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Databricks targets steep growth after historic funding round
Databricks has raised $10 billion in venture capital (VC) funding, marking one of the largest investment rounds in tech history. Founded in 2013, Databricks is built upon the open source Linux Foundation Delta Lake lakehouse system, though its Data Intelligence Platform announced last year marked a shift towards more AI integration following its acquisition of MosaicML. Just over a decade…
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Unemployment is near historic lows – why’s it so hard to get an IT job?
Unemployment in IT fields has been dropping in recent months. Generative AI (genAI) is opening up new career opportunities. Inflation is deflating, and the US economy appears strong. So, why is it so many people are still finding it hard to land a job in technology? This year, large enterprises, including tech giants such as Alphabet (Google), Dell, Intel, Microsoft…
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Why Getting Your Neighborhood Declared a Historic District Is a Bad Idea
If you’ve ever gone back to your childhood home after a long absence, you have a sense of how quickly Americans reinvent, well, everything. Buildings that are only a few decades old get torn down, empty space gets filled, whole neighborhoods are transformed, and familiar landmarks vanish. This kind of constant change is part of the American psyche in a…
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