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Salesforce to Hire 1,000 People for Big AI Product Sales Push

Salesforce "plans to hire more than 1,000 workers to sell its new generative AI agent product," reports Bloomberg: The hiring surge is aimed at capitalizing on "amazing momentum" for the new artificial intelligence product, Chief Executive Marc Benioff said in a message. "Agentforce became available just two weeks ago and we're already hearing...

Sun Nov 10, 2024 20:58
Free Software Foundation Plans Year of Celebrations For Its 40th Anniversary

The Free Software Foundation turns forty on October 4, 2025 "and we will end our thirties on a high note!" they announced this week: We wish we were celebrating the achievement of software freedom for all computer users, but we're not there yet. Until our mission becomes reality and we can retire, instead, we are celebrating forty years of activism,...

Sun Nov 10, 2024 19:59
NASA Investigates Laser-Beam Welding in a Vacuum for In-Space Manufacturing

NASA hopes to stimulate in-space manufacturing through a multi-year "laser beam welding collaboration" with Ohio State University. The project "seeks to understand the physical processes of welding on the lunar surface," according to NASA.gov, "such as investigating the effects of laser beam welding in a combined vacuum and reduced gravity environment."...

Sun Nov 10, 2024 18:59
Rust Foundation Shares Draft of New, Simpler Trademark Policy

"The Rust trademark policy has been updated and a new draft is available to view," announced the Rust Foundation this week. The last proposed trademark policy (in April of 2023) was criticized by open source advocate Bruce Perens in The Register as "far awry of fair use which is legally permitted." The Rust Foundation says this new version has...

Sun Nov 10, 2024 15:00
Aaron Swartz Day Commemorated With 'Those Carrying on the Work'

Friday "would have been his 38th birthday," writes the EFF, remembering Aaron Swartz as "a digital rights champion who believed deeply in keeping the internet open..." And they add that today the official web site for Aaron Swartz Day honored his memory with a special podcast "featuring those carrying on the work around issues close to his heart," including...

Sun Nov 10, 2024 05:01
How the Majority of Strokes Could Be Prevented

"The majority of strokes could be prevented," reports the Associated Press, according to the first new guidelines in 10 years from the American Stroke Association, which are "aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that." Stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...

Sun Nov 10, 2024 01:00

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