After Turi acquisition, Apple hints at ambitions for new Seattle-based machine learning division

Todd Bishop | GeekWire | 31 August 2016

“Apple’s new Seattle-based machine learning division, created through its $200 million acquisition of startup Turi earlier this month, will “build tools that enable teams across Apple to develop machine learning solutions to power amazingly intelligent user experiences.”

That’s the description used in a pair of job posts published Tuesday, providing the best hint yet about Apple’s plans for the new division. The posts, first spotted by Apple news site 9to5Mac, have since been removed from Apple’s site but are still available on some third-party jobs sites.”

 

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How LinkedIn’s search engine may reflect a gender bias

Matt Day | Seattle Times | 31 August 2016

“A search for a female contact may yield website responses asking if the searcher meant to search for a similar-looking man’s name. This comes as some researchers warn that software algorithms aren’t immune from human biases.”

 

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Here’s what UW Foster School professors think of Amazon’s 30-hour work week

Casey Coombs | Puget Sound Business Journal | 30 August 2016

“Right now they’re experimenting to see how people will react in a very controlled fashion,” said Suresh Kotha, professor of management at the Foster School of Business. “If it works they’ll roll it out. If it doesn’t, it’s not a huge loss. As we know, Amazon isn’t afraid to try out something new and fail.”

 

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Why the Career Ladder Is Overrated

Amy Bohutinsky | Fortune Magazine |31 August 2016

“Many of us expect to carve out a career deliberately and intentionally, knowing exactly what we’re doing every step of the way. When I first started out, that was my intent, too. But now I’m COO of Zillow Group, a public company with 2,500 employees. How I arrived here is certainly rooted in a lot of hard work. But I wouldn’t be here if I hadn’t jumped, quite dramatically, off that prescribed career ladder a couple of times.”

 

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Want to jump ship? Axon sails boat past Google and Tableau in effort to lure potential engineers

Kurt Schlosser | GeekWire | 30 August 2016

“In the ongoing quest to out-recruit the competition, one company took to the waters of Seattle on Tuesday to try and grab the attention of engineers who may want to jump ship.

 

Axon, which makes hardware and software for law enforcement, such as body cameras, rented a boat at the Electric Boat Company on Lake Union and motored up the Ship Canal past the waterfront offices of Google and Tableau in Fremont. A giant black sign draped over the vessel read, “Write code. Save Lives. Axon.io.”

 

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