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25 Jul

Sonos apologized for messing up its app and has offered a roadmap for fixing everything

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Sonos seriously stepped in it a couple of months back when it released an overhauled first-party mobile app that shipped with a number of missing features. These included core functions like sleep timers and alarms. Many of the company’s speakers would not appear as a pairing option and it became extremely difficult to precisely adjust the volume level of a paired speaker.Additionally, music search and playback were both negatively impacted by the change, leading to numerous customer complaints.Now, the company has apologized for releasing the half-baked app. CEO Patrick Spence whipped up a blog post to address the “significant problems”…

25 Jul

My 11 yr journey as a [solo] developer (I am 26 yr old now)

stp2y0 CommentsNewscoding, community, developer, development, engineering, gamedev, inclusive, programming, software

I am a 26-year-old developer from Vadodara, Gujarat. What do I develop? Websites, and apps before - now I make games and earn a good living ($5,000 - $9,000/month) I have developed since I was 15 (out of passion and curiosity). I started making simple websites using PHP, JS, and MySQL (+HTML/CSS). I used to finish projects for 12th grade students and get some small fees in return. In 2014, I was 16 and switched to Android Apps. I made utility apps - music players, photography, launchers etc. Made around $1000! I joined a design university in Pune which included…

25 Jul

AI video startup Runway reportedly trained on ‘thousands’ of YouTube videos without permission

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AI company Runway reportedly scraped “thousands” of YouTube videos and pirated versions of copyrighted movies without permission. 404 Media obtained alleged internal spreadsheets suggesting the AI video-generating startup trained its Gen-3 model using YouTube content from channels like Disney, Netflix, Pixar and popular media outlets.An alleged former Runway employee told the publication the company used the spreadsheet to flag lists of videos it wanted in its database. It would then download them without detection using open-source proxy software to cover its tracks. One sheet lists simple keywords like astronaut, fairy and rainbow, with footnotes indicating whether the company had found…

25 Jul

Level Up Your Node.js Testing with Native Test Runner and Mocks: A BigQuery Example

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In today's software development, testing is not just good practice, it's necessary, in my opinion. I'm excited to share some valuable insights on testing in Node.js! Through my own experiences, I've discovered some practical tips and techniques that I believe will be helpful to the developer community. Before Node.js 20, developers relied on external testing tools like Jest and Mocha to ensure code quality. But with the arrival of Node.js 20, the game changed. This tutorial will explore the exciting new world of Node.js's built-in test runner, exploring powerful features like mocks. Native Node.Js Test Runner Offers: Simplicity (Easy setup,…

25 Jul

Wasn’t GenAI supposed to disrupt Business Intelligence?

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Generative AI (genAI) was supposed to quickly disrupt and radically change the way we analyze data using our existing BI tools. Maybe someday, but not yet. Unlike other genAI use cases (e.g., content generation, writing automation, etc), genAI is not disrupting the enterprise business intelligence (BI) software market. Instead, GenAI is adding valuable incremental capabilities, but it also necessitates building genAI guardrails at the enterprise level that brings into question the net value of the effort. For now, BI infused with genAI capabilities can: Speed up SQL and other query and executable scripts development (CoPilot). Speed up building Q&A UI…

25 Jul

Google gives free Gemini users access to its faster, lighter 1.5 Flash AI model

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Google is making its Gemini AI faster and more efficient across the board. You now have access to 1.5 Flash, its generative AI model designed to be able to generate responses more quickly and efficiently, even if you're not paying for Gemini Advanced. The company says you'll notice improvements in latency, as well as the tool's reasoning and image understanding, on both the web and mobile.In addition, it's expanding the AI assistant's context window, so that you can have longer conversations with it and ask it more complex questions. In the near future, Google will also give you the ability…

25 Jul

Chill painting game Été beautifully captures summertime in Montreal

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There's nothing quite like a summer in . After several brutal winter months, the city bursts to life and its residents make the very most of the warmer weather. Été (French for "summer") is a relaxing slice-of-life that deftly captures the essence of Montreal at this time of year, warts and all.You play as an artist who is spending the summer in La Metropole. The first order of business is to set up an easel in your apartment, which has little else but a mattress in it, no thanks to your somewhat brusk landlord. Once you have learned the basic…

25 Jul

KPIs vs. OKRs: Key Differences

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Understanding the difference between OKRs and KPIs is essential for any organization aiming to set specific goals and measure success effectively. These two frameworks, while often used interchangeably, serve distinct purposes and can significantly impact your business performance metrics. Let's dive into the specifics and clarify the roles of OKRs and KPIs in your goal-setting strategy. What are KPIs? Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are measurable values that demonstrate how effectively an organization is achieving key business objectives. KPIs are used at multiple levels to evaluate the success of an organization or a particular activity in which it engages. High-level KPIs…

25 Jul

AI achieves silver-medal standard solving International Mathematical Olympiad problems

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AcknowledgementsWe thank the International Mathematical Olympiad organization for their support.AlphaProof development was led by Thomas Hubert, Rishi Mehta and Laurent Sartran; AlphaGeometry 2 and natural language reasoning efforts were led by Thang Luong.AlphaProof was developed with key contributions from Hussain Masoom, Aja Huang, Miklós Z. Horváth, Tom Zahavy, Vivek Veeriah, Eric Wieser, Jessica Yung, Lei Yu, Yannick Schroecker, Julian Schrittwieser, Ottavia Bertolli, Borja Ibarz, Edward Lockhart, Edward Hughes, Mark Rowland, Grace Margand. Alex Davies and Daniel Zheng led the development of informal systems such as final answer determination, with key contributions from Iuliya Beloshapka, Ingrid von Glehn, Yin Li, Fabian…

25 Jul

The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max is back on sale for only $40

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Pretty much every TV is a smart one these days. But perhaps you're still rocking an older model without built-in streaming functions, you don't have an external device with such capabilities or you simply don't like the interface of your smart TV. As such, a dedicated streaming device might be of interest to you. The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max is a decent option and, best of all, it's currently 33 percent off. That brings the price down to , or only $5 more than the record low it was selling for .The Fire TV Stick 4K Max is…