Zoom drops $14.7B on cloud call center firm to boost post-pandemic business

The acquisition aims to secure Zooms growth as pandemic restrictions ease. In recent months, however, thehypergrowth has slowed, as workers have begun returning to offices. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Zoom has responded by expanding its cloud-based conferencing offerings. The Five9 acquisition will serve this strategy in several ways. Zoom plans to combine the companys contact-center as a service solution with Zooms communications platform. It will also harness Five9s customers and software to expand the cloud-calling system Zoom Phone....

July 19, 2021 · 1 min · 159 words · Nicholas Moore

Scopio is a whole lot more than just a stock photography library, and it’s just $30 with this deal

Stock photography doesnt usually make people excited. In a word, theyre…generic. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. This lifetime membership includes standard rights to all of these royalty-free photos. Meanwhile, Scorpios selection never sleeps, with new photos being introduced every day. Plus, this subscription to Scopio Authentic Stock Photography is basically free, from a certain point of view.

July 18, 2021 · 1 min · 59 words · Danielle Cook

This collection can turn you into the boss leader you’ve always thought you could be

Some leaders are born, some are made, and some are leaders in name only. Still others cant do either. 40% off TNW Conference!

July 18, 2021 · 1 min · 23 words · Joshua Green

Why 90% of machine learning models never hit the market

Corporations are going through rough times. And Im not talking about the pandemic and the stock market volatility. But theres a problem. Companies cant just throw money at data scientists and machine learning engineers, and hope that magic happens. The data speaks for itself. AsVentureBeat reported last year, around 90 percent of machine learning models never make it into production. 40% off TNW Conference! And the data scientists arent the ones to blame....

July 18, 2021 · 4 min · 644 words · Rebecca Ramirez

Why can’t we find the mysterious ‘magnetic monopole’?

Youve probably heard of theHiggs boson. In fact, we still havent spotted one, and not through lack of trying. Its called the magnetic monopole, and it has a few unique properties that make it rather special. 40% off TNW Conference! These are the somewhat arbitrary labels for the two opposing electric charges. While we can find electric monopoles in the form of charged particles, we have never observed magnetic monopoles....

July 18, 2021 · 2 min · 309 words · Alexandra Rogers

Don’t mistake OpenAI Codex for a programmer

Codex powers Copilot, an AI pair programmer tool developed jointly by OpenAI and GitHub. Copilot is currently available in beta test mode to a limited number of users. The complexity ofdeep learning modelsis often measured by the number of parameters they have. In general, a models learning capacity increases with the number of parameters. GPT-3 was trained on more than 600 gigabytes, more than 50 times larger than GPT-2s training dataset....

July 17, 2021 · 2 min · 323 words · Alexander Smith

Good news: Windows 11 is moving to a yearly update model

One of my biggest complaints about Windows 10 was that it was simply updated too often. It turns out Microsoft had already decided on its update approach for Windows going forward. This is a great thing. Perhaps we will get a Windows 12 next time around, or perhaps simply a Windows 11.1. But the move to an annual update cadence is without a doubt an improvement over Windows 10s messy model....

July 17, 2021 · 1 min · 74 words · Alicia Campbell

iBrave provides a website home for life for under $100

They say everybody has a book in them. All they have to do is write it. But if everyone has a book in them, doesnt that mean everybody has a website in them too? Oh yeah…and a web host. Because you cant do anything online and we do mean anything without a web host. For a web host, theres no responsibility more critical than keeping its websites up and running....

July 17, 2021 · 1 min · 108 words · John Gonzalez

NFTs are changing the world of art and collectibles. Here’s what you need to know

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July 17, 2021 · 1 min · 4 words · Crystal Morgan

Python errors? You probably made one of these silly mistakes

Fail fast, fail early weve all heardthe motto. Thats where unit tests come in. Checking each piece of your code helps you localize and fix your bugs. But not all bugs are created the same. Other bugs are trivial, like when youve forgotten a closing bracket or messed up some indentations. 40% off TNW Conference! Theyre also not the punch in of bug that youd want your colleagues to spot before you do....

July 17, 2021 · 3 min · 604 words · James Brown

Alexa? Alexa! Alexa?! What happens when your virtual assistant dies?

Virtual assistants area lagniappe technology. while Im doing the dishes and, lo and behold, itsFreebirdtime. But not all virtual assistants are created the same. One cool thing about virtual assistants is that my data persists even if I lose all my gadgets. 40% off TNW Conference! Your paperwork and admission has already been handled. Right this way to the VIP section. Fancy some YouTube videos? I never remember to turn the music on before I start doing the dishes....

July 16, 2021 · 2 min · 278 words · Brandon York

Black teen misidentified by facial recognition sparks fears of machine-driven segregation

A 14-year-old Black girl has become another victim of a facial recognition failure. The incident has escalated concerns about machine-driven segregation. But lets dive into what exactly happened. But the teenager had never even been there before. 40% off TNW Conference! To me, its basically racial profiling, her mother, Juliea Robinson,told Fox 2 Detroit. Youre just saying every young Black, brown girl with glasses fits the profile and thats not right....

July 16, 2021 · 1 min · 186 words · Lauren Figueroa

Boost your productivity with this portable dual screen for your laptop

Nobody is in a big hurry to get back to their office. Of course, there are a very small handful of advantages to being back in the old office again. And one of them is that sweet dual monitor setup youve got. Its more than just aesthetics too. Right now, its $50 off its regular price at only $249 from TNW Deals. The 11.6-inch monitor is completely plug and play, connecting to your laptop with ease....

July 16, 2021 · 1 min · 89 words · Elizabeth Smith