Snowflake says its EVP of engineering and support, Grzegorz (Greg) Czajkowski, will leave on 7/19 for another job. the company is seeking a replacement. last month Snowflake said that in August 2023, Czajkowski had signed a 'confirmatory offer letter' with a three-year term
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Google AI Recall Pixel 9: Privacy and Security Concerns
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what could go wrong? https://
androidauthority.com/google-ai-reca
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AWS Doubles Cloud Credits for Series A Startups to $200,000
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new: AWS is doubling the amount of cloud credits for Series A startups that join its Activate program, going from $100,000 to $200,000. also new AWS CEO Matt Garman was meeting with founders in Silicon Valley this week. w/ @Kr00ney
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Expedia Cloud Centre Excellence Saves 10% Costs
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'Expedia has a cloud centre of excellence, which saved about 10% on cloud costs last year.'
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Buffett Ends Gates Foundation Funding After Death
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'The Gates Foundation has no money coming after my death.' -Warren Buffett
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Digital media archive elimination raises ethical concerns for information preservation
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reporters from many digital media outlets that have eliminated their archives will agree that this shit ain't right
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Figma launches slides feature at Config conference
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the crowd just went nuts at Figma's Config conference here in SF when CEO Dylan Field announced the slides feature. product manager Mihika Kapoor asked how many people have used Figma for presenting, and many in the audience raised their hands
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Figma Launches Slides Feature for Presentations
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in 2022, a Microsoft executive told me Figma works great as a presentation tool. (
https://
cnbc.com/2022/08/25/fig
ma-growing-inside-microsoft-testing-longtime-deal-with-adobe.html
…) today, Figma is introducing Slides, a dedicated tool for making and delivering presentations https://
fastcompany.com/91145153/figma
-slides-presentations-config-2024
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KPMG targets $650M in generative AI business opportunities
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'KPMG International, which has a global advisory division, went from making no money a year ago from generative-A.I.-related work to targeting more than $650 million in business opportunities tied to the technology over the past six months.' https://
nytimes.com/2024/06/26/tec
hnology/the-ai-boom-has-an-unlikely-early-winner-wonky-consultants.html
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AI Spending Represents 0.2% of IT Budget 2024
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'The average projected size of the IT budget for all the respondents was $780 million for 2024, such that average AI spend of $1.57m in 2024 represents 0.2% of the IT budget (but obviously a larger portion of software spend).'