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Chainlink: Bringing data to the decentralized world of blockchains

CTOvision

Chainlink (LINK) is an Ethereum token that powers the Chainlink decentralized oracle network. This network allows smart contracts on Ethereum to securely connect to external data sources, APIs, and payment […].

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The Next Industrial Revolution Must Celebrate The Worker

Forrester IT

Writing in the Financial Times this week, Sarah O’Connor bemoans the dehumanization of work. She highlights examples like the autonomous robot, Chuck, which leads human pickers through warehouses at an apparently relentless pace. I’m sure we all have our own examples: The workforce tracking tools, originally deployed to identify (and rectify) shortcomings in staff training […].

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Ethereum: A decentralized computing platform that provides programmable store of value and enables smart contracts

CTOvision

Ethereum is a decentralized computing platform that uses ETH (also called Ether) to pay transaction fees (or “gas”). Developers can use Ethereum to run decentralized applications (dApps) and issue new […].

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The French Tech Ecosystem Is Booming, But…

Forrester IT

In 2020, 620 French start-ups raised €5.4 billion. This is more than in Germany but still way less than the UK (1,136 firms raised €12.7bn according to EY). Last year, fund raising was much more significant with several firms raising hundreds of millions: Voodoo (€400M), Mirakl (256M€), Ynsect (224M€), EcoVadis (182M€), Contentsquare (173M€) or Lydia […].

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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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The Graph Protocol: Enabling search for the new world of distributed ledgers

CTOvision

The Graph (GRT) is an Ethereum token that powers The Graph, a decentralized protocol for indexing and querying data from blockchains. Just as Google indexes the web, The Graph indexes […].

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Marketing Leaders, Tell Your Buyers The TEI™ Investment Story

Forrester IT

Companies still rely on their B2B marketers to convince buyers their technology is worth the investment. So, what type of strong, persuasive content can marketers create that’ll enable sales teams to get buyers over the finish line?

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How Do You Get The CIO Job?

The Accidental Successful CIO

What are the steps that it takes to become CIO? Image Credit: Matthew Hurst. The CIO job is the one that everyone in the IT department eventually wants to get. It can be a real challenge to line up an interview for this position and even more of a challenge to get selected for it. What everyone wants to know is what they need to be doing in order to someday make this happen for them so that they can share the importance of information technology with the rest of the company?

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Machine Policy Request & Evaluation Cycle | Client Action | SCCM | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s understand the ConfigMgr Client Action called Machine Policy Request & Evaluation Cycle in a. Read More Machine Policy Request & Evaluation Cycle | Client Action | SCCM | ConfigMgr. The post Machine Policy Request & Evaluation Cycle | Client Action | SCCM | ConfigMgr appeared first on How to Manage Devices by Anoop C Nair.

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A huge tech company just killed the 9-5 workday for good

Tech Republic Cloud

Salesforce said it 'no longer makes sense' to expect employees to work in the office eight hours a day and still do their best work.

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177% increase: Hackers grabbed 21.3 million healthcare records in the second half of 2020

Tech Republic Security

A new breach analysis from CI Security found that cybercriminals are going after medical billing and insurance companies.

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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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Why DevOps is Critical to Digital Transformation

Information Week

Organizations should focus on automation and efficiency to keep pace with pandemic-driven technology transformation.

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Love is in the air—and cybercriminals are taking advantage

Tech Republic Security

Malicious Valentine's Day-themed phishing campaigns are up 29% from last year, according to Check Point Research.

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Microsoft Viva Heralds New Wave of Collaboration Tools

Information Week

With so many workers at home full time, collaboration apps like Zoom, Slack, and Microsoft Teams have become a virtual substitute for the office, but without the balance. Now they are about to get better.

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Hit block caller: 75% of Americans were targeted by scammers

Tech Republic Security

While it's logical to assume seniors would be primary targets, a new report revealed that millennials were actually the most targeted demographic group of the more than 50 billion spam calls made in 2020.

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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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Legislators steer Washington state toward direct electric vehicle sales, bypassing auto dealers

GeekWire

Electric vehicles such as those from Lucid (left) and Rivian (right) could be sold directly to consumers in Washington state through a bill under consideration in the state Legislature. A bill working its way through the Washington state House would allow makers of electric vehicles (EVs) to sell direct to the public without involving an auto dealer.

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Video Game-Playing Pigs Stretch Our Concepts of Animal Intelligence

Gizmodo

The four pigs came to win. If they played the game well, they got delicious dog food (they used to get M&Ms, but the humans decided those were too sugary). Time and again, when prompted by researchers to complete a video game task—guiding a cursor with a joystick, a sort of rudimentary Pong —they did so with impressive… Read more.

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Zillow Group will pay $500M to acquire home touring tech company ShowingTime

GeekWire

ShowingTime CEO Scott Woodard. (ShowingTime Photo). Zillow Group said it will pay $500 million to acquire ShowingTime , a Chicago-based real estate company that sells software to facilitate home showings. ShowingTime has a network of nearly one million agents across North America and facilitated more than 50 million showings last year. Its software is used by 370 Multiple Listing Services.

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13 Years of Assassin's Creed: An Annual Globe-Trotting Time-Travelling Stealth Game

TechSpot

Who would have guessed that stealthily scaling a building with a trusty hidden blade would become an annual tradition, but back in 2007, the exploits of Altair in Assassin's Creed were practically revolutionary.

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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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Seattle startup’s bright idea: High-tech crosswalk could signal a way to improve pedestrian safety

GeekWire

Janie Bube wants to improve the visibility of pedestrians in crosswalks. (Ben Murphy Photography). On a rainy, foggy night in Seattle, an incident in a crosswalk changed the path that Janie Bube was on. A University of Washington student at the time, Bube was walking near the Burke-Gilman Trail when she was hit by a bicyclist in December 2018. Nobody was hurt, but Bube was rattled enough to immediately begin considering why she wasn’t visible enough, how serious it could have been and how

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NordVPN puts the price tag of stolen streaming subscriptions at $38 million

Tech Republic Security

Malware designed to steal log-in information saved in browsers has infected 16 million computers and swiped credentials for up to 174,800 accounts.

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Amazon wealth reigns: Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott lead list of top U.S. philanthropists for 2020

GeekWire

Jeff Bezos, right, his ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, third from right, and other family members at the opening of the Amazon Spheres in Seattle in January 2018. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was the top American philanthropist in 2020, giving away $10.1 billion to non-profit efforts associated with climate change and education, according to a ranking released this week by The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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How to fix a slow Nextcloud installation

Tech Republic Cloud

Jack Wallen found his Nextcloud installations not up to par, so he discovered two tricks to boost their performance.

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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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Fixin’ to Reinvent the Traditional Tech Hub: Why Technology Thrives in the South

Association of Information Technology Professional

What are the best cities for tech jobs in 2021 in the south and what are the pros and cons of living there?

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Go deep on snow depth data: New online tool puts Pacific NW mountain totals in historic context

GeekWire

A snowboarder rides a chairlift at the Summit at Snoqualmie ski area east of Seattle earlier this month. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). As the Seattle area braces for snow later this week, the mountains around the Pacific Northwest have already seen sizable accumulations this year. Tracking that snow depth has been made a bit easier thanks to a new online tool developed by the University of Washington and the Northwest Avalanche Center.

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Facebook is reportedly working on a Clubhouse copy

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Facebook, a company known for ripping its ideas from competitors , has reportedly set its sights on social audio. The New York Times reports today that the company is working on a copycat of Clubhouse, the buzzy invite-only social audio startup. The Times reports the product is in the “early stages of development,” so it’s unclear if and when it might launch.

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The importance of excellent communication at the workplace

Spearline Testing

Before 2020 came to a close, Colm Condon, a Human Resources consultant of OD&C Advisory Services , joined Kees and Josh on a podcast. He spoke about the different ways that businesses have had to adapt in order to survive, such as providing the right tools for remote agents, and how important it is for managers and supervisors to have regular contact with their staff.

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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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Turns out that Florida water treatment facility left the doors wide open for hackers

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. By now, you’ve probably heard the theoretically scary story of how hackers managed to infiltrate the computer systems at a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida and remotely control the chemical levels — but it turns out that description gives the hackers far, far too much credit. The reality? The water treatment plant itself left off-the-shelf remote control software on these critical computers — and apparently never, ever bothered to change the pass

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Charge! WiBotic’s Commander software plots the power plan for fleets of robots

GeekWire

WiBotic’s Commander software package keeps track of the charging status for a fleet of drones spread out over a wide swath of terrain — for example, the surroundings of Ellensburg, Wash. (WiBotic Graphic). It’s hard enough to remember to keep your smartphone charged up, so can you imagine how much harder it’d be to track the charging status of dozens of drones or robots?

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Star Wars severs ties with The Mandalorian star Gina Carano

The Verge

Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic. Disney has severed ties with Gina Carano, who played Cara Dune on The Mandalorian , the company announced on Wednesday evening. “Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future,” a Lucasfilm spokesperson told The Verge. Carano has recently come under scrutiny for several posts published on social media, including an anti-Semitic post on her Instagram.

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RapidAPI acquires Paw to help developers build, test, and manage APIs

Venture Beast

RapidAPI, an online marketplace for finding and managing APIs, has acquired Paw, creator of a Mac app for designing and testing web APIs. Read More.

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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.