July 13, 2024

Robotics

Standard Bots raises $63M to bring cobot arms to market

Listen to this article Standard Robots’ RO1 collaborative robot is currently in production. | Source: Standard Bots Standard Bots this week raised more than $63 million in total funding. Its new Series B round was led by General Catalyst and included participation from the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Samsung Next. The Glen Cove, N.Y.-based company plans to use the fresh funding to expand its engineering team, accelerate the development of its series of next-generation

The Robot Report Staff July 13, 2024

Psychological safety can be beneficial (to a point) — here’s where it gets dangerous

We must create environments where safety does not come through the transfer of risk, but where we can encounter risk in a supportive way.Read More

Jeremy Adamson July 13, 2024

Xbox Game Pass Standard and the rising price of play | Kaser Focus

Xbox Game Pass and Apex Legends are two things in gaming that are becoming more expensive, and Rachel Kaser isn’t sure she can keep up.Read More

Rachel Kaser July 13, 2024

Why It Feels Impossible to Get a Data Science Job

Reasons why the market is tough and what you can do about it Egor Howell · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 9 min read · 11 hours ago — Photo by Marten Bjork on Unsplash Apparently, “data is the new oil,” with huge demand growing yearly, so why does it feel so hard to get a job as a data scientist right now? Well, in this article, I explain why this is the

Egor Howell July 13, 2024

Reinforcement Learning, Part 5: Temporal-Difference Learning

Intelligently synergizing dynamic programming and Monte Carlo algorithms Vyacheslav Efimov · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 15 min read · 11 hours ago — Introduction Reinforcement learning is a domain in machine learning that introduces the concept of an agent learning optimal strategies in complex environments. The agent learns from its actions, which result in rewards, based on the environment’s state. Reinforcement learning is a challenging topic and differs significantly from other areas

Vyacheslav Efimov July 13, 2024

The Noonification: Gone Are Those Days of AI (7/13/2024) | HackerNoon

How are you, hacker? 🪐What’s happening in tech this week: The Noonification by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our top 5 stories of the day, every day at noon your local time! Set email preference here. By @aibites [ 5 Min read ] AI has truly evolved over the past decade – from a baby to a beast. Here I quickly summarise what has changed Read More. By @anywhichway [ 9

Noonification July 13, 2024

Centralized Logging for AWS ECS in New Relic using FluentBit | HackerNoon

In this article, I want to share my experience setting up logging for our project. We transitioned from using ELK to New Relic for log storage. I’ll explain how we chose our log delivery method, the options we considered, and why we settled on our current solution. I want to emphasize that this is not an advertisement for New Relic—you can use any log storage you prefer. The main focus will be on configuring Fluent

Kirill Shershen July 13, 2024

Educational Byte: What is the Price-Protected Token LINE? | HackerNoon

In a market as volatile as crypto, features such as stability and price protection of some sort could be very welcome for all users. They’re not always available, though, let alone if you’re looking to earn some rewards. Luckily, the token LINE deployed on the Kava network and connected to Obyte is offering this opportunity to everyone. LINE operates as a price-protected digital asset, designed to safeguard your investment through a unique borrowing system deployed

Obyte July 13, 2024

Shared Element Transition in Jetpack Compose: A Guide | HackerNoon

Hello! My name is Artem, and I develop Android applications. Recently, I started sharing my experiences on this topic. This article is a text version of a video on my YouTube channel Android Insights. In this article, I want to explain how to animate your app using Shared Element Transition. This feature allows UI elements to animate as they transition between app screens, making the user interface more memorable. This feature was recently added, so

Android Insights July 13, 2024

Hardware

Game Studio Claims Intel Is Selling Defective CPUs As Server Providers Urge Switching To AMD

Remember that story where some people were suffering stability issues while gaming on Intel 13th and 14th-generation CPUs? Despite many of the errors blaming the GPU, NVIDIA pointed the finger at Intel back in April. It’s been more than six months since the issues began, so after a pile of software updates as well as raft of BIOS updates from Intel’s partners, the issue is resolved, right? Well, no, actually. Sadly, a significant portion of

Zak Killian July 13, 2024