Wed.Dec 20, 2023

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6 Kinds of Board Members — and How to Influence Them

Harvard Business Review

Boards are not monolithic. They often are composed of people with different kinds of personalities. This article describes six types: the narcissist, the data chaser, the deferential, the status hound, the unprepared, and the stakeholder champion. It offers tactics for influencing each.

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Electric scooter company Bird files for bankruptcy

TechCrunch

Bird has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, capping off a turbulent year for the electric scooter company. In a press release today, Bird confirmed that it had entered into a “financial restructuring process aimed at strengthening its balance sheet,” with the company continuing to operate as normal in pursuit of “long-term, sustainable growth.” Founded in […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Generative AI: the Shortcut to Digital Modernisation

CIO

THE BOOM OF GENERATIVE AI Digital transformation is the bleeding edge of business resilience. For years, it was underpinned by the adoption of cloud and the modernisation of the IT platform. As transformation is an ongoing process, enterprises look to innovations and cutting-edge technologies to fuel further growth and open more opportunities. Notably, organisations are now turning to Generative AI to navigate the rapidly evolving tech landscape.

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Consumer Reports says Tesla’s Autopilot recall fix is ‘insufficient’

TechCrunch

Tesla’s fix for its Autopilot recall of more than 2 million vehicles is being called “insufficient” by Consumer Reports, following preliminary tests. Kelly Funkhouser, the nonprofit organization’s associate director of vehicle technology, tells TechCrunch she discovered it’s still possible to cover the cabin camera while using Autopilot, meaning drivers can neutralize one of the two […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Is it worth measuring software developer productivity? CIOs weigh in

CIO

Most enterprises are committed to a digital strategy and looking for ways to improve the productivity of their workforce. At the same time, developers are scarce, and the demand for new software is high. This has spurred interest around understanding and measuring developer productivity, says Keith Mann, senior director, analyst, at Gartner. “Organizations need to get the most out of the limited number of developers they’ve got,” he says.

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Zen and the art of platform engineering

CIO

Achieving and maintaining any sense of Zen requires a commitment to keeping everything in balance. Too much of any one thing inevitably creates levels of friction that, over time, become unsustainable. Within a DevOps context, the current manifestation of Zen is organizations embracing platform engineering methodologies that enable them to standardize around a common set of tools and practices, all while empowering – without burdening – their developers.

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Rite Aid banned from using facial recognition software after falsely identifying shoplifters

TechCrunch

Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition software for five years, after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found that the U.S. drugstore giant’s “reckless use of facial surveillance systems” left customers humiliated and put their “sensitive information at risk.” The FTC’s Order, which is subject to approval from the U.S.

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Paving the way for generative AI proficiency in the workplace

CIO

I was recently at a dinner party where another guest asked me to explain what I do for work. When I mentioned that part of my job involves thought leadership around digital trends like generative AI, the first comment was, “Wow, you must be busy this year.” It’s a natural conclusion to come to: Even for those of us who don’t work with emerging technologies day to day, the speed at which headlines come out means it’s been almost impossible to avoid conversations and debates about the rise of gene

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Claim, a social network that lets users earn and trade rewards with friends, raises $4M

TechCrunch

Claim, a platform that is both a rewards app and a social network, has raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by Sequoia Capital. The startup is on a mission to make shopping fun, rewarding and social. The app launched on an invite-only beta in January and is currently focused on university and […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Rackspace’s Brian Lillie on the importance of leadership principles

CIO

Brian Lillie is president of Private Cloud at Rackspace and had previous technology leadership roles at Equinix, Verisign, SGI, and the United States Air Force, so he’s worked hard to define his leadership style. The first step was to define his purpose. After leaving Equinix in 2019, he hiked the Camino de Santiago in Spain, became a life coach through UC Davis Extension, and in 2020, took a Stanford philosophy course on the meaning of life.

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The first annual VTuber Awards was a win for VR

TechCrunch

On stream, Filian took the stage at the center of a colossal arena, lit with violet spotlights and surrounded by crowds of fans holding lightsticks. The streamer opened the show dressed in a vivd purple skirt, magenta bow tie, and high white boots that matched her jacket — a ritzy version of her avatar’s usual […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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Explainer: Building a high-performing last-mile delivery software

CIO

Last-mile troubles and unforeseen complications can crop up at times and cause unexpected delays. This has put immense pressure on IT leaders to deploy the best last-mile delivery software to safely and accurately transfer packages. This is the most crucial aspect in the entire delivery process as it directly influences the end user. The staff monitoring the logistics management systems are at their wit’s end, trying to compensate for the lost time.

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Elon Musk’s X suffered yet another global outage

TechCrunch

Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, suffered an outage globally earlier Thursday that lasted for more than an hour. The error, the cause of which remains unknown, prevented users from viewing tweets, according to their complaints. X Pro, formerly known as TweetDeck, also faced the outage. While users were able to […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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2024 Salary Guide

Procom’s 2024 Salary Guide provides critical insights into the latest hiring trends, in-demand IT roles, and competitive pay rates across Canada and the U.S. It highlights key market dynamics such as the growing demand for remote work, skills-based hiring, and flexible staffing solutions. With detailed pay rate data for top IT positions like Cybersecurity Consultants, Cloud Engineers, and Salesforce Developers, this guide is an essential resource for companies looking to stay competitive in toda

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Reimagining Agile initiative launch group announcement

Agile Alliance

Reimagining Agile is NOT about the fear of change, it’s about embracing change! This is not about the fear of irrelevance, it’s about embracing our relevance! The post Reimagining Agile initiative launch group announcement first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Worldcoin is no longer offering Orb-verification in India, Brazil and France

TechCrunch

Worldcoin is no longer offering its Orb-verification service in India, Brazil and France, just months after the crypto startup expanded the helmet-shaped eyeball-scanning device to those markets. Tools for Humanity, the foundation that oversees development of Worldcoin, told TechCrunch in a statement that it had expanded the Orb to many markets this year for a […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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企業は、ビジネスクリティカルなアプリケーションをクラウドで稼働させることを一旦決めたら、他のプロバイダーに移行することはほとんどない。その大きな理由の1つは、多くの場合、選択したプロバイダーのエコシステムにロックインされているからだ。移行コストは単純に高すぎると、ガートナーのクラウドサービス・テクノロジー担当副社長シド・ナグは言う。「しかし、きちんと計画を立てれば、アプリケーションを移行する必要はないはずです」と彼は言う。 プロフェッショナル・サービス企業Globantのクラウドオペレーションおよびサイバーセキュリティ・スタジオ・パートナーであるパブロ・デル・ジュディチェは、組織を正しく配置すれば移行は可能だと付け加える。そして、彼と彼のチームはそれを成功させている。「重要なのは、オープンなプラットフォームとフレームワークを戦略的に採用し、クラウド・プロバイダーをインフラレイヤーの役割に追いやることだ。

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Al Mada Ventures, the $110M fund for Africans by Africans

TechCrunch

Al Mada Holding Group is one of Africa’s largest private investment funds. The Casablanca-headquartered private holding operates in different fields, such as banking, telecommunications, renewable energy and the food industry. Over the years, Al Mada’s approach has centered on acquiring majority shareholdings in some of Morocco’s largest private companies, with its portfolio spanning 27 markets […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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How IT nurtures a work-life balance at Baptcare

CIO

With about 3,800 staff and operations across Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania, Baptcare is a purpose-driven non-profit providing residential and community aged care, as well as support to children, families, and people seeking asylum. How all those demands dovetail into IT is testament to the work fulfilled by CIO Suzanne Hall and her team. “Being a non-profit and purpose-driven organization, we provide opportunities for staff to achieve positive outcomes on a daily basis,” Hall says.

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Tech gifts you shouldn’t buy your family and friends for the holidays

TechCrunch

It’s the season to go a little overboard on gift giving. But this year, give the gift of good security (and privacy) and eschew tech that can have untoward risks or repercussions. We’re not talking about things that go boom in the night or abruptly break, but rather the gifts that can have irreversible or […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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Dataset enrichment using LLM’s ?

Xebia

Introduction Large Language Models (LLM’s) have proven to be useful for numerous tasks. LLM’s can summarise text, generate text, classify text or translate text. What LLM’s can also be used for is converting unstructured data to structured data. This can have huge benefits. Useful facts that were previously hidden inside a large piece of text can now be unveiled, allowing you to use properties of a dataset that could before not be directly accessed.

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Spill is now in open beta on iOS and Android

TechCrunch

It’s been more than a year since Elon Musk purchased Twitter, yet we’re still seeing the reverberations of that deal on other social platforms, including the new ones that have cropped up since. Spill, a platform founded by ex-Twitter employees, is closing out its first year on the market by opening up its beta to […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success. That’s why we developed this white paper to give you insights into four key open-source technologies – Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, Apache Spark™, and OpenSearch® – and how to leverage them for lasting success. Discover everything you’ll want to know about scalable, data-layer technologies: Learn when to choose these technologies and when to avoid them Explore h

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How to setup regional fail-over for Google cloud serverless NEGs

Xebia

In this blog, we like to show you how to setup a highly available, regional fail-over setup when using serverless network endpoint groups (NEGs). Traditionally network endpoint groups rely on gRPC health checks to determine whether a backend is available and ready to receive traffic. However, these health checks are not supported for serverless network endpoint groups.

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A blueprint for founders navigating economic uncertainty

TechCrunch

Russ Heddleston Contributor Share on X Russ Heddleston is co-founder and former CEO of DocSend at Dropbox. More posts by this contributor Early-stage founders still have currency: Fundraising in times of greater VC scrutiny Start up solo or bring on a co-founder? 4 factors to consider Founding a company during economic uncertainty and excelling takes […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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How to Conduct Motivating Performance Reviews When Business Is Down

Harvard Business Review

As the manager, your job is to rally your team members and inspire them for the year ahead. But what if your business isn’t doing well? How can you objectively assess individual performance? And how can you balance realistic expectations for the future while also fostering a sense of leaderly optimism? In this article, the author outlines strategies for how to conduct a motivating performance review when business is down.

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Crypto valuations ‘came back to earth’ in 2023, but VCs expect them to rise again in 2024

TechCrunch

A recent spike of interest in crypto is rebuilding momentum, and many think that next year could be promising for crypto startups’ valuations. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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IT Leadership Agrees AI is Here, but Now What?

IT leaders are experiencing rapid evolution in AI amid sustained investment uncertainty. As AI evolves, enhanced cybersecurity and hiring challenges grow. This whitepaper offers real strategies to manage risks and position your organization for success.

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Radical Pricing

The Daily WTF

Genesis stepped off the bus, splashing through puddles in neon-yellow rain boots, towards the old, rusted bay door of the "Radical Radiators" building. Her actual employer was "Radiation Programmers", which was either related to the heating company or had purchased the building cheap when the radiators went out of business. Key in hand, she unlocked the door, walked past the "No Smoking" sign, and settled in beneath the buzzing fluorescent lights.

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Big tech’s divisive ‘personalization’ attracts fresh call for profiling-based content feeds to be off by default in EU

TechCrunch

Another policy tug-of-war could be emerging around Big Tech’s content recommender systems in the European Union where the Commission is facing a call from a number of parliamentarians to rein in profiling-based content feeds — aka “personalization” engines that process user data in order to determine what content to show them.

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5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed This Year

Crunchbase News

Editor’s note: This is the year-end version of a monthly column that runs down five interesting deals every month that may have flown under the radar. Check out last month’s entry here. While startup funding may be down this year, 2023 certainly did not lack for interesting deals. From a cyber brain to humanoid robots to an AI doctor, the year had its share of unique and intriguing startups that raised cash.

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