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☆ Microsoft's Copilot AI is making rapid progress. Here's what its human leader thinks about it
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Eric Rosenbaum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Put another way, for every 100 lines of code, 40 are being written by the AI, with total project time cut by up to 55%. "After a year of Copilot, about 40% of code was written by the AI where Copilot was enabled," Dohmke said. The GitHub CEO expects more of those Copilot code suggestions to be taken — in the next five years, up to 80%. Now, whether the coding task is related to payment processing or a social media login, most companies — whether startups or established enterprises — put in open source code. "From punch cards to building everything ourselves to open source, to now within a lot of code, AI writing more," he said.

Share this -Link copiedCommittee votes to subpoena Trump The committee voted on Thursday unanimously to subpoena Trump. Trump would not be the first president to be subpoenaed, nor would he be the first former president subpoenaed by Congress. "Even before the networks called the race for President Biden on Nov. 7th, his chances of pulling out a victory were virtually nonexistent, and President Trump knew it," Kinzinger said. “At times, President Trump acknowledged the reality of his loss. “What did President Trump know?

That's based on a Secret Service email from 9:09 a.m. "The head of the President’s Secret Service protective detail, Robert Engel, was specifically aware of the large crowds outside the magnetometers," Schiff said. A Secret Service report at 7:58 a.m. said, "Some members of the crowd are wearing ballistic helmets, body armor carrying radio equipment and military grade backpacks." On Dec. 26, a Secret Service field office relayed a tip that had been received by the FBI, Schiff said. Trump would not be the first president to be subpoenaed, nor would he be the first former president subpoenaed by Congress.

☆ Jamie Dimon says Musk should 'clean up Twitter,' echoes Tesla CEO's bot concerns
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Brian Snyder | ReutersJamie Dimon appears to be a fan of Elon Musk's $44 billion Twitter takeover. "I hope Musk cleans up Twitter," the JPMorgan CEO told CNBC's Julianna Tatelbaum, adding he thinks Musk should look into eliminating anonymous accounts from the site. Musk has made no secret of his concerns with fake accounts on Twitter. In November 2021, JPMorgan sued Tesla for $162.2 million for allegedly breaching a 2014 contract relating to stock warrants that Tesla sold to the bank. watch nowThe suit was the subject of a report by the Wall Street Journal that said Musk and Dimon have never gotten along.

☆ Stability AI, the startup behind the hot text-to-image art generator Stable Diffusion, quietly raised funding at a $1 billion valuation
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Matthew Lynley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Stable Diffusion text-to-image model creator Stability AI has closed a massive financing round. Stable Diffusion is among a number of hyper-popular models like OpenAI's DALL-E 2. Stability AI, the creators of the hyper-popular text-to-image generator Stable Diffusion, has closed a new funding round that values the company at $1 billion, multiple sources familiar with the deal tell Insider. Founded in 2020, London-based Stability AI quickly became a household name in AI with the public release of Stable Diffusion in August 2022. For the time being, however, Stability AI is a young startup with a yet-unproven business plan.

☆ How Elon Musk could change Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Musk has said Twitter, under his leadership, would have more lenient content moderation policies. But the most striking early change could come from who is and is not allowed on a Musk-owned Twitter. Musk, for his part, has focused on bringing back one of Twitter’s most prominent former users: Trump. “There are exceptions … but generally permanent bans are a failure of ours and don’t work,” he said. The same day he sent his letter to Twitter attempting to revive the deal, Musk was widely panned for comments he made on the platform about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

☆ Nord Stream gas 'sabotage': who's being blamed and why?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-30 | by ( Joanna Plucinska | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday it was "unthinkable" that an investigation into ruptures on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines would proceed without Moscow's participation. President Vladimir Putin said on Friday the United States and its allies blew up Nord Stream. U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday damage to Nord Stream was a deliberate act of sabotage. Map of Nord Stream pipelines and locations of reported leaksWHY SABOTAGE A PIPELINE? "They already succeeded in stopping Nord Stream 2.

☆ Designers say Figma gave them 'superpowers.' With Adobe's $20 billion takeover, some think the beloved startup is as good as dead.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Paayal Zaveri | Jessica Xing | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

When Adobe announced its $20 billion bid for Figma, the design community was immediately concerned. When Adobe announced it was acquiring the design startup Figma for $20 billion, designers were quick to express their discontent over the blockbuster deal. So when Adobe announced its intention to buy Figma, much of the design community was immediately concerned. Designers worry Figma will become less accessibleWhile Field's committment to keeping prices the same for now may reassure some, others are skeptical. And some designers Insider spoke to say the acquisition could even benefit companies that have been paying a hefty bill for both.

☆ Portugal's TAP says hackers stole, published passengers' personal data
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LISBON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Portugal's flag carrier TAP told customers on Thursday that hackers had stolen some of their personal data and published it on the dark web, although the state-owed airline said all payment details appeared to be safe. "The release of the personal data via open sources could increase the risk of their illegal use, namely aimed at obtaining other data that could compromise the digital systems in fraudulent attempts such as phishing," TAP said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"There are no signs that any payments data have been retrieved from TAP systems," it said. The airline also said it had taken immediate containment measures to keep its systems working and to protect other data. TAP CEO Christine Ourmieres-Widener told reporters the airline was "very serious about client data" and said the incident was upsetting.

☆ I moved to the US to pursue a career in academia before realizing it's a 'broken system.' Here's how I pivoted to climate tech and found a job that made me happier than ever
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He was on track to become an academic, but pivoted to climate tech for better work-life balance. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ali Ahmadalipour, a 33-year-old data scientist at climate tech firm KatRisk in the San Francisco Bay Area, about how he broke into climate tech. But now, I work in climate tech and I've never been happier. Building an online presence helps candidates stand out in a competitive job marketBuilding my online presence really set me apart from the typical candidate. Take advantage of the high demand for climate tech jobs todayNow is the best time to break into climate tech.

☆ Analysis: China's mortgage boycott quietly regroups as construction idles
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Surveillance cameras are seen near residential buildings under construction in Shanghai, China July 20, 2022. "What will we do if construction still doesn't resume after six months? The threat of more mortgage boycott comes as China prepares to hold the Communist Party Congress next month, with efforts to revive an economy plagued by the property crisis in focus. 'APPEASE HOMEOWNERS'The mortgage boycott has added to worries about a prolonged slump in China's property market, which has lurched from crisis to crisis since mid-2020 after regulators stepped in to reduce leverage. Out of Evergrande's 706 projects, 38 have not resumed construction, while 62 were only now restarting.

☆ A creator of Facebook-backed PyTorch says the AI technique behind high-profile products like GPT-3 and DALL-E 2 is due for disruption and that we're stuck in a 'weird hardware lottery'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Matthew Lynley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Soumith Chintala is a creator and the lead of Facebook's core machine learning tool, PyTorch. Some of today's most popular emerging AI tools, such as OpenAI's text generation tool GPT-3, were made possible by an AI technique called Transformers. And in an industry where machine learning tools and techniques are evolving at a blistering pace, a half-decade might as well be half a century. Nvidia has traditionally held a dominant position thanks to the widespread adoption of GPUs in machine learning. JAX excels at splitting complex machine learning tasks across multiple pieces of hardware, drastically simplifying the unwieldy existing tools and making it easier to manage increasingly large machine learning problems.

☆ Some VMware partners say they're optimistic about the $61 billion Broadcom buyout and see it as an opportunity to cozy up to customers who fear they'll get lost in the deal's fallout
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-01 | by ( Paayal Zaveri | Jessica Xing | Jacob E. Robbins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But some partners say they're optimistic and see an opportunity to cozy up to VMware customers. In fact, several VMware partners view the seismic buyout as an opportunity and hope to use it to their advantage. Even those who weren't as optimistic about Broadcom's takeover told Insider the 24-year-old company was in need of a shake-up. Why VMware partners are optimisticBefore the acquisition announcement, Broadcom told investors the firm was "totally focused on the priorities" of 600 top strategic accounts. "Broadcom is where good software goes to die," an employee from a VMware partner told Insider.

☆ China may have committed 'crimes against humanity' in Xinjiang, UN report finds
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-31 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Hong Kong (CNN) China has committed "serious human rights violations" against Uyghur Muslims in its northwestern region of Xinjiang , which may amount to "crimes against humanity" according to a long-awaited report released Wednesday by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Separately on Thursday, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said China "rightfully rejects" the report, which it called "invalid and illegal." "The extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of members of Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim groups ... may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity," according to the report. What's nextThroughout the past four years, the international community within the UN has done little about the allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang. Omer Kanat, executive director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, called the report a "game-changer for the international response to the Uyghur crisis."

☆ How Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi went from doing research in a college lab to cofounding the $38 billion big data startup — and what he's learned about leadership along the way
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-10 | by ( Rosalie Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The most important groundwork for building company culture was a strong founding team, Ghodsi says. Ghodsi arrived at UC Berkeley in 2009 for a year-long program to research machine learning and data processing. Working at European universities, Ghodsi says he was often shut down when proposing out-of-the-box research ideas, but "UC Berkeley was different. Ghodsi went on to cofound Databricks out of a UC Berkeley research lab in 2013. Databricks' founding team was extremely innovative, Ghodsi says, with backgrounds in research and creating open source data project Spark.

☆ These 3 technologies will be key to Intel's business as it staves off competition from companies like AMD and Nvidia
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-03 | by ( Rosalie Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Under CEO Pat Gelsinger, Intel is making new bets in chip manufacturing and open source software. Analysts say Intel's new foundry business, AI acquisitions, and x86 chips will be foundational. Competition among chip design rivals like AMD and Nvidia is heating up, while other chip startups are on the rise. Besides Mobileye, Intel has been expanding into building a wide array of AI chips, including through its acquisition of Nervana in 2016. Intel's x86 are foundational to its businessFinally, analysts say Intel's x86 chips have been and continues to be the bread-and-butter to its business.

☆ ANPM - concurs privind selectarea unei persoane juridice/persoană fizică pentru înregistrarea/montarea materialelor video pentru platforma online de instruire continuă a para-juriștilor
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-29 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +5 min

CONTEXT: Asociația Națională a Para-Juriștilor din Republica Moldova (ANPM) este organizația necomercială și apolitică, care urmărește abilitarea juridică a comunității prin intermediul rețelei de para-juriști profesioniști și dedicați. Aceasta este preocupată de dezvoltarea profesională a para-juriștilor, de calitatea serviciilor prestate și de impactul activității acestora în comunitate. Astfel, cu suportul CNAJGS și a Agenției de Guvernare Electronică (AGE), ANPM intenționează să dezvolte modulele de instruire la distanță a para-juriștilor pe platforma disponibilă a AGE www.elearning.gov.md Această platformă a fost dezvoltată în baza unui software liber și open source de învățare Moodle (Modular Object Dynamic Learning Enviroment), ce presupune un spațiu de învățare virtual. CV-ul specialistului/angajaților companiei urmează să conțină specificarea competențelor relevante pentru implicare în realizarea acestei activități; Plan de acțiuni cu indicarea termenilor de realizare pentru fiecare etapă respectând perioada de prestare a serviciilor indicate mai sus Descrierea etapelor prestării serviciilor și a responsabilităților părților în cadrul fiecărei etape. Punctajul evaluării este de maximum 100 de puncte ce reprezintă o cumulare a punctajului obținut de oferta tehnică (maxim 70 de puncte) și oferta financiară (maximum 30 de puncte).

Persons: Para, ANPM, Violetta Organizations: Para, Soros Moldova Locations: Para - Juriștilor, Republica Moldova, AGE, SUA

☆ ANPM - concurs privind selectarea unei persoane juridice/persoană fizică pentru prestarea serviciilor informatice (încărcarea materialelor pe o platformă online)
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-29 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +6 min

Persons: Para, ANPM, Violetta Organizations: Para, Soros Moldova Locations: Para - Juriștilor, Republica Moldova, AGE, SUA

☆ Code for Moldova te invită să participi la Hack Day #5. Vezi ce activități te așteaptă
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-02 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Code for Moldova te invită să participi la Hack Day #5. Sâmbătă, 12 iunie, ora 11.00 ești invitat să participi la Hack Day #5. În cadrul evenimentului vei avea posibilitatea să oferi soluție alături de alți tineri pentru a digitaliza Moldova. Mai exact, în cadrul evenimentului Hack Day #5 vei avea ocazia să:#1. Agenda evenimentului:# 11.00-11.30 Introducere și descrierea proiectelor;# 11.30-13.00 Dezvoltarea soluțiilor;# 13.00-14.00 Prânz;# 14.00-15.45 Q&A despre proiecte și dezvoltarea lor;# 15.45-16.00 Wrapping up.

Persons: Sâmbătă, ? Sâmbătă Organizations: Open Source, Open Locations: Moldova, iHub, Chișinău

Deja a trecut un an de când COVID-19 a creat și a trimis mai multe valuri de șoc în întreaga lume, perturbând percepția tuturor asupra ceea ce constituie „normalitate”. Cadre universitare, activiști și lideri din OMS (Organizația Mondiala a Sănătății) și OMC (Organizația Mondială a Comerțului) au acuzat țările bogate de „naționalismul vaccinului”. Un rezultat al colaborării dintre OMS, GAVI (Alianța Globala pentru vaccinuri și imunizări) și CEPI (Coaliția pentru inovații în domeniul pregătirii pentru epidemii), COVAX are ca scop „accelerarea dezvoltării și fabricării vaccinurilor COVID-19 și garantarea accesului corect și echitabil pentru fiecare țară din lume”. Este o catastrofă morală și o criză umanitară atunci când profitul câtorva producători devine o prioritate, în defavoarea vieților a miliarde de oameni. Câțiva ani în sectorul privat au fost suficienți pentru a o convinge să își schimbe direcția.

Persons: OMS, Dr, Tedros, Lawrence Gostin, Dr . Roselyn, Martin, pandemia, PAM, Dr . Tedros, Fundația Bill, Melinda Gates, Asia Russell, Jesse Bump, Catana, . Ea Organizations: OMS, Organizația Mondiala, Sănătății, OMC, Organizația Mondială a Comerțului, UE, Universitatea din, Organizația Internațională, Muncii, Universitatea Oxford, Fundația, Universitatea Harvard Locations: Vest, Canada, SUA, Georgetown, Britanii, Universitatea din Oxford, Africa, India, Africa de Sud, Oxford, Asia, Britanie, Amsterdam, Copenhaga

☆ INVENTO este în căutarea unui expert / unei experte IT
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-14 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +3 min

INVENTO este o organizație non-guvernamentală, creată în 2011, care are misiunea de a contribui la realizarea justiției sociale pentru tinerii din Republica Moldova. Din luna septembrie 2020, INVENTO implementează proiectul „Guvernare locală cu tineri”, proiect finanțat de Uniunea Europeană, realizat cu suportul Fundației Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. În acest sens, în vederea realizării obiectivelor de proiect și pentru a asigura vizibilitatea și realiza planul de comunicare, INVENTO este în căutarea unui expert / unei experte IT. RESPONSABILITĂȚIExpertul/ experta IT va asista participanții la proiect în dezvoltarea paginilor personale de blog/vlog, dat fiind pachetul în Wordpress disponibil și resursele în format open source. Organizația își rezervă dreptul să solicite suplimentar copii ale documentelor de studii și activitate de muncă, să respingă dosarele incomplete.

Persons: Fundației Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Irina Organizations: Uniunea Europeană, Fundației, Organizația Locations: INVENTO, Republica Moldova, inovație, educație, justiție, advocacy, ș.a ., Chișinău

Totul a început ca o „pneumonie virală”ProMED (un program al Societății Internaționale pentru Boli Infecțioase) în care se spunea despre descoperirea unor cazuri de „pneumonie virală necunoscută”, în Wuhan. Exact în această zi, în anul 2019, oficiul Organizației Mondiale a Sănătății din Republica Populară Chineză a publicat o declarație a Comisiei de sănătate municipală din Wuhan despre cazurile de „pneumonie virală” din Wuhan. La 1 ianuarie, OMS a solicitat autorităților chineze informații despre cazurile de pneumonie atipică din Wuhan. La 9 ianuarie, OMS citează sursele chineze spunând că a fost descoperit un nou tip de coronavirus. În perioada 10-12 ianuarie, OMS a publicat un ghid de protecție pentru țările care urmau să lupte cu acest focar.

Persons: . Totul, OMS Organizations: Internaționale, Organizației Mondiale a Sănătății, Open Sources, OMS, Ministerul Sănătății Publice Locations: Republica Populară Chineză, Thailanda, Wuhan, Republicii Populare Chineze, Moldova, SUA, India, Brazilia

☆ Cinci studenți de la UTM au fost premiați cu medalii de aur la Târgului Internațional al Inovării și Educației Creative pentru Tineret din Suceava
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-07 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +7 min

Cinci studenți de la UTM au fost premiați cu medalii de aur la Târgului Internațional al Inovării și Educației Creative pentru Tineret din SuceavaUniversitatea „Ștefan cel Mare” din Suceava a organizat, în septembrie, cea de-a IV-a ediție a Târgului Internațional al Inovării și Educației Creative pentru Tineret (ICE-USV) pentru tinerii preocupați de domeniul inventicii și inovării. În cadrul manifestării a fost organizat un Târg de inventică pentru tinerii studenți și cercetători, la care s-au înscris peste 60 de lucrări din 15 facultăți și centre de cercetare din România și Republica Moldova. Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei a fost prezentă cu două lucrări, care includ invenții și realizări în domeniul industriei alimentare și sistemelor de conversie a energiei regenerabile. Lucian Dan MILICI și dr. ing. ###Acest material a fost scris și redactat de echipa UTM.

Persons: Ștefan cel Mare, Irina, Artur MACARI, Alexandra BORȘ, Anatoli CARTAȘEV, Irina GRUMEZA, ., Lucian Dan MILICI, Mihaelei POIENAR Organizations: UTM, Inovării, Educației, Suceava Universitatea, Târgului, ICE, Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei, Management, Produselor Alimentare, Universității Tehnice, Moldovei Locations: Suceava, România, Republica Moldova, universitatea suceveană, PRODUCTS, Europa, Asia, Sibiu, Cluj - Napoca, Deva, Timișoara, Iași, Chișinău, București

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