Twitter limits the number of tweets users can read amid extended outage
Twitter is putting limits to how many tweets its users can read as the Elon Musk-owned service suffers extended outage that has stymied users’ ability to track new posts. In a tweet, Musk detailed the revised usage quotas. Verified account holders can peruse a maximum of 6,000 posts daily, while
Read MoreThe TSA will use facial recognition in over 400 airports
The TSA will expand its facial recognition program to over 400 airports. | Image: Getty Images The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will expand its facial recognition program to around 430 US airports over the next several years following what it calls “extremely promising” results in its pilot program, according to
Read MoreWhat do FinOps and parametric insurance have in common?
W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. The rise of FinOps already fueled multiple acquisitions, including IBM’s plan to acquire Apptio for a whopping $4.6
Read MoreThe week in robotics: Teaching robots chores from YouTube, robot dogs at the border and drone consolidation
AI’s grabbing headlines, but the robotics field is still making a significant impact in the real world — and this is your briefing on our latest coverage of the growing industry. Before we get into the depths of the past week’s noteworthy robotics news, our resident expert Brian Heater dove
Read MoreDeal Dive: Betting on the sports betting market
If you live in a state where online sports betting is legal, companies like FanDuel, Caesars Sportsbook and DraftKings don’t let you forget it. They dominate TV ad slots during sports games and seemingly everywhere else, too. They give the mirage that the market is saturated with no room for
Read MoreThis week in food tech: Upside Foods wastes no time debuting its cultivated chicken
If you’re adventurous with your food, or just like to keep up with the fast-moving food tech industry, here’s a roundup of this week’s stories and some notable news we weren’t able to cover. Upside Foods gets on the plate In what is perhaps the first-ever sale of cultivated meat
Read MorePrototyping a Small Guidance Select Clone With ExLLama Logits Bias
Photo by Joshua Woroniecki on UnsplashIn our last article, we dived deep into the internals of the guidance library. In this one, we will use the obtained knowledge to create a PR into the exllama repository, where we reproduce one of the functionalities of guidance.The final idea of this study is
Read MoreGoldman may be trying to bail on Apple Card
Four years after partnering with Apple on the launch of the Apple Card, Goldman Sachs may be eyeing the exits. The Wall Street Journal reports that Goldman is “looking for a way out” of its high-profile deal with Apple, which recently expanded to include savings accounts for Apple Card holders.
Read MoreWriting Professional Python Logs
Best practices and essential tips for effective Python logging in your projectsIn this post, we will discuss how structlog can help you write logs that assist you in your daily work and enforce certain best practices to ensure consistency in logging throughout your project.We will also explore common logging challenges and how
Read MoreA Java SDK Proof of Concept for Dagger.io
A few weeks ago, I decided to dedicate some time to explore the dagger.io project. The dagger.io project defines itself as a “programmable CI/CD engine that runs your pipelines in containers” and I believe that Dagger is worth considering for at least two reasons:Firstly, cloud-based CI systems such as Github Actions,
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