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American Airlines takes flight with analytics transformation

CIO

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, airlines have struggled with bad weather, fewer air traffic controllers, and a shortage of pilots, all leading to an unprecedented number of cancelations in 2022. According to Reuters , more than 100,000 flights in the US were canceled between January and July, up 11% from pre-pandemic levels. American Airlines, the world’s largest airline, is turning to data and analytics to minimize disruptions and streamline operations with the aim of giving travelers a s

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Founders of well-funded Egyptian B2B startup Capiter fired following fraud allegations

TechCrunch

Last September, Egyptian startup Capiter raised $33 million in Series A funding to compete in the country’s growing B2B e-commerce and retail space. Fast-forward a year later, the startup has laid off multiple employees and now its CEO and COO have been relieved from their duties after allegedly mismanaging funds. Here’s what we know so far. Between June to July, several ex-employees of Egyptian startups, including Capiter , wrote posts about layoffs at their respective companies even though the

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USPTO takes human-first approach to AI innovation

CIO

Like many insights-driven organizations, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) leverages data analytics and technologies such as AI and machine learning (ML) to increase the efficiency and performance of its operations and to improve the quality of systems and processes. While AI and ML algorithms are critical to the agency’s endeavors, the government agency’s guiding principle is to take a human-first approach in developing and using these technologies to refine and scale its in

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Stanford moonshot promises near-term profitability with no-code magical mushrooms, ft. Plaid of X

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. As you can tell by the headline of this episode, this is a bonus episode all about Y Combinator Demo Day (and the terms we heard most often during the two-day affair). Natasha and Alex jumped on Twitter Spaces to talk through our favorites of the batch, geography changes, and diversity shake-up that included less women getting funded batch over batch.

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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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Grace Hopper Biography

The Crazy Programmer

Grace Hopper, brought a revolution in the field of computers. She was the first to explore computer programming. She is rightly known as the Queen of Computer Code. Her motto in life was “Dare and Do” Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was a Computer Scientist, mathematician, and Admiral in the U.S. Navy. Birth and Education. Born on December 9, 1906, in New York City, USA, Grace was brought up by her parents very nicely.

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Implementing a Computer Use Policy at Your Organization

TechSoup

Your computers and networks are a window to your organization. They require a significant investment to get set up, and they provide access to information, functionality, and collaboration with team members.

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Add a property to an object in JavaScript

Angularjs | Reactjs | jQuery | Nodejs tutorials

in this post, We will discuss how to add a property to an object in JavaScript. The objects are key-value pairs. We’ll cover different ways to add a property into the object. How to Add a Key/Value pair to an Object in JavaScript There are many ways to add key-value pairs to an Object in […]. The post Add a property to an object in JavaScript appeared first on JS-Tutorials.

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Agile Book Club: Optimizing Outcomes

James Shore

In its full glory, Agile is a world in which teams twirl and dance in response to changing market conditions. They experiment and learn; develop new markets; outmaneuver the competition. In the Agile Fluency Model, this is called Optimizing fluency. In this, our final book club session, Mary and Tom Poppendieck join us to discuss how to achieve it. Mary and Tom Poppendieck wrote the classic book Lean Software Development in 2003, outlining the application of Lean principles to software engineeri

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Software Factories

The Programmer's Paradox

I am uncomfortable with the factory model of a software development shop. I heard it from a seasoned tech exec decades ago. Effectively, the dev shop is a factory that takes in requirements and produces releases. Basically, it’s a bunch of software assembly lines. The obvious problem is that it indirectly implies that programming is similar to blue-collar work.

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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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Full Frame Rate VDI Video - Nutanix and NVIDIA A16 GPUs eliminate the jaggies!

Nutanix

With NVIDIA’s newest GPUs designed for virtual desktops and applications, you can address a wider variety of use cases than you could ever before.

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Smart Hotel Infrastructure: How to Adopt IoT in Hospitality

Altexsoft

Every now and then, a big hotel brand introduces its own take on the “hotel room of the future”. IHG , Marriott , Accor , and many more have been developing automatic, contactless, personalized experiences to wow their guests and redefine the hospitality market. Marriott even launched a whole 10,000-square foot lab with model rooms where the brand can design and test innovative technologies.

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Nigerian blockchain payments startup Bitmama closes $2M pre-seed as it scales to new markets

TechCrunch

Africa is the world’s third fastest-growing crypto market, with crypto adoption increasing by more than 1,200% over the last two years. Countries such as Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa are majorly responsible for skyrocketing adoption rates as citizens try to hedge against currency devaluation and build wealth. Despite African governments’ inconsistent stance on cryptocurrencies, these countries house most of the continent’s crypto and blockchain startups.