette maker Juul. The FDA ordered the company to stop selling and distributing its ubiquitous vaping devices in the U.S. Thursday, a dramatic end for a company that dominated the e-cigarette market and was valued at $38 billion at the top of its game. Juul will no longer be able to sell its vapes nor its 5% or 3% tobacco and menthol-flavored pods in the U.S. without “risk[ing] enforcement action” from the U.S.

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Survey Shows Correlation Between Open Source, DevOps Skills Demand

DevOps.com

A survey published this week by the Linux Foundation suggested enterprise IT organizations now prefer to hire IT professionals that have both open source software and DevOps experience. Conducted in collaboration with edX, a leading global online learning platform from 2U, Inc., the survey polled 1,672 open source professionals and 559 respondents with responsibility for […].

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Cryptoys banks a16z funding to build NFTs for kids

TechCrunch

The past several months haven’t been entirely kind to the NFT market — while transaction volume hasn’t stuttered too significantly, the dollar amount invested in the space has been in free fall as cryptocurrency prices have taken a historic dive. With that as background, it might not seem like the best time to launch an NFT platform, let alone one geared toward children.

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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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How Low Code Demands More Creativity From Developers

Dzone - DevOps

This is an article from DZone's 2022 Low Code and No Code Trend Report. For more: Read the Report. Yes, engineering is a science, but it's more and more an art, too. Developers must be at least as creative as the next hacker — and they need to cultivate user empathy. That's why organizations benefit from automating the minutia, allowing devs to focus on novel problem-solving.

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Cloudflare Outage Outrage | Yet More FAA 5G Stupidity

DevOps.com

In this week’s The Long View: Cloudflare suffers another huge outage while the FAA and FCC still disagree over 5G/NR near airports. The post Cloudflare Outage Outrage | Yet More FAA 5G Stupidity appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Paris-based Breega closes €250M fund, opens Barcelona office to back Iberian startups

TechCrunch

Paris-originated VC Breega wasn’t enormously well known in the VC world (it only closed its first fund in 2015) until, perhaps, it started attracting attention with its second €110 million seed fund, just under a year go. It’s portfolio now includes a number of scaleups including Moneybox, Cuvva, Coverflex and Libeo. Perhaps part of its “secret sauce” is how it has managed to put together an in house-team of experts in growth, talent and comms, of which more later.

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Dehumanization Is a Feature of Gig Work, Not a Bug

Harvard Business Review

The 40 million Americans who’ve rented out their services to platforms like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash may be canaries in the coal mine of the new world of work.

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India’s central bank cracks down on fintech startups

TechCrunch

For nearly all fintech startups, lending has long been the end game. A notice from India’s central bank this week has thrown a wrench into the ecosystem, scrutinizing just who all can lend. The Reserve Bank of India has informed dozens of fintech startups that it is barring the practice of loading non-bank prepaid payment instruments (PPIs) — prepaid cards, for instance — using credit lines, in a move that has prompted panic among — and existential threat to — many fintech startups and caused so

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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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What the New OWASP Top 10 Changes Mean to Devs

DevOps.com

The open web application security project (OWASP) recently updated its top 10 list of the most critical security risks to web applications after four years. It represents the most radical shake-up since the list was introduced in 2003. The changes will undoubtedly have a big impact on how businesses address application security going forward and […].

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Ghost kitchens ride into college campuses on the backs of delivery bots

TechCrunch

The relatively controlled environments of university campuses have long served as ideal testing grounds for autonomous technology, and they’re proving particularly effective for sidewalk delivery robots. In the latest move to introduce autonomous delivery to college campuses, early last week, food delivery platform Grubhub and sidewalk delivery robot startup Cartken shared plans to bring 50 food delivery robots to Ohio State University this fall.

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Kubernetes Service Types Explained In-Detail

Dzone - DevOps

Kubernetes has emerged as a powerful tool to manage and scale cloud-native applications. Organizations need to deploy their software quickly, leveraging highly scalable and always available capabilities to maintain zero downtime. As more applications are containerized and deployed, it becomes increasingly complex for any organization to manage these containers.

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Cozy houseplants and self-care: how one startup is reimagining mobile gameplay as a healing activity

TechCrunch

Mobile well-being apps topped 1.2 billion downloads last year, while leading meditation app Calm alone pulled in $118.2 million in revenue, data from Sensor Tower indicates. That may leave some to believe the digital well-being market is essentially solved, but a new startup, Lumi Interactive, believes the opposite is true. The Melbourne-based, women-led company has identified a under-explored niche in the mobile market which involves translating offline, self-care activities into games as a mea

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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ShiftLeft Report Reveals State of Application Security

DevOps.com

A report published today by automated application security testing platform ShiftLeft found only one in three applications has an attackable vulnerability. The report also found organizations that prioritized their remediation efforts based on the level of actual threat are fixing 76% of those vulnerabilities within two sprints lasting 12 days, on average.

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To drive more sales, use shopper-generated content to personalize emails

TechCrunch

Cynthia Price. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Cynthia Price is the SVP of marketing at Litmus. Her team grows and supports the Litmus and email community through content marketing, demand generation and events. She has been in the email marketing industry for over 10 years and was previously VP of Marketing at Emma, an email service provider. Early 2020 saw commerce transform as people transitioned to online shopping by necessity.

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Survey Sees Alternative Cloud Service Providers Gaining Ground

DevOps.com

A survey of 458 development professionals, managers and senior leaders conducted by Techstrong Research, a sister entity of DevOps.com, found 43% are considering adding additional cloud service providers in the next 12 months. In total, nearly two-thirds said they are at least considering, evaluating or are ready to buy from a trusted alternative cloud vendor, […].

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The next wave of supply-chain innovation will be driven by startups that help incumbents win

TechCrunch

Steve Sloane. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Steve Sloane is a partner at Menlo Ventures where he invests in inflection-stage companies. More posts by this contributor. Software’s meteoric rise: Have VCs gone too far? The shift to collaborative robots means the rise of robotics as a service. Derek Xiao. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Derek Xiao is an investor at Menlo Ventures focused on soon-to-be breakout companies at the inflection stage.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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The Age of Software Supply Chain Disruption

DevOps.com

The software supply chain is swiftly becoming a widespread attack vector, and securing it is now in the spotlight. Software supply chain attacks have become a given in 2022, reports Darktrace. SolarWinds, Kaseya and GitLab are just a few examples of organizations that have been vulnerable to attack in recent years. We’ve also witnessed an increasing […].

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Wondermed pulls $4,600K out of a hole to ply you with ketamine

TechCrunch

For those of us who’ve been a little bit wobbly on the mental health front over the past couple of years, there are a bunch of options starting to crop up. The on-demand chat-based therapy options are one, and at-home ketamine-assisted treatments are another. We’ve seen Mindbloom and Fieldtrip Health taking pole position, and recently, Wondermed announced it raised $4.6 million to join the ketamine-powered bandwagon.

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Article: Diving into Zero Trust Security

InfoQ Culture Methods

The Zero Trust approach involves a combination of more-secure authentication approaches, such as MFA with profiling and posturing of the client device, along with some stronger encryption checks. This article shares some insights on Zero Trust Security for your organization and your customers, and how you can get started with it. By Sindhuja Rao, Deepank Dixit.

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Epsilon3’s space industry OS powers more than launches as it brings in $15M in new funding

TechCrunch

The space industry is evolving, as are the tools it uses; Epsilon3 is a startup trying to make launches, satellite design, rocket manufacturing, and other complex processes easier and more collaborative. The company has found its tools have uses beyond space, and growing traction across the board has led to a $15 million in new investment. It wasn’t long ago that Epsilon3 raised its $2.8 million seed round , having been founded in early 2021 by SpaceX veteran Laura Crabtree and Max Mednik

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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The Two Most Important Things That Come Up about Storage with End-users and Partners

Infinidat

The Two Most Important Things That Come Up about Storage with End-users and Partners. Evan Doherty. Thu, 06/23/2022 - 10:59. A substantial shift has happened in the enterprise storage industry over the last 12 months that has changed dialogue about storage. In past years, the first conversations with enterprise storage buyers were about cost efficiency and performance.

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Starburst acquires data lake analytics accelerator Varada to challenge Snowflake

TechCrunch

Starburst , the well-funded data warehouse analytics service and data query engine based on the open-source Trino project, today announced that it has acquired Varada , a Tel Aviv-based startup that focuses on data lake analytics. Using Varada’s proprietary indexing technology, enterprises can easily operationalize their data lakes, a capability that neatly extends Starburst’s query engine.

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M&A, trust in software, and a good night’s sleep

Synopsys

Building trust in your software is important, but software trust is even more important in M&A transactions. The post M&A, trust in software, and a good night’s sleep appeared first on Application Security Blog.

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Daily Crunch: London-based SumUp pins $8.5B valuation with $624M debt-equity round 

TechCrunch

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hey, folks! Me again. As I’m sure it had you on the edge of your seat, I’m pleased to report that the team wasn’t completely dissatisfied with my inaugural work (it’s here in case you missed it), and so they’ve agreed to let me have another go.

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A Tale of Two Case Studies: Using LLMs in Production

Speaker: Tony Karrer, Ryan Barker, Grant Wiles, Zach Asman, & Mark Pace

Join our exclusive webinar with top industry visionaries, where we'll explore the latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence and the incredible potential of LLMs. We'll walk through two compelling case studies that showcase how AI is reimagining industries and revolutionizing the way we interact with technology. Some takeaways include: How to test and evaluate results 📊 Why confidence scoring matters 🔐 How to assess cost and quality 🤖 Cross-platform cost vs. quality tr

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How rigorous is your succession planning process and execution of it?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: How rigorous is your succession planning process and execution of it? Extremely — we know who’s going where next and execute the plan well 5.24%. Very — we know where most people are headed and generally execute the plan 20.95%. Somewhat — we know where key players are going but don’t always execute 33.50%.

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Pitch Deck Teardown: WayRay’s $80M Series C deck

TechCrunch

We have quite a unique pitch deck on our hands today. A few years ago, AR car hardware company WayRay raised $80 million at a half-a-billion valuation in a Series C round led by Porsche, and I’m super excited to show off their pitch deck today! Yes, it’s a little bit older than some of the decks we usually tear down, but it is rare that I get my hands on a 100% unedited, unabridged deck that resulted in a half-unicorn valuation.

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What’s Hot: Join Us at the AWS Summit in New York

d2iq

We are excited to be participating in this year’s AWS Summit in New York as a sponsor. Like the AWS Summits in Atlanta and Washington DC, the big trends AWS is highlighting at the New York Summit are artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), analytics, business intelligence, modern applications based on containers, and the Internet of Things (IoT).These are the same technologies (cloud native + AI) that we at D2iQ believe are the key ingredients for the next generation of infrastructu

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