Tag: Business and emerging tech
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Privacy-focused search engine NeoSearch open-sources code to promote decentralized web search
Posted on August 13, 2026, Level beginner Resource Length medium
NeoSearch has released its privacy-focused search engine under the Apache 2.0 license, enabling developers to inspect, fork, and deploy ad-free search infrastructure. This move aims to foster a transparent, decentralized web ecosystem by removing reliance on user tracking and advertising, offering a viable alternative to traditional data-harvesting search models. By Bill Mann.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure security-and-privacy business-and-emerging-tech architecture-and-apis ai-and-machine-learning
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AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors
Posted on August 5, 2026, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Etched, an AI chip startup founded by Harvard alumni, has achieved a $10.3B valuation after securing $300M in Series C funding. The company develops custom silicon and memory components designed to accelerate AI model inference without relying on GPUs. With backing from top-tier investors like Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz, Etched is challenging traditional AI hardware paradigms. This article explores the implications of Etched's technology for AI infrastructure and its potential to disrupt the semiconductor market. By Julie Bort.
Tags ai-and-machine-learning cloud-and-infrastructure business-and-emerging-tech leadership-and-career
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Bridging Eras: Implementing ADBC interfaces for COBOL systems
Posted on June 8, 2026, Level beginner Resource Length medium
This article explores the integration of modern data standards like Apache Arrow and ADBC with legacy COBOL systems. It challenges the notion of COBOL as merely 'legacy' code, positioning it as critical production infrastructure in banking and government. By adopting efficient, columnar memory formats, organizations can modernize data pipelines without replacing core systems, enabling high-performance analytics on decades-old codebases. By Ian Cook.
Tags data-and-analytics cloud-and-infrastructure architecture-and-apis software-engineering business-and-emerging-tech
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How to poison the data that Big Tech uses to surveil you
Posted on May 31, 2026, Level beginner Resource Length medium
The article argues that users can use their data as a strategic tool to challenge the power of tech giants. Rather than passively accepting surveillance, individuals can engage in coordinated data actions—like data strikes, poisoning, or shifting data to competitors—to disrupt algorithmic performance. By Karen Hao.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure data-and-analytics leadership-and-career miscellaneous business-and-emerging-tech
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The Raspberry Pi's 15-year reign is quietly ending - here is why
Posted on April 30, 2026, Level beginner Resource Length long
The Raspberry Pi's 15-year journey has been one of evolution and adaptation, from its humble beginnings as an educational tool to its current status as a beloved hobbyist and maker staple. Its success can be attributed to its affordability, extensibility, and the vibrant community that has grown up around it. By Tim Brookes.
Tags business-and-emerging-tech ai-and-machine-learning leadership-and-career architecture-and-apis
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South Korea deploys AI to hunt unfair crypto trades: Violators risk life prison
Posted on April 13, 2026, Level beginner Resource Length short
South Korea's FSS is scaling its VISTA platform with AI and high-performance compute to automate the detection of crypto market manipulation and wash trading in real-time. By Hassan Shittu.
Tags business-and-emerging-tech cloud-and-infrastructure ai-and-machine-learning leadership-and-career
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Six ways to use a crypto exchange aggregator to save swaps
Posted on April 10, 2026, Level beginner Resource Length long
Simplify crypto trading and save on swaps by aggregating the best rates from multiple exchanges. The article argues that using a single crypto exchange is suboptimal because rates for the same asset pairs vary across platforms. To combat this, it introduces the concept of the crypto exchange aggregator, which acts as a meta-layer pulling data from numerous exchanges (in Swapzone's case, 18+ partners) to present the best available rate to the user. By Swapzone.
Tags business-and-emerging-tech cloud-and-infrastructure ai-and-machine-learning software-engineering
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The great crypto heist: Central banks are getting the infrastructure for free
Posted on April 8, 2026, Level beginner Resource Length medium
The financial revolution started by decentralized crypto rails is facing a structural crisis: sovereign monetary authorities are quietly absorbing years of private-sector R&D—the complex custody solutions, settlement protocols, and smart contract architectures—at distressed valuations. By Vincent James Hooper.
Tags leadership-and-career business-and-emerging-tech cloud-and-infrastructure ai-and-machine-learning
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How DeFi is quietly rebuilding the fixed‑income stack for institutional capital
Posted on April 6, 2026, Level beginner Resource Length medium
DeFi is reengineering the fixed-income landscape by tokenizing debt, enabling on-chain yield generation, and automating collateral management—offering institutions a new, transparent alternative to traditional fixed-income infrastructure. By IG Editor.
Tags product-and-design business-and-emerging-tech cloud-and-infrastructure ai-and-machine-learning
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CES 2026: When everything is AI, nothing is
Posted on April 2, 2026, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Hardware execution, driven by mechanical engineering, outperformed pure AI hype at CES, shifting robotics leadership from Silicon Valley to Shenzhen. By Marcus Schuler.
Tags business-and-emerging-tech cloud-and-infrastructure ai-and-machine-learning software-engineering leadership-and-career
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How will accountants learn new skills when AI does the work?
Posted on March 31, 2026, Level beginner Resource Length medium
The rise of AI in accounting demands a fundamental shift in training, moving beyond rote memorization to emphasize conceptual mastery, critical evaluation, and the ability to effectively supervise and guide automated systems. By Hannah Pitstick.
Tags business-and-emerging-tech cloud-and-infrastructure ai-and-machine-learning leadership-and-career
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Technology investment alone does not transform banking
Posted on March 29, 2026, Level beginner Resource Length short
Modernizing banking requires more than cloud migration; true transformation demands redesigning internal processes and decision workflows around a unified customer lifecycle platform. By byteseu.com.
Tags business-and-emerging-tech cloud-and-infrastructure leadership-and-career