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OpinionThe data steward has an impossible job. Here’s why and what we can do to empower them.In his seminal 2017 blog post, The Downfall of the Data Engineer, Maxime Beauchemin wrote that the data engineer had the worst seat at the table.Data technology and teams have changed tremendously since that time, and now the Preset CEO and creator of Apache Airflow and Apache Superset has a brighter outlook on the future of the profession.I have also seen what was once a thankless position turn into a strategic driver of company…

Countdown star Rachel Riley has condemned Johnny Depp amid the actor’s ongoing defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.Depp is suing Heard for $50m (£38.2m). He alleges that Heard implied that he abused her in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed about domestic violence.Heard is countersuing for $100m (£80.9m), accusing Depp of orchestrating a “smear campaign” against her and describing his lawsuit as a continuation of “abuse and harassment”.On Twitter, Riley shared a thread by another user entitled “Johnny Depp: a…

Do your downloads drive you to despair? You're definitely not alone. The UK's broadband speeds have just been exposed and there are some stark differences depending on exactly where you happen to live. That's according to UK broadband builder Fibre Heroes who has just posted its results for internet speeds across the country.If you happen to have a home in Cumbria or Cornwall you might find you'll have to wait a lot longer to download files and films with these areas getting some of the poorest connections. However, with…

Thanks to the widespread acclaim that greeted Ghost Protocol, Rogue Nation, and Fallout, all three of which can justifiably be ranked among the 21st Century’s finest action blockbusters, Mission: Impossible finally cemented itself as one of the greatest franchises of all-time. It was touch and go for a while, which was one of the major risks that came with leading man and producer Tom Cruise insisting that every installment be helmed by a different director, at least until he struck up his long-running bromance with…

The Riddler has gotten a fashion refresh in Detective Comics, and I couldn’t be happier for him. It can be tricky to iterate on the Riddler. Many writers and artists have attempted to modernize the flamboyant, verdantly suited, and nattily-hatted quizzer into something more aligned with modern fashion — both in terms of clothes and the changing vibe of comic book supervillains. He’s been given question-mark scars and scantily clad henchwomen with themed names. Once, he just started wearing black lipstick and a black…

How many of your passwords have been compromised? And how many of those passwords have you actually taken the time to change? Depending on how many internet accounts you maintain, making sure that every password is safe can be a full-time job. That’s why Google Assistant is gaining the ability to change your passwords for you. New passwords feature for Google Assistant Last May, Google announced that Chrome would soon be able to help users change any of their compromised passwords with a single tap. When…

For more than 25 years, developer Game Freak has found a way to reinvent the Pokémon franchise for each new generation of gamers. Both brand-new Pokémon trainers and Pokémon masters are captivated by these cute (and sometimes scary) little monsters. Maybe it’s the drive to catch ’em all that keeps players coming back. Or perhaps it’s how adorable these little pocket monsters can be. Whatever the reason, players continue to return to or start exploring the Pokémon franchise. Each game has a pretty consistent feel to…

Observed and simulated characteristics of storm 1b. Storm total precipitation (mm) from the (a) gridMET observations and (b) ensemble mean of the historical simulations on the 3 km resolution domain. Precipitable water (mm; shaded) and wind speed at 10-m (m/s; contour) from the (c) NARR and (d) ensemble mean of the historical simulations on the 27 km resolution domain. Wind speed contour interval is 5 m/s starting at 10 m/s. Sea-level pressure (mb;…

The Great Indian Murder, out now on Disney+ Hotstar, is an insanely disastrous adaptation of a maddeningly ambitious novel. It's based in parts on Vikas Swarup's 2008 whodunnit Six Suspects — Swarup is best known for the book that got made into the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire — which, through its six titular suspects, comments on virtually everything under the sun. Class, politics, indigenous, nationalists, spoiled elite, the unprivileged, and Gandhian principles — you name it, Swarup's book attempts to tackle it.…

A malicious software command that immediately crippled tens of thousands of modems across Europe anchored the cyberattack on a satellite network used by Ukraine's government and military just as Russia invaded, the satellite owner disclosed Wednesday.The owner, US-based Viasat, issued a statement providing details for the first time of how the most serious known cyberattack of the Russia-Ukraine war unfolded. The wide-ranging attack affected users from Poland to France, getting quick notice by knocking off remote access…