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Apple is in its Ballmer era

David Heinemeier Hansson

It's seen as being anchored in the company's historic paranoia, Windows-centric world view, and as missing the boat on mobile. I've only been running Windows for a few weeks now, but the proof is in the pudding. And open source runs the world for the majority of developers working with the web.

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Can’t We All Just Get Along? Enter OpenCloud, Where Modern IT Embraces Open Source and the Cloud

Battery Ventures

In the last two years, well over $50 billion in equity value has been generated by a handful of companies selling “open-source” software. Yet hanging over the future of open source is the larger mega-trend—and, some say, threat—of cloud computing. And this could hurt many now-popular, open-source vendors.

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Daily Crunch: YouTube rolls out support for dubbing videos in more than 40 languages

TechCrunch

“Towns” hall crier : Taylor writes about Houseparty founder Ben Rubin’s new open source group chat app called Towns. Walmart sold Moosejaw to Dick’s Sporting Goods after acquiring the e-commerce outdoor retailer in 2017, Aisha reports. More like r-AI-sing, amirite : Source.ag Is ocean conservation the next climate tech?

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AI Chihuahua! Part II

d2iq

With open-source technology companies can actually get the best of everything. Open-source software is free to use, but teams have to invest quite a bit in selecting, introducing, using, and maintaining these technologies. So, why not roll your own platform based on top-notch technologies?

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Drive hyper-personalized customer experiences with Amazon Personalize and generative AI

AWS Machine Learning - AI

FOX Corporation (FOX) produces and distributes news, sports, and entertainment content. “We For instance, FOX Sports experienced a 400% increase in viewership content starts post-event when applied. We are integrating generative AI with Amazon Personalize in order to deliver hyper-personalized experiences to our users.

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Daily Crunch: ??In an all-cash deal, Microsoft will buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7B

TechCrunch

Mustard’s sports coaching software raises more capital : After securing $1.7 The startup is expanding its “sensor-free approach to [sports] data capture” to new domains, TechCrunch reports. Image Credits: Olemedia (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Let’s see how it performs in-market.

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?? 5 Tweaks for a Productive Terminal

Xebia

Kitty is an open-source terminal emulator with some standout features: GPU Rendering. Multitasking is very effective with Kitty, as it supports tabs and multiple windows within tabs. Kitty embraces this philosophy and is almost entirely driven by the keyboard, sporting sensible shortcuts. One such option is Kitty.

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