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Woman Whose Last Name Is "Null" Keeps Running Into Trouble With Computer Systems

Futurism

And each time they got back, authorities said their flummoxed computer system couldn't process her application. "I Meanwhile, 36-year-old security auditor Joseph Tartaro says that for years he's been flooded with random traffic tickets from across the country ever since getting a license plate that reads, you guessed it, "NULL." "My

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Revolut applies for UK banking license

TechCrunch

It’s hard to believe that fintech startup Revolut doesn’t have a proper banking license in its home country. But this is about to change as the company has applied for a banking license in the U.K. Up next, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are going to look at the application.

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Why job postings may be attracting narcissistic candidates—without companies realizing it

Fast Company Tech

In my latest study, published in the journal Management Science with coauthors Scott Jackson and Nick Seybert , I found that these terms may attract job applicants with more narcissistic tendencies. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. But theres a catch. Read the original article.

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New Tech Bends Sound Through Space So It Reaches Only Your Ear in a Crowd

Singularity Hub

Because ultrasound can penetrate many materials and interact with objects in unique ways, its widely used for medical imaging and many industrial applications. Advancing Sound Control The ability to create audio enclaves has many potential applications. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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Carbon Arc offers a marketplace for buying and selling licensed, real world transaction data to power LLMs and enterprise applications

VentureBeat

Instead of committing to bulk data contracts, businesses can consume only the insights they need, reducing operational overhead. Read More

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With Functional Source License, Sentry wants to grant developers freedom ‘without harmful free-riding’

TechCrunch

Yet another software license is vying for the attentions of SaaS companies seeking to align themselves with the open source realm, without compromising their commercial endeavors.

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Open Letter to Salesforce Nonprofit Admins

Judi Sohn

I will keep our installed applications updated, and will read release notes and documentation. We have one client who had to start over in a brand new instance at some expense and downtime because a well-meaning but inexperienced so-called System Administrator turned on Custom Fiscal Years and it broke functionality in other applications.

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