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Service New South Wales Is The Clear CX Leader In Australia’s Public Sector

Forrester IT

Our Australia Government Customer Experience Index (CX Index™) 2020 results are out! The CX Index tests 30 drivers of CX and 27 emotions to reveal the factors that make a government experience easy, effective, and emotionally engaging. These indicators explain each government organization’s overall CX Index score and the impact on mission performance.

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Darth Vader actor David Prowse has died at 85

The Verge

David Prowse played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy | THIERRY ZOCCOLAN/AFP via Getty Images. David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films, has died, the Associated Press reported. He was 85. George Lucas asked Prowse to audition for Star Wars after seeing the 6-foot-6 actor in the 1971 Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange.

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Solar power nonprofit goes digital to bring installation instruction to underserved communities

GeekWire

In 2019, Remote Energy traveled to Kenya to train women in solar photovoltaic installation in partnership with a nonprofit called Women in Sustainable Energy and Entrepreneurship, which works with women in Eastern Africa. (Photo courtesy of Katie G. Nelson). When COVID-19 grounded travelers in early 2020, Chris Brooks and his team had to cancel more than a dozen teaching contracts in Africa, Central America, a Native American reservation and other locations around the U.S.

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The mysterious Utah monolith has disappeared

The Verge

A mysterious monolith appeared, then disappeared, in rural Utah | Utah Department of Public Safety. The Utah monolith has now disappeared almost as abruptly as it was discovered. The Utah Bureau of Land Management released a statement that the “illegally installed structure” had been removed from its public lands by an unknown party, likely on November 27th, after receiving national and international attention.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Are the hyper-platforms going to kill your business?

Venture Beast

By the time regulators figure out a company is prone to becoming a predatory monopolist, it’s often too late to reign that company in. Read More.

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Amazon workers in Germany set to strike again to disrupt Black Friday orders

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. A trade union has called on workers at an Amazon warehouse in Germany to hold their second strike in a week in an effort to disrupt Black Friday order processing, Reuters reported. Some 500 workers took part in a three-day strike that started Thursday and ended Saturday, according to trade union Verdi, with the next strike set to begin Monday night and end Tuesday night.

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Dave Prowse, the Actor Beneath Darth Vader's Armor, Has Died at 85

Gizmodo

Dave Prowse, born in 1935 in Bristol, was an actor and bodybuilder best known for his role as Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, a role he played on screen while James Earl Jones dubbed over his voice. Now, the actor has passed away. He was 85 years old. Read more.

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Tony Hsieh, former Zappos CEO and beloved tech pioneer, has passed away

TechSpot

The tech community at large is mourning the loss of Tony Hsieh, an Internet entrepreneur who was known for pioneering a new work culture at Zappos, a billion-dollar online shoe and clothing company later acquired by Amazon, where he served as CEO for over 20 years.

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Internet, Get Ready to Search: Utah’s Mystery Monolith Has Disappeared

Gizmodo

The mysterious shiny metallic monolith that was found in Utah’s Red Rock Country more than a week ago and set off various online and offline investigations into who—or what , dun, dun, dun—put it there is gone. On Saturday, the federal Bureau of Land Management’s Utah office announced that the monolith had been removed… Read more.

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Play Spider-Man: Miles Morales as a web-slinging patio heater

TechSpot

Recently, players have found themselves swinging through New York city as random inanimate objects. A manhole cover, a fence, a lamppost, some fairy lights, a wall, a piece of ground. And, a patio heater dubbed 'Heater Parker.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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New trailers: Small Axe: Red White and Blue, Equinox, Sweet Home, and more

The Verge

John Boyega stars in Small Axe: Red, White and Blue | Amazon Prime. I would like to discuss my THOUGHTS about the Netflix movie Happiest Season with you all but I don’t want to spoil the ending if you have not seen it. Suffice to say it could have used 100 percent more of both Aubrey Plaza and Dan Levy. The ending was. disappointing. Like VERY. It’s fine, but man I was hoping a Hallmark-esque LGBTQ rom-com might go with a more unexpected ending.

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The Mandalorian Has Removed 'Jeans Guy,' And I'm Disappointed

Gizmodo

Mistakes are a beautiful part of film and television production. Let ‘em be. They’re great. Read more.

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The best Cyber Monday deals that you can already get

The Verge

Cyber Monday is upon us. The big finale of the busy shopping weekend will officially happen Monday. But if you’ll be busy with work or whatever else, there’s some good news today: You can get a lot of the best Cyber Monday deals early. More and more retailers have lifted the veil on their new deals earlier than ever, and we’re focused on adding them here.

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Our Human Heroes Fight a Dalek Apocalypse in the Full Trailer for the Doctor Who New Year's Special

Gizmodo

It’s here: your first full look at the upcoming Doctor Who holiday special, “Revolution of the Daleks.” It’s going to be a big one. Read more.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 22, 2020

GeekWire

Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 22, 2020. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on GeekWire. Tony Hsieh, former CEO of Zappos who sold online shoe retailer to Amazon for $1.2B, dies at 46.

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'World's Loneliest Elephant' Will Finally Have Some Friends

Gizmodo

Finally, some good news in 2020. And we have Cher to thank for it. Yes, that Cher. Read more.

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Want to Know What the Covid-19 Vaccine Trials Are Like? There's a TikTok for That

Gizmodo

The viral short-form video app TikTok (which still isn’t banned , by the way) is becoming the unlikely new home for creators claiming to have first-hand experience with the covid-19 vaccine and giving expert testimonials about ongoing vaccine trials. Read more.

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Plug Into the Best Cyber Monday 2020 Tech Deals

Gizmodo

Take a glance at anyone’s holiday wish list, and there’s probably a gadget or two somewhere on there. While it’s nice to know exactly what your loved ones want, the prices can get hefty pretty quickly. Days like Cyber Monday can help. but finding the best deals in the flood of bargains isn’t easy. Spare yourself the… Read more.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Plug Into the Best Cyber Monday 2020 Tech Deals

Gizmodo

Take a glance at anyone’s holiday wish list, and there’s probably a gadget or two somewhere on there. While it’s nice to know exactly what your loved ones want, the prices can get hefty pretty quickly. Days like Cyber Monday can help. but finding the best deals in the flood of bargains isn’t easy. Spare yourself the… Read more.

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Give the Whole Family a Merry Sithmas With 30% off Ugly Star Wars Holiday Sweaters

Gizmodo

Toddler Baby Yoda Ugly Holiday Sweater | $12 | Target Girls’ Baby Yoda Fair Isle Pullover Sweater | $14 | Target Darth Vader Merry Sithmas Ugly Holiday Sweater | $21 | Target Read more.

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Buy a 24-Pack of Anker AA Batteries for $7, So You Can Finally Replace the Ones From the TV Remote You Put in the Xbox Controller

Gizmodo

Anker AA Batteries (24-Pack) | $7 | Amazon Prime Read more.

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