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Do You Have a Mission or…Are You *On* A Mission? On Being a NewCo

John Battelle's Searchblog

'The post Do You Have a Mission or…Are You *On* A Mission? On Being a NewCo appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. A sampling of NewCos from our 2013 NYC festival. (Cross posted from the NewCo blog …). About a year ago I wrote a piece outlining the kinds of companies we were looking for as we began the first full year of the NewCo festival circuit.

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Some zIIP Things of Which DB2 for z/OS People Should be Aware

Robert's Db2

zIIP is short for System z Integrated Information Processor. It's a so-called specialty engine for an IBM mainframe server. The zIIP raison d'etre is reduced cost of computing on the System z platform, accomplished in two ways: 1) zIIP engines cost less than general-purpose processors (often referred to as CPs -- short for central processors), and 2) zIIP engines do not factor into the cost of software that runs in z/OS LPARs. zIIP engines aren't new (they were introduced in 2006), but there are

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FTC Approves Consent Orders with Companies that Marketed Genetically Customized Nutritional Supplements

Hunton Privacy

On May 12, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has approved final consent orders with two companies that marketed genetically customized nutrition supplements. In addition to charges that the companies’ claims regarding the effectiveness of their products were not sufficiently substantiated, the settlements also allege that the companies misrepresented their privacy and security practices.

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Supreme Court of Canada: Limits on Government Disclosure Include Policy Options

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

On Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) issued a unanimous decision in John Doe v. Ontario (Finance),2014 SCC 36that […].

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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EEOC Suffers Another Loss in Its Crusade Against Employer Background Checks

Hunton Privacy

As reported in the Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives Blog : On April 9, 2014, the Sixth Circuit of Appeals not only affirmed summary judgment in EEOC v. Kaplan Higher Education Corp., et al. but also chastised the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) for applying a flawed methodology in its attempts to prove that using credit checks as a pre-employment screen had an unlawful disparate impact against African-American applicants.

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Hunton Release Report on the Importance of Cross-Border Data Transfers to Global Prosperity

Hunton Privacy

On May 12, 2014, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a report highlighting the benefits of cross-border data transfers across all sectors of the economy. Hunton & Williams LLP’s Global Privacy and Cybersecurity team developed the report with the Chamber of Commerce. The report, Business Without Borders: The Importance of Cross-Border Data Transfers to Global Prosperity , presents pragmatic solutions for developing international mechanisms that both protect privacy and facilitate cross-bord

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French Data Protection Authority Reviews 100 Mobile Apps During Internet Sweep

Hunton Privacy

On May 13, 2014, the French data protection authority (“CNIL”) decided to examine 100 mobile apps most commonly used in France. In particular, the CNIL indicated that it will examine whether the mobile apps properly inform users of: the categories of personal data collected (such as location data, contacts and device identifiers); the purposes for which the data are collected; whether personal data are shared with third parties; and. the right of mobile app users to object to the collection and