Tue.Jun 30, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence: The time for ethics is over

CTOvision

If the rules are too weak, there is a too great a risk that our rights and freedoms will be undermined: This currently applies to all applications of artificial intelligence, […].

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SCCM Audit Reports Who Initiated CMPivot Query | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s check who initiated CMPivot query. CMPivot is a real-time reporting tool available for SCCM admins. Microsoft introduced CMPivot with ConfigMgr version 1806. The CMPivot is a new in-console (stand-alone tool also available) utility that now provides access to real-time state of Windows 10 devices using the fast channel mechanism.

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IBM donates machine learning tooling to enable ‘responsible’ AI

CTOvision

IBM Corp. is donating three open-source artificial intelligence development toolkits to LF AI, an organization within the Linux Foundation that maintains open-source machine learning tools. The LF AI Technical Advisory Committee […].

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Why organizations often have trouble containing cyberattacks

Tech Republic Security

Many companies are hampered by the use of too many security tools and the lack of specific playbooks for common attacks, says IBM Security.

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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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Advancing Azure service quality with artificial intelligence: AIOps Facebook

CTOvision

As Mark mentioned when he launched this Advancing Reliability blog series, building and operating a global cloud infrastructure at the scale of Azure is a complex task with hundreds of […].

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Salesforce Anywhere isn't just about collaboration, it's about helping people work better together

Tech Republic Cloud

Michael Machado, VP of product management at Salesforce talks to Bill Detwiler about Salesforce Anywhere, a new product announced at TrailheaDX 2020 designed to help companies improve workforce collaboration.

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Botnet Encyclopedia helps security teams analyze suspicious activity in data centers

Tech Republic Security

New resource lists source IPs, connect-back servers, and attack flows for established campaigns and emerging threats.

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CodeGuru, AWS’s AI code reviewer and performance profiler, is now generally available

CTOvision

AWS today announced that CodeGuru, a set of tools that use machine learning to automatically review code for bugs and suggest potential optimizations, is now generally available. The tool launched […].

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IT Career Paths You May Not Have Considered

Information Week

As IT continues to expand into new areas, there are lots of potential career moves. Some lie outside the IT department.

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How COVID-19 may make glitzy tech hubs obsolete within five years

Tech Republic Cloud

Long-term changes are coming for tech company offices as businesses pivot to deal with the still-spreading coronavirus.

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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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How to protect your remote desktop environment from brute force attacks

Tech Republic Security

An RDP compromise provides a cybercriminal with a backdoor for ransomware and other types of malware, says security provider ESET.

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Microsoft unveils sweeping job training initiative to teach digital skills to 25M impacted by pandemic

GeekWire

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the Microsoft Build developer conference in Seattle in May 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota). Microsoft plans to provide digital skills training for 25 million people this year under a new, multi-million dollar initiative that will bring together multiple branches of the company, including LinkedIn and GitHub.

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Microsoft pledges to upskill 25 million workers for the ‘COVID-19 economy’

Venture Beast

Microsoft announced new initiatives around digital skills, including cash grants, opening access to data, and a new learning tool inside Microsoft Teams. Read More.

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Microsoft vet’s new tech startup, SyncFloor, helps creative pros find independent music for projects

GeekWire

SyncFloor co-founder and CEO Kirt Debique. (SyncFloor Photo). In his 20 years at Microsoft, Kirt Debique honed his tech skills as a Windows Media Platform engineering leader and Office Mobile general manager. After leaving in 2012 to pursue his passion for music, Debique started his own record label. Over the past few years, his love of independent music and artists has collided with his tech background.

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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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EvilQuest Mac ransomware impersonates Google, Apple OS processes

Venture Beast

A rare piece of Mac ransomware looks like extra CrashReporter or Google Software Update OS processes, but is actually locking up files for a paid ransom. Read More.

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NASA funds small-business ideas ranging from plumbing for the moon to AI medicine

GeekWire

Astronauts can perform basic medical checks on the International Space Station, but crews heading to Mars may need to do more complicated medical procedures without the ability to communicate in real time with Mission Control back on Earth. A system being developed by Redmond, Wash.-based Retrocausal could serve as an AI-generated medical assistant.

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ACM calls for governments and businesses to stop using facial recognition

Venture Beast

ACM, one of the largest computer science orgs in the world, today called for the halt of facial recognition use by governments and businesses in the U.S. Read More.

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Amazon Web Services is creating its very own space force for cloud computing

GeekWire

AWS Ground Station makes use of satellite ground stations. (AWS Photo). Amazon Web Services today unveiled a new business unit devoted to developing data infrastructure and cloud services for the aerospace and satellite industry — and headed by someone who helped set up the U.S. Space Force. The Aerospace and Satellite Solutions business segment will be headed by retired Air Force Major Gen.

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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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AWS Imagine Grants offer up to $100,000 in cloud services to nonprofits

Tech Republic Cloud

The company wants to support organizations that prioritize technology as a mission-critical component of their work.

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AAA’s GIG Car Share brings 250 vehicles to Seattle, returning mobility option to city streets

GeekWire

A GIG Car Share vehicle in the San Francisco Bay Area. (GIG Photo). GIG Car Share is hitting the streets of Seattle. The new free-floating car-sharing service from AAA, which announced in February that it was expanding to the city, is officially available with 250 Toyota Priuses. The move represents a return to a mobility concept in Seattle which once saw hundreds of rentable vehicles from services such as car2go, ReachNow and LimePod.

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Google now lets you see dinosaurs in the real world through augmented reality

The Verge

You can choose from 10 dinosaurs, including Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor, and Triceratops. | Image: Google. It’s one thing to read about the massive dinosaurs that used to roam the Earth; it’s quite another to imagine how they’d look stomping around your neighborhood. Google can help, though. The company has added 10 augmented reality dinosaurs to Google search, meaning that next time you’re looking for vital statistics on a Brachiosaurus or Pteranodon , you’ll also be able to get an idea of

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Is Russell Wilson a robot? No, but video shows the Seattle Seahawks QB working out with one

GeekWire

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson gets set to pass as an MVP Sprint dummy rushes toward him during an off-season workout. (Twitter screen grab). This might just be the answer to eliminating player injuries (and salaries!) in the National Football League. Send in the robots. Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is prepping for the upcoming season at home, and while other videos have captured him working out with real life human teammate D.K.

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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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Is Plant 'Intelligence' Just a Human Fantasy?

Gizmodo

Although plants make up over 80% of the biomass on Earth, for centuries they have been thought of as inanimate and passive things. Researchers even coined the term “ plant blindness ” to refer to a cognitive bias that literally makes our brains zone out plants in our view and underestimate their importance. Read more.

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Google’s G Suite finalizes Connected Sheets and introduces AI-driven data cleanup tools

Venture Beast

Google launched Connected Sheets for G Suite users in general availability, and it previewed new AI-powered features: Smart Fill and Smart Cleanup. Read More.

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SpaceX sends third next-gen GPS III satellite into orbit for Space Force

GeekWire

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the third in a series of next-generation GPS III satellites into orbit today, marking another step forward for America’s satellite-based navigation system and the Space Force that manages it. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida came at 4:10 p.m. ET (1:10 p.m. PT), at the end of a 15-minute launch window.

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Montreal AI Ethics Institute suggests ways to counter bias in AI models

Venture Beast

In a recent paper, analysts at the Montreal AI Ethics Institute examine key challenges faced by the AI community -- and propose solutions. 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.

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YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99

The Verge

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. YouTube TV has announced that it’ll be raising its monthly price from $50 per month to $64.99 as the company starts to offer eight of ViacomCBS’s channels, which are available today: BET, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, TV Land, and VH1. The new price takes effect today for any new subscribers, while existing customers should see it on their next billing cycle (either on or after July 30th).

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IBM uses AI to enhance old Wimbledon tennis footage for the digital era

Venture Beast

IBM and Wimbledon are using AI techniques to revitalize classic footage going back to the 1970s to appeal to modern tennis fans. Read More.

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VanMoof’s e-bike ad banned in France for creating a ‘climate of anxiety’

The Verge

Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge. VanMoof, the Dutch electric bicycle brand, is officially too hot for (French) television. The company’s first TV advertisement was banned in France for its negative portrayal of car traffic and pollution. The commercial was rejected by France’s advertising regulatory authority, ARPP, because it “discredit[s] the automobile sector [.] while creating a climate of anxiety.”.

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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center cutting 76 jobs, citing impact of economic downturn

GeekWire

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s headquarters in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. (Fred Hutch Photo). Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is cutting more than 70 jobs, about 2% of its workforce of more than 3,000 people, GeekWire has learned. In internal messages about the job cuts, Fred Hutch officials are citing the impact of the economic downturn on the research institution’s budget.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.