Fri.Oct 16, 2020

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How IT Pros Can Make Cybersecurity a Business Priority

Association of Information Technology Professional

The data from CompTIA’s new State of Cybersecurity 2020 research report can help IT pros facilitate conversations about how to respond to changes in the cybersecurity landscape.

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Predictions 2021: Divided Consumers Will Wrestle With Escalating Individual, Community, And Global Tensions

Forrester IT

Escalating tensions will influence consumer behavior in 2021 as we move beyond crisis mode and see the new patterns forged from the current crisis. Read our consumer predictions for 2021.

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How to recover deleted files in Linux with testdisk

Tech Republic Security

If you've had files deleted by a hacker or you've accidentally removed them, Jack Wallen shows you how to recover that missing data with a handy tool called testdisk.

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The Promise (And Perils) Of Customer-Focused Government Technology Transformation

Forrester IT

Technology transformation is a fundamental lever to change the working of government overall.

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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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Professor creates cybersecurity camp to inspire girls to choose STEM careers

Tech Republic Security

Teaching via Zoom has had some unexpected benefits, college professor says, though robotics class is still a challenge. Her real passion is inspiring young women and girls to go into computer science.

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Change SCCM Client Software Update Point SUP | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s check how to change SCCM client software update point from the admin console. The client needs to be presented with more than one SUP from Management Point to have this feature working. There are two options to change the Software Update Point for the client.

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Windows 10: Microsoft's key new security feature helps to protect your information

Tech Republic Security

Remote work makes protecting data on the PC a higher priority, while the Edge browser gets more control.

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Scale Your Machine Learning with MLOps

Information Week

When it is time for your machine learning pilot programs to graduate and take on the real world, you need to start looking at MLOps.

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5 ways to manage computers securely and remotely using PowerShell

Tech Republic Security

Being able to secure communications between remote resources is just as important as being able to access the device. Using PowerShell, IT can do both when accessing off-site devices cross-platform.

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Microsoft just force restarted my Windows PC again to install more unwanted apps

The Verge

I stepped away from my computer for dinner, halfway through writing a story for The Verge. When I got back, I couldn’t believe my eyes. Windows 10 had restarted my computer without permission yet again — to install yet another forced OS update onto my solid state drive. The craziest part: When my machine finished rebooting, it now contained the exact thing I’d been writing about before I was rudely interrupted.

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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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Barnes & Noble restores Nook services after notifying customers about cyberattack

Tech Republic Security

Analysts point to specific clues from the company's response that show it may have been a ransomware attack.

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Apple ditching chargers saves costs but not the planet

The Verge

In this photo illustration a screenshot from Apple’s launch promotional material of the the new iPhone 12 seen displayed on a iPad tablet screen with the Apple logo in the background. | Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. Apple’s decision to no longer include wall chargers and earbuds in its new iPhone 12 boxes is good for business, but just how good it will be for the planet is harder to see.

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Fuzzing (fuzz testing) tutorial: What it is and how can it improve application security?

Tech Republic Security

Dr. David Brumley, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and CEO of ForAllSecure, explains what Fuzzing is and how companies can use it to improve application security and speed up their software development life cycle.

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He moved to Seattle a year ago and has already built a tool to help local businesses battle Amazon

GeekWire

Clothing items displayed on Sook, a Chrome extension that pulls together products from multiple websites. (Sook screen shot). When Jonathan Sandals moved to Seattle from Montreal in 2019, he fell in love with his new city, and the Ballard neighborhood where he settled, because he was taking everything in with fresh eyes and appreciated the unique character and ideas around him.

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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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Why IBM believes Confidential Computing is the future of cloud security

Venture Beast

IBM is pushing Confidential Computing as a new security standard to convince companies to put more core functions and sensitive data in the cloud. Read More.

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Bill Gates on tech and antitrust: It’s ‘unfortunate’ that Congress is grouping companies together

GeekWire

A backstage view of Bill Gates as he takes part in a virtual discussion during the 2020 GeekWire Summit on Thursday. (GeekWire Photo / Holly Grambihler). “One of the privileges of success in this country is government scrutiny, and that’s OK.” — Bill Gates, 1998. . “I believe Amazon should be scrutinized. … Our responsibility is to make sure we pass such scrutiny with flying colors.” — Jeff Bezos, 2020.

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An Apple Watch with Family Setup is an expensive electronic child leash

The Verge

An Apple Watch showing the Schooltime watchface. Apple’s take on a GPS tracker watch for kids is unique but costly The most interesting Apple Watch product Apple announced this year wasn’t the new flagship Series 6 or the new lower-cost Watch SE. It wasn’t watchOS 7 with its handful of new watchfaces, the ability to track your sleep, or detect when you’re washing your hands to reprimand you if you don’t go the full 20 seconds either.

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How to view website trackers in mobile Safari

Tech Republic Security

Learn how to use Apple's Privacy Report in Safari so you can see which websites attempted to track you on your iPhone or iPad.

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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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The Church of the SubGenius Documentary Examines the Cult of a Cult

Gizmodo

Long before the internet invaded every aspect of culture, a pair of friends who first bonded over their love of comic books and Captain Beefheart dreamed up “a weird fringe cult specifically for weirdos” that would walk the line between sincerity and parody. Thus, the Church of the SubGenius was born. Read more.

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AI Weekly: U.S. lawmakers decry the chilling effect of federal surveillance at protests

Venture Beast

Members of Congress sent a letter to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board asking the agency to investigate federal surveillance at protests. Read More.

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Elon Musk’s Vegas loop won’t transport as many people as promised

The Verge

Image: The Boring Company. Elon Musk’s Boring Company’s system of tunnels to shuttle people under the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) may not be able to move as many people as originally promised, according to documents obtained by TechCrunch. That’s not just disappointing — it may also mean financial penalties for The Boring Company. The choke point isn’t technology — it’s fire regulations.

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Foursquare’s Marsbot for AirPods offers location-aware audio tips

Venture Beast

The location-aware social sharing platform believes the next frontier for AI assistants will be proactively sharing context-specific audio via headphones. 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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OnePlus brand builder Carl Pei has left the smartphone company

The Verge

OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei in 2015. | Photo: Chris Welch / The Verge. It’s been tough to talk about OnePlus as a scrappy smartphone startup ever since its close ties with Oppo, Vivo, and electronics giant BBK came to light , but it’s still hard to overstate the impact of Carl Pei, the longtime public face of the company, who confirmed his departure today.

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Mobile game publisher Playtika files to go public in window for game IPOs

Venture Beast

Mobile game publisher Playtika announced today that it has filed to go public in an initial public offering, based on a statement issued today. Read More.

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OceanGate gets set for dives to Titanic while overcoming the complications of COVID-19

GeekWire

OceanGate’s Titan submersible is getting an extreme makeover for Titanic trips. (OceanGate Photo). Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate is getting ready to send explorers down to survey the wreck of the Titanic in its own custom-made submersible, but sometimes coping with the coronavirus pandemic can seem as challenging as diving 12,500 feet beneath the Atlantic Ocean’s surface.

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Prezi introduces dynamic video teaching tools as education moves online

Venture Beast

Prezi wants to make online presentations more engaging for teachers and students by bringing hand gesture controls to digital video content. 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.

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Among Us isn’t just blowing up on Twitch — it’s dominating mobile gaming

The Verge

Image: InnerSloth. Among Us has been one of the biggest games of the year, and thanks to new data from Sensor Tower, we have an idea of just how huge it has been on mobile: it was the top game on both the iOS App Store and Google Play in Q3 2020, according to Sensor Tower’s data. Sensor Tower also estimates that Among Us — which was first released in 2018 — passed 100 million downloads just in Q3 2020, significantly eclipsing the more than 68 million downloads for the next highest-downloaded gam

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Virtual profanity filter bans the word "Bone" at a paleontology conference

TechSpot

The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology gathered for its annual meeting this week. In true 2020 fashion, this conference was held virtually, containing daily presentations and follow-up, written Q&A sessions.

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Sony Xperia 5 II review: the right tool for the right jobs

The Verge

Plenty of control, if you know how to use it More than any other smartphone I’ve used this year, the Sony Xperia 5 II feels like a tool. It’s not just that it has a very understated design (though this definitely plays a part), it’s that Sony’s whole approach is to give you as much control over the phone as possible. Control over how it looks, and sounds, and takes photos and video.

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ESA Foundation leader explains why diversity in games matters more than ever

Venture Beast

The ESA Foundation's executive director, Anastasia Staten, is heartened by the opportunity to push the cause of diversity in gaming in 2020. Read More.

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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.