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Dave Lee / Financial Times: Recruiters say hiring in some tech sectors is holding firm; Indeed.com: US developer job postings are up 120% on an early 2020 pre-coronavirus pandemic baseline — Despite job cuts and slowing growth in some parts of the sector, recruiters say others are holding firm Dave Lee / Financial Times: Recruiters say hiring in some tech sectors is holding firm; Indeed.com: US developer job postings are up 120% on an early 2020 pre-coronavirus pandemic baseline …

Data, creativity, and tactic will make you climb the leaderboardPhoto by Element5 Digital on UnsplashThis may sound counter-intuitive. But the key skill which will give you an edge over others in machine learning competitions like Kaggle may not be machine-learning.Your knowledge of machine-learning algorithms is just the base skill that you need in Kaggle. Applying different algorithms, ensemble, and hyperparameter optimization is of course necessary, but then it’s just automation. Anyone can copy/paste algorithm…

In news that feels pretty timely, comedy giants Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle will be performing a set of comedy shows together coming up. Both comedians made headlines this year after getting interrupted onstage. Rock was slapped by Will Smith in the middle of an Oscars comedy bit and an angry fan launched at Dave Chappelle during a comedy show at the Hollywood Bowl earlier this year.News broke this week that Dave Chappelle is teaming up with Chris Rock for a show at the London-based O2 theater. The show won’t go down…

Dave Clark, the Amazon.com Inc executive who built a delivery arm to rival major cargo companies, will join logistics technology startup Flexport as chief executive in September, he said in a LinkedIn post. Amazon announced last week that Clark planned to leave his role as CEO of its worldwide consumer business on July 1. The move will place Clark at the helm of a company vying to become one of the biggest supply-chain and logistics platforms globally, a mantle not unlike the one held by Amazon. Both Flexport and Amazon…

Dave Clark, who led the sweeping logistics expansion at online retailer Amazon. com Inc., will become chief executive of Flexport Inc., the digital-focused freight forwarder that has emerged as one of the biggest in a stable of tech-forward shipping startups. Mr. Clark, who resigned last week as CEO of Amazon’s consumer business, will join Flexport on Sept. 1, the company announced on Wednesday. Ryan Petersen, Flexport’s…

Photos by Photo by Al Seib /A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images, Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Netflix Comedians Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle are set to co-headline an unforgettable night of stand-up comedy this fall. Slated to appear at The O2 Arena in London, Rock and Chappelle look to bring their unique senses of humor across the pond on Saturday, Sept. 3. As of now, the legendary pair only seem to be performing for one hilarious evening, but as we move closer to showtime, perhaps that will change.…

Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle have announced they will be co-headlining an “iconic” comedy show in London. Tickets for their 3 September show, produced by Live Nation at the O2 Arena, will go on sale on 10 June. The news follows weeks after both stars were attacked on stage in separate incidents, both of which prompted fellow comedians to share concerns about performance safety. In early May, a man ran and “lunged” at Chappelle during his set for the Netflix Is A Joke festival at The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Rock…

| Dave Roman of Astronaut Academy is creating a new middle grade graphic novel series called Unicorn Boy coloured by Heather Mann. The series features Brian, a very ordinary boy, who to his dismay sprouts an extraordinary unicorn horn overnight. With the help of best friend Avery, he discovers that being Unicorn Boy comes with magical power that can help those in need. The first three books of Unicorn Boy have been picked up by Calista Brill at First Second to begin publication in the autumn of 2032, with Steve Foxe as…

Dave Clark, the executive who made Amazon.com Inc into a worldwide delivery behemoth, is stepping down as chief executive of the online retailer's consumer business to pursue other opportunities, the company said on Friday.Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said he expects to name a replacement in the next few weeks and that the company has work ahead "to get to where we ultimately want to be" in the division Clark ran. Clark's last day will be July 1, after 23 years with the company.The departure further solidifies a changing of the…

Dave Clark, Amazon's senior vice president of worldwide operations.Lindsey Wasson | ReutersDave Clark, CEO of Amazon's worldwide consumer business and a top lieutenant of CEO Andy Jassy, will resign July 1, after 23 years at the company, Amazon announced in a regulatory filing Friday.Amazon did not name a replacement for Clark. In a blog post announcing his exit, Jassy said Amazon is in the process of firming up a succession plan for Clark, and will announce an update "over the next few weeks.""The past few years have…