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To understand the risks posed by AI, follow the money

O'Reilly

The problems fostered by social media, search, and recommendation algorithms was never an engineering issue, but one of financial incentives (of profit growth) not aligning with algorithms’ safe, effective, and equitable deployment. User preferences were downgraded in algorithmic importance in favour of more profitable content.

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Web Development Trends in 2023

KeyCDN

Chatbots and virtual assistants Chatbots and virtual assistants are becoming more common on websites and web applications as they provide an efficient and convenient way for users to interact with a business. Asking users to log in to your website via their Facebook account or other social media credentials is no longer recommended.

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The 10 Must-Track Web Performance Metrics

MachMetrics

Web performance metrics track the efficiency (or lack thereof) of any individual aspect of your website’s performance. While lots of these KPIs are speed metrics, content performance metrics, and behavioral metrics, don’t lose sight of your main purpose (perhaps revenue). Time to First Byte. Time to Start Render.

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Kernel of a good strategy - Why, How and What

Abhishek Tiwari

While their old model charged a premium for high-quality media coverage, it was slow and unable to keep up with the demands of real-time news. Customers increasingly preferred speed and timeliness over perfection, necessitating a shift in their approach. Their legacy operating model was slow yet offered high-quality media intelligence.

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Dynamic Content Vs. Static Content: What Are the Main Differences

IO River

They cache static content and enable lightning-fast delivery around the globe.This symbiosis reduces server load, boosts loading times, and ensures efficient content distribution. This lower server load allows servers to handle more concurrent connections and efficiently serve more users simultaneously.

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Top Redis Use Cases by Core Data Structure Types

Scalegrid

Session Cache: Many websites leverage Redis Strings to create a session cache to speed up their website experience by caching HTML fragments or pages. Redis has found a huge market share across the travel and hospitality, community forums, social media, SaaS, and ecommerce industries to name just a few. Redis Strings Use Cases.

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Mobile testing: Most critical scenarios you shouldn’t miss to test

Testsigma

For example, if you have a social media application, the app will have access to the status posting section or the section to upload photos, chats etc. For heavier applications like games, social media or eCommerce users already have a lower expectations while they are on the move. should work.

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