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Ransomware’s Next Nasty Surprise: Pay Up Or We’ll Brick Your PC’s UEFI Firmware

CTOvision

Two months ago, researchers at US security company AdvIntel discovered that one of the Internet’s most troublesome malware platforms, Trickbot, had started testing something rather ominous: probing UEFI firmware chips […].

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The Ideal Partner Profile — A Channel Sales Leader’s North Star

Forrester IT

B2B channel chiefs often forget or overlook the impact that partner profiling has on the indirect business. An ideal partner profile is a “job description” for hiring new partners, and this profile data is connected to every decision that a channel chief will make.

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Top 3 Reasons Oracle Will Beat AWS, Snowflake in Huge Data Warehouse Market

CTOvision

Read Bob Evans explain why Oracle Corporation could beat Amazon Web Services and Snowflake in the data warehousing arena on Cloud Wars: Data-driven companies will be the winners in the […].

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Top 10 SCCM Intune Posts of 2020

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Thank you much for the support during the special year 2020. And all the very best for 2021! Let’s find out the top 10 SCCM Intune posts of 2020 on the basis of popularity & total views. The HTMD community produced 305 (three hundred and five) posts for 2020.

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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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Nokia bags 5G RAN deal from Thailand’s dtac

CTOvision

Finnish telecoms gear maker Nokia Monday said it has bagged a three-year 5G RAN deal from Thai mobile operator dtac, part of Telenor Group, to roll out 5G services in […].

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Cybersecurity: 4 key areas that IT leaders need to address

Tech Republic Security

Collaboration between organizations and even countries might be the only way to have a positive impact on cybercrime, according to one expert.

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KITABOO -The Best Online Bookshelf for Digital Publishing

Kitaboo

In the real world, a bookshelf is typically a physical space where you store your books. While it does add an aesthetic appeal to a room, it has a slight drawback in terms of storage. There is a limit to the number of books that a physical bookshelf can hold. Now, think of a never-ending bookshelf without physical limits. One where you can browse through thousands of titles, carry them with you at all times and read anywhere and anytime.

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Insiders claim Sony will accelerate PS5 production in 2021 to meet demand

TechSpot

If you have been frustrated about not being able to land a PlayStation 5 and refuse to support the scalping community, relief may be on the way. Digitimes reports that Sony is prepared to ship between 16.8 million and 18 million PS5 consoles in 2021.

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2021 Business Mindset: Finding the Good in Crisis

Information Week

The path forward will not look like business as it has always been done. Instead, it will require thought, creativity and boldness.

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Uber raising trip prices 24% in new year in response to Seattle’s new minimum wage law for drivers

GeekWire

(BigStock Photo). The cost of an Uber trip in Seattle will jump about 24% starting Friday as the ride-hailing company is raising its prices in response to a new law requiring drivers to be paid the city’s minimum wage. The Seattle City Council unanimously voted in September to adopt new regulations designed to ensure Uber and Lyft drivers earn the city’s $16.69 per hour minimum wage in 2021.

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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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Ticketmaster will pay $10 million for hacking rival ticket seller

The Verge

Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images. Ticketmaster has agreed to pay $10 million for breaking into a competitors’ network. The company and its parent Live Nation admitted to hiring a former employee from rival ticket seller CrowdSurge, then using his knowledge — including old usernames and passwords — to learn CrowdSurge’s inner workings and “cut [the company] off at the knees.”.

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All the Creative and Inspiring People We Lost in 2020

Gizmodo

Losing folks you don’t personally know, but who have influenced your life in a major way thanks to their creative contributions , can be pretty upsetting. While 2020 was terrible for a whole host of reasons , io9 wants to take another look back at the losses in our community to pay tribute to all the wonderful moments… Read more.

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10 great games to play on your new 2020 VR headset

The Verge

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. If you received a virtual reality gaming headset this holiday season, congratulations! Whether you’ve got the newly released Oculus Quest 2 , one of the last few units of the now discontinued Oculus Rift S , or another headset like the PlayStation VR , there are a ton of video games for you to explore with your new head mount display.

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Baby Yoda’s real name and Bill Gates’ podcast pal: Test your geek smarts with our year-end news quiz

GeekWire

It has been quite a year. But before we wave goodbye to 2020, we thought it would be fun to test your geek knowledge. Many of the quiz questions below were derived from GeekWire’s list of the most-read stories of the year. So, heavy-duty GeekWire readers should fare well. And just to make things a little more fun, here’s a scorecard on which to judge yourself.

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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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11 great sci-fi books from 2020 to check out on your new Kindle

The Verge

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. It’s not easy to make it to a library right now, and with a long winter stuck at home looming ahead for many of us, there’s never been a better time to hunker down with a good book. If you’ve been lucky enough to receive a new Kindle (or a non-Amazon-branded e-reader or just a device with an e-book app on it), you might be looking for some new books to read.

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Alaska Airlines to Ban 'Emotional Support' Animals Starting January 11

Gizmodo

Alaska Airlines announced on Tuesday that it will no longer allow passengers to bring emotional support animals on its aircraft for any reservations made after January 11. The airline is the first to ban emotional support animals following new guidance from the U.S. Department of Transportation about what kind of… Read more.

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GeForce RTX 3070 vs. Radeon RX 6800: 41 Game Benchmark

TechSpot

It's time for a GPU shootout to see how the GeForce RTX 3070 and Radeon RX 6800 compare by benchmarking them head to head in 41 games. That's ton of games to be tested and more than twice what we included in our day one review for both graphics cards.

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Catching up with NFL great Richard Sherman on his favorite video games, esports ownership, and more

GeekWire

Richard Sherman. (Luminosity Gaming Photo). Richard Sherman always talked a good game, and backed it up, especially during his years with the Seattle Seahawks. Now the cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers is talking gaming and more as he promotes Amazon’s Digital Week as part of the tech giant’s Prime Gaming platform. Digital Week, which runs until Saturday, allows Prime members to play their favorite games from Prime Gaming ( previously Twitch Gaming ) and the chance to receive ex

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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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New Research Shows How Covid-19 Can Trigger Brain Damage

Gizmodo

New research out today looks to bring us closer to understanding how covid-19 can cause brain damage. The study suggests that while the viral infection may not directly reach the brain in most cases, it can spark the sort of destructive inflammation that’s seen with other neurological conditions, like stroke. Read more.

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New Samsung TVs with HDR10+ will adapt to ambient lighting

The Verge

It’s unclear if Samsung’s existing TVs will be updated to support the feature. | Image: Samsung. HDR10+ Adaptive is a new feature coming to the high dynamic range standard that’ll optimize TV picture quality based on a room’s ambient brightness, Samsung announced today. HDR content is typically designed to look its best in dark rooms with as little ambient light as possible, but the new feature promises to use your TV’s light sensor to react to bright environments and adjust its picture quality

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Japanese Researchers Are Making Wooden Satellites Because We Have a Space Trash Problem

Gizmodo

Floating around the Earth is a bunch of satellites. Cool for GPS, monitoring weather patterns, and the internet—not so cool for space junk. This is why Sumitomo Forestry and Kyoto University are teaming up to create the world’s first wooden satellites by 2023. Read more.

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The immense potential and challenges of multimodal AI

Venture Beast

Multimodal models -- models that understand the relationships between images, text, and more -- could be the next frontier in AI. 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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The 'Revolutionary' Fight Over California's Hidden Oil and Gas Wells

Gizmodo

At the corner of West Pico Blvd. and South Genesee Ave. in west Los Angeles sits a tan, six-story building. It’s nothing much to look at: It’s set back from the street by a manicured lawn, lined by a row of trees on each side. An American flag flies out front. Read more.

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Change your macOS power settings to prevent disconnecting from VPN/Wi-Fi when the computer is locked

Tech Republic Security

You should always lock your computer when you walk away. But sometimes, that becomes a hassle. Here's one way to make it easier.

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The AirPods Max Are Annoyingly Incredible

Gizmodo

I’ve been using a pair of Bose QuietComfort 35 II headphones for years. They’ve accompanied me on long flights to Europe and Japan, canceled out noise on a plethora of trade show floors, and helped me block out my neighbor’s weed wacker to get work done at home. But there are a slew of new premium Bluetooth headphones… Read more.

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7 on-the-ground big data strategies for 2021

Tech Republic Data Center

Don't forget the routine tasks that make big data work for your company.

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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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GamesBeat Decides the game of the year

Venture Beast

It's time for GamesBeat to decides the game of the year, and we did so on our podcast. You can find the results right here. Read More.

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Madrona Venture Group raises $345M for 8th fund, its largest ever, and $161M for 2nd later-stage fund

GeekWire

Madrona Venture Group managing directors from L to R: Tim Porter, Matt McIlwain, Len Jordan, Tom Alberg, S. Somasegar (Soma), Hope Cochran, Steve Singh, Scott Jacobson, and Paul Goodrich. (Madrona Photo). Madrona Venture Group has raised more than $500 million in fresh capital that the 25-year-old Seattle venture capital firm will use to bankroll both early and later-stage startups.

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Apple loses copyright infringement claims against security startup Corellium

Venture Beast

A judge dismissed Apple’s copyright infringement claims against a startup whose software helps researchers find flaws in Apple products. Read More.

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Ticketmaster To Pay $10 million After Illegally Hacking Rival's Computer System

Gizmodo

Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, have agreed to pay out $10 million dollars to a competitor after admitting to hiring a former employee to hack into the rival company’s computer network. 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.