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Build a Python App to Alert You When Asteroids Are Close to Earth

Being alerted when asteroids are close to Earth is crucial for several reasons: When you woke up one morning thinking about Armageddon and how fragile we are as a planet if an asteroid comes our way. I am also intrigued by exploring space and the technologies available from my desk. I will show you how to combine two APIs to be alerted via SMS when an asteroid is passing nearby (relatively speaking). NASA OpenAPI The first resource is NASA’s open API portal. You could use tons of great interfaces for your ideas, but the one that interests me, in this case,…

6 min

People

London & UK Is The Best! You Have Been Warned. Part 1-ish.

London is often hailed as one of the greatest cities in the world. By many measures, the question is exactly what are their considerations; the architecture, diversity, being at the centre of things? In some ways, London is indeed a great city and this is true regardless if you are a tourist, a worker, or a student. However, if you are a typical international student coming from a median type of family, that is to say, lower-class, middle-class or upper-middle class, even with a scholarship, will you be able to fully enjoy London? Yes, you will enjoy new things just like any other great city…

3 min

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Adds To Growing List Of Government Approved Cloud Services

Government agencies can now leverage an expanded set of DISA and FedRAMP® Authorized OCI services to improve the efficiency and intelligence of missions Austin, Texas—May 22, 2023 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has extended its list of services approved by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board (JAB), making more cloud services available to customers in the defense and intelligence community. Newly approved services include: Oracle Cloud Guard, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure OS Management, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Database Management Service, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Network Load Balancer, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Operations Insights, Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, Management Agent, and Tenant Manager. “Oracle is committed to delivering secure, scalable, and…

5 min

Technology

IBM Launches $100 Million Partnership With Global Universities To Develop Novel Technologies Towards A 100,000-Qubit Quantum-Centric Supercomputer

(IBM Quantum System Two, visually rendered here, is a system designed to be modular and flexible, combining multiple processors into a single system with communication links. (Credit: IBM)) Landmark 10-year partnerships with the University of Tokyo and the University of Chicago to develop a new paradigm of high-performance computing IBM Quantum milestones to lay foundation for integration of large-scale classical and quantum systems Collaborations will develop detailed blueprint to pioneer quantum-centric supercomputing HIROSHIMA, Japan, May 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — At the G7 Summit in Japan, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a 10-year, $100 million initiative with the University of Tokyo and the University of Chicago to develop a quantum-centric supercomputer powered…

16 min

Programming

Illuminating Interactions: Visual State In Jetpack Compose

An important responsibility of any design system is making it clear what components can and cannot be interacted with, and letting users know when an interaction has taken place. This blog post will explain how to listen to user interactions in Jetpack Compose, and create reusable visual indications that can be applied across your application for a consistent and responsive user experience. Why visual feedback is important Compare the following two UIs: A lack of visual feedback can result in an app feeling slow or ‘laggy’, and results in a less aesthetically pleasing user experience. Providing meaningful feedback for different…

4 min

IBM Watson Orchestrate: Unlocking New Levels Of Productivity For Every Employee

The world is changing faster than ever, and the way we work needs to keep up with the possibilities that new technologies bring to our day-to-day work. Companies that want to stay competitive need to help their employees quickly build new skill sets and adapt to changing market conditions. Workforce demographic trends compel us to reimagine how we work. A large share of the worker population—Millennials and Generation Z—grew up using technology in their day-to-day lives, and they expect the tech they use at work to function the same as it does in their personal lives. Those businesses that do…

3 min

People

Everything’s Impossible Until It Isn’t – Read A Captivating Poem By Harry Baker

In the realm of spoken word poetry, there are few names that resonate as powerfully as Harry Baker. With his razor-sharp wit, magnetic stage presence, and uncanny ability to turn words into vivid emotions, Baker has carved a niche for himself as one of the most captivating and talented poets of our time. Prepare to be enthralled as we delve into the world of this extraordinary wordsmith. Here is one of his captivating works titled “Impossible”. I’m finding it too easyto tell myself it is too hard,When facing the endthat it’s too lateto even make a start,But if we take…

3 min

Policy Controller Dashboard: Now Available For All Anthos And GKE Environments

Customers using Kubernetes at scale need consistent guardrails for how resources are used across all their environments to improve their security, resource management and flexibility, and to achieve faster time-to-market and better operational efficiency. At the same time, customers tell us they need an easy way to apply and view those policy guardrails, including enforcement status, violations and remediation recommendations for their fleet of clusters. In January 2023, we launched the Policy Controller dashboard along with out-of-the-box policy bundles. And now, the Policy Controller dashboard is available for all Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Anthos environments (i.e., on-premises, multi-cloud and attached clusters)…

2 min

How To Easily Migrate Your Apps To Containers — Free Deep Dive And Workshop

Are you looking to migrate your applications to Google Cloud? Thinking about using containers for some of those apps? If so, you’re in luck! Google Cloud is hosting a free workshop on May 24th, 2023, that will teach you everything you need to know about migrating your app to containers in Google Cloud. The workshop starts at 9AM PST and will be led by Google Cloud experts who will walk you through some of your migration options, the costs involved, and the security considerations. We’ll also feature a hands-on lab so you can get familiar with some of the tools…

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