Crypto startup Pillow, backed by Accel and Quona, to discontinue all services
Singapore-headquartered Pillow plans to discontinue all its services and app in the coming weeks, it warned customers Friday, citing regulatory uncertainty that has claimed countless other crypto startups in recent quarters. Pillow allowed customers to invest in Bitcoin, stablecoins and altcoins, and promised returns of up to 18% — a
Read moreDemystifying SQL Query Execution: Scan Types, IOs, Indexing
Photo by AltumCode on UnsplashWith increasingly stronger hardware, relational databases nowadays are usually stupid fast, even when drudging through millions of records, which might make one think that knowing the fine art of SQL Tuning is no longer needed. However, if you are building any non-trivial application with large data sets,
Read moreHashtag Trending Jun. 23- AI startups driving down cost with smaller, private open source models; Disks from SAP data center turn up on Ebay; TikTok COO resigns
Join me on Hashtag Trending the Weekend edition where my guest is Adam Evans, Chief Information Security Officer for RBC, one of Canada’s largest banks. Hashtag Trending the Weekend Edition is available at 12:01 Saturday morning but you don’t have to line up, we have enough circuits for everyone.
Read moreYouTube Chatbot using LangChain and OpenAI
Unlock the power to interact with YouTube videos from your command linehttps://medium.com/media/11286a6d5e9681199d073294b92e775d/hrefThese days creating a chatbot based on a YouTube video’s content is easy work. How cool is that! Just a few months ago, before the release of powerful LLMs like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, it would have sounded impossible, or at least
Read moreAgile Retrospectives for Rigid People
Retros are boring, aren’t they? Probably because you are doing them wrong. Get the most out of them!Continue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreAI Systems: Bloated Backends and Tiny Hearts
A crumbly snowball made entirely of Dockerfiles, Python, and YAML (and a tiny shard of AI)To most people, Artificial Intelligence Systems look like they exist very much in isolation, and appear quite compact. You open your web browser and navigate to https://chat.openai.com/, for example, and there’s ChatGPT in your little rectangular
Read moreCreating a Joystick Control in SwiftUI
Photo by Andreas Haslinger on UnsplashIn this tutorial, we will create a joystick-like control using SwiftUI. The control consists of a larger circle that can be dragged around the screen at your desire and a smaller circle representing the joystick that can move only in the blue circle region. The smaller
Read moreApple looks to resume talks for Apple Pay launch in India
Apple plans to engage with NPCI and other authorities in India in the coming weeks for the launch of its payments service Apple Pay in the South Asian market, according to two people familiar with the matter, eyeing an entrance into a crowded space that is dominated by Walmart’s PhonePe,
Read moreVigilance and Preparedness – staying ahead in a rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape
The importance of data for today’s business cannot be overstated, and when it comes to cybersecurity, complacency can be your worst enemy. Being vigilant to the threats in the cybercrime landscape, being prepared for an attack, and importantly, having the right IT partner to ensure your solution and strategy will
Read moreRegenerative Technology Merges with Zero-Emission Battery Electric Vehicle
Tevva, one of the world’s leading British technology companies and truck manufacturers, merged with the ZF Group in Germany bringing regenerative technology to the automotive world. Tevva, which is on the cutting edge of engineering innovation, recently completed the successful development of a regenerative braking system on its 7.5t battery-electric
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