Reuters

a16z-backed data firms Fivetran, dbt Labs to merge in all-stock deal

Merger creates $600-million-revenue data infrastructure company Fivetran CEO Fraser to lead combined company Deal highlights AI-driven data infrastructure demand Oct 13 (Reuters) - Data startups ...
The Daily Tar Heel

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

The UNC School of Data Science and Society and the School of Information and Library Science will be consolidating into a new school focused on artificial intelligence. According to a Q and A webpage ...
CNN

TikTok’s algorithm will be overseen by Oracle in the US after the sale is completed

The White House has answered what had been one of the major outstanding questions regarding its pending deal to transfer TikTok’s US operations to a majority American ownership group: Under the ...
Business Wire

JPMorganChase and Plaid Announce an Extension to their Data Access Agreement for Sharing of Consumer Permissioned Data

NEW YORK & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JPMorganChase (JPMC) and Plaid today announced a renewed data access agreement that will continue to allow their shared customers to safely and securely ...
PC Gamer

Dwarf Fortress just made it easier for modders to add their own procedural creatures, items, curses, and more: 'All of these things have been hard-coded in Dwarf Fortress ...

For years, Dwarf Fortress co-creator Tarn Adams has been planning a more mythical turn for the notoriously dense fantasy sim—which, by his own admission, has been a little lacking on the fantastical ...
Forbes

Degrees That Will Prep You For Success In An AI-Driven Market

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Legatt explores the intersection of education, AI, and leadership. Artificial intelligence is reshaping our entire economic ...
The New York Times

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans

The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work with the government, spreading the company’s technology — which could easily merge data on Americans — throughout agencies. Alex Karp, a ...
techxplore

Algorithm based on LLMs doubles lossless data compression rates

People store large quantities of data in their electronic devices and transfer some of this data to others, whether for professional or personal reasons. Data compression methods are thus of the ...
CoinDesk

Ethereum Preps for Biggest Code Change Since the Merge With Pectra Upgrade

Ethereum developers are preparing for Wednesday's much anticipated Pectra upgrade, set to bring the biggest code change to the blockchain since the Merge in 2022. Iscrivendoti, riceverai email sui ...
The New York Times

Trump Wants to Merge Government Data. Here Are 314 Things It Might Know About You.

Elon Musk’s team is leading an effort to link government databases, to the alarm of privacy and security experts. By Emily Badger and Sheera Frenkel The federal government knows your mother’s maiden ...
The Verge

Perplexity wants to buy TikTok and open-source its algorithm

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The AI search startup laid out its bid for buying, and rebuilding, TikTok. The AI search startup laid out its bid ...