Fri.Jul 30, 2021

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Qualtrics’ $1.125B Acquisition Of Clarabridge Upends The Customer Feedback Management Market

Forrester IT

Yesterday evening, Qualtrics announced that it’s acquiring Clarabridge in an all-stock deal worth $1.125 billion. This is a great move for Qualtrics. In one swoop, it has secured the best-in-class analytics capabilities that will define the future of voice-of-the-customer programs as firms decrease their reliance on surveys and focus instead on understanding customers based on […].

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How a Systems Administrator Role Preps You for a Cybersecurity Career

Association of Information Technology Professional

IT Security Specialist Jason Hernandez believes systems administration is valuable experience for IT pros – especially for those interested in cybersecurity.

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HTML smuggling is the latest cybercrime tactic you need to worry about

Tech Republic Security

It will be hard to catch these smugglers, as they're abusing an essential element of web browsers that allow them to assemble code at endpoints, bypassing perimeter security.

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SCCM Collection Best Practices while Creating a Dynamic Collection

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get the latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post SCCM Collection Best Practices while Creating a Dynamic Collection appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Anoop C Nair.

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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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Cloud Security Basics CIOs and CTOs Should Know

Information Week

Chief information officers and chief technology officers don't tend to be cybersecurity experts and yet they may have responsibility for it. Cloud security is somewhat unique because you can't control everything.

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DDoS attacks are down 38.8% in Q2 2021

Tech Republic Data Center

It's all quiet on the DDoS front, but don't get complacent: The lull is expected, said Kaskersky, and new attack vectors could spell a coming resurgence.

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This ethical hacking course could give your cybersecurity career a boost

Tech Republic Security

Move up in the profitable field of cybersecurity by improving your ethical hacking skills.

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A Congressman Just Introduced Legislation for a Four-Day Workweek

Gizmodo

It turns out some Members of Congress despise the five-day workweek as much as the rest of us. This week, Rep. Mark Takano of California introduced groundbreaking legislation meant to make four-day workweeks the norm in the US, instead of the Monday-through-Friday grind full-time workers have learned to accept as… Read more.

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Ransomware risk management: How to start preparing for the future now

Tech Republic Security

TechRepublic's Karen Roby interviews Brandon Vigliarolo about how the ransomware risk management calculus is changing for OT, ICS and critical infrastructure.

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6 Surreal Images Showing Rare Snowfall in Tropical Brazil

Gizmodo

Snow has fallen in Brazil, an extremely rare event for the tropical country. Thanks to an intense cold snap, snow or freezing rain fell in at least 43 Brazilian cities on Wednesday and Thursday, according to weather service Climatempo. 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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Cryptomining scams target Android app users

Tech Republic Security

TechRepublic's Karen Roby interviews Lance Whitney about a recent report that detailed how cryptomining scams targeted Android app users and stole an estimated $350,000 from more than 93,000 people.

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Amazon hit with record $885 million fine for violating EU privacy rules

TechSpot

Amazon seems to be doing relatively well under its new leadership, but the company's growth is slowing down and the shortcuts taken to achieve its gargantuan size are biting again. The retail giant has been fined a whopping €746 million ($885 million) after Luxembourg's National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) found.

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Top 5 things to know about cyber-physical attacks

Tech Republic Security

Tom Merritt breaks down the recent trend of cyberattacks on physical infrastructure and how to prevent them.

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Elon Musk and Apple deny wild story that he tried to replace Tim Cook

The Verge

Tesla CEO Elon Musk reportedly demanded to become Apple’s CEO in a 2016 phone call with current Apple CEO Tim Cook, according to an upcoming book about Tesla. The story, shared by the Los Angeles Times , comes from Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century by The Wall Street Journal reporter Tim Higgins. As the book tells it, Cook suggested to Musk that Apple acquire Tesla, and Musk said he wanted to be CEO.

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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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Cyber-physical attacks: Top 5 things to know

Tech Republic Security

The recent trend of cyberattacks on physical infrastructure is a concern for everyone. Tom Merritt explains with five things we should know.

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ACLU of Washington: Port of Seattle’s facial recognition tech ‘ban’ misleading, inadequate

GeekWire

(Port of Seattle Photo / Don Wilson). Accusing the Port of Seattle of making promises it can’t keep, the American Civil Liberties Union called on the port to improve both its honesty and policies regarding the use of facial recognition technology. Specifically, the ACLU described the Port Commission’s recent declaration that it effectively banned biometric surveillance including facial recognition technology as disingenuous.

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The U.S.’s First-Ever Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Ban Is Even More Important Than It Seems

Gizmodo

A refinery community in Washington passed a ban on constructing new fossil fuel infrastructure, becoming the first county in the U.S. to enact such a policy. It’s a policy exactly in line with what science has shown is necessary to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Read more.

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Microsoft releases first Windows 11 beta

TechSpot

Windows Insider is a software testing program that gives users access to pre-release builds of Microsoft’s operating systems. It follows a channel model in which each successive tier is increasingly stable, with the goal of helping Microsoft identify and mitigate bugs and flaws ahead of public releases.

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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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Australian Court Rules That Yes, AI Can Be an Inventor

Gizmodo

In what can only be considered a triumph for all robot-kind, this week, a federal court has ruled that an artificially intelligent machine can, in fact, be an inventor—a decision that came after a year’s worth of legal battles across the globe. Read more.

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‘May be an image’: what it’s like browsing Instagram while blind

The Verge

The ridiculous sounds of social sites Using a screen reader to navigate Instagram, as some people with low vision do, is a strange patchwork of sounds. It can be overwhelming, especially if you’re used to quickly scanning information with your eyes, to hear a synthetic voice clunkily rattle off usernames, timestamps, and like counts as though they’re all equally important as the actual content of the post.

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40 Burger King Locations Fined for Denying Workers Sick Leave During Pandemic

Gizmodo

Tri City Foods, the owner of dozens of Burger King restaurants in the Midwest, has been ordered to pay $458,931 in restitution to workers and $100,000 to the city of Chicago after the company denied employees paid sick leave during the covid-19 pandemic, according to a press release from Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Read more.

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Amazon earnings reveal major shift: Total services revenue on track to surpass retail sales

GeekWire

Direct retail sales are poised to represent less than half of Amazon’s business for the first time in its history — a fundamental shift that reflects the e-commerce giant’s expansion beyond its roots as an online store. Revenue from Amazon Web Services, Amazon Prime, third-party seller services, online advertising and other services added up to 49.3% of Amazon’s business in the second quarter.

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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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Sgt. Pepper’s to get new Atmos mix because current version ‘doesn’t sound quite right’

The Verge

Photo credit should read JULIO CESAR AGUILAR/AFP via Getty Images. The Beatles seminal Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is set to receive another Dolby Atmos mix, after producer Giles Martin, son of the album’s original producer George Martin, admitted that the current version “doesn’t sound quite right.” The current mix, produced by the younger Martin in 2017, was made with Dolby Atmos theaters in mind, rather than personal listening via services like Apple Music.

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6 ways to protect your pharma company from cyberattacks

Venture Beast

What is the way forward for pharma cybersecurity in 2021? This pointed analysis shows the way, and offers six key recommendations. Read More.

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Create a VirtualBox virtual machine backup on a Linux host for security

Tech Republic Data Center

Jack Wallen teaches you how to use simple bash scripts to automate backing up your VirtualBox VMs.

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Keys to personalizing AI for sales

Venture Beast

With its broad access to data, AI can create a personalized customer experience at a much greater scale than that of a human sales team. 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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Elon Musk calls Apple’s App Store fees a ‘de facto global tax on the Internet’

The Verge

Photo By: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images. Elon Musk has had a busy Friday on Twitter. After flatly denying that he has ever spoken to Apple CEO Tim Cook in response to a wild story alleging he demanded to take over as the company’s CEO as part of an acquisition offer, Musk has now tweeted his support of Epic Games’ fight against Apple over App Store policies.

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Facebook open-sources robotics development platform Droidlet

Venture Beast

Facebook today open-sourced Droidlet, a platform for building robots that leverage natural language processing and computer vision. Read More.

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Stray is a compelling cat simulator heading to PlayStation and PC in early 2022

TechSpot

Stray is much more than a basic cat simulator. In it, you assume the role of a cat that has fallen into a mysterious and forgotten city, separated from its family and injured. You’ll need to use your feline skills to explore and survive the environment, solving puzzles and uncovering.

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SAS Announces Plan to Get IPO Ready

Information Week

The longtime analytics and AI pioneer said that it would prepare to be ready for an IPO by 2024.

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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.