A review of purpose-built accelerators for financial services

Data contains information, and information can be used to predict future behaviors, from the buying habits of customers to securities returns. Businesses are seeking a competitive advantage by being able to use the data they hold, apply it to their unique understanding of their business domain, and then generate actionable insights from it. The financial … Read more

Anomaly detection in streaming time series data with online learning using Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink

Time series data is a distinct category that incorporates time as a fundamental element in its structure. In a time series, data points are collected sequentially, often at regular intervals, and they typically exhibit certain patterns, such as trends, seasonal variations, or cyclical behaviors. Common examples of time series data include sales revenue, system performance … Read more

Generative AI-powered technology operations

Technology operations (TechOps) refers to the set of processes and activities involved in managing and maintaining an organization’s IT infrastructure and services. There are several terminologies used with reference to managing information technology operations, including ITOps, SRE, AIOps, DevOps, and SysOps. For the context of this post, we refer to these terminologies as TechOps. This … Read more

Fomo Hour 197 – Debate Disaster

Crypto falls slightly after Presidential debate. Exchanges see highest BTC outflow since May. Be wary of Yen move for BTC: Hayes. SOL active addresses hit ATH. At least 5 massive SOL announcements coming: Mert. Binomial to introduce restaking on BNB. Indonesian exchange hacked for $22m. Atomic Wallet wins lawsuit over $100m hack. Lawyers argue Ellison … Read more

How HeyFood Grew From a Small Campus Tool to 100k Users in 5 Cities

What To Expect: How HeyFood got to its first users within the student community Expanding outside UI’s borders Conquering the more remote areas in Ibadan How HeyFood approaches expansion HeyFood’s strategy now that there’s more competition Strategies & tactics that HeyFood gets right Mistakes made by the HeyFood team From University of Ibadan To 5 … Read more

Analysis of the Jante’s Law Process and Proof of Conjecture: Proof of Theorem 1

:::info Authors: (1) Edward Crane, School of Mathematics, University of Bristol, BS8 1TH, UK; (2) Stanislav Volkov, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Lund University, Box 118 SE-22100, Lund, Sweden. ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Preliminaries Reduction to the case of uniform geometry All original points are eventually removed, a. s. Proof of Theorem 1 … Read more

Optimizing MLOps for Sustainability

Machine learning operations (MLOps) are a set of practices that automate and simplify machine learning (ML) workflows and deployments. What is MLOps provides a detailed description of this concept. As ML workloads become increasingly complex and consume more energy and resources, a growing number of companies are looking for ways to manage both the costs … Read more

Short-term Memory Effects in the Phototactic Behavior of Microalgae: Model

:::info Authors: (1) Taha Laroussi, Laboratoire d’Hydrodynamique (LadHyX), CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France; (2) Mojtaba Jarrahi, Universit´e Paris-Saclay, CNRS, FAST, 91405 Orsay, France; (3) Gabriel Amselem, Laboratoire d’Hydrodynamique (LadHyX), CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France. ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Methods Results Model Discussion, … Read more

Bluesky lets you post videos now

Image: Bluesky Bluesky, the decentralized X alternative, now supports video. The platform announced on Wednesday that you can share videos up to 60 seconds long on its desktop site and mobile app. The videos will autoplay by default, but Bluesky says you can turn this feature off in the settings menu. You can also add … Read more

YouTube Shorts’ collaborative Add Yours sticker is now available to all users

YouTube confirmed on Wednesday that its collaborative “Add Yours” sticker for YouTube Shorts is now fully rolled out. The Google-owned company first announced the feature back in July. The sticker works just like Instagram’s feature of the same name, as it prompts users to share their own take on a creator’s video. Both platforms’ “Add … Read more

Taylor Swift cites ‘fears around AI’ as she endorses the Democratic ticket

After a historic presidential debate replete with discourse about eating pets, Taylor Swift ended the evening with a bang. Arguably the most powerful figure in American pop culture, the singer-songwriter chose debate night to announce on Instagram that she plans to vote for Kamala Harris in the presidential election. Swift’s endorsement is monumental. She holds … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg says he’s done apologizing

The home of the Golden State Warriors was packed on Tuesday evening this week, but it wasn’t to watch Steph Curry. Thousands of fans gathered at the Chase Center in downtown San Francisco to watch one of Silicon Valley’s biggest ballers, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, sit down for a conversation with the hosts of the … Read more