PlanetScale forks MySQL to add vector support
It seems like everyone in the database business is thinking about how to capitalize on the growth of AI by adding support for vectors to their products. That, after all, remains to be the easiest way to feed up-to-date data to foundation models. Almost 28 years after its launch, MySQL
Read moreThe EU is about to adopt a dangerous law with international consequences
Media freedom must be able to operate outside the confines of political interference to give users more information, not less.
Read moreOsmoses gets $11M seed to bring its molecule-scale membranes to the hydrogen market
Today, membrane gas separation represents a relatively small part of the market. But with calls to decarbonize heavy industry, that could change.
Read moreHMD is building Nokia phones in Europe as customers demand more security
HMD’s limited-edition Nokia XR21 in “frosted platinum” to celebrate the European-made model. | Image: HMD Finnish firm HMD Global, which makes Nokia-branded smartphones, will start building 5G models in Europe. To start, the company is announcing production of the rugged dust and water-resistant Nokia XR21 within the continent, which Enterprise
Read moreQobra raises $10.5 million for its real-time sales compensation tool
French startup Qobra has raised a $10.5 million Series A funding round (€10 million) led by Singular with Revenue Syndicate and existing investor Breega also participating. Qobra helps businesses manage sales compensation so that managers don’t have to use Excel spreadsheets for this pesky task. It starts by bringing data
Read moreGoogle is making it harder for bulk senders to fill your Gmail with spam
It’ll soon be easier to stop receiving those annoying marketing emails you subscribed to. | Image: Google Google is preparing to enforce new Gmail requirements that aim to reduce spam, improve email security, and make it easier to unsubscribe from commercial email senders. The new requirements will be imposed on
Read moreFrom graph theory to category theory
Let G be a directed graph whose nodes are the positive integers and whose edges represent relations between two integers. In our first example we’ll draw an edge from x to y if x is a multiple of y. In our second example we’ll draw an edge from x to
Read moreMigrating AWS infrastructure from Terraform to AWS CDK
Migrating AWS Infrastructure From Terraform to AWS CDKSharing my hands-on experienceA data center. Image generated by MidjourneyIntroductionManaging cloud infrastructure has evolved with tools like Terraform and the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) leading the way. Terraform has been a trusted ally for many, helping to set up and manage infrastructure
Read moreTest functions
Test functions are how you can make sense of functions that aren’t really functions. The canonical example is the Dirac delta “function” that is infinite at the origin, zero everywhere else, and integrates to 1. That description is contradictory: a function that is 0 almost everywhere integrates to 0, even
Read moreAdapting to a world with higher interest rates — a guide for startups
Make customers want what you have to sell. Once you get the formula right, you can worry about capital efficiency.
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