VC Office Hours: Black Girls Code founder Kimberly Bryant starts a new chapter
Kimberly Bryant has had quite a few ups and down during her journey as an entrepreneur, especially over the past year. Known for founding Black Girls Code, a nonprofit organization that helps young Black girls enter STEM fields, Bryant faced a slew of problems in 2021, when tensions started boiling
Read moreElon Musk’s lawyers accuse non-profit of colluding with Twitter rivals
A non-profit that monitors online hate speech and disinformation, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) says that Elon Musk’s lawyers sent CEO Irman Ahmed a threatening legal letter over a CCDH article which said that Twitter fails to act on 99% of Twitter Blue accounts’ hateful tweets. In a
Read moreNew Relic agrees to go private in $6.5B all-cash deal
New Relic, the San Francisco-based observability software company, has reached an agreement with private equity firms TPG and Francisco Partners to go private in a $6.5 billion all-cash deal. As reported by CNBC, TPG and Francisco Partners were able to salvage a deal that initially fell through months ago after
Read moreState Management Using Protocol-Oriented Programming + Generics
Photo by Lukas Tennie on UnsplashIn this article, I would like to show one of the most convenient ways to manage the state of an object using a protocol-oriented approach and generics.This approach is widely used in marketplaces, the banking environment, the service sector, and so on, and assumes that for
Read moreCall of Duty worm malware used to hack players exploits years-old bug
For around a month, hackers have been infecting players of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 with a self-spreading malware, also known as a worm. To do that, the hackers are exploiting a bug that was reported to the game’s publisher five years ago, TechCrunch has learned. Someone on Twitter
Read moreThe Manager Trinity: Productive Individuals
The manager’s guide to nurturing individual happiness and driving successPhoto by Joshua Earle on UnsplashWhether you’re a budding manager or a seasoned pro, this article uncovers the essential principles of successful managers, focusing on the first tenet of the manager’s job: making individuals happy and productive. By honing in on this aspect,
Read moreGenAI revolutionizing the medical device industry, reports GlobalData
Data and analytics company GlobalData has issued a report on the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in various aspects of healthcare. From leveraging data sets to simulating human speech to enhance patient care, GenAI is being deployed throughout the medical value chain. Its applications span research and development, imaging
Read moreHow To Stay Calm and Thrive Under Pressure
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Read moreAn Introduction to Data Encoding and Decoding in Data Science
Learn what data encoding and decoding are, why they're important, and some of their practical applications in data science. Continue reading An Introduction to Data Encoding and Decoding in Data Science on SitePoint.
Read moreTwitter gets special permission to be ‘X’ in the iOS App Store
Illustration: The Verge Twitter, which is rebranding as X, is now listed as X in the iOS App Store, suggesting the app got special treatment from Apple to allow a single-character name. The renaming was briefly hindered by a rule forbidding single-character app names within the App Store — the
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