The Rise Of ‘Adaptive’ Applications
Adrian Bridgwater for Forbes
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Applications are changing. So much so that we use the term ‘adaptive applications’ to define apps that are in some way more changeable and chameleonic in their nature.
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A Decade of Have I Been Pwned
Hacker News
DECEMBER 3, 2023
A decade ago to the day, I published a tweet launching what would surely become yet another pet project that scratched an itch, was kinda useful to a few people but other than that, would shortly fade away into the same obscurity as all the other ones I'd launched over the previous couple of decades: It's alive! "Have I been pwned?" by @troyhunt is now up and running.
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Key Congress staffers in AI debate are funded by tech giants like Google and Microsoft
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Big tech companies are funneling money through a science nonprofit to help pay the salaries of AI staffers in Congress — and it’s just one example of the increasing influence outside-funded fellows are exerting on tech policy in Washington.
Spotify will reduce total headcount by 17% across the company
Hacker News
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Earlier today, CEO Daniel Ek shared the following note about the company’s organizational changes with all Spotify employees. Team, Over the last two years, we’ve put significant emphasis on building Spotify into a truly great and sustainable business – one designed to achieve our goal of being the world’s leading audio company and one that.
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?
Meta's AI chief doesn't think AI super intelligence is coming anytime soon, and is skeptical on quantum computing
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Meta's chief scientist and deep learning pioneer Yann LeCun said he believes that current AI systems are decades away from reaching some semblance of …
Signal Facing Collapse After CIA Cuts Funding
Hacker News
DECEMBER 3, 2023
On November 16th, Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal, published a detailed breakdown of the popular encrypted messaging app’s running costs for the very first time. The unprecedented disclosure’s motivation was simple - the platform is rapidly running out of money, and in dire need of donations to stay afloat. Unmentioned by Whittaker, this budget shortfall results in large part due to the US intelligence community, which lavishly financed Signal’s creation and maintenance over several year
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