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Exchangewire
10 months ago
Marketing tech

IAB Europe Releases European Common Commitment for Sustainable Digital Advertising

IAB Europe, the leading European-level industry association for the digital marketing and advertising ecosystem, today announced the release of a new European IAB Common Commitment Agreement on Sustainability signed by 18 National IABs and Federations across Europe.The Commitment demonstrates the need and wants from National Federations for a collaborative and consistent approach to the measurement methodology of carbon emissions.
Exchangewire
1 year ago
Marketing tech

Taboola Named One of Campaign's Top 100 Best Places to Work for 2023 - ExchangeWire.com

Taboola, a global leader in powering recommendations for the open web, announced it has been named among the Best Places to Work within Campaign's top 100 list across the advertising and marketing industry.Earning a place on this year's prestigious list recognises that Taboola is one of the best media companies to work for in the country.
Exchangewire
1 year ago
Marketing tech

Ogury Appoints Emily Barfuss as Chief Marketing Officer

Ogury, the global leader in personified advertising, today (February 14th, 2023) announced the appointment of Emily Barfuss as chief marketing officer.In this role, Barfuss will strengthen the awareness and adoption of Ogury's unique offering and technology - the most advanced solution for a world without cookies and IDs - across the globe.
AdExchanger
1 year ago
Marketing tech

As Retail Media Grows, How Will The Advertising Ecosystem Evolve? | AdExchanger

2023 is firmly underway, and one advertising trend is clearly emerging: the inexorable growth of retail media.Perhaps this is unsurprising: in the U.S., the 10 largest retailers all operate their own retail media networks.According to eMarketer, the advertising revenues of retailers are nearly double that of radio and print combined, and the market is continuing to grow at pace.
Exchangewire
1 year ago
Marketing tech

CTV Ad Tech Company LightBox TV Raises 1M in Latest Seed Funding Round

LightBox TV, the ad tech company that's solving fragmentation within the CTV sector, has today (November 22nd, 2022) announced it has secured £1 million in a joint funding round led by UK-based FirstPartyCapital and US-based AperiamVentures.Founded in London at the start of 2021 by two veterans of the ad tech industry, LightBox TV is the first independent management solution for media buyers to effectively plan, manage, and analyse advertising campaigns across the complex TV media landscape.
Exchangewire
1 year ago
Marketing tech

Azerion Acquires Hybrid Theory Opening New Footprint in the US & Broader APAC Market

Today, (November 18th, 2022) Azerion has announced the acquisition of Hybrid Theory, a data-led programmatic agency and trading desk specialising in mid and lower-funnel campaigns.Their technology delivers a hybrid approach that connects data intelligence with human nuance, understanding, and creativity, to power smarter advertising across the full customer journey.
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performance
Creative Bloq
10 months ago
Graphic design

Philips 242B1TFL review: a monitor for the customer in your life

Why on Earth would you need a 24-inch waterproof touchscreen monitor with no stand?Is it for playing Slay the Spire in the bath?InDesign in the rain?Photoshop as you island hop?Well, probably not.The wealth of inputs, and the remote control, that you find on the Philips 242B1TFL tell another story: it's not a screen for your desk, but for information displays and public-facing uses where it may come in for the kind of harsh treatment uncommon while sitting safely in a studio.
Exchangewire
1 year ago
Marketing tech

Audio: Predictions for 2023

Audio has experienced rampant growth in recent years and shows no signs of slowing down.Over the last year, 11% of smartphone users paid for streamed music, whilst global ad spend on traditional radio advertising is set to hit a market volume of USD$28.1bn(~£22.8bn)by the end of the year.As total digital audio listenership in the UK alone is expected to surpass 40 million by 2024, and 56% of GenZ identifying audio content as a necessary escape from the world of visual overload, the medium represents a significant opportunity for advertisers to reach a variety of diverse audiences - not to mention hot competition for video streaming.
AdExchanger
1 year ago
Marketing tech

Recently Relaunched Agency Anagram Wants To Serve The Smaller Fish | AdExchanger

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In October, Anagram spun off from programmatic platform Digilant and relaunched as a full-service media agency.Since then, it's set its sights on serving the little guys.The big holding companies often consider midmarket brands to be too small to pay attention to.Most holdco agencies "don't get out of bed for less than $100 million a day," said Keisha Andrews, Anagram's new VP and head of media.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
Chicago Bears

Cal has secret advantage over Stanford in Big Game

BERKELEY  Is it possible Cal has an advantage in Saturday's matchup of three-win teams in the 125th Big Game?After all, the Bears have lost six games in a row  their longest skid in nine seasons.Stanford coach David Shaw has more than his share of problems but is undefeated in five games against Bears played in Berkeley.
MarTech
1 year ago
Marketing tech

8 easy ways to improve your marketing capabilities

The CEO and CMO are talking about investing in the marketing team to develop their skills.
The CEO asks, "What if we invest in our people, and they leave?"
Medium
1 year ago
Vue

Don't worry, Nobody is Replacing Node.js, not Even Bun and Even less Deno

Alright, just stop panicking for a minute, nobody is going to replace the runtime you've been using for years, so stop looking for more stable languages to learn, there is nothing wrong with JavaScript.
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opportunity
Eater Portland
10 months ago
Portland food

Southwest Portland Food Cart Tito's Taquitos Opens a New Restaurant on Swan Island

Tito's Taquitos, the destination food cart serving hand-rolled taquitos and tacos on Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, has opened a restaurant, the Oregonian's Michael Russell reports.For the cart's namesake dish, owner Anthony La Pietra makes tortillas out of Three Sisters Nixtamal masa before rolling them up with fluffy mashed potatoes.
www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
UK news

Cleverly set for talks with Chinese vice-president when he attends coronation

James Cleverly said he expects to meet China's vice-president when he visits the UK for the King's coronation.Han Zheng, who has been blamed for overseeing a crackdown on freedom in Hong Kong, was recently appointed as president Xi Jinping's deputy and is set to represent China at the event.The Foreign Secretary indicated he will raise issues including Hong Kong and human rights abuses in Xinjiang province and stressed that engagement does not mean agreement with China.
Harvard Business Review
1 year ago
Business

Coaching a Direct Report Who Asks for Your Help

Evolution has made humans helpful.We have evolved as a species to be "prosocial," behaving in ways that are positive, helpful, and intended to promote social acceptance, connection, and friendship.Asking for, offering, and receiving help have aided our long-term survival.That being said, there is a difference between being inclined to help someone and knowing what kind of help that person wants or needs.
Digiday
1 year ago
Marketing

As influencer marketing continues to mature, here's why brands are hiring creators as 'creative directors'

Last month, Visible rolled out a Singles' Awareness Day campaign featuring comedian and influencer Benito Skinner aka Benny Drama.The effort is part of a brand shift for Visible to reduce the number of influencers it works with in favor of more collaborative relationships, said Visible CMO Cheryl Gresham.
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 year ago
Intellectual property law

Faegre Drinker is Seeking an IP Litigation Associate - IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law

Faegre Drinker is actively recruiting a litigation associate to join the firm's thriving Intellectual Property practice.This full-time, permanent position offers competitive compensation and unlimited potential for professional growth.Current firm plans for returning to work include an average of 2-3 days in the office.
TechRepublic
1 year ago
Graphic design

How to create a creative projects board in monday work management

Project management platforms like monday work management are for more than just software development - they can also be used for creative projects.When you think of project management tools, most likely what comes to mind are software development projects, agile development and similar business-related efforts.
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Portland Mercury
10 months ago
Portland

Portland's Indescribable Tech Thrash Trio U SCO "Catchin' Heat" After Six Year Wait

You could probably use any number of descriptors for the music of U SCO and get away with it: Speed-jazz.Prog-punk.Technical avant-metal.Advanced calculus-rock.Ecstatic thrash.Phil Cleary, Ryan Miller, and Jon Scheid have heard it all before.But they don't talk about any of it."We all kind of like to be surprised by what we're doing," Scheid told the Mercury.
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 year ago
Intellectual property law

Faegre Drinker is Seeking an IP Associate - Patent Prosecution - IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law

Faegre Drinker's Patent Prosecution team is actively recruiting for a full-time Patent Associate to join the Intellectual Property group in our Chicago, IL, Denver, CO, Fort Wayne, IN, Indianapolis, IN, Minneapolis, MN, Philadelphia, PA, Washington, DC, or Wilmington, NC, offices.Qualifications Required and Preferred:


Successful candidates should have 1-3 years of experience drafting patent applications.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
Higher education

Director of well-being adds wellness tools to campus

Jackie Recktenwald sees her role in student success as one of collaboration and education.As the University of Pennsylvania's inaugural director of well-being initiatives, she believes creating student success demands equipping students with all the right tools.Working on Wellness
Recktenwald's position is part of the college's larger division Wellness at Penn Public Health and Well-Being-which, as implied in its name, has two pillars: clinical health and health and well-being.
Medium
1 year ago
Vue

Creating Custom JavaScript Libraries: A Guide to Reusable and Efficient Code

JavaScript is a popular programming language used by developers for building web and mobile applications.While there are many built-in functions and libraries in JavaScript, sometimes you need to create your custom library to reuse code across different projects.This article will guide you on creating your custom JavaScript library, which you can use in multiple projects and share with other developers.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
Berlin

Cabaret which began in Kyiv bunker comes to London for invasion anniversary

A real wartime cabaret which originated in a bunker in Kyiv is to be performed in London to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia invading Ukraine.Bunker Cabaret combines music, poetry and dance, and has been performed in places including Cornwall, and Leipzig and Berlin in Germany.The next stop is Somerset House on Friday and Saturday, with the aim to highlight the resilience of Ukrainian artists one year after Russia invaded their country on February 24 2022.
Consequence
1 year ago
Music

Popcaan taps Drake for new song "We Caa Done": Stream

OVO dancehall star Popcaan has tapped his label boss Drake for his new single, "We Caa Done."It's the latest preview of Popcaan's new album, Great Is He, out January 27th via OVO Sound.Stream it below.The collaboration was co-produced by TRESOR and Batundi.It's accompanied by a Theo Skudra-directed music video shot in Turks and Caicos.
Eater Portland
10 months ago
Portland food

Chef Sara Hauman Will Serve Kimchi Waffles at This Forthcoming Interactive Art Gallery

When visiting Hopscotch, an interactive museum and art gallery in San Antonio, visitors start their experience by using their palate.Guests often start in the lounge on the first floor, where they sip tequila cocktails out of tamarind straws, munch through cotton candy perched atop sparkling wine, and lick edible glitter off the sides of glasses.
Eater Portland
1 year ago
Portland food

The Restaurant of the Future Shares a Home

When Jane Smith first opened her wine-centric restaurant Dame in 2016, she thought she had it figured out.She had a business partner, a chef lined up, and a beautiful corner space on Northeast Killingsworth.Just a year after opening, however, the restaurant's situation changed.Her partner left, her chef left, and Smith found herself treading water.
Podcasternews
10 months ago
Podcast

iHeartMedia Expands Branded Podcast Studio As Demand Grows For Bespoke Podcast Platforms

iHeartMedia, the No.1 podcast publisher globally with more downloads than the next to podcast publishers combined according to Podtrac, announced the launch of Ruby, the first dedicated team of its kind from a major company committed to the production, sales and marketing of branded podcasts.iHeartMedia has built one of the fastest-growing slate of branded podcasts globally with 30 original series from major brands such as T-Mobile, IBM, Intuit Quickbooks and Mattress Firm.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
NYC music

Kelsea Ballerini Is Ready for Lift Off

Ever since Kelsea Ballerini saw Shania Twain soar into a theater on a flying motorcycle wearing a catsuit and closer-to-God hair, the rising country star has known she wanted to be a boundary-breaking daredevil.But, like Kelly Clarkson, she also wanted to be a bare-it-all open book hitting the big notes and still cracking self-effacing jokes onstage in jeans and a T-shirt.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

In the 'Last Dance,' Magic Mike leaves his thong-and-dance routine behind

Max (Salma Hayek Pinault) convinces Mike (Channing Tatum) to join her in London in Magic Mike's Last Dance.Warner Bros. Given how little sex or sensuality there is in mainstream American cinema these days, it's no surprise that the Magic Mike movies have been so popular.The first Magic Mike, directed by Steven Soderbergh in 2012, was an irresistible showcase for Channing Tatum and his thong-and-dance routine, though it was also a sharp, realistic portrait of cash-strapped workers getting by in post-recession Florida.
Exchangewire
1 year ago
Marketing tech

Lotame Names Eli Heath as New Head of Identity & Strengthens Leadership Team with Promotions

Lotame, the global technology company that makes customer data smarter, faster, and easier to use, today (March 8th, 2023) announced that it has strengthened its executive team, hiring Eli Heath as head of identity and elevating three team members to key roles in security, privacy, and marketing.Lotame's former EVP of technology, Eric Hastings, has been promoted to the newly created role of chief information officer (CIO).
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

French electronic music pioneer Jarre shows no fatigue at 74

Genes  and a dash of humility  are the secrets of longevity for one of France's biggest music stars, Jean-Michel Jarre, the septuagenarian electronic music pioneer who's sold over 80 million records and is still going strong.My vitality is probably genetic  it's coming from my mother, he said before a Paris concert, referring to Francette Pejot, the French Resistance member and concentration camp survivor.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Atlanta

A startled youth on a tyre swing: Tyler Mitchell's best photograph

he American south is a verdant place, full of beautiful and seductive environments, but it's also threatening, when you think about its racial and political history.
Vulture
10 months ago
Writing

Comedian Samantha Irby Doesn't Want the Che Diaz Treatment

Samantha Irby knows how to write in many mediums.The No. 1 New York Times best-selling author has published several books of personal essays.She's written for TV shows like Shrill and And Just Like That ..., the Sex and the City reboot, and about what it felt like to almost turn one of her books of essays into a TV show itself.
I Prefer Paris
10 months ago
Paris

Bellini, Le Bellissimo at Jacquemart-Andre Museum

Today is a guest post by Rosemary Flannery about the new Bellini exhibit at the Jacquemart-André Museum.The Jacquemart-André Museum is featuring a stunning exhibition on the work of Giovanni Bellini (1435 - 1516), considered one of the greatest Venetian artists of the Renaissance.His paintings and that of his contemporaries - sculptures by Donatello, paintings from his father's atelier and masterpieces by Mantegna - tell his story and that of his era.
Chicago Tribune
11 months ago
Chicago

New mural honors Chicago's intergenerational Mexican heritage with butterfly symbolism

Monarchs are the only butterfly species to make a two-way migration - back and forth from Mexico to as far north as Canada.Chicago muralist Robert Valadez, a third-generation Mexican American who paints monarch butterflies, said that unlike many people in Latin America who try to come to the United States, monarchs can cross the border freely.
Chicago Tribune
11 months ago
Chicago

Fred Waller, a former CPD chief, named interim police superintendent

Fred Waller, the former chief of patrol for the Chicago Police Department, was named as the department's interim superintendent by Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, he announced Wednesday.Waller, 61, retired in August 2020 after spending 34 years in CPD, climbing the ranks from patrol officer to district commander and, ultimately, to chief of patrol, the third-highest rank in the department.
Chicago Tribune
11 months ago
Chicago

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson's inauguration plans set

Brandon Johnson will officially become Chicago's next mayor during an inuaguration ceremony at Credit Union 1 Arena at the University of Illinois Chicago campus on May 15.Johnson's transition team released new details Tuesday about the plans for his swearing-in, which include the inauguration ceremony starting at 10:30 a.m. at the venue formerly known as the UIC Pavillion, 525 S. Racine Ave., for which tickets will be made available.
Eater Chicago
1 year ago
Chicago

Tour LeTour, Amy Morton's Latest Evanston Adventure

When Amy Morton and chef Debbie Gold began making plans for LeTour, their new French American brasserie with major Moroccan overtones, they decided on a shape - geometric and symbolic - around which they could build their restaurant: the circle.LeTour's most obvious circle is its building, a 1960s-era rotunda bank building at 625 Davis Street that is, quite literally, round.
Consequence
11 months ago
Music

Fan Chant: DAWN Channels the "Power of Honesty" with "Dear My Light": Interview

Welcome to Fan Chant, a weekly column for K-pop fans, stans, and newbies alike.Each week, I'll be rolling out interviews, lists, and all kinds of content to keep you in the loop on the latest and greatest from our friends in Seoul and beyond.Also, make sure to subscribe to my companion newsletter!DAWN is ready for a bit of peace and quiet.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Op-ed series: Former Chicago mayoral candidates offer thoughts on the runoff and hopes for the city's future

Chicagoans will elect a new mayor on April 4 after voters on Feb. 28 narrowed the candidates from nine to two: Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson.We invited the former mayoral candidates to comment on their expectations for the city's next leader.To read each op-ed, click the links below.In this moment, Chicago needs to come together to make sure the next mayor - whoever that person may be - listens, is collaborative and understands that they have a mandate to see through reforms that have thus far been broken promises and missed opportunities.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Theatres Trust removes three venues from risk register

The Theatres Trust has removed three venues from their Theatres at Risk Register for 2023, after the Century Theatre, Walthamstow Granada and Swansea's Palace Theatre were considered no longer at risk of closure, redevelopment or severe decay.The charity and UK's advisory public body for theatres has issued their annual report, which has identified 38 theatres from across the UK as at risk.
www.standard.co.uk
1 year ago
London

Walthamstow Granada taken off theatres-at-risk list

T he Theatres Trust has removed three venues from their Theatres at Risk Register for 2023, including Walthamstow Granada.The charity and UK's advisory public body for theatres has issued their annual report, which has identified 38 theatres from across the UK as at risk.The Theatres Trust have said that east London's Walthamstow Granada soon to reopen as Soho Theatre Walthamstow along with the Century Theatre in Coalville, Leicestershire, and the Palace Theatre in Swansea are are no longer considered at risk due to advocacy, planning and viability advice from the Trust and the support of their respective local authorities, theatre operators and community groups.
Harvard Business Review
1 year ago
Business

When Your Feelings Conflict with Your Leadership Role

There are unwritten rules about the emotions you're expected to show at work.These implicit "feeling rules" are so embedded in an organization's social fabric that we rarely notice them.However, there are times when there's a conflict between how you feel and the emo­tions you're expected to display.
Dezeen
1 year ago
Design

"Design methods need to be radicalised" says The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design

Promotion: Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Design has set up a number of initiatives as part of its undergraduate programme that place importance on interdisciplinary work in developing solutions to complex design issues.The university established the initiatives as the past decade has brought more "unprecedented challenges than ever to the design community" and societal issues, such as climate change, have become too large and complex in scale for one design discipline to manage.
DevOps.com
11 months ago
Career

How Good Developers Become Good Engineering Managers

By: Dylan Etkin on
Being a good engineering manager means that, to some degree, you have a natural affinity for the work involved.And if you're a good developer, you likely already have some of those innate skills and attributes.But simply having the skills doesn't mean you'll enjoy being an engineering manager.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
Career

Harriette Cole: Since the layoffs started, things have gotten weird at work

DEAR HARRIETTE: Several people have been laid off at my job.
I work for a small startup, and those of us who are left are all worried that one of us is next.
www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
UK news

Brutal' Ofsted inspections not fit for purpose, says head teachers' union

Ofsted inspections are a brutal process and they need to change, the vice-president of the National Association of Head Teachers has said.Simon Kidwell believes the framework that underpins the inspection needs redesigning, declaring that it is not fit for purpose and it's not working.Ofsted has been under scrutiny after Ruth Perry, a head teacher at Caversham Primary School in Reading, Berkshire, took her own life in January while awaiting its report which downgraded her school from the highest rating to the lowest.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Forbes would seek very early doors' talks with Greens if elected SNP leader

Kate Forbes has said she hopes to negotiate with the Greens, despite suggestions the party could exit its powersharing agreement with the Scottish Government.The SNP leadership candidate said she is hopeful of continuing to work with the party as part of the Bute House Agreement if she is selected to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as first minister.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Greens: Unacceptable for SNP leader to rip out' parts of Bute House Agreement

The coalition between the SNP and the Scottish Greens would come to an end with any veto of the parties' historic agreement, Patrick Harvie has said.The Scottish Greens co-leader said his party remains committed to the Bute House Agreement but he warned key issues like controversial gender reforms could bring an end to the deal.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Education Secretary to meet union leaders in bid to avert teachers' strike

Last-ditch talks will be held on Monday in a bid to resolve a teachers' pay dispute which threatens disruption to schools across the country.Members of the National Education Union (NEU) in England and Wales will walk out on Wednesday, with more stoppages planned in the coming weeks.Union leaders will meet Education Secretary Gillian Keegan after previous talks failed to break the deadlock.
www.theguardian.com
11 months ago
Music

A true genius': Denniz Pop, the late Scandi-pop architect behind Max Martin, Robyn and NSync

In producer Denniz Pop's old studio in Stockholm, above the mugs of coffee and overflowing ashtrays, sat a cherry red light that he would trigger when he knew he had made a hit.In the mid to late 90s, thanks to songs for the likes of Backstreet Boys, Robyn, 5ive, NSync and Ace of Base, that light was rarely off.
BBC News
1 year ago
Music

Arlo Parks on creating her version of My Bloody Valentine's 'wall of sound'

Entertainment & arts reporter

Singer-songwriter Arlo Parks says she will show her love of rock bands like My Bloody Valentine and Fontaines DC on the follow-up to her tender and intimate award-winning debut album.Parks played some tracks from the new record, titled My Soft Machine, as she closed the BBC 6 Music Festival.
Consequence
1 year ago
Music

Margo Price Took Shrooms and Tested Out Her Trippy New Album Strays: "It Came Out Exactly as the Recipe Said"

It's a tale as old as time: An artist ventures out into some sublime natural landscape, takes psychedelics, and comes back with some damn good songs.Margo Price is one of the latest musicians to do so, heading out to a rental in South Carolina with her husband and a bag of mushrooms.The result is Strays (out Friday, January 13th), her most urgent, collaborative, and - fittingly - trippy record to date.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Television

How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend?

Image From left, Danielle Jalade, Daria Johns and Peyton Basnight in a scene from Saturdays.Credit...Jean Whiteside/Disney Saturdays' When to watch: Now, on Disney+, or Fridays at 9 p.m., on Disney.This darling comedy for the elementary school set follows three friends (played by Danielle Jalade, Daria Johns and Peyton Basnight) on the South Side of Chicago who love to skate at Saturdays, the local roller rink.
IndieWire
1 year ago
Independent films

'Rye Lane' Director Raine Allen-Miller Never Thought She'd Make a Rom-Com - Then She Made a Great One

For her debut feature, the director tells IndieWire she had two big asks, and both translated beautifully to a genre she hadn't previously considered.When filmmaker Raine Allen-Miller pictured her debut film, she had a few ideas she couldn't shake.It would be set in her own stomping grounds of South London, and it definitely had to be funny.
The Verge
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT started a new kind of AI race - and made text boxes cool again

It's pretty obvious that nobody saw ChatGPT coming.Not even OpenAI.Before it became by some measures the fastest growing consumer app in history, before it turned the phrase "generative pre-trained transformers" into common vernacular, before every company you can think of was racing to adopt its underlying model, ChatGPT launched in November as a "research preview."
Theregister
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI debuts GPT-4, an AI that will beat '90% in an exam'

OpenAI on Tuesday announced the qualified arrival of GPT-4, its latest milestone in the making of call-and-response deep learning models and one that can seemingly outperform its fleshy creators in important exams.According to OpenAI, the model exhibits "human-level performance on various professional and academic benchmarks."
The Verge
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI announces GPT-4 - the next generation of its AI language model

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OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT has finally revealed GPT-4, capable of accepting text or image inputs.After months of rumors and speculation, OpenAI has announced GPT-4: the latest in its line of AI language models that power applications like ChatGPT and the new Bing.The company claims the model is "more creative and collaborative than ever before," and "can solve difficult problems with greater accuracy, thanks to its broader general knowledge and problem solving abilities."
Engadget
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Google AI can create music in any genre from a text description | Engadget

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Never mind ChatGPT - music might be the next big frontier for AI content generation.Google recently published research on MusicLM, a system that creates music in any genre with a text description.This isn't the first AI music generator.As TechCrunch notes, projects like Google's AudioML and OpenAI's Jukebox have tackled the subject.
Futurism
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Experts Warn of Nightmare Internet Filling With Infinite AI-Generated Propaganda

As generative AI has exploded into the mainstream, both excitement and concern have quickly followed suit.And unfortunately, according to a collaborative new study from scientists at Stanford, Georgetown, and OpenAI, one of those concerns - that language-generating AI tools like ChatGPT could turn into chaos engines of mass misinformation - isn't just possible, but imminent.
Food & Beverage Magazine
1 year ago
Food & drink

Newman's Own Foundation Names Alex Amouyel as New President and CEO

Newman's Own Foundation has announced Alex Amouyel as its incoming President and Chief Executive Officer, starting in April.The Foundation was established by the late actor, racecar driver, and philanthropist Paul Newman to carry on his radically good legacy of giving away 100% of profits from Newman's Own food and beverages.
time.com
1 year ago
Tech industry

Everything You Need to Know About ChatGPT-4

It's been a mere four months since artificial intelligence company OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT and not to overstate its importance changed the world forever.In just 15 short weeks, it has sparked doomsday predictions in global job markets, disrupted education systems and drawn millions of users, from big banks to app developers.
Streetsblog San Francisco
1 year ago
SF politics

Q&A: Councilmember Fife has had it with Oakland's Dangerous Streets

"I'm willing to go all the way to keep people safe" says District 3 Oakland City Councilmember Carroll Fife



Councilmember Carroll Fife and advocate Dave Campbell at a demonstration and vigil for safe streets in June 2022.Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick
Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California.
Business Insider
1 year ago
Remote teams

I'm an Amazon employee who likes working in person. I think our return-to-office plan falls short, so I'm quitting to work somewhere with a stronger office presence.

Amazon is mandating that employees return to the office at least three days a week starting in May.One employee says she was initially excited but realized she won't gain much from it since her team is geographically dispersed.She's now quitting to work somewhere with a stronger in-office presence.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with an Amazon employee who is quitting to work somewhere with a stronger in-person work culture.
Skift Meetings
1 year ago
Remote teams

Events That Boost Remote Teams

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Working from home offers many benefits, but building trust and forging connections is harder.Designing purposeful, engaging events can help.The Covid pandemic has led to an unprecedented surge in remote work.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 17.9 percent of the U.S. workforce worked primarily from home in 2021, the highest number since tracking started in 2005.
Remotive Blog
1 year ago
Remote teams

14 Top Tips for Remote Retreats

At Remotive, we love to see teams get together.We recently went on our first company retreat as a team...
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

A New DC Escape Room Called Beat the Bomb Has a Messy Twist - Washingtonian

If you ever secretly wished to be slimed on Nickelodeon as a kid, Beat the Bomb -an immersive team game that opens today in Ivy City-might be right up your alley.Here's how Beat the Bomb's hourlong missions work: A team of four to six players dresses up in protective suits and passes through four rooms-each featuring a different game.
Medium
1 year ago
UX design

Why No-Code tools are ready to disrupt

No-code tools facilitate true co-creation.Photo: Adobe Stock by Patpitchaya "Designers shouldn't ALSO have to code!"This is a refrain I hear a lot.Some designers feel working with code is too complex; others that it is exploitative.They are not wrong.But prototyping is a transformative practice with profound implications for design.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Going down in history! Student 'NYC History Day Contest' winners announced * Brooklyn Paper

They're making history!Dozens of student historians from around the five boroughs saw their work recognized, when they were named winners of the annual "New York City History Day Contest" on Friday at the Center for Brooklyn History - with almost 80 young scholars moving onto the state history contest in April.
www.kvue.com
1 year ago
Austin

2023 SXSW Film Festival: Austin's energetic, creative core draws filmmakers from all over

AUSTIN, Texas South by Southwest (SXSW) is back in town, and Friday night is the Film & TV opening party.The film festival portion of SXSW is undoubtedly one of the biggest things that draws people to Austin this time of the year."Austin is telling, that the actual film community remained like, really tight-knit and collaborative," said Jim Kolmar, a SXSW film programmer, adding, "People who maybe have worked together locally or even have met at the festival and return with collaborative projects.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Mass. may now be the epicenter for animal tranquilizer-laced street drugs. Here's what to know.

Health "We need to make sure that our providers and frontline responders have the education, training, and awareness that they need to deal with this."Xylazine, an animal tranquilizer with the street name "tranq," has been showing up in more and more of New England's illicit street drugs, according to the Brandeis University Opioid Policy Research Collaborative.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

A Dana-Farber scientist's research may help revolutionize cancer treatment. Here's how it works.

Local "Diseases or targets that were previously considered untouchable, we're starting to move towards a position where we can target them," says Katherine Donovan.Katherine Donovan, a lead scientist in Eric Fischer's lab at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is working on a new type of cancer treatment.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Wellness

How to Stop Having Those Same Silly Fights With Your Partner

My husband and I have had a recurring fight since the Clinton administration.He has a habit of shedding his socks and leaving them, like discarded snakeskin, near but not in the hamper.Sometimes a pile accumulates, and soon takes on a mulch-like quality.I ask why he can't seem to reach the hamper.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

An Oscar-winning costume designer explains how clothes 'create a mood'

Costume designer Ruth E. Carter won an Oscar in 2019 for her work on Black Panther.She's been nominated for another Academy Award for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.Chronicle Books Over the past 30 years, Ruth E. Carter has produced some of the most iconic looks in the Black film canon and beyond, with credits that include Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X and Amistad.
KQED
1 year ago
Books

Nomadic Press, a 'Chosen Family' For Queer and BIPOC Writers, Closes Up Shop | KQED

Pimentel Mendoza explained that the tiring process of sending out digital manuscripts to publication after publication - only to be ghosted or rejected with empty, vague responses - often drains and discourages emerging writers."With so much of literary and publishing culture, a lot of things feel big, far-off and anonymous," says Pimentel Mendoza.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
Books

Best-selling Bay Area author Jasmine Guillory on her new rom-com, Drunk on Love

Take one Napa Valley winery owner, add an ill-advised McDreamy hook-up, and you've got either a very frothy rom-com or a very messy workplace relationship.Or in the case of Jasmine Guillory's newest novel, both.The best-selling modern romance novelist and former Oakland lawyer has been praised by everyone from New York Times and Washington Post reviewers to Shondaland and Reese Witherspoon, via her Hello Sunshine book club.
time.com
1 year ago
Women in technology

How We Chose the 2023 Women of the Year

A defining project at TIME is the study of influencewho has it, what form it takes, and what it means to wield it.Our annual Women of the Year list, published on March 2, examines the most uplifting form of influence by spotlighting leaders who are using their voices to fight for a more equal world.
Deep House London
1 year ago
London music

EDINBURGH'S TERMINAL V: FESTIVAL IS OFFICIALLY ON! | News | Deep House London

Leading electronic music festival returns in April, following the news that the genre is worth £550 million to Scotland's Economy.www.terminalv.co.ukInstagram | Twitter
After recent speculation regarding the future of electronic music events in Edinburgh surrounding licensing concerns, Scotland's biggest and most successful electronic music festival, Terminal V was officially granted its licence at a committee meeting in Edinburgh today.
The Community Roundtable
1 year ago
Online Community Development

Benchmarks and actions for building better communities

In November, we published our first 360: -Led Growth Reportfrom Common Room.The report offers insights and actionable next steps based on 141 communities at various stages of longevity, maturity, and growth across the product-led growth, open-source, commercial open-source, and modern SaaS industries, with community membership ranging from 50 to 100,000+ individuals distributed globally.
Theregister
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Lawsuit accuses Apple of tracking iPhone users who opted out

Apple "unlawfully records and uses consumers' personal information and activity," claims a new lawsuit accusing the company of tracking iPhone users' device data even when they've asked for it to be switched off.The would-be class action lawsuit, filed in Pennsylvania, accuses [PDF] Apple of violating Pennsylvania's Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, as well as breaching its trade practices and consumer protection law by "representing that its mobile devices enable users to choose settings that would stop defendant from collecting or tracking their private data - a feature they do not have."
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Marketing

Framework, Noctua, and other brands add official 3D models to Printables

A number of device and accessory brands-including Adafruit, Framework Computer, Noctua, and Raspberry Pi-have started sharing free official 3D-printable models of parts, accessories, and mods on Printables, kicking off what the site hopes is a general trend toward repair-friendly parts and community mods.
Adweek
1 year ago
Marketing

Inside Kraft Heinz's Long-Term Strategy for Web3

After about a year of laying the groundwork for its presence in cryptocurrency-adjacent technology, Kraft Heinz is the latest big brand to unveil a strategy around what proponents bill as the next iteration of the internet, Web3.The food conglomerate is kicking off what it says will be a long-term plan for the space with a set of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the image of an Oscar Mayer Wiener Whistle that will be distributed at "meat-ups" online and in-person at Miami's Art Basel event this week, which will also feature appearances by the Wienermobile.
Digiday
1 year ago
Marketing

Prioritizing TikTok, agencies move away from creating content for Instagram, YouTube

Another day, another sign that TikTok is hoovering up more ad dollars: agencies are now creating content for the short form videoapp first over its rivals.
Nieman Lab
1 year ago
Media industry

Podcast collaboration - not competition - breeds excellence

If you've been keeping tabs on the world of podcasting over the past couple of years, then it's likely easy for you to visualize how the podcast landscape has transformed into a game of Pac-Man, one in which audio brands compete to gobble up a variety of shows and platforms in their quest for size, scale, and all-out success.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Media industry

NPR to impose near-freeze on hiring but avoids layoffs as budget cuts loom

NPR expects a $20 million shortfall in sponsorships this fiscal year.It plans to freeze hiring, among other things to reduce expenses.Stephen Voss/Stephen Voss NPR will need to cut at least $10 million from the current fiscal year ending next September 30, the network's chief executive, John Lansing, announced Wednesday, due to a sharp drop in revenue from sponsors.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

George Lois, ad man and creator of iconic Esquire covers, dies at 91

On the cover of its April 1968 issue of Esquire, art director George Lois depicts an image of Muhammad Ali to dramatize the boxer's persecution for his personal beliefs.(George Lois/Esquire/Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.)George Lois, a Madison Avenue ad maven who in the 1960s injected counterculture ethos into Esquire magazine's covers, wounding boxer and anti-war activist Muhammad Ali with arrows and drowning Andy Warhol in a can of Campbell's soup to depict the collapse of avant-garde art, died Nov. 18 at his home in New York City.
Medium
1 year ago
Vue

The Complete JavaScript Guide

To start using JavaScript, you only need this blog.JavaScript is a multi-paradigm, dynamic, high-level, loosely typed language.We use JavaScript to create:

     Websites
     Mobile applications
     Web applications
     Server-side applications using Node.jsSmartwatch applications

Let now cover all the important JavaScript concepts, one-by-one
1. Variable
A variable is a value assigned to an identifier, so you can reference and use it later in the program.
Medium
1 year ago
Vue

TypeScript Helper Modules: Making Lives Easy

Over the last 4 years of my journey in becoming the software developer 👨‍💻 I am today, a lot of it has become muscle memory to me.And when I really think about it, I surely feel it is a sign of growth 🚀; I'm definitely not done yet.With that being said, it is only fair to automate, or abstract away, this repetition into an elegant package/bundle that anyone can use in their projects, and not just me.
Medium
1 year ago
Vue

Create Web Components with Lit Element, Vite, and Tailwind

First of all, if you don't mind about the details, here is the repo of the starter kit:
For the first release of Browserbot, our open source project to delegate tests for web apps, we want to give devs a frontend API to easily create new systems without having to reinvent the frontend parts each time.
blog.bitsrc.io
1 year ago
Vue

4th Form of Database Normalization Design

Photo by Makarios Tang on Unsplash In any typical database, there are many ways data can be redundant and heavy.Normalization is a technique where we can optimize the database design to follow some rules and avoid redundancy Any type of data redundancy is problematic as being said Inserting, Deletion, and Updation any record will cause us either more time or resources to process.
Medium
1 year ago
Vue

Sharing Data Between Web Components Using Custom Events

As a native solution to bundling presentational logic into an "entity", Web Components work great.They let you create complex HTML elements that can have rich behaviors thanks to the included JavaScript, and that you, as a user, don't have to worry about.However, they're straightforward if you're thinking about them as isolated elements.
Medium
1 year ago
Vue

JavaScript: How to Use Call, Apply, and Bind

In this article, we will see what call, apply and bind methods in javascript, and why they exist.
www.kilburntimes.co.uk
1 year ago
London

Super surgical centre' planned for Brent

Central Middlesex Hospital.(Image: Fiona Hanson/PA) A plan has been put together to create a "centre of excellence" for inpatient orthopaedic surgery in Park Royal.Patients and residents across north-west London are being asked for their views on the plan for Central Middlesex Hospital.Four NHS trusts - Westminster Hospital, The Hillingdon Hospitals, Imperial College and London North West University Healthcare - want to bring together most of their routine, inpatient orthopaedic surgery.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

New push to shore up shrinking Colorado River could reduce water flow into California

With the Colorado River reservoirs continuing to decline, federal officials announced plans Friday to revise their current rules for dealing with shortages and will pursue a new agreement to achieve larger reductions in water use throughout the Southwest.The announcement by the Biden administration represents a renewed push in trying to scale back water use along the river to bring demands more into line with supply in the face of a 23-year megadrought worsened by global heating.
Design Milk
1 year ago
Design

10 Books for the Design Lover's Library (Or Coffee Table)

A bibliophile since childhood, I love reading everything from biographies to the backs of cereal boxes.So, I absolutely jumped at the chance to share ten of my current favorites with you in the realms of art, design, and architecture.Nearly all of these books are in my own collection - on the bookshelf or on the coffee table - so they're legitimate recommendations that I'd pick up for any of my family or friends.
Dezeen
1 year ago
Design

Find Sanctuary to launch California glamping site with micro-cabins

A Los Angeles entrepreneur is launching a glamping site in California that aims to attract urban professionals who want to commune with nature.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
Higher education

Midterm elections could shake up key education committees

Key federal lawmakers on education and appropriations committees in the House and Senate will likely be re-elected this November, but their decision-making power will depend on which party takes control of either chamber.
TechRepublic
1 year ago
Information security

9 top Dropbox alternatives: Free and premium tools

Dropbox can be a useful tool for file-sharing needs, but as businesses scale, it can easily out-price smaller budgets.
Startup Canada
1 year ago
Graphic design

Entrepreneurship As A Gift with Janelle Desrosiers - Startup Canada

Episode Overview
"When you have the right brand, you're doing the right work, and you have the right reasons, the work will come to you."
East Bay Times
1 year ago
Golden State Warriors

Kurtenbach: The Warriors have a secret weapon in their quest to repeat

It's hard to remember a time when the NBA had this much quality and this much parity.
Last year, the Warriors won the title despite having 11-to-1 odds to win it all at the start of the season.
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