TechCrunch
JUNE 3, 2021
Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s standalone venture capital fund, has dropped the “AI” and is reborn as, simply, Toyota Ventures. The fund is commemorating its new identity by investing an additional $300 million in emerging technologies and carbon neutrality via two early-stage funds: the Toyota Ventures Frontier Fund and the Toyota Ventures Climate Fund. .
Hacker Earth Developers Blog
JUNE 3, 2021
As developers, we deal with a myriad of problems every day. From debugging to deploying, there is a lot that goes on in our workplaces – some of it really exciting, but most of it mundane, grunt work. Productivity in such instances can always take a hit. Some days ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with Radoslav Stankov, Engineering Head, Product Hunt, on the latest episode of Codecast (go check it out already if you haven’t).
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TechCrunch
JUNE 3, 2021
Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse, but Elizabeth Ruzzo says she experienced it firsthand after telling a doctor that she suffered from suicidal ideation after taking birth control pills. Hormonal health sits at the center of conversations around personalized medicine and women’s health: By 2025, women’s health could be a $50 billion industry, and by 2026, digital health more broadly is estimated to hit $221 billion.
CTOvision
JUNE 3, 2021
Palantir Technologies announced today it had been selected by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to continue its work as their enterprise data management and AI-enabled mission command platform as part of the Mission Command System/Common Operational Picture program. The contract is valued at a total of $111 million, inclusive of options, with $52.5 […].
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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
JUNE 3, 2021
Google has selected 30 startups to receive a share of its $2 million Black Founders Fund in Europe, providing these companies with a spot of cash, some valuable cloud services and a bit of good old-fashioned networking among the Google crew. The fund was announced last fall as part of a company-wide effort toward “building a more equitable future for everyone,” alongside grants and new sponsorships.
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TechCrunch
JUNE 3, 2021
Razor Group. Branded. Thrasio. These are big names in the new wave of e-commerce companies taking the world by storm. Their business of acquiring small e-commerce brands that look promising and consolidating them is quite popular in the U.S. and Europe. The concept has sifted through those shores to Latin America and Asia, where companies like Una Brands and Valoreo have raised significant investment to acquire and build these brands.
Xebia
JUNE 3, 2021
Talking about the added value of applying Agile Architecture in your organization, we see fewer and fewer “IT architects” in organizations. Is that because we do not need Architects anymore? Do we need Agile Architects or do we need to do Agile Architecture? In fact, nowadays, Architecture has shifted from a job title to a role. And this role […].
TechCrunch
JUNE 3, 2021
Meet Lightyear , a new London-based startup coming out of stealth today. The company is building a stock trading app with a focus on creating a truly commission-free app. In addition to waving account fees and trading fees, Lightyear doesn’t charge foreign exchange fees either — up to a certain point. The two founders met when they were working at Wise — then known as TransferWise.
CTOvision
JUNE 3, 2021
Decentralized finance (DeFi) could be crucial to combating climate change, Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov argued at Consensus 2021 Tuesday. Nazarov laid out two cases in particular where Chainlink 2.0’s hybrid smart contract model, where blockchains provide security and decentralized oracle networks collect data off-chain, could help. Read Chainlink cofounder, Sergey Nazarov’s opinion that Decentralized Finance platforms […].
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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
JUNE 3, 2021
Jason VandeBoom. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jason VandeBoom is founder and CEO of ActiveCampaign , a customer experience automation (CXA) company. Software as a service has been thriving as a sector for years, but it has gone into overdrive in the past year as businesses responded to the pandemic by speeding up the migration of important functions to the cloud.
TechBeacon
JUNE 3, 2021
Are you trying to shift from a monolithic system to a widely distributed, scalable, and highly available microservices architecture? Maybe you've already moved to agile delivery models, but you're struggling to keep up with the rate of change in the technologies of these systems.
TechCrunch
JUNE 3, 2021
NUE Life Health , a telemedicine startup in the U.S., is developing what it describes as a “next-generation mental wellness solution” employing treatments such as psychedelic-assisted therapies, combined with a graph database-driven app. The Miami-based startup has raised a $3.3 million seed round from investors including Jack Abraham (Atomic Ventures, Hims), Shervin Pishevar (formerly of Sherpa Ventures, UBER), Martin Varsavsky (Prelude Fertility, Overture), Jon Oringer (Shutterstock, Pareto Ho
DevOps.com
JUNE 3, 2021
In the duality of continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), CI focuses on build automation. Leveraging CI practices for software delivery is normal for most organizations and can be seen as a solved problem. However, the demand for increasingly distributed applications has risen with the expansion of microservices, and development teams have the expectation that every commit […].
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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
JUNE 3, 2021
The agriculture sector is ripe for technological improvements, but beyond satellite-based crop management and bees-as-a-service , the actual people who work in the fields should be benefiting as well. Ganaz , empowered by a $7 million A round, aims to change how people with little documentation and no bank account get paid and send money with a modern workforce stack that embraces low tech as well.
CTOvision
JUNE 3, 2021
A well-executed big data strategy can streamline operational costs, reduce time to market and enable new products. But enterprises face a variety of big data challenges in moving initiatives from board room discussions to practices that work. IT and data professionals need to build out the physical infrastructure for moving data from different sources and […].
TechCrunch
JUNE 3, 2021
Climate change is intensifying across the globe, and one of the most challenging cases is Japan. In addition to lying on a major fault, the archipelago is increasingly inundated from rising sea levels that make the country more prone to disasters. A decade ago, the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami dealt billions of dollars in damage, and the recovery from that tragedy remains a major international relations flashpoint.
CEO Insider
JUNE 3, 2021
Two thousand twenty was a year most CEOs would love to forget. Most of us long for everything from consumer behavior to employee relations to get back to “normal.” For better or worse, turning back the clock just is not an option. For all the volatility and unpredictability we faced during the pandemic and through […]. The post Why (your lack of) leadership bench strength should keep you up at night. appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.
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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
JUNE 3, 2021
Henry Shapiro. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Henry Shapiro is the co-founder of Reclaim.ai, an intelligent calendar assistant platform used daily by over 4,000 companies. Prior to founding Reclaim, Henry led product and marketing at New Relic. It was August 2019, and the fundraising process was not going well. My co-founder and I had left our product management jobs at New Relic several months prior, deciding to finally plunge into building Reclaim after nearly a year of late nights and weekend
Agile Alliance
JUNE 3, 2021
TechCrunch
JUNE 3, 2021
Boston-based Realtime Robotics this morning announced a $31.4 million round. The funding is part of the $11.7 million Series A the company announced all the way back in late 2019. Investors include HAHN Automation, SAIC Capital Management, Soundproof Ventures , Heroic Ventures, SPARX Asset Management, Omron Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, Scrum Ventures and Duke Angels.
scruminc
JUNE 3, 2021
Should Your Organization Be Co-Located, Fully Remote, or Hybrid? by the Scrum Inc. Team | June 3 , 2021 | Blog. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction . Capture Feedback On 2020: It Is Worth Remembering. What Is The Purpose Of An Office And Why Do We Need Them? Is Colocation As Important As It Once Was? Are You Looking To Refresh Or Reboot Your Culture? Retaining And Recruiting Talent.
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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
JUNE 3, 2021
Early-stage startups are increasingly looking for alternative ways to access capital, meaning not every company wants to raise money from VCs or take on debt. In recent years, a flurry of startups have emerged to give companies other options. (Think Pipe , for example.). And today, San Francisco-based Architect Capital is a new firm that is launching with over $100 million in funds to serve as an “asset-based lender” to “high-growth,” early-stage tech companies.
TechCrunch
JUNE 3, 2021
Our relationship with fashion has changed, and not just because of the pandemic. Months in lockdown means people are probably more aware of their fashion purchases and how they consume, given its been such a long time without socializing. But the oft-talked about “Clueless” wardrobe , which would allow women to both see into their collections, as well as share and potentially borrow from friends, has yet to go mainstream.
CTOvision
JUNE 3, 2021
Microsoft and Elastic have recently announced Elastic on Azure, a preview service that offers managed Elastic, Logstash, and Kibana to search, analyze, and visualize data in real-time on Azure. The new service is supported by Elastic and allows Azure customers to purchase an Elastic Cloud plan and consolidate billing through the Azure marketplace. Read about the […].
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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
JUNE 3, 2021
VC funds Frst and Fabric Ventures are teaming up to create Le Crypto Fellowship. With this program, the two firms want to find the next 10 crypto entrepreneurs in France. And they think they might foster the most promising crypto startups if they don’t have any preconceived idea and team yet. As Pierre Entremont from Frst writes in a Medium post , there are a lot of opportunities if you want to build the next crypto success, but few entrepreneurs are actively looking at this space.
CTOvision
JUNE 3, 2021
Read why Mark Hulbert feels that Bitcoin holders are left with little choice other than trusting Chinese cryptocurrency miners on Market Watch : My question goes to the heart of one of bitcoin’s BTCUSD, -3.81% fundamental weaknesses. As you can see from the chart below, two-thirds of the world’s bitcoin mining power is based in […].
TechCrunch
JUNE 3, 2021
As more people return to the office over the next few months, companies will have to work harder than ever to make sure the environment is comfortable and inviting. One company that is out to ease the pain of millions of employees leaving the comfy confines of their homes and losing the convenience of conducting meetings in nice tops and sweatpants has just raised new funding to help it advance on its goals.
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