AI-first approach drives increased ROI: Gartner
A recent survey by Gartner looked into how organizations use artificial intelligence (AI) and what factors they consider when evaluating new AI opportunities. The survey included responses from 622 organizations in the U.S., France, the U.K., and Germany. The survey revealed that 55 per cent of organizations with previous AI
Read MoreRust and LLM AI Infrastructure: Embracing the Power of Performance
Image by authorBuilding an LLM or AI infrastructure in Rust can offer several benefits despite Python’s dominance in the AI space.Performance: Rust is known for its high performance and low-level control, which can be crucial for building large-scale AI systems. Language models, especially deep learning models, can be computationally intensive. Rust’s performance
Read MoreReddit is down, per user reports
User morale isn’t the only thing that’s down at Reddit. More than 30,000 people have reported outages on Reddit since about 4:30 PM ET, according to Downdetector. While many users have been able to access the platform again, not all issues have been resolved yet. Reddit has not yet commented
Read MoreElon Musk says he’s going to talk to Tim Cook about adjusting the Apple tax
Illustration: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Image: Getty Images Elon Musk is talking about the Apple tax again. In a post on Wednesday, the billionaire said he “will speak with @tim_cook” to see if the Apple CEO would adjust the 30 percent commission the company takes on in-app purchases. Right
Read MoreDJI’s new GoPro competitor launches at $399
The DJI/GoPro relationship has been an uneasy one ever since planned drone collaboration fell back down to earth some eight or so years back. After the deal fell through, GoPro launched its Karma drone, but ultimately failed to find purchase in a category that DJI continues to dominate. DJI, on
Read MoreHackerOne lays off 12% workforce as ‘one-time event’
HackerOne, a widely known bug bounty and penetration testing platform, is cutting up to 12% of its workforce as the global economic slowdown continues to impact the tech community. The San Francisco-based startup announced its layoffs on Wednesday, TechCrunch learned and confirmed with the startup. The decision will impact the
Read MoreCommentary: The old guard in venture reigns supreme
Black founders raised $212 million out of $29 billion this Q2, picking up just 0.71% of the capital allocated to U.S. founders this quarter, according to Crunchbase. In Q2 2022, Black founders raised $602 million out of $62 billion, or 0.97%, of the capital allocated. In total, Black founders raised
Read MoreApp Store users are downrating Twitter’s rebranding to X with 1-star reviews
Many people have mixed feelings over Twitter’s rebranding to X, in preparation for its transformation into owner Elon Musk’s vision of an “everything app.” But on the U.S. App Store, users have been venting their frustrations over the name change, leading to a surge in 1-star negative reviews, a new
Read MoreAdvanced Async Testing: Unstructured Concurrency
Write robust and maintainable software using modern language featuresImage generated using MidjourneyIn the first two chapters, we built our testing foundation: We developed techniques to separate concerns through dependency injection and then created mock versions of our injected services.Subsequently, in Part III, we wrote our first asynchronous tests that checked whether
Read MoreX, formerly Twitter, streamlines its crowdsourced fact-checking system Community Notes
Elon Musk-owned X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is streamlining its crowdsourced fact-checking feature Community Notes. The feature historically has provided information to users about why they were seeing a fact check appended to a tweet, er, post. Now, after three years of development, the company says this extra
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