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World Wide Technology Expands AI Proving Ground with NVIDIA NIM Agent Blueprints

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World Wide Technology (WWT), a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution, announced a new initiative with NVIDIA to accelerate enterprise development and deployment of generative AI applications through the launch of NVIDIA NIMâ„¢ Agent Blueprints.

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Top Business Intelligence Sessions from Data + AI Summit

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To operate with the speed, efficiency and productivity that companies are seeking, more employees need accurate, quick and tailored answers to questions about.

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Texas State Police Gear Up for Expansion of Surveillance Tech

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DPS plans to spend millions in taxpayer dollars on a controversial software, used first as part of Governor Abbott’s border crackdown, to “disrupt potential domestic terrorism.

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New Providers on Databricks Marketplace

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The Databricks Marketplace continues to expand and now includes more than 230 data providers and over 2,200 listings. We recently added over forty.

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How To Set Up Innovation So That It Aligns With And Enables Corporate Strategy

Speaker: Paul Heller

Most innovation work proceeds independently from company strategy. As a result, the products that arrive in the market are not well aligned with the company’s goals. This challenge is particularly significant in organizations with transformation-oriented strategies, where innovation must directly support growth, scalability, and strategic pivots. In this session, we will discuss why innovation in large companies is so often not aligned with the company’s strategy and what innovation leaders, pro

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AV Bytes: New Models, Research Advances, and Regulatory Debates

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Introduction This week, the AI field saw significant updates as top companies unveiled new models and tools. AI21 Labs launched Jamba 1.5, AnthropicAI improved Claude 3, and Bindu Reddy introduced Dracarys, a coding-focused model. Researchers also made strides in prompt optimization and hybrid architectures, highlighting ongoing advancements that are set to transform AI capabilities and […] The post AV Bytes: New Models, Research Advances, and Regulatory Debates appeared first on Analytics

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Nearly half of Nvidia's revenue comes from four mystery whales each buying $3B+

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CEO Jensen Huang claims his AI chip business is diversified, but his own company’s filings suggest just a few whales account for every second dollar in revenue during the past quarter.

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Landlords Face a $1.5T Commercial Real Estate Maturity Wall

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Landlords for offices, apartment complexes and other commercial real estate have $1.5 trillion of debt due by the end of next year, and about a quarter of that borrowing could be hard to refinance, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.

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AI is growing faster than companies can secure it, warn industry leaders

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Industry leaders at DataGrail Summit 2024 warn of AI's exponential growth outpacing security measures, urging companies to invest in robust AI safety systems to mitigate risks and protect consumer trust.

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AI Has Created a Battle Over Web Crawling

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Most people assume that generative AI will keep getting better and better; after all, that’s been the trend so far. And it may do so. But what some people don’t realize is that generative AI models are only as good as the ginormous data sets they’re trained on, and those data sets aren’t constructed from proprietary data owned by leading AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.

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Building LLMs from the Ground Up: A 3-Hour Coding Workshop

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If your weekend plans include catching up on AI developments and understanding Large Language Models (LLMs), I've prepared a 1-hour presentation on the development cycle of LLMs, covering everything from architectural implementation to the finetuning stages.

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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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Greece announces new rules banning mobile phones in schools from September

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The new regulations and system of penalties are an extension of rules education minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis announced in March which saw pupils face expulsion for filming classmates and ridiculing them online in a bid to clamp down on cyberbullying.

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Artifacts are now generally available

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Today, we’re making Artifacts available for all Claude.ai users across our Free, Pro, and Team plans. And now, you can create and view Artifacts on our iOS and Android apps.

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My fake job in Y2K preparedness

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By December 1999, the feeling at the Conglomerate’s Y2K office was that nothing more could really be done. This is a common enough cliché on the approach of any moment of finality, but was particularly apt in our case, since nothing really had been done.

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A brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks

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If you look at the table of contents for my book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, you'll see that entries on networks before/outside the internet are arranged first by underlying infrastructure and then chronologically.

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How To Speak The Language Of Financial Success In Product Management

Speaker: Jamie Bernard

Success in product management goes beyond delivering great features - it’s about achieving measurable financial outcomes that resonate across the organization. By connecting your product’s journey with the company’s financial success, you’ll ensure that every feature, release, and innovation contributes to the bottom line, driving both customer satisfaction and business growth.

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AirTags key to discovery of Houston's plastic recycling deception

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One Houston resident was suspicious of the city's "all plastic accepted" recycling program, and used AirTags to discover where the plastic waste actually ended up.

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Beyond logical replication: pg_easy_replicate Supports Tracking DDL Changes

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This new capability extends PostgreSQL logical replication, enabling DDL tracking and bringing more flexibility to database migrations through pg_easy_replicate

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Client-side QR code generator with SVG output

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QRSVG is a small JavaScript project to render a two-dimensional bitmask (mostly assumed to be a QR code) to an SVG element as a collection of SVG paths with defined purposes.

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Why A.I. Isn't Going to Make Art

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To create a novel or a painting, an artist makes choices that are fundamentally alien to artificial intelligence.

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What Is Entity Resolution? How It Works & Why It Matters

Entity Resolution Sometimes referred to as data matching or fuzzy matching, entity resolution, is critical for data quality, analytics, graph visualization and AI. Learn what entity resolution is, why it matters, how it works and its benefits. Advanced entity resolution using AI is crucial because it efficiently and easily solves many of today’s data quality and analytics problems.

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Ozempic could delay ageing, researchers suggest

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New studies suggest the weight loss drug could be used to treat a range of issues, including heart failure.

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Show HN: Typeform alternative, turns Markdown to forms

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blocks.md is a tool that takes your Markdown files and turns them into forms and web pages that are beautiful, customizable, accessible, and fully localizable.

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Freetube is the best way to watch YouTube

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YouTube’s website is a rabbit hole, designed to keep you watching as long as possible. Freetube won’t cure your addiction, but it does let you take control over your relationship with the video streaming site. The application allows you to take total control of what does and doesn’t show up on the screen.

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Las Vegas police could boycott working NFL games over new facial ID policy

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The Las Vegas Police Protective Association is raising concerns about a new NFL policy that would apply to officers who work security at Raiders games.

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The AI Superhero Approach to Product Management

Speaker: Conrado Morlan

In this engaging and witty talk, industry expert Conrado Morlan will explore how artificial intelligence can transform the daily tasks of product managers into streamlined, efficient processes. Using the lens of a superhero narrative, he’ll uncover how AI can be the ultimate sidekick, aiding in data management and reporting, enhancing productivity, and boosting innovation.

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Deepwater Sub Recovers Roman Battering Ram Used in Carthage in Punic Wars Battle

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The 2,200-year-old artifact was used in a famous battle between Rome and Carthage as part of the Punic Wars.

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Percona Everest: open-source automated database provisioning and management

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We are excited to welcome you to Percona Everest, designed to demonstrate the core capabilities of our new open source cloud-native database platform!

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Encounters with the Maverick Archaeologist of the Americas

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It took a mountain of data to shake off the skeptics and rewrite the history of human migrations, but archaeologist Tom Dillehay was always interested in so much more than an argument.

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Alexander Grothendieck: a forgotten genius– or a lonely madman?

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In isolation, Alexander Grothendieck seemed to have lost touch with reality, but some say his metaphysical theories could contain wonders

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Provide Real Value in Your Applications with Data and Analytics

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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Making an atomic trampoline [video]

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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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The case of the nearly 7k missing pancreases

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Need a pancreas transplant? Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) make it difficult to get the life-saving surgery you need. Here’s how.

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Signals for Tailwind CSS (styling based on ancestor state via style queries)

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Signals for Tailwind CSS simplifies styling based on ancestor state via style queries. Its declarative API for signaling states eliminates complex selectors, resulting in cleaner, more maintainable code.

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Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky

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“We’ve never seen traffic like this.

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Digital Adoption Platform Fundamentals: The Key To Product Innovation And Elevated CX

Speaker: Pulkit Agrawal

As digital transformation advances at a rapid pace, Digital Adoption Platforms (DAPs) have become essential tools for enhancing user experiences and redefining product management strategies. DAPs are no-code solutions that integrate seamlessly with various technologies, and by fostering user adoption, these platforms help organizations maximize the potential of their tech investments.