Cloudflare’s engineering headcount surged 45 percent in the weeks after the company cut 1,100 jobs in May, according to BNP Paribas data drawn from LinkedIn profiles. The finding, first reported by Business Insider, shows Cloudflare’s engineering staff grew from 1,308 to 1,894 even as its total workforce shrank by a fifth. CEO Matthew Prince confirmed […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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It’s hard to imagine that three random words have the power to both map the globe and keep your private data secure. The secret behind this power is just a little bit of math. What3words is an app and web-based service that provides a geographic reference for every 3-meter-by-3-meter square on Earth using three random words. If your brain operates more naturally in the English measurement system, 3 meters is... Read more ›
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Artificial intelligence has changed the way science is done by allowing researchers to analyze the massive amounts of data modern scientific instruments generate. It can find a needle in a million haystacks of information and, using deep learning, it can learn from the data itself. AI is accelerating advances in gene hunting, medicine, drug design and the creation of organic compounds. Deep learning uses algorithms, often neural networks that are... Read more ›
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Facebook blew it. It doesn’t matter how you feel about the name change or the whole… metaverse thing. Any way you slice it, Meta’s rebranding has been a public disaster. And it’s because hardly anyone can explain just what the hell the metaverse is. Nearly everyone on the planet knows what Facebook did, but almost nobody has a clue what “Meta” is all about. You can blame Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s... Read more ›
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Navigating Silicon Valley can be a daunting task for any entrepreneur. And queer founders face an even greater uphill challenge. That’s why it’s important for those who’ve blazed a path to share the secrets of their success with the rest of the community. Tracy Benson, former professional athlete and the CEO and co-founder of sports technology startup Obsesh, did just that when she took to the Growth Quarter stage at... Read more ›
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If a company wants to offer great products and services, it’s important to hire the smartest people. But it’s also important that these people don’t all look and think the same — that they bring their own unique backgrounds and experiences to the table as well. That’s even more true if your company’s products are used by literal billions of people around the planet. It’s a matter Maxine Williams, Chief... Read more ›
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As businesses navigate the increasing demands of digital transformation and product-led growth, the role of the CPO — as a facilitator of this transition — is more important than ever. Speaking at TNW Conference 2022, Renee Niemi, CPO at non-profit organization Products that Count, provided valuable insights on how CPOs are shaping the future of business. During her talk, Niemi shared two key findings from the latest research conducted by... Read more ›
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There are probably a billion and one self help books out there claiming to have the key or the secret formula to happiness. Mo Gadwat’s series of books: Solve For Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy and his upcoming That Little Voice In Your Head: Adjust the Code That Runs Your Brain may seem like just two more to add to the pile. But Gadwat’s story and background, all too... Read more ›
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Global VC funding reached $143.9 billion in the first quarter of 2022 — down 19% from the previous quarter. Amidst the current recession and looming uncertainty, VCs seem to be pulling out of the market, which means that startups need to turn to alternative sources of funding — like angel investors and funds. Speaking at TNW Conference 2022, Tim Mills, Managing Partner at the ACF Investors Angel CoFund, explained: Many... Read more ›
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In an unprecedented turn of events, President Zelensky of Ukraine appeared as a surprise guest at four of Europe’s major tech conferences taking place simultaneously on June 15th, 2022. Attendees at TNW Conference in Amsterdam, Vivatech in Paris, Brilliant Minds in Stockholm, and Founders Forum in London all had a chance to hear Zelensky speak and take questions live from the audience. And how you may ask? Why, via hologram... Read more ›
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How do you set yourself apart from other brands? How do you sell people on a product they’re not used to? And how do you do all that without a marketing department? John Schoolcraft, Global Chief Creative Director at Oatly, has an answer. In 2012, together with CEO Toni Petersson, John began to turn a 30-year-old maker of oat drinks into a global movement focused on the development of a... Read more ›
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There are many great use cases of hydrogen fuel cells powering vehicles like trucks, buses, ships, trains, aircraft, and to a lesser extent, cars. While hydrogen is a green substance in action — much like green electricity — it’s sourcing historically isn’t. In 2020, 96% of the hydrogen used was produced based on fossil energy sources. But now, a German company has found a way to convert waste into usable... Read more ›
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Fighting climate change. That’s about solar panels, ditching meat, flying less, and driving an electric car, right? Absolutely, but that’s only half the story. For a lot of product designers, sustainability is becoming the key focus of their creative process. They’re on a mission to find new ways to replace some of the most common (and most carbon intensive) materials and components with new, green alternatives. And that’s good news... Read more ›
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Nay, nay, I say! This cannot be, That machines should e’er surpass our art. We are the masters, them the slaves, And thus it ever shall be so! They learn, ‘tis true, but they learn Only what we bid them learn, no more. They cannot understand the heart Or beauty of our words, you see. So let us not give in to these Machines – they’ll never be as good... Read more ›
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A Google developer recently decided that one of the company’s chatbots, a large language model (LLM) called LaMBDA, had become sentient. According to a report in the Washington Post, the developer identifies as a Christian and he believes that the machine has something akin to a soul — that it’s become sentient. As is always the case, the “is it alive?” nonsense has lit up the news cycle — it’s... Read more ›
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The idea of EV wireless charging while on the road is gradually gaining traction — and not without a reason. Juicing up your car while driving removes the hassle of stopping at a charging station and would end range anxiety once and for all. Stellantis is the latest automaker to explore the capabilities of Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer (DWPT) — the tech that allows EVs to recharge as they travel... Read more ›
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Silicon Valley is a curiously parochial place. Despite having users around the world, tech giants often overlook or misunderstand regions beyond their home turf. This myopia isn’t solely confined to companies. We all view tech through a localized prism — which is why I’m excited about Priscilla Chomba-Kinywa’s talk at TNW Conference. The Greenpeace CTO has led digital transformation and ICT4D strategies across 50 countries and five continents, at organizations... Read more ›
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Many of us want to be part of a greater vision to make the world a better place. Now, with major technologies tackling climate change, this is becoming a reality and many more of us can play our role in protecting the planet. From carbon offsetting to renewable energy sources, desalination projects and improved transparency in our supply chains, environmental stewardship can be part of your career path. A report... Read more ›
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Google’s LaMDA software (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) is a sophisticated AI chatbot that produces text in response to user input. According to software engineer Blake Lemoine, LaMDA has achieved a long-held dream of AI developers: it has become sentient. Lemoine’s bosses at Google disagree, and have suspended him from work after he published his conversations with the machine online. Other AI experts also think Lemoine may be getting carried... Read more ›
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The future’s never been fuzzier for the field of artificial intelligence. Today’s headlines are ripped straight out of our favorite science fiction classics. Sorting the nonsense from reality can often be an exercise in trying not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. This might not be a problem for people who have the luxury of not caring about artificial intelligence. But anyone currently working in the STEM fields... Read more ›
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Did you know that nearly one in three women aged 15-49 years have been subjected to some form of physical and/or emotional violence by their partners? While technological tools (from smart devices to mobile apps) can enable abusers to stalk, exploit, and control their victims, they can also help protect people against domestic violence. Among the tech-based inspiring initiatives is Gewaltfrei in die Zukunft (Violentfree into the Future). The project... Read more ›
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