Month: September 2024

Toyota Ventures’s Jim Adler says climate tech startups need to secure future buyers

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Jim Adler, founder and general partner at Toyota Ventures, is concerned that climate technology gains could fall into the “valley of death” if companies fail to drum up enough demand to survive.  And he’s not wrong to be worried.  Climate tech investments in the first half of 2024 dipped for the second consecutive year, both … Read more

From dinners with Travis Kalanick to fired after maternity leave: One of CloudKitchens’ earliest employees is suing

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Isabella Vincenza, one of CloudKitchens’ earliest employees, never imagined she would be suing her now-former employer. Hired as a full-time salesperson in 2018, she became a mainstay at President’s Club dinners hosted by CEO Travis Kalanick at his Bel Air home throughout 2020 and 2021. These dinners were prized, invite-only events for top salespeople at … Read more

In Our Innovation Era: Seamless Messaging, 77 Language Translations, Tag Search, and More

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HackerNoon’s monthly product update is here! Get ready for a brand-new Cart System, a new way to discover tags, more translations, a new mobile app update, backend moves, and more! 🚀 This product update reflects changes to the platform from July 22nd, 2024 until September 24, 2024. For Writers Translate Your Stories From a Selection … Read more

Optimizing Your Resume for the Silicon Valley Fast Lane

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Effective Strategies to Optimize for Success In today’s highly competitive tech job market, creating a resume that stands out is more crucial than ever. With companies receiving hundreds, if not thousands, of applications for a single position, your resume needs to be not just good, but exceptional. This article will guide you through the process … Read more

Unknown Botnet Using Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_ User Agent Ignoring Crawl Delay on WordPress Sites

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A mysterious botnet, identified by the user-agent string Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64), is aggressively scraping WordPress websites at an alarming rate, flagrantly disregarding the crawl delay directives set in the robots.txt file. The botnet has been found to be causing significant server strain, bypassing web administrators’ efforts to control access and protect their site resources. … Read more

Driving Efficiency in Document Processing: A Technical Product Manager’s Journey

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Introduction As a Technical Product Manager specializing in document processing solutions, I’ve led a team of technologists to achieve significant efficiency gains in digital products. My focus has been on leveraging cutting-edge technologies to streamline document extraction, transformation, and loading processes, resulting in substantial cost savings and automation. The Challenge Our team was tasked with … Read more

Revolutionizing Product Management: The Confluence of AI, NLP and Agile Methodologies

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Introduction: The Paradigm Shift of AI and NLP in Product Management The convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) is fundamentally reshaping the landscape of product management within the technology sector. This discourse delves into the intricate ways these innovations, when harmonized with Agile methodologies, are redefining the paradigms of product development, … Read more

Harnessing the power of AI to drive equitable climate solutions: The AI for Equity Challenge

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The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges facing our world today. Its impacts are far-reaching, affecting every aspect of our lives—from public health and food security to economic stability and social justice. What’s more, the effects of climate change disproportionately burden the world’s most vulnerable populations, exacerbating existing inequities around gender, race, and … Read more

FaceBook Bots, Crawlers And User Agents Causing Resource Drains On Websites And Hosting Accounts

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In recent weeks, webmasters have raised urgent concerns regarding Facebook’s aggressive crawling practices, particularly highlighting the behavior of its user agent, “facebookexternalhit.” Many site owners report that these bots are creating significant strain on their web hosting servers, leading to alarming spikes in traffic that threaten site reliability. Several site owners have come forward with … Read more

How Big Data and Analytics are Shaping Traveler Behavior: Insights from a Digital Marketer

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Hi, my name is Amir. I’m a blogger and journalist covering tech and new media. In this interview, we discuss with Angelika Eremeeva how to leverage data-driven insights to transform marketing strategies in the travel industry. Angelika Eremeeva is a digital marketing expert with over 10 years of experience in the travel industry. She has … Read more

Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops

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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images You should never voluntarily hand your phone to a police officer. It’s going to become increasingly tempting for the cops to ask and for you to comply, especially as more and more states adopt digital ID systems that allow driver’s licenses and state IDs to be added … Read more

The Rodecaster Video could help podcasters become broadcasters

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Image: Rode Audio tech company Rode is joining the podcast industry’s pivot to video by releasing its own all-in-one video and audio production console for livestreaming and broadcasting. The Rodecaster Video mimics the design of more professional video switchers: six video inputs (four HDMI and two USB-C), two HDMI outputs, two combo XLR/1/4” jack inputs, … Read more