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Bayer CEO is shaking up the company to recover $2.15 billion by abolishing middle managers and slashing the corporate handbook. The 160-year-old German drug giant, known for aspirin, faces financial struggles due to its misguided Monsanto acquisition. CEO Bill Anderson aims to streamline operations and empower employees, moving towards a boss-less structure with self-directed teams […]
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In today’s data-centric world, Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and Internet of Things devices thrive on data. Genomics, bioinformatics, climate science, finance, and health care fields heavily rely on it. Stuart Parkin, Director at Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics, won the prestigious Draper Prize for developing spintronic technologies that leverage electron’s spin and charge to […]
In this post, the author delves into various map design projects in and around OpenStreetMap that have influenced or are shaping map design within the platform. They touch on the dominance of big tech companies in web maps, leading to simplistic designs lacking attention to detail. The post explores historical projects like Osmarender and discusses […]
The Lost SuperFoods website promotes the stockpiling of 126 forgotten survival foods that require no refrigeration. In 1983, Personal Computers were on the rise, and the author decided to take a risk and work for Software Arts, creators of “VisiCalc”. The author impressed with their ability to solve complex bugs quickly, causing management and super-programmers […]
Experience the power of satellite imagery with Nimbo Earth Online. Easily compare split and swipe images, explore land evolutions through timelapse animations, and access four data layers – Natural, Infrared, NDVI, and Radar. Gain live vegetation analytics and 3D vision to watch land changes as they happen. Easily create a Nimbo account and access free […]
In 2023, the AI revolution sparked tremendous investment and excitement among the public. ChatGPT, a consumer product, utilizes Large Language Models (LLMs) to excel at predicting sequences of tokens to generate human-like prose from user prompts. However, applying these models to financial trading, specifically predicting prices and trades, has proven to be a challenging endeavor […]
This innovative product has one purpose: to enhance your Android or PC experience with its unique functionality. Be aware that shipping may take around 2 weeks, and it is not compatible with iOS devices. The code is available on GitHub for those who are tech-savvy. Despite some uncertainty, the battery is unlikely to explode. Get […]
Modern biology textbooks have been proven wrong by a groundbreaking discovery. An international team of scientists identified the first nitrogen-fixing organelle within a eukaryotic cell, challenging the rule that only bacteria can convert atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form. Named a nitroplast, this organelle co-evolved with its algal host, demonstrating replication and division synchronization. This […]
TLDR; The author bought 300 emoji domain names from Kazakhstan to create an emoji email address service, going viral on TikTok, making $1000 in a week, and hiring a Japanese voice actor in the process. The journey involved learning about the world of emoji domains, facing challenges with spam filters blocking emoji emails, and ultimately […]
Racket is a mature, practical, extensible, robust, and polished programming language that allows for the creation of new syntactic constructs using little macros. The language comes with a variety of libraries for GUI, web servers, and more, with additional packages easily accessible. Big macros offer a new level of enlightenment, empowering developers to create complex […]