Fri.Jan 03, 2025

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VulnWatch: AI-Enhanced Prioritization of Vulnerabilities

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Every organization is challenged with correctly prioritizing new vulnerabilities that affect a large set of third-party libraries used within their organization. The sheer.

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Meta scrambles to delete its own AI accounts after backlash intensifies

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New York CNN Meta deleted several of its own AI-generated accounts after human users began engaging with them and posting about the bots sloppy imagery and tendency to lie in chats with humans.

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Court strikes down US net neutrality rules

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The ruling marks a significant moment in the long running battle over how to regulate internet providers.

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Microsoft expects to spend $80 billion on AI-enabled data centers in fiscal 2025

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Over half of Microsoft's $80 billion in spending will take place in the U.S., Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith wrote in a Friday blog post.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?

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Can LLMs write better code if you keep asking them to "write better code"?

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Most coders want AI to write code faster: I want AI to write FASTER CODE.

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Can God Speak to Us Through A.I.?

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To members of his synagogue, the voice that played over the speakers of Congregation Emanu El in Houston sounded just like Rabbi Josh Fixlers.

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Why Computer Scientists Consult Oracles

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Hypothetical devices that can quickly and accurately answer questions have become a powerful tool in computational complexity theory.

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Dark Energy May Not Exist: Something Stranger Might Explain the Universe

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There might not be a mysterious 'dark' force accelerating the expansion of the Universe after all.

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Understanding And Preparing For The Seven Levels Of AI Agents

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As the calendar flips to the second quarter of the century, conversations about the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) are reaching a fever pitch. However, the buzz about AI is shifting from AI tools to creating and deploying AI agents.

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OnlyFangs has made 'World of Warcraft' into Twitch's best soap opera

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OnlyFangs members like Mizkif, Tyler1, and Sodapoppin have made 'Word of Warcraft' roleplay into a reality TV caliber drama

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Apache Airflow®: The Ultimate Guide to DAG Writing

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

In this new webinar, Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate, will walk you through many Airflow best practices and advanced features that can help you make your pipelines more manageable, adaptive, and robust. She'll focus on how to write best-in-class Airflow DAGs using the latest Airflow features like dynamic task mapping and data-driven scheduling!

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AI Agents Applications: What they can and cannot do for a Business?

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AI agents are changing how businesses operate, offering unprecedented opportunities for efficiency, scalability, and innovation. Major AI business organisations like Meta, Google, etc are rapidly implementing these AI agents into their workflows, while emerging players like CrewAI and LangChain are spearheading the agentic AI movement to create robust autonomous systems.

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The Evolution of SRE at Google

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Instagram deletes AI profiles 'managed by Meta' after users complain of not being able to block them

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As tech giants lean into generative AI content to boost engagement, human users may discover that they have fewer options for avoiding it.

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This Year, RISC-V Laptops Really Arrive

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Buried in the inner workings of your laptop is a secret blueprint, dictating the set of instructions the computer can execute and serving as the interface between hardware and software. The instructions are immutable and hidden behind proprietary technology. But starting in 2025, you could buy a new and improved laptop whose secrets are known to all.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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Here's What's Changing With Siri in 2025

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Apple started making Siri more capable with Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18.1 and iOS 18.2, but there are additional Siri updates that are set to come in 2025 with iOS 18 and iOS 19.

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Zebrafish protein unlocks dormant genes for heart repair

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Researchers from the Bakkers group at the Hubrecht Institute have successfully repaired damaged mouse hearts using a protein from zebrafish.

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10 GitHub Repositories to Master Math

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Learn math through roadmaps, courses, tutorials, Python frameworks for solving equations, guides, exercises, textbooks, and more.

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The State of Generative Models

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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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Meta scrambles to delete its own AI accounts after backlash intensifies

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New York CNN Meta promptly deleted several of its own AI-generated accounts after human users began engaging with them and posting about the bots sloppy imagery and tendency to go off the rails and even lie in chats with humans.

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Parasitic worms 'manipulate' mantises onto asphalt roads, say researchers

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OSAKA -- Every autumn, dead mantises can be seen lying on the asphalt of roads.

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Generative AI search: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2025

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Generative AI is upending traditional search engines as we know themand helping us find stuff on our phones quickly.

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The Gentrification of Video Game History

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Were not all suburban kids who got a Nintendo 64 for Christmas

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The Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report

Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.

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Meta scrambles to delete its own AI accounts after backlash intensifies

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New York CNN Meta promptly deleted several of its own AI-generated accounts after human users began engaging with them and posting about the bots sloppy imagery and tendency to go off the rails and even lie in chats with humans.

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Breaking Up with Long Tasks or: how I learned to group loops and wield the yield

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Everything, On the Main Thread, All at Once Arrays are in every web developer's toolbox, and there are a dozen ways to iterate over them. Choose wrong, though, and all of that processing time will happen synchronously in one long, blocking task.

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Our AI Near-Future

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Although AI has great potential to bring exciting changes to education, art, medicine, robotics, and other fields, it also poses major risks, most of

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What we learned copying all the best code assistants

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From GitHub Copilot to ChatGPT to Claude Artifacts, how Val Town borrowed the best of all the code generation tools

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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Instagram users discover old AI-powered “characters,” instantly revile them

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But the social networking giant still has big plans for AI content across its services.

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China is the sole manufacturing superpower

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The US is the worlds sole military superpower. It spends more on its military than the ten next highest spending countries combined. China is now the worlds sole manufacturing superpower. Its production exceeds that of the nine next largest manufacturers combined. This column uses the recently released 2023 update of the OECD TiVA database to paint an eight-chart portrait of Chinas journey to superpower status and the asymmetric impact that its dominance has had on global supply chains.

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A leaked document suggests OpenAI will hit AGI when it builds an AI system that can generate up to $100 billion in profit — but the ChatGPT maker could endure a massive $44 billion loss before seeing profit in 2029 partly due to Microsoft tie-up

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Microsoft and OpenAI reportedly signed an agreement in 2023 stating that the ChatGPT maker will only hit the AGI benchmark once it develops an AI

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B-Trees: More Than I Thought I'd Want to Know

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B-Trees are not boring, after all

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Introducing CDEs to Your Enterprise

Explore how enterprises can enhance developer productivity and onboarding by adopting self-hosted Cloud Development Environments (CDEs). This whitepaper highlights the simplicity and flexibility of cloud-based development over traditional setups, demonstrating how large teams can leverage economies of scale to boost efficiency and developer satisfaction.