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Leopards Are Telling You That They Will Eat YOUR Face By Paul Krugman from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/CKmd3FH Harris, Kamala D, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Puerto Rico, Presidential Election of 2024, Federal Budget (US), Inflation (Economics), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Protectionism (Trade)

The Issues That Matter Most to Teenagers in This Election By The Learning Network from NYT The Learning Network https://ift.tt/mXBGEqI

Fabric CEO Mike Micucci explains how large language models (LLMs), via an alliance with Amazon Web Services (AWS), will be used to transform the retail sector. Click here to watch the full video. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/69ZnYf3

Mayor Breed’s Pitch to Voters: I’ve Lived San Francisco’s Struggles By Heather Knight from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/VveOz8B Breed, London, San Francisco (Calif), Elections, Mayors, Local Government, Content Type: Personal Profile, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Poverty, Homeless Persons

House Covid Panel to Refer Andrew Cuomo for Potential Prosecution By Grace Ashford and Benjamin Oreskes from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3VfN62t Cuomo, Andrew M, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), United States Politics and Government, Nursing Homes, Deaths (Fatalities), Ethics and Official Misconduct, House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, Justice Department, New York State

Delivering a Package in a Country With 17,000 Islands By Meaghan Tobin, Hasya Nindita and Nicola Longobardi from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/LQ2zX9F E-Commerce, Social Media, Computers and the Internet, Warehouses, Shopping and Retail, Mobile Commerce and Payments, TikTok (ByteDance), Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, Indonesia, Jakarta (Indonesia), Java (Indonesia), Sumatra (Indonesia)

A Harris Presidency Is the Only Way to Stay Ahead of A.I. By Thomas L. Friedman from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/WXb0C1Z Artificial Intelligence, Presidential Election of 2024, Computers and the Internet, United States Politics and Government, Innovation, Productivity, Senate

Despite Covid ‘Amnesia,’ the Pandemic Simmers Beneath the 2024 Race By Sheryl Gay Stolberg from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/BlLupr1 Presidential Election of 2024, United States Politics and Government, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, Harris, Kamala D, Trump, Donald J, Atlanta (Ga), Kennedy, Robert F Jr

GitHub today revealed it is adding support for both the Claude Sonnet 3.5 large language model (LLM) from Anthropic and the Gemini Pro 1.5 LLM from Google to its artificial intelligence (AI) platform for writing code. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/Z9QscTv

Crowdbotics today made available an extension for GitHub Copilot that makes it simpler to generate code using higher-quality requirements documents. Unveiled at the GitHub Universe 2024 conference, this extension provides a simpler method to invoke an AI platform that Crowdbotics created to convert plain language descriptions of applications into a requirements document. Application developers can […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/7u3RHwQ

How Russia, China and Iran Are Interfering in the Presidential Election By Sheera Frenkel, Tiffany Hsu and Steven Lee Myers from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/mGnVMiE International Relations, Rumors and Misinformation, Presidential Election of 2024, Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Politics and Government, Propaganda, Russian Interference in 2016 US Elections and Ties to Trump Associates, China, Iran, Russia

Trump’s Biggest Con: Pretending to Support American Workers By Paul Krugman from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/Tu5LVrq Puerto Rico, Presidential Election of 2024, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017), Protectionism (Trade), Medicaid, Tips and Tipping, Sneakers, China

Cary, NC, 28th October 2024, CyberNewsWire from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/dC0kE8w

What Japan’s Political Uncertainty Means for Its Market Rally By River Akira Davis from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/Y1735LU Economic Conditions and Trends, Japan, Politics and Government, Elections, Bank of Japan, Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Ishiba, Shigeru

According to Dr. Russell Ackoff, pioneer of systems design theory. “Discontinuous improvements are more important than continuous improvements” because creativity is a disruptive process. True quality focuses on value not efficiency. And to achieve quality it is essential to engineer a system as a whole, and not only improve its parts. This viewpoint is different […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/jq1Miyr

Our weekly insight into DevOps job opportunities that are currently available, including this week, positions at Lockheed Martin and Moody's. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/Zdc0K3O

Book Bans Live on in School District Now Run by Democrats. By Dana Goldstein from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/Ve49YCd Education (K-12), United States Politics and Government, Book Bans, School Boards, Books and Literature, Libraries and Librarians, Hillsdale College, Bucks County (Pa)

Daughter of L.A. Times Owner Says Endorsement Decision Stemmed From Harris Stance on Gaza War By Soumya Karlamangla and Shawn Hubler from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/mWcgarO Presidential Election of 2024, Newspapers, Endorsements, News and News Media, Los Angeles Times, Garza, Mariel (Editor), Soon-Shiong, Patrick, California, Los Angeles (Calif)

6 Takeaways From Donald Trump’s 3-Hour Podcast With Joe Rogan By Michael Gold, Tim Balk and Simon J. Levien from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/ztwE4pS Presidential Election of 2024, Podcasts, Spotify, Trump, Donald J, Rogan, Joe

A survey of 504 DevOps practitioners finds 63% working for organizations that will be making additional investments in observability over the next two years, with 21% describing those investments as significant. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/CJE0TfK

Poetry and a Lone Stag Help an Isolated Deaf Girl Connect By Sara Novic from NYT Books https://ift.tt/fRt9aJh Books and Literature, Children and Childhood, genre-books-childrens, Deafness, Sign Language, LeZotte, Ann Clare

Zencoder today emerged from stealth to make generally available an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that in addition to generating code is also able to repair code, create tests and optimize code in real time using built-in static analysis capabilities. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/9OzsDKh

In recent years, the space industry, much like software development, has experienced rapid transformation. SpaceX has revolutionized space launches with its use of reusable rockets and innovative suppliers. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/x4G0jHS

Why It’s Getting Harder to Fly to China By Daisuke Wakabayashi from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/esU9lRB AIRLINES AND AIRPLANES, International Relations, Business Travel, Travel and Vacations, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), China, Europe

Anthropic has developed and released a new batch of enhanced artificial intelligence models designed to save keystrokes and headaches by autonomously performing tasks typically carried out by software application developers. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/8bywSVQ

Stan Asofsky, Vociferous Courtside Superfan of the Knicks, Dies at 87 By Harvey Araton from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/FcMXj8i Deaths (Obituaries), Basketball, Fans (Persons), New York Knicks, Madison Square Garden, Manhattan (NYC), ARATON, HARVEY

A global survey of 1,775 IT and business executives published today finds 71% are working for organizations that have integrated some form of artificial intelligence and generative AI capability into their operation, with just over a third (34%) specifically using AI to improve quality assurance. Conducted by Sogeti, a unit of Capgemini in collaboration with […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/SGHQJcz

Despite Global Crises, Gas Prices Slide as U.S. Election Nears By Rebecca F. Elliott from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/8JKNztR Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), United States Economy, Presidential Election of 2024, Automobile Service and Charging Stations, United States Politics and Government, Fuel Efficiency, Inflation (Economics), Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Convenience Stores, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc, Harris, Kamala D, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Trump, Donald J

Cary, NC, 22nd October 2024, CyberNewsWire from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/AMIaOre

DevOps.com is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it just that much easier for DevOps professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/RK3tcWu

Who’s Afraid of William Shakespeare? By Drew Lichtenberg from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/h6U1ewV Theater, Nonprofit Organizations, California Shakespeare Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Theater Co), Shakespeare, William, United States

Israel Strikes Hezbollah-Affiliated Financial Institution in Lebanon By Ephrat Livni and Euan Ward from NYT World https://ift.tt/buG9vzJ Terrorism, Banking and Financial Institutions, War and Armed Conflicts, Embargoes and Sanctions, Hezbollah, Beirut (Lebanon), Lebanon, Israel

The Essential Italian Returns to America By Guy Trebay from NYT Style https://ift.tt/IM52Olw Fashion and Apparel, Content Type: Personal Profile, ARMANI, GIORGIO, Armani, Giorgio, SpA, New York City

The Hidden Politics of Disorder By Ezra Klein from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/mlVEka0 Crime and Criminals, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Income Inequality, Urban Areas, Police, Polls and Public Opinion, Homeless Persons, Politics and Government, Mental Health and Disorders

Mets and Yankees Fans Actually Getting Along? Say It Ain’t So. By David Waldstein from NYT New York https://ift.tt/AwTK2yE Baseball, Playoff Games, Fans (Persons), World Series, Citi Field (Queens, NY), Cleveland Guardians, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Cruz, Catalina (1983- ), Kay, Michael, Piazza, Mike, Bronx (NYC), Queens (NYC)

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