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Popcorn’s new app brings short-form video to the workplace

TechCrunch

A new startup called Popcorn wants to make work communication more fun and personal by offering a way for users to record short video messages, or “pops,” that can be used for any number of purposes in place of longer emails, texts, Slack messages or Zoom calls. Image Credits: Popcorn. try mine at U8696).

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Is your coworker a North Korean hacker? How AI impersonation is compromising the workforce

CIO

This isn’t just a few individual bad actors; it’s a sophisticated, industrial-scale, state-sponsored threat that’s been simmering for the last two years and has now reached full boil. June 2024: The Wall Street Journal interviews CEOs about bad actors using deepfakes to get hired into cybersecurity positions.

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Exploring the pros and cons of cloud-based large language models

CIO

As a result of ongoing cloud adoption, developers face increased pressures to rapidly create and deploy applications in support of their organization’s cloud transformation goals. Cloud applications, in essence, have become organizations’ crown jewels and developers are measured on how quickly they can build and deploy them.

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Elodie Games obtains $32.5M round to make social co-op gaming better

TechCrunch

But a social, cooperative, fun and cross-platform gaming experience is remarkably hard to find — and Elodie Games is here to change that. The team already numbers 30 (and they’re hiring), and the game they’re working on is still something of a mystery; the images on its site are just general ideas, nothing from development.

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Thinking of building your own AI agents? Don’t do it, advisors say

CIO

Goldcast, a software developer focused on video marketing, has experimented with a dozen open-source AI models to assist with various tasks, says Lauren Creedon, head of product at the company. Advanced teams will be required to “take a number of these different open-source models and pair them together in a workflow,” Creedon adds.

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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

CIO

Undervaluing unstructured data Much of the data organizations accumulate is unstructured, whether it’s text, video, audio, social media, images, or other formats. The proper use of unstructured data will become of increasing importance to IT leaders,” says Kevin Miller, CTO of enterprise software developer IFS. “It

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This new app is helping Gen Z invest in cars, food, video games and other ‘themes’

TechCrunch

“I told myself, ‘I’ll go to colleges and pro sports teams and teach finance and investing 101,’ ”Haddix recalls. “In The pair teamed up in 2020 to build Scout – an alternative to what Haddix described as retail investing apps that offer “no guidance,” or old-school large institutions with a “set it and forget it” mentality. “We

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