Editor’s Checklist For BP Authors
How can you ensure your article is ready to be fast-tracked?Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on UnsplashFirst, we appreciate your patience as we transition Better Programming to a new editing team. BP authors are our greatest asset, and we hope to continue to do right by you.Second, this transition is also an opportunity
Read MoreBP Authors: Office Hours, Feedback Form
On Fri, Oct-27, from 11am-noon EasternPhoto by Who’s Denilo? on UnsplashAs the new editor of Better Programming, I may have already contacted you through email or private notes on submitted stories.I would love to meet at least a few of you over Zoom.Please join https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6095152540 at 11 a.m. Eastern this Friday, October 27.If
Read MoreVodacom Group to List and Trade on A2X
Vodacom Group will officially trade as a secondary listing on the A2X Stock Exchange at market open on Thursday, 26 October 2023. From the date of listing, traders can actively trade Vodacom Group’s ordinary shares on A2X. Complimenting Already Existing Listing on JSE The secondary listing on A2X complements the
Read MoreHollard Makes Strategic Investment in Life Insurance Disruptor
Disruption in the world of Insurance is the buzzword of the day in the industry. In a move poised to shake up the South African mass-market life insurance landscape, the Hollard Group makes a significant strategic investment in South African based insurtech, Simply Financial Services. Simply, a registered FSP and
Read MoreMicrosoft launches Radius, an open-source application platform for the cloud-native era
Microsoft today announced the launch of Radius, a new open-source, language-agnostic application platform for building and running cloud-native applications. The project is being spun out of the Microsoft Azure Incubation team, the same group that previously launched open-source projects like Dapr for building microservices, the KEDA event-driven autoscaling solution, and
Read More5 investors on the pros and cons of open source AI business models
As a part of TC's ongoing AI survey series, we spoke to a group of five investors about the pros and cons of open source AI business models. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreGoogle bulks up Android’s malware defenses to combat new tricks, including AI
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is upgrading Android’s Play Protect malware protection system to help it spot malicious apps that change their identifiable features to avoid detection, the company has announced. “This enhancement will help better protect users against malicious polymorphic apps that leverage various methods, such
Read MoreMocking in Kotlin Multiplatform
The Road to Mockative 2A Brief History of Kotlin MultiplatformWhen Kotlin first came to the scene, it was purely a JVM language. This changed with the introduction of Kotlin/JS, Kotlin/Native, and Kotlin/Wasm, which allowed developers to use Kotlin to target just about anything. Targeting multiple of these platforms with the
Read MorePlaid taps former Expedia exec as its new chief financial officer, says ‘no timeline’ for IPO
Fintech startup Plaid has hired former Expedia CFO Eric Hart to serve as its first chief financial officer. When asked if the move meant that the company was planning to go public, a spokesperson told TechCrunch: “We do not have any plans to IPO at this time…It will be a
Read MoreMy First Experience as a Speaker in an AWS Conference
My experience at the AWS UG Peru Conference 2023Last Saturday, I had the opportunity to share my knowledge as a speaker at the AWS UG Peru Conference 2023. It was a wonderful experience; I will share it in this post.Promotional banner for my talkAn Event Huger Than ExpectedWhen I postulated to be a
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