Daffodil Software
MAY 25, 2021
It was the 1950s' when Alan Turing conceptualized Artificial Intelligence. Nobody would have imagined the vast array of applications that this technology could offer. He formed the mathematical & logical reasoning behind the concept of machines and computers replicating human intelligence, which today has outgrown to even replace humans for certain tasks.
Dataiku
MAY 26, 2021
As with all other key aspects of the economy, the global health crisis we are going through is having a deep impact on AI developments in organizations. COVID-19 acts as a catalyst for reinforced data usage: many companies need to develop a strong data-supported understanding of the new normal — and react accordingly. Yet, this shouldn’t overshadow other structuring trends happening in the background, starting with the emergence of a new regulatory framework which will deeply reshape how AI is s
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TechCrunch
MAY 24, 2021
In February, Nigerian fintech startup Mono announced its acceptance into Y Combinator and, at the time, it wanted to build the Plaid for Africa. Three months later, the startup has a different mission: to power the internet economy in Africa and has closed $2 million in seed investment towards that goal. The investment comes nine months after the company raised $500,000 in pre-seed last September and two months after receiving $125,000 from YC.
Agile Alliance
MAY 24, 2021
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Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 24, 2021
Best Practices for Better Decision Making. Have you ever heard any of these common decision-making frustrations? “Our conversations just go in circles, it seems like we can never make a decision around here!” “This is so stupid—you asked for my opinion and then ignored it. I don’t know why I even bother! From now on, I’m just going to shut my mouth and do my work.”. “We talked about so much I’m not even sure what we’re talking about.
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TechCrunch
MAY 26, 2021
Chinese-backed and Africa-focused fintech platform OPay is in talks to raise up to $400 million, The Information reported today. The fundraising is coming two years after OPay announced two funding rounds in 2019 — $50 million in June and $120 million Series B in November. The $170 million raised so far came from mainly Chinese investors who have collectively begun to bet big on African startups over the past few years.
Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 28, 2021
If you are (or have been) a middle manager, you know how tough this role can be. You don’t set the strategic priorities, but you are accountable to make it happen—often without the influence to get all the resources you would like (or need) to get the job done. And every day, your team looks to you for support and a voice, which you may or may not able to provide.
The Crazy Programmer
MAY 25, 2021
In this article, we will take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of one of the most basic data structures in programming – Arrays. But before that, let us have a brief understanding of what arrays are. An array is one of the most popular data structures in various programming languages like C, C++, Java, etc. It is used to store data in contiguous memory locations.
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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?
TechCrunch
MAY 25, 2021
We previously wrote about Propy using blockchain technology to smooth real-world real estate sales by introducing the concept of smart contracts. Propy was the first blockchain startup to make that work. Now the company is pushing the boundaries again, by auctioning a real apartment as an NFT. Although one might want to brush this aside as a stunt, the event is designed to make the point that it could well be done legally.
Agile Alliance
MAY 24, 2021
Toptal
MAY 25, 2021
Our Express.js REST API series ends with a bang! Learn how to add a Dockerized MongoDB instance, Mongoose, JWT authentication, user permissions, and automated testing with Mocha, Chai, and SuperTest.
The Crazy Programmer
MAY 22, 2021
In this article, we will study the two types of addresses in the operating system – Physical and Logical addresses and take a look at the differences between the two of them. How do we define an address? In layman language, an address is used to uniquely identify a location in the computer memory. The two types of addresses also bear the same qualities and store addresses in a slightly different manner which we will study subsequently.
Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali
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.
TechCrunch
MAY 26, 2021
Imagine if Google Docs was end-to-end encrypted so that not even Google could access your documents. That’s Skiff , in a nutshell. Skiff is a document editor with a similar look and feel to Google Docs, allowing you to write, edit and collaborate in real-time with colleagues with privacy baked in. Because the document editor is built on a foundation of end-to-end encryption, Skiff doesn’t have access to anyone’s documents — only users, and those who are invited to collaborate,
Dzone - DevOps
MAY 24, 2021
Software development space is quickly evolving, bringing in more agility and accessibility. For a long time, software testing posed a significant challenge for engineers. It used to be a tedious affair and used to begin after the completion of development. The testers had to build test cases manually. As a result, it could delay the launch of the application.
TechBeacon
MAY 24, 2021
Most organizations understand that they need to protect their data for their own operations, but the proliferation of data protection laws such as the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act are forcing data keepers to think about the privacy of the those whose data they're holding. That's why organizations—even those without much of a concern about bad actors—need to formulate a legitimate data protection strategy that protects privacy.
DevOps.com
MAY 27, 2021
Attracted by lower costs and less operational overhead, serverless computing is an unmistakable undercurrent in the world of DevOps. Developers are drawn to the innovation because it requires no architecture to manage while offering continuous scaling for anything from a few requests per day to hundreds of thousands of requests per second. More than 50% […].
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TechCrunch
MAY 26, 2021
The relationships between banks and fintechs are multi-faceted. In some cases, they partner. In many cases, they compete. In other cases, one acquires or invests in the other. Well, today, an announcement by global payments giant Visa is aimed at helping facilitate banks and fintechs’ ability to work together. Specifically, Visa said today it has expanded its Visa Fintech Partner Connect , a program designed to help financial institutions quickly connect with a “vetted and curated” set of techno
Dzone - DevOps
MAY 24, 2021
It's time to have some fun. Sure, tell your colleagues or your family that you're doing research, experimenting with some new tech—because that is what we'll be doing—but just don't let them see you playing Minecraft! Here's the scenario: You're organizing a full-day Minecraft class for local STEM students. You need to run your own Minecraft servers to ensure a kid-friendly multiplayer environment, restricted only to your students.
DevOps.com
MAY 24, 2021
From six to 1,400 microservices in less than five years? At first glance, that sounds like overwhelming complexity. Can you actually see the entire system across all of the microservices? This is the key to highly available and reliable SaaS cloud platforms. But what does this mean, and how can SaaS providers achieve it? Over […]. The post Automation is Needed for Reliable Cloud Platforms appeared first on DevOps.com.
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.
TechCrunch
MAY 28, 2021
As AI has grown from a menagerie of research projects to include a handful of titanic, industry-powering models like GPT-3, there is a need for the sector to evolve — or so thinks Dario Amodei, former VP of research at OpenAI, who struck out on his own to create a new company a few months ago. Anthropic , as it’s called, was founded with his sister Daniela and its goal is to create “large-scale AI systems that are steerable, interpretable, and robust.” The challenge the sibling
O'Reilly Media - Ideas
MAY 25, 2021
OpenAI’s text generating system GPT-3 has captured mainstream attention. GPT-3 is essentially an auto-complete bot whose underlying Machine Learning (ML) model has been trained on vast quantities of text available on the Internet. The output produced from this autocomplete bot can be used to manipulate people on social media and spew political propaganda, argue about the meaning of life (or lack thereof) , disagree with the notion of what differentiates a hot-dog from a sandwich , take upon the
DevOps.com
MAY 25, 2021
Every IT shop has a “tool chain” – all of the software other than the OS and the application that fills in the gaps and keeps everything running. This includes solutions for monitoring the application, data protection, software development, release management, provisioning and de-provisioning resources and more. These tools build up over time, often evolving […].
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TechCrunch
MAY 27, 2021
RevenueCat , a startup offering a series of tools for developers of subscription-based apps, has raised $40 million in Series B funding, valuing its business at $300 million, post-money. Founded by developers who understood the difficulties in scaling a subscription app first-hand, RevenueCat’s software development kit (SDK) solution gives companies the tools they need to build a subscription business, including not just adding subscriptions themselves, but maintaining them over time even
InfoQ Culture Methods
MAY 26, 2021
In this article in a series on how ‘debt’ can be used to guide an agile journey, we will provide two examples of smells that are related to organizational debt, explain the symptoms, the impact on the business and in our organization, outline the experiments (countermeasures) that we have introduced in an effort to try to remove the smell, and provide some specific advice for you to be inspired.
Henrik Warne
MAY 23, 2021
Microservices have gone through a complete hype cycle. From being hailed as the one true way to build systems, to a backlash where they are often considered too difficult and complex. In a way though, they are like most technology – there are trade-offs. You get some benefits and some drawbacks. Here are four features specific to microservices that I have come to appreciate.
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