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Databricks co-founder Matei Zaharia wins ACM Prize and declares AGI is already here

Zaharia began building Apache Spark as a doctoral student at UC Berkeley in 2009, a faster alternative to Hadoop MapReduce, which had become the default framework for large-scale distributed data ...
techtimes

Efficiency in Simplicity: An Interview with Vladislav Hincu, Senior Software Architect at Spark Solutions, Challenging Overly Complex Software Architectures

Vladislav Hincu is a recognized expert in software architecture, whose methodologies are used by architects across the United States, Europe, and the CIS. His clients include Fortune 500 companies and ...
ESPN

Knights hope Tortorella hire brings spark; debut ends in win

LAS VEGAS -- General manager Kelly McCrimmon said Golden Knights players had lost their spark, and that played into Sunday's surprising decision to fire coach Bruce Cassidy and try to inject life into ...
NPR

The Spark

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, host Asia Tabb starts ...