Code Style Matters in a Take-Home Interview
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Read moreEstablishing the Standards of a Real-World Kotlin Project
Kotlin isn’t JavaPhoto by Louis Tsai on UnsplashKotlin is a very nice programming language that is very easy to learn for teams that already have experience working with Java and add many interesting features that can make the development of your project easier and safer. Indeed, in my personal opinion, Kotlin feels
Read moreFiltering on how words are being used
Yesterday I wrote about how you could use the spaCy Python library to find proper nouns in a document. Now suppose you want to refine this and find proper nouns that are the subjects of sentences or proper nouns that are direct objects. This post was motivated by a project
Read more50 shades of ethical hacking
What color hat is the hacker that just penetrated your organization without your permission wearing? Gray? Black? White? Hacking is often perceived as a dichotomous matter, with two distinct sides: either you are a malicious hacker who intrudes into systems for personal gain, or you are an ethical hacker who
Read moreTo thread, or not to thread?
Threads – Meta’s new challenge to Twitter – has exploded onto the social media scene, quickly sewing up over 30 million users within three days of launching. Threads was launched on Wednesday 5 July by Meta in 100 countries (notably not yet in the European Union, where Meta says it
Read moreDeloitte Africa launches Generative AI practice
Deloitte Africa is pleased to announce the launch of its Generative AI practice for the African market. This new practice combines industry expertise, skilled AI engineers, and strategic ecosystem and alliance partnerships to develop Generative AI solutions aimed at accelerating business innovation. The capabilities of generative AI technology have sparked
Read moreAgility to digitize and integrate AI low among businesses: CGI
Only one in five executives say their business models have the agility to address digitization, including the integration of new technologies like artificial intelligence, a new report by Montreal-based IT consulting firm CGI found. The promises of digital transformation and AI have been the talk of the town for businesses
Read moreMeta launches an AI research community, but devotes few resources to it
Angling to stay relevant in the exploding AI field, Meta is launching a new organization, the Open Innovation AI Research Community, to foster what it describes as “transparency, innovation and collaboration” among AI researchers. Initially, the focus of the group will be the privacy, safety and security of large language
Read moreCrypto is known for financial use cases, but how can it grow from there?
As crypto and blockchain technology gains more attention among regulators, many are asking what are some use cases for the industry beyond making money, all in an effort to define why it exists in the first place. To help keep track of these use cases, Polygon Labs last month released
Read moreInstagram is making it easier to create Reels with the app’s templates
Instagram announced today that it’s introducing updates to its Reels templates to make it even easier for users to create engaging short-form videos, as the social media giant continues to compete with TikTok. The company is launching a new “Template Browser” that will let users sift through templates by categories.
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