Platform as a Runtime (PaaR) — Beyond Platform Engineering
Platform as a Runtime (PaaR) — Beyond Platform EngineeringExploring approaches to organizing work and achieving better velocity and qualityPlatform engineering is something I’m personally very excited about, and we at Wix have been practicing it for over a decade (before the name “platform engineering” was coined). In this article, I’ll explain some of
Read moreThe Rise of Self-Improving AI — An Experiment With GPT-4
The Rise of Self-Improving AI — An Experiment With GPT-4Let’s look at ways to deploy a Meta AI to forge other AIs for a specific goalImage generated by DALL-EHave you ever wondered about an AI capable of refining itself? It’s a widely accepted concept that such self-improving AI could lead to an intelligence explosion. Using
Read morePitch Deck Teardown: Oii.ai’s $1.9M Seed deck
The award for the best/worst startup name I’ve seen in a while goes to Oii.ai. This company’s name is weird enough that Google Chrome insists on doing a search for the term “oii.ai’ when you type the URL into the address bar. In any case, a confusing name doesn’t mean
Read moreOkay startup names and why fintech is rebounding
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Mary Ann and Alex were a busy pair this week, so much so that they tagged in Dominic-Madori Davis from the TechCrunch+ crew to help out. Before we get into
Read moreThe Overflow #180: The battle for your attention at work
Welcome to ISSUE #180 of The Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams. This week: the version control system that uses patch algebra, the proof that we are not the center of the universe, and the dark patterns that
Read moreHackers launch another wave of mass-hacks targeting company file transfer tools
Security researchers are sounding the alarm after hackers were caught exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability in a popular file transfer tool used by thousands of organizations to launch a new wave of mass data exfiltration attacks. The vulnerability affects the MOVEit Transfer managed file transfer (MFT) software developed by Ipswitch,
Read moreArtifact news app now uses AI to rewrite headline of a clickbait article
Last month, the Artifact news app introduced an option for users to flag an article as clickbait. Now, the app founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger has launched a new feature to let AI rewrite a headline for you if you come across such an article. The app makers
Read moreAI-generated hate is rising: 3 things leaders should consider before adopting this new tech
Jonathan A. Greenblatt Contributor Share on Twitter Jonathan A. Greenblatt is CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation League. When you hear the phrase “artificial intelligence,” it may be tempting to imagine the kinds of intelligent machines that are a mainstay of science fiction or extensions of the kinds of
Read moreShopify’s Shop app introduces a new ‘Shop Cash’ rewards program
Shopify’s Shop app is introducing a new rewards program called Shop Cash, the e-commerce platform announced on Friday. The new program is funded by Shopify and earns shoppers 1% back on purchases made using its Shop Pay online checkout service. Once a purchase is made, shoppers will see their rewards
Read moreNestAway, once valued at over $225 million, sells for $11 million
PropTech firm Aurum is acquiring NestAway, a once high-flying Indian startup operating in the same space, for up to $10.9 million, in a deal that marks a near complete erosion in value for the startup’s investors. Eight-year-old NestAway raised $115 million over the years and was valued at $227 million
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