Wireless speaker manufacturer Sonos on Thursday revealed plans to cut 96 employees from its workforce in a bid to boost profitability, a move that comes just ahead of an expected initial public offering said to be valued in the billions. The eliminations whittle down Sonos' workforce of approximately 1,500 employees by some six percent and … Continue reading Sonos laying off 96 employees ahead of expected IPO
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an OCR Engine in JavaScript
Tesseract.js is a javascript library that gets words in almost any language out of images. Below is an example tested with Node.js (local file system). Note that your will need to download the trained language data for the language here. Unzip the file and put it somewhere in your solution. Then the call to Tesseract … Continue reading an OCR Engine in JavaScript
What does running do to your brain?
Neuroscientists have studied treadmill runners, ultramarathon athletes – and a number of lab animals – to investigate the effects of running on grey matter. It may seem obvious – as you push on through a long run, veering wildly between sensations of agony and elation – that running can have a huge effect on your … Continue reading What does running do to your brain?
Meituan, the Tencent-backed ‘one-stop super app,’ files for IPO in Hong Kong
After months of speculation, Meituan, the largest service booking app in China, confirmed that it has filed for a public offering. The company’s IPO application was submitted to the Hong Kong stock exchange earlier today and is being sponsored by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. A spokesperson for Meituan said … Continue reading Meituan, the Tencent-backed ‘one-stop super app,’ files for IPO in Hong Kong
Xiaomi’s forthcoming IPO shows how the rules of business are changing
IN 1987, when Lei Jun was a computer-science student in Wuhan, on the banks of the Yangtze River, he read a book about Steve Jobs and vowed to emulate him. If all goes to plan, this summer Mr Lei will take a leap towards that dream with the flotation of his firm, Xiaomi, at a … Continue reading Xiaomi’s forthcoming IPO shows how the rules of business are changing
Why use Bower when there is npm?
In almost all cases, it's more appropriate to use Browserify and npm over Bower. It is simply a better packaging solution for front-end apps than Bower is. At Spotify, we use npm to package entire web modules (html, css, js) and it works very well. Bower brands itself as the package manager for the web. … Continue reading Why use Bower when there is npm?
Sublime Text reindent, autoindent, and autocomplete
You can find it in Edit>>Line>>Reindent, but it does not have a shortcut by default. You can add a shortcut by going to the menu Preferences - Keybindings-User, then add there (the config file takes as a JSON format): [ { "keys": ["f12"], "command": "reindent"} ] (example of using the F12 key for that functionality) … Continue reading Sublime Text reindent, autoindent, and autocomplete
A machine has figured out Rubik’s Cube all by itself
Unlike chess moves, changes to a Rubik’s Cube are hard to evaluate, which is why deep-learning machines haven’t been able to solve the puzzle on their own. Until now. by Emerging Technology from the arXiv June 15, 2018 Yet another bastion of human skill and intelligence has fallen to the onslaught of the machines. A … Continue reading A machine has figured out Rubik’s Cube all by itself
Rise of the machines: has technology evolved beyond our control?
Technology is starting to behave in intelligent and unpredictable ways that even its creators don’t understand. As machines increasingly shape global events, how can we regain control? The voice-activated gadget in the corner of your bedroom suddenly laughs maniacally, and sends a recording of your pillow talk to a colleague. The clip of Peppa Pig … Continue reading Rise of the machines: has technology evolved beyond our control?
Getting Started with Node.js for the Rails Developer
Introduction In this article we are going to do a quick introduction to Node.js for Ruby on Rails minded developers. From Ruby to Node You’ve likely heard in the past few months that some big companies are starting to deploy Node applications in production and at scale. Walmart is running their entire mobile site on Node, … Continue reading Getting Started with Node.js for the Rails Developer
