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Getting fired and hired as a Data Scientist in the middle of COVID-19

I started my new job in Machine Learning at a YC startup whose core product was a platform to make computer vision ML modeling simple. The product, peers, culture, and the pay was great. A few weeks later we started working from home, just like almost any

Microsoft’s voting software is getting its first test in a small Wisconsin town

People in the small Wisconsin town of Fulton are the first to try out software Microsoft designed to confirm that votes are being properly counted. On Tuesday, Fulton residents are using the technology while choosing who will join the local school board and hold a seat on Wisconsin’s state

The latest internet craze includes dancing alongside moving cars — and, surprise, people are getting badly hurt

Just when you think the internet can’t get any weirder, it always does. A recent internet trend is inspiring drivers all over the world to jump out of moving vehicles and dance in the street while a friend in the passenger seat films, and now transpiration officials

Google Assistant Getting Hindi Support By 2018-End; Multilingual Mode Also Announced

Google on Friday announced that its AI-based Assistant would soon be accessible in more than 30 global languages, including Hindi, reaching almost 95 percent of all Android devices worldwide. Apart from Hindi, Google’s virtual assistant will also expand into other languages including Indonesian, Norwegian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and Thai on Android devices and iPhones. Google

Cryptocurrency May Be Getting Quietly Channelled To North Korea University: Report

Many have flagged increasing signs of North Korean interest in cryptocurrencies and technology. SEOUL: A cybersecurity company said it has found software that appears to install code for mining cryptocurrency and sends any mined coins to a server at a North Korean university, the latest sign that

Twitter’s Internal Numbers Show It’s Getting Less Awful at Fighting Abuse

Twitter on Thursday offered some top-line stats in a company blog post about the results of its latest anti-abuse efforts – showing how its approach is working as social media firms struggle with policing content on their networks. Online abuse is a problem across all social networks. But

Is Duke Nukem 3D getting a 20th anniversary remake?

Well, we’ll be honest here, we thought we’d comfortably seen the last of ol’ Duke Nukem. The flat-topped, cigar-chewing symbol of big guns and even bigger sexual innuendo had finally ridden off into the sunset following some pretty terrible gaming outing, but how wrong were we. If

Solve your cashflow by getting paid up front

As freelancers, we’ve all had to chase clients to get paid. You submit an invoice, and your client goes quiet. Thirty days, then sixty days go by. They stop emailing you, and suddenly you can’t get a hold of them. And you’re freaking out because your bills

Introducing Ask SMT: Getting Your Social Questions Answered

  The goal of Social Media Today has always been to be an open platform where peers can share their ideas and lessons learned in the world of social and digital marketing. We understand the need for ‘real-world examples’ and individual experiences with social platform updates. But

The tech war is just getting started: Microsoft is suing the federal government

This is turning into an all out cyber-war. First Apple stood up to the federal government. They refused to compromise the security of iPhone users by creating a backdoor that would give the FBI a way to hack into the phone used in the San Bernadino case.