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Google Shopping and American Express have teamed up to celebrate small businesses this holiday season with a new take on the classic window-shopping experience, in the form of shoppable street murals in New York, Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago. Blending physical shopping inspiration with a digital experience, the murals, which will be live through mid-December, give passersby an interactive way to discover and support local businesses.
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A federal jury in Ohio found that CVS Health , Walmart and Walgreens substantially contributed to opioid overdoses and deaths in Lake and Trumbull counties, according to The New York Times. Hearings slated for spring 2022 will determine how much each company will be required to pay the affected counties. The verdict was the first to find that pharmaceutical companies contributed to a “public nuisance,” which includes the opioid crisis, according to plaintiffs.
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A picture worth a thousand words now takes just three or four words to create, thanks to GauGAN2, the latest version of NVIDIA Research’s wildly popular AI painting demo. The deep learning model behind GauGAN allows anyone to channel their imagination into photorealistic masterpieces — and it’s easier than ever. Simply type a phrase like “sunset at a beach” and AI generates the scene in real time.
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In Cisco IT we have plenty of practice bringing acquired companies into the fold. We’ve added fourteen from January 2020 through August 2021 alone. We’re responsible for connecting the new offices to our network and delivering shared services like Cisco Webex, Office 365, and Salesforce. When Cisco acquired Acacia Communications in March 2021, we needed to bring their global offices and contract manufacturers onto our network.
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. Co-Author: Silesh Bijjahalli. As today’s leading companies utilize artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) to discover insights hidden in massive amounts of data, many are realizing the benefits of deploying in a hybrid or private cloud environment, rather than a public cloud. This is especially true for use cases with data sets larger than 2 TB or with specific compliance requirements.
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