Wed.Jul 15, 2020

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How DataRobot is helping Government Agencies unlock the potential in their data

CTOvision

Data is one of the most valuable resources that any government agency works with, so it’s important to understand both its power and potential. Artificial Intelligence is helping agencies to […].

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(Re)Launching Forrester’s Commerce Services Coverage

Forrester IT

Forrester is (re)launching its commerce services research. I will be tackling this complex and important analysis to help retailers, brands, and manufacturers choose the best strategy/design/implementation/integration/operations service partners, extending Senior Analyst Lily Varon’s work from a few years ago. Regardless of your category or scenario — B2C, B2B, eCommerce replatforming, pivot to omnichannel, personalization, extension […].

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MEM Endpoint Analytics with Joy | Learn and Discover #1

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. This post is all about the new kid on the block – MEM Endpoint Analytics. Endpoint Analytics (currently in public preview!) is a new analytics solution from Microsoft which aims to improve the user productivity by shifting the focus of the IT efforts to being proactive rather than reactive.

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Mobile Banking Apps Take Center Stage As Australians Embrace Digital Banking

Forrester IT

It’s mid-July 2020, and the world is a very different place than it was six and a half months ago! Just think of the ways we now interact with each other, carry out our daily activities, and buy and pay for products and services. How we bank has also changed dramatically. With social distancing rules and […].

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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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The OS Classics

All Things Distributed

A few days ago I was fortunate to pick up a copy of a book that had a major impact on my early career as kernel engineer; The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD UNIX Operating System by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels and John S. Quarterman. It was the first authoritative description of Berkeley UNIX , its design and implementation.

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Executives Really Must Walk In Their Customers’ Shoes

Forrester IT

Back when I was a CX practitioner I regularly found myself reminding stakeholders up and down the organization that just because they may have never experienced something, it did not mean that it wasn’t happening to our customers. It would be followed up with me encouraging them to adopt an outside-in perspective and explain that […].

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Climate Risk Is Here To Stay – Emerging Solutions Help Your Business Adapt

Forrester IT

The top five global risks identified in terms of likelihood in the World Economic Forum’s Annual Global Risks Report 2020 were all environmental or climate-related: 1) extreme weather events; 2) failure to adapt to climate change; 3) human-made environmental damage; 4) biodiversity and ecosystem loss; 5) natural disasters. There is no doubt about it: the […].

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I See You – CIOs And The Problem Of Exposed Corporate Data

The Accidental Successful CIO

When we put information into the cloud, we don’t want the world to see it Image Credit: Jeff Easter. Wow – that cloud thing is a powerful tool for the person with the CIO job to use. Think about it, we have access to almost unlimited storage and the ability to spin up new servers anytime that we run into the need. Life sure has gotten better than it used to be.

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Ransomware accounts for a third of all cyberattacks against organizations

Tech Republic Security

Government agencies were most heavily hit by ransomware during the first quarter, says Positive Technologies.

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How to create a Kubernetes ReplicaSet

Tech Republic Data Center

If you're looking to maintain a stable set of Kubernetes replica pods running at any given time, the tool you need is ReplicaSets. Find out how to use this handy feature.

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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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Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, Bill Gates and others hijacked to promote crypto scam

Tech Republic Security

The verified accounts for Gates, Musk and Apple issued tweets promoting a cryptocurrency scam, asking followers to send money to a blockchain address.

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How Data-Driven Investments Paid Off in Pandemic

Information Week

When restaurants shut down, they set off a chain reaction all the way up the supply chain. Here's how one regional gourmet food distributor was able to pivot quickly.

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Hackers take over Twitter accounts of Gates, Musk, Biden, Obama, Apple and others in crypto scam

GeekWire

(GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop). Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos had their Twitter accounts hacked Wednesday afternoon in an apparent cryptocurrency giveaway scam. Other accounts including Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Apple, Uber, and Square’s CashApp were also hacked. Update, 2:45 p.m. PT: Here’s the first statement from Twitter: We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter.

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Netflix Is Turning Usagi Yojimbo Into an Animated Series

Gizmodo

Stan Sakai’s legendary rabbit ronin is finally getting an animated series of his own after decades and decades of comic book adventures across Edo Japan. But the new series seems like it’ll contain a few interesting twists. Read more.

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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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MSI allegedly attempts to bribe YouTuber to prevent a negative review

TechSpot

Many of us rely on product reviews from trusted, independent sources to make informed purchasing decisions. Unfortunately, it seems that some manufacturers (or PR people) aren't willing to accept negative feedback. Tech YouTuber TechteamGB tweeted that MSI attempted to pay them not to post a negative review of the MSI.

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Apple, Musk, Gates, Bezos, and Everyone You’ve Ever Heard of Hacked

Gizmodo

Something normal happened on Twitter earlier this afternoon. Someone claiming to be Elon Musk started tweeting an obvious scam to entice his loyal bootlickers to send bitcoin to a random cryptocurrency wallet. This happens all the time, but the strange thing about today was that the tweets were coming from Musk’s … Read more.

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Seattle investors need to step up: Startup founder survey reveals frustration with local angels

GeekWire

Blue Angels fly over Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota). Risk averse. Conservative. Hidden. Out of touch. When I started angel investing while working full time in the ‘90s and ‘00s, these words described me to a T. Kirby Winfield. Now, 20 years later, these are the top four answers from Seattle-area startup founders when asked to characterize Seattle’s angel community.

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Researchers Created Tiny Camera Backpacks for Beetles

Gizmodo

Every year, companies like GoPro manage to pack more and more functionality into smaller and smaller action cameras that are less obtrusive to wear. But a team of researchers from the University of Washington has managed to build a live-streaming wireless camera that’s so small even an insect can wear it. Read more.

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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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ESA CEO: 64% of U.S. adults are gamers, 41% of players are women, older people are playing more

Venture Beast

At the Games For Change Festival, ESA CEO Stanley Pierre-Louis spoke about pandemic-driven industry growth, societal challenges, and hopes for the future. Read More.

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Here’s a Map of the Surveillance Tech Police Are Using to Track You

Gizmodo

An abundance of reporting has confirmed that you’re not paranoid, Minority Report was nonfiction, and face paint isn’t just an art project. We hear about how law enforcement can match our faces with photos scraped from our social media profiles and monitor us through neighbors’ doorbells. The near-weekly updates send… Read more.

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First look: Space Needle spends $1M on UV gates and other tech in ambitious reopening plan

GeekWire

Special new entry gates at the Space Needle in Seattle use Far-UV-C light to “sanitize” guests as they enter the landmark following a four-month closure for the pandemic. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). The bar for reopening businesses and attractions to the public during the coronavirus pandemic has been set — and it’s 600 feet high.

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MIT researchers find ‘systematic’ shortcomings in ImageNet data set

Venture Beast

MIT researchers say the influential ImageNet data set has "systematic annotation issues" when used as a benchmark for evaluating object recognition models. 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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NBC's Peacock Is the Netflix Alternative I've Been Waiting For

Gizmodo

I don’t know about you, but I’ve maxed out my capacity to care about late-to-the-party streaming services. New rollouts have debuted at a breakneck clip in the last year, leaving us with a dizzying number of subscription streaming options—many of which, to be frank, aren’t worth any amount of money. But with its… Read more.

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MIT researchers warn that deep learning is approaching computational limits

Venture Beast

In a newly published study, MIT researchers find evidence that deep learning will soon (or already has) run up against computational limits. Read More.

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JEDEC releases next-gen DDR5 memory specification

TechSpot

The JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has announced the final DDR5 memory specification with a series of significant upgrades over the previous standard that is now over six years old and in dire need of a worthy replacement. After all, the standards body took two years more than originally planned.

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Oppo announces 125W tech that charges phones in 20 minutes

The Verge

Oppo has long been a leader in engineering fast-charging solutions — it developed the tech behind the Dash Charge system used in OnePlus phones, for example, and has achieved even faster results in many of its own devices. Today, the company is taking a further step forward with the announcement of a 125W system that it claims is the most advanced in the industry.

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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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Samsung reveals its vision of a 6G future: human-size holograms, 1 Tbs peak rate, 16K VR

TechSpot

Samsung last year announced the launch of a new research center dedicated to initial work on 6G. The company said it is “committed to leading the standardization of 6G in collaboration with various stakeholders across industry, academia and government fields.

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How Chase is using AI to update banking

Venture Beast

Chase's chief data and analytics officer Sandra Nudelman outlines some of the ways the bank is harnessing AI and ML across its business. Read More.

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Amazon extends work from home policy to January 2021, opens offices with new safety measures

GeekWire

Amazon HQ in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). Amazon will allow employees who can work from home to do so through Jan. 8, 2021, according to an internal policy page obtained by GeekWire. Amazon’s corporate offices are open now but the company says “employees who work in a role that can effectively be done from home are welcome to do so.”.

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How Visa harnessed data and AI to prevent $25 billion in fraud

Venture Beast

Visa says it prevents $25 billion in annual fraud thanks to the AI it has developed. The path Visa took to get there offers lessons to other companies. 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.