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Planning Assumptions 2021: Seizing Opportunity Amid Disruption

Forrester IT

Amid unprecedented uncertainty lies vast opportunity for B2B leaders. Monica Behncke, Vice President, SiriusDecisions Research, explains in her introduction to Forrester’s SiriusDecisions 2021 Planning Assumptions.

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4 Shifts Taking Place in the IT Framework

Association of Information Technology Professional

Over the past 18 months, digital transformation efforts have started to introduce new qualities to each of the four pillars of IT, including infrastructure, development, security and data. Here's a look at the shifts that are taking place now.

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Inclusion And Diversity Research: Five Surprising Things We Learned

Forrester IT

This week, we released a report on the state of the practice of DEI: diversity, equity, and inclusion (see “The Business Of Belonging: How Equity For Employees Drives Equity For Your Brand“). In the course of the research, we interviewed a cross section of practitioners, including chief diversity officers (CDOs), researchers, consultants, and experts in […].

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Analyze SCCM Client Logs Using CMPivot | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s learn how to analyze SCCM client logs using CMPivot. ConfigMgr Twitter community is doing a great work share many CMPivot queries. Learn more about CMPivot architecture and communication details as well. 👉SCCM CMPivot Architecture Fast Channel Making | ConfigMgr.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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The Future Of Consumer Buying Will Drive The Reinvention Of Your Business

Forrester IT

Forrester recently explored changes in how consumers buy products and services. The relationship between consumers and businesses is undergoing a multifaceted transformation based on four factors: the economic impact of marketplaces, next-generation product experiences, consumers’ perception of brand values, and brands’ adoptions of business models.

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3 Hurdles to Overcome for AI and Machine Learning

Information Week

Artificial intelligence and machine learning have distinct limitations. Businesses looking to implement AI need to understand where these boundaries are drawn.

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Top 5 Benefits of eBook Authoring Tools Every Publisher Must Know!

Kitaboo

Technological advancements have completely transformed the way we produce, deliver, and consume content. With eBook authoring tools gaining popularity, readers are happily parting ways with the traditional reading options. eBook authoring tools have made it possible to bridge the gap between creating content and creating an interactive, engaging, and visually appealing content.

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IBM and Cambridge Quantum Computing announce random number generator service

Tech Republic Cloud

This cloud-based quantum computing service includes verification and is now available to members of the IBM Q Network.

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Woman dies during a ransomware attack on a German hospital

The Verge

A woman in Germany died during a ransomware attack on the Duesseldorf University Hospital, in what may be the first death directly linked to a cyberattack on a hospital. The hospital couldn’t accept emergency patients because of the attack, and the woman was sent to a health care facility around 20 miles away, the Associated Press reported. The cyberattack was not intended for the hospital, according to a report from the German news outlet RTL.

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Free Speech Champion Mark Zuckerberg Announces Plan to Censor His Employees

Gizmodo

Facebook employees have recently been wondering if perhaps Facebook—which lets politicians lie in ads , festers with extremist movements like QAnon , and by design amplifies authoritarian propaganda, misinformation, and hate speech—is actually the bad guy. Read more.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Nintendo has discontinued the 3DS

The Verge

Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge. Nintendo has discontinued every model of the 3DS, according to its Japanese website. The page listings for the New 3DS LL, New 2DS LL, and 2DS are still live, but each product lists “out of production” under its name, and a message on the main page says that the entire series has ended production. It’s not clear when the change was made; several Japanese Twitter users noticed it this afternoon.

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How to easily deploy LAN-accessible pods to a Kubernetes cluster

Tech Republic Data Center

If deploying a LAN-accessible pod to a Kubernetes cluster has you pulling out your hair, let Jack Wallen show you how easy it actually is.

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Amazon reveals first 5 companies to receive investments from its $2B Climate Pledge Fund

GeekWire

Inside an Amazon fulfillment center in Dupont, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota). Amazon on Thursday announced the first five companies selected to receive investments from its Climate Pledge Fund , a $2 billion initiative revealed in June to support innovations that will help the Seattle-based cloud computing and online shopping behemoth reduce its carbon emissions.

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Silicon Industry Association: $50 billion are needed to bring chip manufacturing to the US

TechSpot

In July we took a deep dive into China's ambitious plan for technological self-sufficiency, which is largely motivated by the US-China trade war and the insistence on replacing all foreign hardware and software solutions from its public infrastructure.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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Xbox Series X and S preorders start at 11AM ET on September 22nd

The Verge

Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge. Microsoft is revealing today the exact time you’ll be able to preorder an Xbox Series X or Series S console on September 22nd. Preorders will start at 11AM ET / 8AM PT on September 22nd at Amazon, Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Costco, Sam’s Club, Gamestop, Newegg, and Army and Airforce Exchange Service. The Xbox Series X is priced at $499, and the Xbox Series S will be available at $299.

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SiFive hires Qualcomm exec as CEO for RISC-V alternatives to Nvidia-Arm

Venture Beast

SiFive has hired former Qualcomm executive Patrick Little as its new CEO. His job will be to establish RISC-V processors as an alternative to Arm. Read More.

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PSA: Walmart is trying PS5 preorders again at 6PM PT / 9PM ET right here

The Verge

Image: Walmart. The PS5 pre-order situation has so far been a bit of a mess , but you might just have your next shot to snag a console very soon — Walmart will be offering PS5 pre-orders at 6PM PT / 9PM ET tonight, September 17th. If you want the $499.99 version that comes with a disc drive, click here. If you want the $399.99 Digital Edition, click here.

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AI-powered weight training startup Tonal raises $110 million amid home workout boom

Venture Beast

Tonal, a startup developing an AI-powered home weight training system, raised $110 million to further its R&D and mass-production efforts. Read More.

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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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Where to buy Nvidia’s RTX 3080 graphics card tonight or tomorrow

The Verge

Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge. Sony’s PlayStation 5 opened pre-orders today, and it’s an utter fiasco so far — there was no communication about when, where, or how to get one without competing with scalpers. But perhaps we can help you get your hands on Nvidia’s new RTX 3080 graphics card, a GPU that finally powers 4K 60fps gaming or better for $700 ?

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Why Isn't Close Encounters Considered Steven Spielberg's Ultimate Masterpiece? Because It Kind of Is

Gizmodo

Many people would agree that Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a straight-up masterpiece. That’s not some wild stretch. And yet, ask those same people what the best Steven Spielberg movies are and there’s a very good chance it barely makes the top five. (Seriously. I ran a poll to check this. It’s true.) To make a… Read more.

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Here’s how to preorder the PS5, when it ever becomes available again

The Verge

Image: Sony. Sony’s PlayStation 5 will launch on November 12th in the US starting at $399.99. That price will get you the digital edition of the console that doesn’t have a Blu-ray disc drive. If you want a disc drive for playing disc-based PS5 games, 4K Blu-ray movies, and PS4 games that may end up being compatible, there’s a larger version of the console that has that for $499.

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U.S. Cellular claims record-breaking 5G mmWave data call spanning 5km

Venture Beast

The top U.S. regional cellular company has achieved an over 3-mile millimeter wave transmitting distance, tripling range expectations set only last year. Read More.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

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?

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CISOs top traits revealed in report: Improvement needed

Tech Republic Security

A new Gartner report found only 12% of chief information security officers (CISOs) met the criteria for being considered highly effective.

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Major pharma companies including Novartis and Merck build federated learning platform for drug discovery

Venture Beast

Pharmaceutical companies including Novartis, Merck, and AstraZeneca have successfully deployed a federated learning platform for drug discovery. Read More.

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An RTX 3080 Graphics Card Just Sold on Ebay for $70,000

Gizmodo

The RTX 3080 is already sold out everywhere, and as soon as something sells out people like to then resell it, which means there are plenty of auctions on Ebay. But who on earth just bought the Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 for $70,000. What the f**k?! $70,ooo?! Who would buy a graphics card for 9900% more than its MSRP? Read more.

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RapidAI raises $25 million to analyze medical scans with AI algorithms

Venture Beast

RapidAI, a company developing algorithms that analyze medical imagery primarily from stroke victims, has raised $25 million in venture capital. Read More.

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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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14 Years Old and Arrested for Worldwide Cyberattacks

SecureWorld News

He discovered the power of cyberattacks by accident. You see, he was a just typical teenager who liked to game. He spent hours each day playing Call of Duty on his PlayStation. "It was times where people were able to, like, freeze my PS3 or kick me offline. Then after that came, like, my PS3 getting frozen. Which was kind of a mega surprise. I didn't know someone had the power to do that.".

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How Far-Right Extremists Are Using the Climate Crisis to Go Mainstream

Gizmodo

Oregon has been a hot bed of far-right activity for years, but the wildfires have cast the militias in a new light. Misinformation has been rampant as unprecedented fires lit up the state. False rumors of “antifa” igniting fires and coming to loot people’s homes have raced across Facebook. Read more.

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Metacore raises $17.6 million from Supercell and launches Merge Mansion mobile game

Venture Beast

Finnish mobile game company Metacore, formerly known as Everywear Games, has raised $17.7 million in funding from mobile gaming giant Supercell. Read More.

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PS5 will be ‘99 percent’ backward compatible with PS4 games

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Sony revealed the PlayStation 5’s price and release date ( $399 for the all-digital version , and $499 for the one with a disc drive , both out on November 12th), as well as the company’s six launch titles that will be available at release. That’s not a huge lineup, and you might be wondering if you can play some of your PS4 collection on your new PS5 as more games become available — and fortunately, it seems like there’s a good chance you will.

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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.