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Google Accounts Compromised by Hackers Without the Need for Passwords

IT Toolbox

The development came soon after Google made the switch from passwords to passkeys. The post Google Accounts Compromised by Hackers Without the Need for Passwords appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Stanley Tumblers, Sephora Skincare: Creators Are Turning Tweens Into Adults

Forrester IT

In 2000, the hottest holiday gifts for tweens were Bratz Dolls and the Nintendo Wii. In 2023, they were 64 oz Stanley tumblers and skincare products from Sephora. My, how have the times changed. But why? It’s because of the unique impact of the creator (also known as the influencer).

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The Impact of the SEC’s WhatsApp Probe

IT Toolbox

Explore the crucial cybersecurity and compliance insights from the recent SEC’s WhatsApp probe The post The Impact of the SEC’s WhatsApp Probe appeared first on Spiceworks.

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US Tech Spend Outpaces The Overall Economy In 2024

Forrester IT

2024 promises a better tech spend outlook for the US — Forrester forecasts that US tech spend will grow 5.5% in 2024, up from 4.5% in 2023.

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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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How To Ethically Navigate AI And Biometrics in 2024?

IT Toolbox

Navigating risks, regulations crucial for responsible, secure deployment of biometric tech and AI advancements. The post How To Ethically Navigate AI And Biometrics in 2024? appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Award Winning Antivirus, On Sale for $25, Offers Elite Protection from Malware

Tech Republic Security

ESET NOD32 Antivirus 2024 Edition provides multi-layered protection from malware and hackers without impeding the performance of your Mac or Windows PC.

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The Rise of Dual Ransomware Attacks

Information Week

One ransomware attack is bad enough, but threat actors won’t always stop there. Dual attacks are a trend to watch.

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How To Ethically Navigate AI And Biometrics in 2024?

IT Toolbox

Navigating risks, regulations crucial for responsible, secure deployment of biometric tech and AI advancements. The post How To Ethically Navigate AI And Biometrics in 2024? appeared first on Spiceworks.

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7 Leading Causes of Cloud Outages

Information Week

Human error, Mother Nature, power cuts, geopolitics, and more are among the leading causes of cloud outages that represent a growing network resilience challenge.

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What Are Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)? Meaning, Identifiers, Uses, and Challenges

IT Toolbox

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are a system to identify and track software vulnerabilities globally. The post What Are Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)? Meaning, Identifiers, Uses, and Challenges appeared first on Spiceworks.

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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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CES Panel: AI Strategies for More Transportation Transformation

Information Week

Massive disruption is expected -- again -- in the automotive, transportation scene if companies do not get caught up in AI hype.

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6 tough AI discussions every IT leader must have

CIO Business Intelligence

Few technologies have provoked the same amount of discussion and debate as artificial intelligence, with workers, high-profile executives, and world leaders waffling between praise and fears over AI. Granted, CIOs have not been called before Congress to testify. But they are being grilled in executive suites and boardrooms, as enterprise leaders turn to their technology chiefs with all sorts of challenging questions that CIOs are expected to answer.

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How Businesses Can Build Confidence in AI and the Metaverse

Information Week

Business and IT leaders could consider proceeding on three fronts to improve DE&I as they develop their AI and metaverse offerings.

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Microsoft and PNNL make a better battery, and show AI’s potential to supercharge science

GeekWire

A prototype battery developed by Microsoft and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory uses a combination of lithium and sodium to reduce the overall lithium content. (Microsoft and PNNL Photo) Researchers at Microsoft and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) say they’ve discovered a way to reduce the lithium content in batteries by as much as 70%, using a process that shows the potential for artificial intelligence to significantly accelerate all sorts

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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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Know before you go: 6 lessons for enterprise GenAI adoption

CIO Business Intelligence

In 1895, Mary Lathrap penned a poem that inspired the quote, “You can’t really understand another person’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” That quote aptly describes what Dell Technologies and Intel are doing to help our enterprise customers quickly, effectively, and securely deploy generative AI and large language models (LLMs).Many organizations know that commercially available, “off-the-shelf” generative AI models don’t work well in enterprise settings because of signif

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Symbiosys, an adtech startup led by former Google and Microsoft exec, raises $9M

GeekWire

Bashar Kachachi, co-founder and CEO of Symbiosys. (Photo courtesy of AdExchanger/Symbiosys) Symbiosys , a two-year-old advertising tech startup that is rethinking how retailers and product brands work together, raised a $9 million Series A round led by Seattle-area venture capital firm Fuse. The company is hoping to ride tailwinds from a growing $45 billion retail media market that is generating substantial advertising revenue for retailers, driven in part by the success of Amazon’s high-m

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Superb PC Gaming with Next-Gen 4K QD-OLED Monitors

TechSpot

The upcoming MSI MPG 321URX is a new gaming monitor packing the long-awaited 32-inch 4K 240Hz QD-OLED panel. In this hands-on preview, we check out its key features and then some.

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2024 January KB5034123 KB5034121 Windows 11 Patches and 0 Zero-Day Vulnerability

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link] and Facebook Page to get the latest updates [link] The post 2024 January KB5034123 KB5034121 Windows 11 Patches and 0 Zero-Day Vulnerability appeared first on HTMD Community Blog #1 Modern Device Management Guides by Vidya M A.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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Duolingo lays off 10% of its contract workers as the company puts more faith in AI

TechSpot

A Duolingo spokesperson said about 10% of its contractors were "offboarded." As reported by Bloomberg, they explained, "We just no longer need as many people to do the type of work some of these contractors were doing. Part of that could be attributed to AI.

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2024 January KB5034122 Windows 10 Patches and 0 Zero-Day Vulnerability

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link] and Facebook Page to get the latest updates [link] The post 2024 January KB5034122 Windows 10 Patches and 0 Zero-Day Vulnerability appeared first on HTMD Community Blog #1 Modern Device Management Guides by Gopika S Nair.

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Seattle gaming startup Charmed lands $500K and reveals new 3D character design tool

GeekWire

These five aliens were all built using Charmed’s end-to-end AI tool, which generated each one in minutes. (Charmed Image) Seattle-based Charmed plans to launch a new AI-powered game design tool this month, which allows for rapid generation of 3D character models from scratch. It’s also raised over $500,000 in a new funding round, led by Tacoma Venture Fund.

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Install Intune Require PIN for Pairing Policy

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link] and Facebook Page to get the latest updates [link] The post Install Intune Require PIN for Pairing Policy appeared first on HTMD Community Blog #1 Modern Device Management Guides by Abhinav Rana.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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The AI features in MSI's new monitor give you an (unfair?) advantage in League of Legends

TechSpot

The MSI MEG 321URX QD-OLED has plenty of appealing features. The 32-inch monitor features a 4K 240Hz QD-OLED panel and promises 1,000 nits brightness for HDR content, DisplayHDR True Black 400 certification, a 1,500,000:1 contrast ratio, and a 0.03ms grey-to-grey response time.

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Publish Sensitivity Labels in Microsoft 365 to Protect Corporate Data

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link] and Facebook Page to get the latest updates [link] The post Publish Sensitivity Labels in Microsoft 365 to Protect Corporate Data appeared first on HTMD Community Blog #1 Modern Device Management Guides by Malepati Naren.

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The Rabbit R1 is a standalone, AI-powered gadget that can mimic human app usage

TechSpot

By learning and mimicking these behaviors, it can interface with an app in a natural way just as a human would, without any coding integration. According to Rabbit founder Jesse Lyu, LAM can learn the interface of any software regardless of which platform it is running on.

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Astrobotic rules out soft landing on moon after propellant leak dooms its spacecraft

GeekWire

Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander is shown during last month’s preparations for launch. (ULA Photo) Astrobotic says that it’s given up on its plan to put a commercial spacecraft safely on the moon’s surface, due to a propellant leak that will soon leave its Peregrine lander without fuel. The Pittsburgh-based company said there was no indication that the leak occurred as the result of the lander’s launch by United Launch Alliance.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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The Wi-Fi 7 standard has been finalized, certification program for compatible devices begins

TechSpot

The non-profit organization that owns the Wi-Fi trademark has just announced a new certification plan for Wi-Fi 7. As new use cases for wireless networking emerge across various industries, the Wi-Fi Alliance is prepared to offer its quality stamp to device manufacturers.

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Managing CEO expectations is this year’s Priority No. 1

CIO Business Intelligence

Once upon a time, CEOs’ IT expectations legendarily came from in-flight magazines — a source that’s morphed from CIO irritant to quaint memory as the magazines faded into nostalgia-land. Today’s CEOs are more likely to get their IT visions from stories written by credulous writers authoring for online business media. That’s if we’re lucky. If we aren’t, they’ll want Tony Stark’s ability to conjure up high-tech solutions by gesticulating into a 3D touch interface while arguing with the AI that ra

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MSI unveils the Claw, an Intel-powered handheld gaming PC

TechSpot

The Claw will have its work cut out if it wants to challenge the king of PC handhelds, Valve's Steam Deck. It also faces stiff competition from the ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go, and others. But MSI is confident that the Claw's unique features will set it apart from the.

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How to gain a five star security reputation in hospitality

CIO Business Intelligence

Achieving and sustaining compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a daunting challenge for hotels because they handle many complex payment business cases. For example, consider the numerous new booking options and services to improve the customer’s experience during the reservation process and their stay. Also, debit and credit card payments represent 80% of the industry’s customer payment methods, and it can be difficult to master and protect the stream of p

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.