TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
As internet creators and influencers grow their followings, it’s not always intuitive what the best way to monetize might be. For some creators, they might find a path to monetization through subscriber-only content and branded posts, but for those with a great idea and an entrepreneurial streak, they might leverage their appeal to launch a product.
The Crazy Programmer
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
PLC is the short-form of programmable logic controllers that are used in industrial automation. And the controlling method can vary from switches to complex controlling units or structures. This programming was incorporated in the late 1960s so industrial automation could take power from it. It was mainly developed and formulated to control the manufacturing activities of the factories’ processes.
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TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Andela , a fully remote company that helps tech companies build remote engineering teams (initially from Africa but now a global market), is currently valued at $1.5 billion following a $200 million Series E round led by SoftBank’s Softbank Vision Fund 2 , the $30 billion venture fund of SoftBank Group. Joining SoftBank in the investment was new investor Whale Rock and existing investors including Generation Investment Management, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Spark Capital.
The Crazy Programmer
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
An API is a set of code that can be utilized in a web application or a mobile application in order to receive and transfer data. The primary function of an API is to facilitate the mechanism of interaction between the users and the system. Specifically, an API carries out the user’s responses to the system and system’s responses to the user. An Exchange Rate API is specifically a network of databases that stores the information regarding the international central banks and maintains an up-
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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.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Employee leave benefits are a complicated web of company and government policies, and Cocoon is out to bring clarity and simplicity to both the employer and employee experience. The platform launched Wednesday across all 50 states and is designed for any type of employee leave, like parental, medical, caregiver or bereavement. It factors in all company government and insurance benefits and manages all facets of the leave from compliance to claims management to payroll calculations.
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TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Online learning platform Vedantu has raised $100 million in a new financing round and has become the latest Indian startup to become a unicorn following a year of strong growth. Vedantu, which last month refuted rumors of it considering a sale to Byju’s , said on Wednesday it has raised $100 million in its Series E financing round that valued it at $1 billion, up from about $275 million early last year.
Toptal
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Two heads are better than one. This proverb describes the concept behind ensemble methods in machine learning. Let's examine why ensembles dominate ML competitions and what makes them so powerful.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
The days of “no signal” may be behind us with the advent of Lynk’s satellite network that lets any modern phone exchange data directly with a satellite overhead, no special antenna or chip required. The company just demonstrated a two-way data link this week and announced its first network partners in Africa and the Bahamas — if everything goes well it may not be long before you can get a signal anywhere in the world.
DevOps.com
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Technical talent is few and far between. The programming world faces a developer shortage, and with this shortage comes a lack of cloud know-how. By now, most organizations have become multi-cloud, yet 86% of IT professionals believe a lack of these skills will slow down cloud projects. As more teams transition from older architectures to […].
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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
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Meetings can go one of two ways… either be productive, or be ineffective. Read AI wants all meeting goers to be engaged and feel productive, and it has developed a real-time shared dashboard to alert meeting participants when things are going well or not so well. The Seattle-based company emerged from stealth mode Wednesday with its first financing, a $10 million seed round, led by Madrona Venture Group, and joined by PSL Ventures and a group of angel investors, including former Placed boa
Dzone - DevOps
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Smart contracts aren't the easiest things to work with. The setup process to start developing involves many cumbersome, error-prone steps, which by themselves lead to hours of developer time wastage. At the end of this article, you'll have yourself an automated Docker setup that will help you: Run smart contract tests with testRPC. Perform deployments on your chosen network.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Joyned , formerly known as Gamitee , announced Wednesday that it raised $4 million in seed funding to continue developing its e-commerce platform that puts merchants in the driver’s seat of social engagement. CEO Jonathan Abraham explained that Gamitee means “joined” in Hebrew, but the Jerusalem-based SaaS company decided to spell it “joy” because it aims to “spark joy in its customers’ experiences.”.
DevOps.com
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
During the online Ansiblefest, Red Hat announced the availability of a preview edition of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 that is intended to make it easier to automate IT processes at scale. Richard Henshall, senior manager for Ansible product management at Red Hat, said previously most IT teams have been automating individual processes, but […].
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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.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
When engineers are building software, they often run into issues around testing it without using actual customer data. Creating a meaningful test set can be time-consuming and challenging. Tonic.ai , a startup that helps engineers create synthetic data sets is trying to fix that, and today the company announced a $35 million Series B. Insight Partners led the round with participation from GGV Capital, Bloomberg Beta, William Smith from Octave, Heavybit and Silicon Valley CISO Investments.
David Walsh
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
The UUID identifier has been used in programming since the days a baby-faced David Walsh became a professional software engineer. My first exposure to UUIDs was via a ColdFusion app I inherited and … the less we say about that the better. In any event, I was recently surprised to see that JavaScript has the ability to create UUIDs. Developers can use the native JavaScript crypto library to generate a UUID: crypto.randomUUID() // '5872aded-d613-410e-841f-a681a6aa8d8b' crypto.randomUUID() //
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Ted Schlein. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Ted Schlein is a general partner at Kleiner Perkins and a leading expert on cybersecurity and enterprise software. More posts by this contributor. The United States needs a Department of Cybersecurity. What Silicon Valley can do about cyber threats. “Know your customer” is one of the foundational concepts of business.
TechBeacon
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Ask any seasoned tester about the state of testing today, and you will get an earful of opinions. That certainly was the case during my recent panel discussion on the state of testing in 2021 with James Bach and Michael Bolton.
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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.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Sudheesh Nair. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Sudheesh Nair is CEO of ThoughtSpot , a business intelligence company that has built an intuitive Google-like interface for data analytics. Before ThoughtSpot, Sudheesh was president at Nutanix. More posts by this contributor. A blueprint for building a great startup founding team. Speaking about the historical trajectory of significant movements, Gandhi once said, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Agile42
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Creating a Kanban board will help you visualize your workflow and improve processes. The very first Change Management Principle of Kanban states, “start with what you do now.” However, this can be overwhelming if you own multiple different types of projects and tasks. Learn how to get started in just three steps. Continue reading How to Create a Kanban Board: A Practical Guide at agile42.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Platforms for dentists are booming right now as many governments gradually make it harder to access dentistry via social care, especially in the U.K. But the most lucrative market is cosmetic dentistry, and this is where startups are often playing, such as aggregating private clinics under a simple booking platform. Toothfairy is a U.K. startup that has a variation on this approach.
TechBeacon
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
For its annual World Quality Report, Capgemini and Sogeti interviewed thousands of technologists and technology leaders to learn the state of software quality practice. The World Quality Report 2021-22, sponsored by Micro Focus, is Capgemini and Sogeti's 13th such effort, giving the authors over a decade of data to show not just the state of software quality, but how trends—and the culture of quality—have been changing.
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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.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Another day, another direct listing. The once-exotic method of going public is increasingly popular with venture-backed companies as they look to list without running headfirst into the IPO pricing issues that have bedeviled a number of high-profile public offerings in the last year. Precisely who is underpricing whom in those situations is a fun, if slightly academic, question.
CircleCI
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Today is CircleCI’s 10-year anniversary. I sent the whole staff an email that captures the sentiment of this important moment and I wanted to share it with you here. It offers a glimpse into what we’ve accomplished as an organization in the last decade and how much more we’ll accomplish in the decades to come. To: All staff. From: Jim. Subject: CircleCI at 10 and a look ahead.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
As a general rule, I refuse to worry about how much money bankers make. They have historically done just fine, and I presume will continue to do so. In a similar manner, I don’t worry about how much money venture capitalists earn. Not really. Sure, it’s nice to figure out deal-specific returns here and there, but frankly, I care precisely not at all about any particular VC’s take-home.
Dataiku
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
We launched the Dataiku Frontrunner Awards to celebrate the data science and AI builders who are doing the nitty gritty work to drive the field forward, day in and day out.
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“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.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Satellite servicing company Starfish Space has closed $7 million in funding to accelerate the development of a space tug vehicle that can extend the life of spacecraft and get rid of orbital debris. Servicing satellites used to be nigh impossible, due to the extreme costs associated with going to orbit. Essentially, once a spacecraft was launched, well — God’s speed.
CEO Insider
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
After writing Inclusive Leadership and The Future of Work as a follow up to The Future of Work: You Don’t Need a Plan. You Need a Commitment, one could argue that this piece is less a Part II and more the completion of a trilogy. Neither was intentional – simply evolutionary. That said, I delivered […]. The post Inclusive Leadership and The Future of Work (Part 2) appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Incident.io has raised a $4.7 million funding round led by Index Ventures and Point Nine. When your company is facing an outage or a data breach, Incident.io provides the right framework to communicate about the issue — both internally and externally — and make sure it is resolved as quickly as possible. In addition to Index Ventures and Point Nine, several business angels are also investing in the company, such as Monzo founders Tom Blomfield and Jonas Templestein, Eileen Burbidge of Passion Ca
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