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Your marketing approach may be why your customers are blocking you

Venture Beast

There could be huge losses for brands that neglect reevaluating their customer marketing approach in order to establish personalized CX. Read More.

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Cloudflare just mitigated one of the most powerful DDoS attacks ever

TechSpot

In addition to the attack's size, the use of HTTPS rather than typical HTTP requests further complicated the issue—the secure protocol results in more resource overhead due to the compute-intensive nature of the secure HTTPS request. According to Cloudflare, the botnet responsible for carrying out the attack represented 6,000 bots.

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5 key industries in need of IoT security

Venture Beast

Organizations operating in these critical areas need robust device management and IoT security controls to prevent costly breaches. Read More.

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This pocket-sized diamond wafer could store up to 25 exabytes

TechSpot

Japanese researchers, alongside a company specializing in industrial jewel components, have developed a new method of mass-producing 2-inch diamond wafers. Dubbed Kenzan Diamonds, these could be used to store up to 25 exabytes of data, which is 25 million terabytes or the equivalent of 1 billion Blu-Ray discs.

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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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What it will take to implement Web3

Venture Beast

We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! COMMUNITY: Lately, there’s been no shortage of talk about the transition to Web3, a new digital frontier powered by blockchain and accessible via decentralized… Read More.

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Warren Buffett wouldn't pay $25 for all the Bitcoin in the world, but he does like Activision Blizzard

TechSpot

Berkshire Hathaway CEO/Chairman Buffett has made his feelings toward crypto clear in the past; he once called Bitcoin "rat poison squared." At his company's annual shareholder meeting on Saturday, Buffett once again rallied against digital currencies and why he believes they are a poor investment.

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Musk says Twitter DMs should use end-to-end encryption

TechSpot

Musk made the statement only a few days after entering into the agreement to buy the popular social media platform. Implementing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) supports Musk's goals for the platform, which include improving Twitter with ".new features, making algorithms open-source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all.

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What will it take to make the metaverse a positive, safe place?

Venture Beast

What happens when we all transition to an AR or VR metaverse? That's the focus of the Building Positive Play in the Metaverse panel. Read More.

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South Africa businesses up security spending but still don’t feel secure

CIO Business Intelligence

While more than half (51%) of South African businesses have upped their investment in cybersecurity, it’s evident that budgets are not keeping up with needs, especially given the new threats introduced by remote work, according to a new study. The study, conducted by consultancy conducted by World Wide Worx, in partnership with Dell Technologies and Intel, also revealed that nearly three-quarters of South Africa’s top 100 corporates are investing more in cybersecurity than the industry average.

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Embracer agrees to buy Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Square Enix Montréal, and their IP

Venture Beast

Embracer announced today that it has entered an agreement with Square to acquire Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, and Square Enix Montréal. 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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What to Know About Enterprise Travel Security

SecureWorld News

Travel can involve significant security risks. Employees may be exposed to new safety threats, whether they're moving within the country or abroad—including physical threats and cybersecurity dangers. Organizations of all kinds have a responsibility to keep their employees safe while they're traveling. These are the threats workers may face and what enterprises can do to protect them.

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From industry to economy: How Web3 is transforming gaming

Venture Beast

Web3 is changing the way that gaming and games are built, incentivizing and engaging users and devs with the promise of token-based rewards. Read More.

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PDF Converter Pro: Lifetime License

Tech Republic

Convert All Types of Documents into a Wide Variety of Formats, Efficiently & Accurately. The post PDF Converter Pro: Lifetime License appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Cybersecurity and the Pareto Principle: The future of zero-day preparedness

Venture Beast

With a software asset management solution at scale, organizations are more prepared to deal with emerging threats like Log4Shell. 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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Raw data’s journey to becoming information

Dataconomy

What is raw data? Raw data is the data that has just been obtained from sources and is yet processed, so it offers no clear view. It is also known as source data, atomic data, or primary data. Raw data, on its own, isn’t much or significant, but its potential.

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