Making the invisible visible: Doing more with dataJenn Webb
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Theodora Lau, founder of Unconventional Ventures, shares her view on how organizations need to move beyond leveraging data to drive efficiency and focus on delivering unique value for their customers. Click here to continue. Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Theodora Lau, founder of Unconventional Ventures, shares her view on how organizations need to move beyond leveraging data to drive efficiency and focus on delivering unique value for their customers. Click here to continue.
Government tech insider: Technology you need to know right nowJenn Webb
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” A paper by Infosys Knowledge Institute that highlights the new digital technologies, how they work, and why policymakers need to understand them. Click here to continue. Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” A paper by Infosys Knowledge Institute that highlights the new digital technologies, how they work, and why policymakers need to understand them. Click here to continue.
Greenfield transformation with BECU’s Fumbi ChimaJenn Webb
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Fumbi Chima, chief information officer at BECU discusses BECU’s early stages of a greenfield migration to cloud computing. The discussion covers digital transformation, fintechs, and employee experience. Click here to continue. Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Fumbi Chima, chief information officer at BECU discusses BECU’s early stages of a greenfield migration to cloud computing. The discussion covers digital transformation, fintechs, and employee experience. Click here to continue.
How aspiring influencers are forced to fight the algorithmAbby Ohlheiser
Last summer, a TikTok creator named Ziggi Tyler posted a video calling out a disturbing problem he found in the app’s Creator Marketplace, a tool that matches creators with brands looking to pay for sponsored content. Tyler said he was unable to enter phrases like “Black Lives Matter” and “supporting Black excellence” into his Marketplace profile. However, phrases like “white supremacy” and “supporting white excellence” were allowed. If you’ve spent much time on TikTok, you’ve probably seen creators discuss similar incidents. There are two ways to try to understand the impact of content moderation and the algorithms that enforce those […]
The Download: open source insecurity, and gene editing plantsRhiannon Williams
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The US military wants to understand the most important software on Earth It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that the whole world is built on top of the Linux kernel—although most people have never heard of it. It is one of the very first programs that load when most computers power up. It enables the hardware running the machine to interact with the software, governs its use of resources, and acts as the foundation of the […]
The US military wants to understand the most important software on EarthPatrick Howell O’Neill
It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that the whole world is built on top of the Linux kernel—although most people have never heard of it. It is one of the very first programs that load when most computers power up. It enables the hardware running the machine to interact with the software, governs its use of resources, and acts as the foundation of the operating system. It is the core building block of nearly all cloud computing, virtually every supercomputer, the entire internet of things, billions of smartphones, and more. But the kernel is also open source, meaning […]
Heat is bad for plant health. Here’s how gene editing could help.Casey Crownhart
Some of the world’s most productive agricultural regions from India to the US Midwest have already broken temperature records this year, with potentially worrying implications for food supplies. Hot days and nights can make drought conditions worse, and that’s not the only way rising temperatures can hurt crops. In extreme conditions, the molecular machinery inside plants can even shut down, leading to crop failures. That threat is expected to grow worse in the face of climate change. Some plants, though, including major crops like corn and wheat, may face additional challenges from future warming, because heat impairs a major tool […]
The Download: more amazing space images, and Twitter is suing Elon MuskRhiannon Williams
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The James Webb Space Telescope just delivered some incredible new images of the universe NASA has released the second set of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, revealing galaxies, planets, and stars in unprecedented detail. The new pictures include an incredible study of the atmosphere of a gas giant planet 1,000 light-years from Earth, called WASP-96 b, a dying star throwing off its outer layers, and an exquisite view of Stephan’s Quintet, a group of five […]
The James Webb Space Telescope just delivered some incredible new images of the universeJonathan O’Callaghan
The first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have been released by NASA, following an initial reveal by US President Joe Biden. JWST’s stunning first science image, which was unveiled by Biden on Monday, is a deep view into the universe showing thousands of galaxies, showcasing the immense power of the $10 billion telescope. NASA has now released more of the telescope’s initial observations, taken in its first few months of commissioning following its launch in December 2021. One of those observations was a detailed study of the atmosphere of a gas giant planet 1,000 light-years from […]
The Download: Cutting cholesterol with CRISPR, and the James Webb Space Telescope’s first imageRhiannon Williams
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Edits to a cholesterol gene could stop the biggest killer on earth The news: A volunteer in New Zealand has become the first person to undergo DNA editing in order to lower their blood cholesterol, a step that may foreshadow wide use of the technology to prevent heart attacks. How did they do it?: The experiment involved injecting a version of the gene-editing tool CRISPR in order to modify a single letter of DNA in the patient’s liver […]