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Сегодня утром состоялся запуск корабля Dragon на МКС. Компания Space X транслировала все это дело в прямом эфире.... →

Создатель брендов Invite, "Быстров" и Velle ушел на 48 году жизни... →

SoftBank is bidding to buy chip giant ARM, one of the world’s most influential technology companies, according to multiple media. Read More... →

The surge in encrypted traffic and a wide adoption of end-to-end encryption by mainstream tech companies is a transformative shift in information security. Billions of online users now enjoy default peer-to-peer security, shielding the content of web communications from prying eyes of criminals and corporate surveillance. Yet the industry continues to collect and store massive amounts of metadata. Read More... →

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Having trouble logging in to Pokemon Go this weekend? You’re not alone. A hacking team called OurMine has spent the past several hours hitting Pokemon Go’s login servers with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, leaving some players frustrated and unable to log in to the game. The group said it would not stop the attack until representatives from Pokemon Go contacted them.… Read More... →

Posted by Tom.CapperSampling is a process used in statistics when it's unfeasible or impractical to analyse all the data that exists. Instead, a small, randomly selected subset is used to keep things manageable. Many analytics platforms use some sort of sampling to keep report loading times in check, and there seem to be three schools of thought when it comes to sampling in analytics. There are those who are terrified of it, insisting in unsampled versions of any report. Then there are those who are relaxed... →

While the biggest names in tech strive to close the gender gap and build more inclusive working environments, the pool of talent on offer is predominantly male. The truth is, while retention is an issue, there are simply fewer women opting for a career in tech. But new initiatives and an uptick of Gen Z girls opting for sciences in top-tier universities paints a very different future. Read More... →

Стратегия СВД — самых важных дел дня... →

With a dedicated fund of $1M, “The Venture” is striving to enable social entrepreneurs around the world to scale and gain exposure. Read More... →

Bots have the potential to transform politics. Read More... →

Самые популярные и обсуждаемые тексты уходящей недели на vc.ru — в традиционном воскресном дайджесте.... →

Редакция vc.ru узнала, как отдыхают летом и где проводят отпуск российские предприниматели — основатели «Лаборатории Касперского», студий Playkot, Pixonic и других компаний.... →

Players of Pokemon Go are not only giving up their right to act like sane human beings in public, as they walk around, zombie-esque, reaching into the phones held in front of their faces, they are also likely to be waiving legal rights if they don’t take a very close look at Niantic Labs’ Terms of Service for the game. Read More... →

Big Data by all accounts is supposed to help humans perform better by augmenting our limited brain power. Computers, after all, have the ability to crunch data with lightning speed, something humans just haven’t been built to do. Conventional tech wisdom states that the more data you have, the better the outcome — even if that sounds counter-intuitive. That’s the thinking… Read More... →

Издание Business Insider обратило внимание на выступление руководителя HR-подразделения корпорации Google Лазло Бока, в котором тот рассказал, как сотрудники компании могут передавать дни отпуска друг другу. Редакция vc.ru выбрала интересные моменты заметки.... →

Компания назначила Chief Revenue Officer и планирует верифицировать рекламные бренды... →

Ментор рубрики «Рынок игр» Сергей Бабаев пообщался с руководителем киберспортивного направления по СНГ в Riot Games Андреем Коршуновым. Коршунов рассказал о своём корпоративном бэкграунде, о том, как он узнал о вакансии Riot Games, почему заинтересовался киберспортом и чего индустрии стоит ждать от этого направления после его признания полноценным видом спорта.... →

Обзор важнейших событий прошедшей недели... →

As a founder or someone working in a startup, the main priority is always staying alive. Every ounce of your budget needs to be spent efficiently. It’s all about difficult decisions, and some of them can be messy and complex. With options coming from every angle, you need to find ways to make them as simple as possible. This is where our good friend Drake comes in. Read More... →