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There is no doubt that COVID-19 has changed the financial and SaaS landscape. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are definitely certain winning playbooks that SaaS businesses can learn from. Here is where there is a difference. In a pandemic-triggered recession, the definition of discretionary spending would change. There is also a way to bring down non-discretionary spends. At Chargebee we identified big-budget annual payments and renegotiated contract terms to match our inflows....

An international team of astronomers witnessed the birth of the first intermediate-mass black hole ever detected. This signal, resembling four short wiggles, lasted less than a tenth of a second. Yet, it revealed the formation of the first intermediate-massblack holeever discovered. One of the great mysteries in astrophysics is how do supermassive black holes form? They are the million solar-mass elephants in the room. Long have we searched for an intermediate-mass black hole to bridge the gap between stellar-mass and supermassive black holes....

Did you know Warren Knight, the author of this piece, is speaking atTNW2020this year? Check out their session on Whats next for the digital-first mindset?here. Total successful digital transformation isnt just about the technology. So by digitally transforming your business, youre aiming to digitize every single touchpoint of the user experience. In other words, it doesnt matter how sophisticated the tech is. If the user experience isnt right, the (probably considerable) investment youve made isnt going to succeed....

So youre interested in AI? Thenjoin our online event, TNW2020, where youll hear how artificial intelligence is transforming industries and businesses. And its a good time as any to see some a breakthrough in the field. 40% off TNW Conference! In 2017, the company developed an AI system for predicting chemical reactions in forward synthesis. For instance,recurrent neural networks(RNN) and transformers can perform sequence-to-sequence mapping. In 2019, the IBM Research team improved the AI behind RXN for Chemistry to also support retrosynthesis....

Pretty much every electric vehicle that comes to market at the moment is compared to Tesla. Lets take a look at what we know. 40% off TNW Conference! That should be capable of running a quarter mile in under 10 seconds. This gives it the longest range of any production EV at the moment. Lucid says that it has the lowest drag coefficient of any luxury car, too. This might go some way to explaining how it gets such good range....

Hi-diddly-ho corona-rinos, Nobody talks about the 8 billion people who havent died from COVID-19 amirite? It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Its a working title. So, whats happening out there? Oh, the Sturgis rally in the US last month! A bunch of really cool people got together to enjoy libations and the company of like-minded individuals. So far, its only been linked to 250,000 COVID-19 cases. I mean, look at it this way: an estimated 462,000 people attended this years event....

So you like TNW? Then join our upcomingonline event, TNW2020, you dont want to miss it. Ive seen designers complain about this throughout my entire career. Ive done it too. Ive also seen managers trying to address the problem. But what about designers? Are we just passive victims of a system thats trying to drown us with meetings? If you dont have time to design, its also your fault. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

The impact of the coronavirus will be felt for a long time after the crisis has passed. These times call for a different approach that lets your customers know you understand what they are going through. you’ve got the option to see examples of it everywhere. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. An example is Time Out. Listen to what the market is telling you Listen carefully and communicate thoughtfully....

Here are eight developer roles that are in high demand in healthcare. And weve barely scratched the surface. 40% off TNW Conference! I believe that the rapid evolution of technology we are currently experiencing will shape the world of the future. These types of problems make us, as engineers and scientists look for creative solutions. The company has been using blockchain in drug traceability, clinical trials, and patient data management....

So you like our media brand Growth Quarters? Thisarticlewas originally published byBuilt In. Why do some new products fly off the shelves while others have sales cycles that extend out for months? As simple as that sounds, its a trap entrepreneurs fall into over and over again. Heres how to do that. Those 60 seconds are all about the product and the pitch. In fact, confident salespeople might tell you they exude confidence because theyre great at selling....

Twenty-five years later, were still far from that goal. OnWomens Equality Dayin 2020, its appropriate to revisit Borgs moonshot challenge. But special programs and fixing women by improving their skills have not been enough. By and large, the tech field doesnt need to fix women, it needs to fix itself. It requires organizations to prioritize and promote material, not symbolic, change. It requires sustained effort and shifts of power to include more diverse players....

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This is particularly true ofsolar-powered electricityandbattery storage. Thepotential for future reductionsin the cost of electricity from silicon solar, for example, is limited. The manufacture of each panel demands a fair amount of energy and factories areexpensive to build. EPA/STR 40% off TNW Conference! This is a problem, as lighting currently accounts for5%of the worlds carbon emissions. New technologies are needed to fill this gap, and quickly. They are semiconductors, conducting charges when stimulated with light....