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Sorare teams up with the Premier League for its NFT fantasy football game

TechCrunch

French startup Sorare has signed a four-year licensing partnership with the Premier League. This is an important move for the company as the English football league is one of the most-watched sports league in the world. Sorare is a fantasy sports gaming experience based on NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. In particular, Sorare has partnered with many football leagues so that it can create trading cards representing football players.

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Forecasting 2023 Recruiting Trends With 6 Experts

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

2023 is here, and it is time to look ahead. Start planning your tech hiring needs as per your business requirements, revamp your recruiting processes, and come up with creative ways to land that perfect “unicorn candidate”! Right? Well, jumping in blindly without heeding what this year holds for you can be a mistake. So before you put together your plans, ask yourselves this—What are the most important 2023 recruiting trends in tech hiring that you should be prepared for?

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Crypto security startup Hypernative raises $9M to help prevent web3 cyber attacks

TechCrunch

Hypernative , a crypto security-focused startup, has raised $9 million in seed funding as it emerges from stealth, co-founder and CEO Gal Sagie exclusively told TechCrunch. The funding round was led by boldstart ventures and IBI tech fund, with strategic investments from Blockdaemon, Alchemy, Borderless, CMT Digital, Nexo and angel investors. The company was started by Sagie and Dan Caspi, who’s also Hypernative’s CTO.

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How to make your web application more secure by using Static Application Security Testing (PART 1 of 5 in Application Security Testing series)

Xebia

During this blog series we are going to look at different types of Application Security Testing (AST), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) and secret scanning. They are used to identify security vulnerabilities in applications. You can use them to test applications manually and/or via automation by integrating them in a CI/CD pipeline. I will start with a brief explanation about how they work and what their advantages and disadvantages are.

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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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If, and only if, McDonald’s had an appetite for acquisitions

TechCrunch

Welcome back to Equity , the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. I’m back, I’m drinking an iced Americano maybe because I miss Alex, maybe because I just feel different today, and I’m ready to start our week together. Here’s what I got into on today’s Equity Monday: Big tech: Marqeta’s nine-figure acquisition of a two-year-old fintech , and which bucket of deals I think it falls into – com

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Southeast Asia farm-to-table startup Secai Marche raises Series A

TechCrunch

Secai Marche , a farm-to-table fulfillment platform serving farmers in Japan and Southeast Asia, announced today it has raised 210 million Japanese yen (about $1.6 million USD) in Series A funding. The round included participation from venture capital firm The Agribusiness Investment and Consultation Co., Spiral Ventures Asia Fund I and Beyond Next Ventures.

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Got Workplace Gossip? Powerful Phrases to Stop Workplace Gossip Before It Spreads

Let's Grow Leaders

Stop Workplace Gossip from Stirring Up Conflict and Distracting Your Team I first heard this frustrating bit of workplace gossip from my wonderful, human-centered executive assistant back in my Verizon days. “I know this isn’t funny. By you have to admit it kind of is (she said with a pause, smile, and big grin). You should probably know the rumor that’s going around about you.” “Oh, do tell…” I wasn’t quite prepared for the absurdity of the work

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Jump on our limited two-for-one Disrupt 2023 presale offer

TechCrunch

Nothing wrong with your calendar, folks — it’s the end of January. Although TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 takes place months from now — on September 19–21 in San Francisco — we believe in two things: planning ahead and rewarding those who do. Right now — and for a limited time only — take advantage of our Disrupt 2023 ticket presale offer. Simply sign up right here to receive an exclusive two-for-one pass when we release tickets.

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New Relic Bolsters Observability Platform

DevOps.com

New Relic has updated its observability platform to include the ability to better detect and track errors in addition to monitoring vulnerabilities. At the same time, an instance of the New Relic observability platform that runs natively on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform is now also generally available. Manav Khurana, general manager for observability product […] The post New Relic Bolsters Observability Platform appeared first on DevOps.com.

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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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Daily Crunch: Marqeta acquires fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $275M

TechCrunch

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Kicking off the week, we’ve been thoroughly enjoying Runa Sandvik ’s story about how U.S. police use digital data to prosecute abortions in our post-Roe-v.-Wade world. The TL;DR is that healthcare in the U.S.

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Let the Machines Do It: AI-Directed Mobile App Testing

DevOps.com

AI has been in the news a lot lately. We’ve all heard a lot about ChatGPT and you’ve no doubt encountered the end result of a variety of other advances in AI technology of late, such as Lensa. But there’s also a much quieter and less visible shift happening behind the scenes during the development […] The post Let the Machines Do It: AI-Directed Mobile App Testing appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Is venture funding already back?

TechCrunch

Despite continuing talk about a possible recession , slumping tech stocks and a slowdown in the world of startup investing, the business of funding was positively humming last week. After slowing way down last spring, venture outfits disclosed a stunning $8 billion in new capital commitments in the span of just five days. Consider the following: NEA revealed that it closed its two newest funds adding up to $6.2 billion ; Cowboy Ventures announced two funds totaling $260 million ; and FJ Labs al

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How to Create a Diff of Two Images

David Walsh

When I was a child, I loved looking for Waldo in the “Where’s Waldo?” book series. These days I’m a sucker for TMZ’s “What’s the Big Frigin Difference” images, where TMZ slightly changes an image and you have to spot the differences between the two. That got me to thinking — how easily could I automate diff’ing two images?

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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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It’s time to cast your votes for TC Early Stage Audience Choice

TechCrunch

A not-so-humble brag here, so brace yourself. The programming at TechCrunch Early Stage — April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts — is gonna be off the proverbial hook. How do we know? We read hundreds of applications from experienced founders and startup ecosystem experts eager to participate in Audience Choice for a chance to present at the show. Be in the room: Take advantage of early-bird ticket pricing.

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Bottom-Up or Top-Down: What Shapes Organizational Culture?

CEO Insider

Combining top-down and bottom-up management methods allows leaders to embody a leadership style that prioritizes shared power and put the needs of employees first to drive performance. There are three traits, in particular, that you should embody to successfully implement a management style that lends itself to effective workplace culture. Your business’s culture is the […] The post Bottom-Up or Top-Down: What Shapes Organizational Culture?

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What do recent changes to state taxes mean for US SaaS startups?

TechCrunch

Ardy Esmaeili Contributor Share on Twitter Ardy Esmaeili , CPA, is a startup tax accountant and managing director of tax services at Burkland. More posts by this contributor Starting up remotely? Keep these labor laws and tax guidelines in mind What US startup founders need to know about the R&D tax credit Trends indicate that a majority of businesses plan to fully adopt software as a service (SaaS) by 2025, and if the past is any indicator, that means state legislatures are working hard to

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Oracle JAVA Subscription Changes – What Is the Impact to Customers?

IDC

As of January 23rd 2023, Oracle has replaced Oracle Java SE Subscriptions commonly purchased by customers with a new Oracle Java SE Universal Subscription. Whilst the previous Subscription was licensed in effectively two different ways depending on whether the software was utilized on a Server or Desktop (Personal Computer) the new Universal Subscription has new [.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“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.

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Making the Most of Qualitative Data: The Story of Text Explorer

Dataiku

This is a guest post by Adam McMaster and Meirin Evans, our friends at The Brilliant Club, whom we have partnered with since 2021. Adam joined The Brilliant Club in October 2022 for a three-month internship as part of his doctoral training program. Adam is in the third year of his Ph.D. at the Open University and his research focuses on black holes and variable stars.

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4 Ways To Help Engineers Understand How Their Choices Affect Cloud Costs

CloudZero

When it comes to cloud costs, engineers have a particular reputation. The executive suite and finance department often share perplexing frustration about why engineers appear not to care about budgets and costs at all.

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9 Types of Developers (Which One Will You Be?)

Coding Dojo

When starting your journey as a software developer, there are many paths you can take. Should you focus on the frontend or the backend? Should you become a mobile developer? Or maybe someone who develops video games? These questions can be impossible to answer when you’re learning how to code, but there is some guidance … 9 Types of Developers (Which One Will You Be?

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Closed User Groups in Travel: Benefits, Examples, and Best Practices to Enable a CUG Strategy

Altexsoft

As a travel business, it’s not enough to just offer a variety of travel options to your customers. To truly stand out in the crowded industry, you must provide a unique and personalized experience that keeps your customers coming back for more. That’s where closed user groups come in. By creating exclusive travel experiences for a select group of clients, you can increase customer loyalty, repeat purchase rate, and revenue.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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Qakbot Resurgence: Evolving along with the emerging threat landscape

Darktrace

In June 2022, Darktrace observed a surge in Qakbot infections across its client base. These infections, despite arising from novel delivery methods, resulted in unusual patterns of network traffic which Darktrace/Network was able to detect and respond to.

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Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities

DevOps.com

DevOps.com is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it easier for DevOps professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of available DevOps talent is […] The post Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Building a Scalable Search Architecture

Dzone - DevOps

Creating a scalable search architecture is a popular and important task for many systems. There are different solutions for this task. Choosing the right one depends on the requirements of your project. Sometimes, as a project grows and its requirements change, you may run into new problems that you cannot solve with the search architecture you are using.

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The Business Case for CAPI: Enhanced Kubernetes Management and More

d2iq

There are instances in which organizations miss the opportunity to improve their infrastructure and gain competitive advantages by clinging to entrenched, well-worn technologies with which they are comfortable.This is the case with Terraform and Cluster API (CAPI). When explaining to various organizations the benefits they could gain through CAPI, I have heard hesitant responses such as: “We want to stay with the technology we are familiar with.

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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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Vidar Info-Stealer Malware Distributed via Malvertising on Google

Darktrace

This blog post highlights the recent malvertising campaigns targeting Google searches that deploy info-stealer malware. It covers the attackers' techniques and provides a list of indicators of compromise. Recommendations for the general public are also included to help mitigate the risk of falling victim to such attacks.

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Has Progress on Data, Analytics, and AI Stalled at Your Company?

Harvard Business Review

Four recommendations to ensure your investment strategy drives real business value.

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Open source software: A pillar of modern software development

Synopsys

Open source software provides companies with a competitive edge but when used incorrectly, it can lead to risks in the software supply chain.