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Keebo optimizes data warehouses with automated ‘learning’ platform, raises $10.5M

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With the rise of Snowflake and other cloud data warehouses, enterprises finally have a simple way to mobilize their data assets at scale. They can easily connect data from different sources and start driving efficiencies while keeping upfront investments (or CapEx) on the lower side.

The benefits of the solutions are unparalleled, but cloud data services also come with the challenge of high operating expenses. Essentially, due to constantly growing datasets, companies have to deal with high compute costs and query performance latencies. Without a solution, their teams have to give about 30–40% of their time to manually develop features that could optimize the warehouse for the required performance and budget constraints.

Woman Scammed ‘Russian Astronaut’ Who Claimed to Need Money to Return to Earth

A man claiming to be a Russian astronaut in space allegedly scammed a Japanese woman into paying for his return trip to Earth, vowing to marry her once he landed.

The man found the 65-year-old unnamed victim on Instagram in June. On his profile, he uploaded random photos of space and said he worked at the International Space Station, where astronauts have limited access to cell service.

Their relationship quickly escalated. On LINE, a Japanese messaging app, he repeatedly said he loved her and proposed marriage. He sent her messages like “I want to start my life in Japan” and “Saying this 1,000 times won’t be enough, but I’ll keep saying it. I love you,” news outlet TV Asahi reported.

Bella Hadid rocked a ‘spray-on’ dress during an appearance at Coperni’s Paris Fashion Week show on September 30

In less than 10 minutes, a team of 3 men sprayed a patented, spiderweb-like fabric around Hadid’s body, which ultimately hardened into a fully-formed white slip dress.

According to NYT fashion reporter Jessica Testa, the dress ‘looked as if it could be a kind of silk or cotton, but to the touch, it felt soft but elastic, bumpy like a sponge.