Association of Information Technology Professional
JANUARY 10, 2021
Shadow IT refers to any technical solutions or applications that are adopted and used by end users without the approval and/or knowledge of centralized IT teams. While these applications lack governance, they are most often acquired by end users with the best of intentions.
The Verge
JANUARY 10, 2021
LG Display is continuing its trend of reimagining the future of screens at CES 2021 with a new transparent TV. The panel is a 55-inch OLED, but its transparent design lets you see through it even when it’s turned on and displaying an image. The screen achieves 40 percent transparency, LG Display says, which is an improvement over past transparent LCDs the company claims achieved only 10 percent transparency.
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GeekWire
JANUARY 10, 2021
Doug Schneider, right, with his cycling buddy on an outing near his home in San Diego. (Photo courtesy of Doug Schneider). Over his career, Doug Schneider has held leadership roles for companies in telecommunications, web hosting and cloud services. He has founded and led businesses, navigating them through some significant transitions. As former president of Verio, for example, he took the company through an IPO before selling to a Japanese telecom in 2000 for more than $5 billion.
Gizmodo
JANUARY 10, 2021
The first inkling I had that something was very wrong on Wednesday was when my wife said, “Oh s**t, is this real?” as we were en route to Trader Joe’s after spending a few hours on the cold, sun-drenched beaches of Long Island for a winter walk on our last day of a vacation. A friend had texted about the Capitol. Read more.
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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.
The Verge
JANUARY 10, 2021
Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Ford will idle its plant in Kentucky for a week as the automotive industry grapples with a shortage of semiconductors, ABC News reported The automaker’s assembly plant in Louisville produces the Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair SUVs, and employs about 3,900 hourly workers, according to CNBC. Ford said will take a planned one-week plant shutdown that had been scheduled for later in the year and move it to this week instead.
Tech Republic Cloud
JANUARY 10, 2021
From the latest gadgets and big TVs to wacky products and the enterprise tech that puts the 'smart' in all those smart devices, TechRepublic editors discuss the big trends and new tech they're expect to see during the all-digital CES 2021.
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Venture Beast
JANUARY 10, 2021
A leading enterprise hardware and services provider is debuting augmented reality glasses that business users will actually wear. Read More.
The Verge
JANUARY 10, 2021
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anne Hathaway star in Locked Down | HBO Max. So with all the chaos of the past week, you may have missed that Friday was the final episode of Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek as host. Trebek, who died in November at age 80 after a battle with cancer, hosted the answer-and-question game show for 37 years. The show posted a best-of highlight reel of Trebek’s performances over the years (remember the brouhaha when he shaved his mustache?!
Gizmodo
JANUARY 10, 2021
The second season of Batwoman will represent a soft reboot for the series, a beginning of a rebuilding effort after the first star, Ruby Rose, left the show. With Javicia Leslie as the new Batwoman , the show is geared up to begin anew. But what’s it going to be like? Read more.
TechSpot
JANUARY 10, 2021
A reliable leaker has posted the pivotal details of the Ryzen 7 5800 and Ryzen 9 5900. The two CPUs will target the same 65 W TDP that previous non-X and non-XT models did, down two-fifths from the 105 W granted to the 5800X and 5900X. At 4.6 GHz and.
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The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?
Gizmodo
JANUARY 10, 2021
In the movies, Luke Skywalker has only ever had the two lightsabers. In other canon materials, it’s a bit more complicated. Star Wars Explained can, uh, explain. Read more.
TechSpot
JANUARY 10, 2021
The news follows a statement on Friday, in which South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Company confirmed that it’s in early talks with Apple concerning the future production of an autonomous electric car. The news sent Hyundai stock skyward, even though the company later corrected that no decisions – or deals.
Gizmodo
JANUARY 10, 2021
So far, 21st-century tech hasn’t quite lived up to all that sci-fi tropes promised. But while everyone may not have flying cars or their own holodeck yet, you can now bet on drone races from your phone in certain states, and I think that’s pretty dang futuristic. Read more.
Venture Beast
JANUARY 10, 2021
The hypercasual game market is going to evolve in 2021, and this includes dealing with Apple's IDFA ad changes for privacy. Read More.
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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.
The Verge
JANUARY 10, 2021
The Ratatouille TikTok musical will return for an encore performance Sunday night on the platform where it all started. TikTok is hosting another showing of the streaming musical that debuted online New Year’s Day, which has already raised more than $1 million for The Actors Fund. The musical came together on TikTok over the past few months, with composers, fans, set designers, costumers, and choreographers creating musical numbers for the fictional “show” which is built around the 2007 Disney/P
Gizmodo
JANUARY 10, 2021
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Database Star
JANUARY 10, 2021
The SQL MAX function can be used to find the highest number in a list of numbers. Learn how to use it and see some examples in this article. Table of Contents What is the SQL MAX Function? SQL MAX Syntax Parameters Examples of the MAX Function What Does The “MAX OVER” Do? Similar Functions […].
Gizmodo
JANUARY 10, 2021
A sale on select Nintendo Switch titles and a Crux Artisan juicer lead Sunday’s best deals. Read more.
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ForAllSecure
JANUARY 10, 2021
Regression testing is the practice of re-running functional and non-functional tests to ensure that previously developed and tested software still performs after new code commits are submitted. Inevitably, as more functions are added and more code is integrated into existing codebases, this integration of the old and new can result in new mistakes. When previously tested software does not perform successfully against previously run tests, it is called a “regression” While the practic
Gizmodo
JANUARY 10, 2021
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The Verge
JANUARY 10, 2021
LG Display has shared video of its new 48-inch OLED gaming TV that can bend from a flat display to a curved one with the push of a button, and seeing it in motion is fascinating. Check it out at the top of this post. The flexible display orientations could let you watch TV with the flat orientation and play games with the curved one, for example. The company’s video also shows off how the screen could be used for a racing game with a first-person perspective in the cockpit, which seems like anot
GeekWire
JANUARY 10, 2021
AWS re:Invent. (GeekWire Photo). Amazon’s cloud unit will no longer provide services to Parler, the social media platform popular with conservatives and extremists. BuzzFeed first reported that Amazon Web Services will suspend Parler on Sunday before midnight. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the news to GeekWire. BuzzFeed cited an email from AWS sent to Parler that stated how the site violated Amazon’s terms of service due to calls for violence.
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“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.
The Verge
JANUARY 10, 2021
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Apple has removed Parler from the App Store, following accusations that the social media app was fostering calls to violence ahead of, and following, the raid on the US Capitol. “ We have always supported diverse points of view being represented on the App Store, but there is no place on our platform for threats of violence and illegal activity.
Gizmodo
JANUARY 10, 2021
Banning, it seems, is in this week. Google and Apple have kicked out social media app Parler from their app stores; Reddit has banned r/donaldtrump , the unofficial subreddit dedicated to President Donald Trump; and Twitter has banned the president himself , as well as other high-profile supporters of the QAnon… Read more.
The Verge
JANUARY 10, 2021
Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images. Clearview AI’s CEO says that use of his company’s facial recognition technology among law enforcement spiked 26 percent the day after a mob of pro-Trump rioters attacked the US Capitol. First reported by the New York Times , Hoan Ton-That confirmed to The Verge that Clearview saw a sharp increase in use on January 7th, compared to its usual weekday search volume.
GeekWire
JANUARY 10, 2021
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 Jan. 3, 2021. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on GeekWire. Fraud allegations fly in dispute over brain-scanning tech made famous on Netflix’s ‘Making a Murderer’ Neuroscientist Larry Farwell doesn’t read minds, but he can usually catch a l
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Gizmodo
JANUARY 10, 2021
Clearview AI’s controversial facial-recognition app has seen a spike in use as police track down the pro-Trump insurgents who descended on the Capitol on Wednesday. With so many of those idiots s napping selfies and livestreaming the raid as if it was a school field trip, I’m surprised police even needed the help. Read more.
Vox
JANUARY 10, 2021
A general view of the the Parler app icon displayed on an iPhone. | Hollie Adams/Getty Images. Far-right violence got Parler kicked off the internet. On Sunday, Amazon will kick Parler — the conservative social media platform that brands itself as a “free speech” alternative to sites like Twitter — off of its web-hosting service, potentially putting an end to a site that has become a nexus of extremism.
Vox
JANUARY 10, 2021
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House July 30, 2020. | Alex Wong/Getty Images. Digital exile for “the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters.” On Friday, after dozens of “this claim is disputed” labels and more than a few international incidents, Twitter finally banned President Donald Trump, permanently. The ban is a seismic shift after four years of nearly nonstop tweets from the president, who in 2015 laid claim to the title “the Ernest Hemingway of 140 charact
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