Following last year’s $205 million acquisition of AirTag competitor Tile by family locator service Life360, the two companies today will now integrate their products and services. With an update arriving soon to Life360’s app, members will be able to see the location of the Tile Bluetooth trackers on the same in-app map where they also…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Data annotation, or the process of adding labels to images, text, audio and other forms of sample data, is typically a key step in developing AI systems. The vast majority of systems learn to make predictions by associating labels with specific data samples, like the caption “bear” with a photo of a black bear. A…
Sudheesh Nair Contributor Share on Twitter Sudheesh Nair is CEO of ThoughtSpot, a business intelligence company that has built an intuitive Google-like interface for data analytics. Before ThoughtSpot, Sudheesh was president at Nutanix. More posts by this contributor A blueprint for building a great startup founding team With the economy slowing and businesses tightening their…
In a typical large organization DevOps tasks have become so complex, and involve navigating so many tools, it has become difficult to understand the current state of affairs, and to add resources when needed. It’s gotten to the point where developers often need to submit a ticket, even for a routine operation, which is adding…
Snapchat is partnering with activity and fitness tracking platform Strava to launch a new Lens that lets users share their fitness journey on Snapchat. The new Strava Activity Lens works by connecting directly to your Strava profile, giving you access to stats and activity maps from your recent workouts. Each time you a workout, it…
We’ve been keeping tabs on Labrador Systems since we caught a very early demo of its elder care-focused technology in a hotel suite several CESes ago. Today the California-based robotics firm announced that it’s begun deploying its Retriever Pro system to a handful of early clients, including, On Lok PACE, Nationwide Insurance, Masonic Homes of…
A number of leading cybercriminal groups have been observed recruiting new members at an alarming rate, new reports have warned. Avast’s recent Q3/2022 Threat report found some threat actors have started hiring out of success, others for being pinned down by cybersecurity researchers. The LockBit group, for example, known for its ransomware variant of the…
At a time when global PC sales are declining, what can computing giant Microsoft consider in order to keep sales afloat? Cheap cloud-connected systems paid for by subscriptions and ads, of course! In a number of job listings on the official Windows site – including this now-closed posting for a software engineer from earlier this…
The Bank of England announced it would hike interest rates by 75 basis points Thursday as it battles to crack down on surging inflation. Yui Mok/Pool Photo via AP The Bank of England on Thursday raised interest rates by 75 basis points to 3%. The rate hike, the UK central bank’s eighth in a row,…
Elon Musk could lay off a large proportion of Twitter’s workforce. Manu Cornet A Twitter software engineer said he was fired on Tuesday, just days after Elon Musk took control. Emmanuel Cornet said he believes the new management didn’t want to deal with a “troublemaker.” Twitter HR last year asked him to take down cartoons…