Reining in the BS in AI
Even people not in tech seemed to have heard of Sam Altman’s ouster from OpenAI on Friday. I was with two friends the next day (one works in construction and the other in marketing) and both were talking about it. Generative AI (genAI) seems to have finally gone mainstream. What it hasn’t done, however, is […]
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robo-advisor
What is a robo-advisor? A robo-advisor is a virtual financial advisor powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that employs an algorithm to deliver an automated selection of financial advisory services. Typically offered by brokerage firms, such as Charles Schwab, Fidelity Investments and E-Trade, robo-advisors are a type of expert system optimized for financial services, specifically for […]
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LoRa Alliance® Announces IEC and CEN Standards Validate LoRaWAN for Smart Metering
The LoRa Alliance will be joined at Enlit 2023 by Actility, Birdz, Diehl Metering, Elsys, Elvaco, Everynet, Netmore, Netvox, OrbiWise, and Semtech Demonstrating their Latest LoRaWAN Advances for Utilities, including relay. The LoRa Alliance®, the global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN® standard for Internet of Things (IoT) low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), today provided multiple […]
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Oracle open-sources Jipher for FIPS-compliant SSL
Oracle is open-sourcing Jipher, a Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) provider built for security and performance that has been used by the company’s cloud platform, the company said on November 7. Jipher was developed for environments with FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) 140 requirements. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has seen dramatic performance improvements with Jipher, according […]
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The Benefits and Potential Drawbacks of Pair Programming
Illustration: © IoT For All While it’s a common misconception that software engineering is a solitary field, in reality, collaboration often helps you solve programming issues more quickly and efficiently. In this article, we’ll examine the practice of pair programming, highlighting its prominent benefits and potential drawbacks. What is Pair Programming? Pair programming, as the […]
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Intro to virtual threads: A new approach to Java concurrency
One of the most far-reaching Java 19 updates was the introduction of virtual threads. Virtual threads are part of Project Loom, and have been officially part of the JVM since Java 20. How virtual threads work Virtual threads introduce an abstraction layer between operating-system processes and application-level concurrency. Said differently, virtual threads can be used to schedule […]
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A Guide to eSIM and Cellular IoT
Illustration: © IoT For All The ”embedded SIM” or eSIM combines hardware, a secure element, and software called a universal integrated circuit card (UICC). The SIM card securely downloads, enables, and manages network access profiles provided to it. At its core, a non-removable chip soldered onto a circuit board serves as the eSIM. It optimizes […]
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Angular 17 previews control flow, better type checking
Angular 17, the latest version of Google’s TypeScript-based web app development framework, has arrived, featuring built-in control flow to improve the developer experience. Introduced via a bulletin on November 8, Angular 17 can be accessed from GitHub. Google with Angular 17 has released a block template syntax providing “powerful” features with simple, declarative UIs. This block […]
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LTE-M and NB-IoT Explained Further
Illustration: © IoT For All When it comes to LPWAN options for IoT businesses, two LPWAN technologies stand out: LTE-M and NB-IoT. However, it can be hard to understand the differences between these two options, making it challenging to choose between them. In this post, we will quickly break down both options, LTE-M vs NB-IoT, […]
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The best ORMs for database-powered Python apps
When you want to work with a relational database in Python, or most any other programming language, it’s common to write database queries “by hand,” using the SQL syntax supported by most databases. This approach has its downsides, however. Hand-authored SQL queries can be clumsy to use, since databases and software applications tend to live […]
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