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Japanese Banks? Digital Awakening Is On The Way

Forrester IT

It has been a year since Japan moved to a new era: “Reiwa” and quite a lot has happened during the past 12 months. As Japanese leading banks roll out initiatives to help consumers and SMEs cope with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, they also face an urgent need for digital transformation to serve […].

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Two-factor authentication: A cheat sheet

Tech Republic Security

A password alone will not protect sensitive information from hackers--two-factor authentication is also necessary. Here's what security pros and users need to know about two-factor authentication.

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A Flash-Point Week For Facial Recognition

Forrester IT

In a letter to Congress this week, IBM’s CEO announced that it will sunset its general-purpose facial recognition and analysis software products. On IBM’s heels, Amazon announced a one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition, and Microsoft said it will not sell facial recognition technology to US police departments until there is a national law […].

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Report: Working from home is the new normal, but cybersecurity isn't keeping up

Tech Republic Security

COVID-19 has completely changed the work world, but many organizations have seemingly failed to realize that security risks are changing as well, a new report finds.

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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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Build An Effective Customer Advocacy Program By Knowing The Four Advocate Types

Forrester IT

By understanding what customer advocates value, you can invite them to participate in the ways that are most meaningful to them, and to you.

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Cybersecurity pros are working harder than ever during the pandemic

Tech Republic Security

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many tech career fields. Learn how it has impacted cybersecurity professionals, and how to help.

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Fix SCCM Script Approve Deny Button is Disabled|GrayedOut|ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. How many use PowerShell script to deploy some quick fixes. Let’s find out a solution to Fix SCCM Script Approve Deny Button is Disabled. More details about Fix SCCM Pre-Release Features are Grayed Out | Enable | ConfigMgr. Problem Statement I do have full admin access on Configuration Manager (a.k.a SCCM), but still, I don’t […].

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Don’t Reward The Brilliant Jerk

Forrester IT

Learn how the culture set by the CISO can help retain your best IT security talent.

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FBI warns about cybercriminals exploiting mobile banking apps

Tech Republic Security

With increased use, phony apps and banking trojans will try to steal account credentials, according to the FBI.

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How to create your own Docker image

Tech Republic Cloud

Creating your own Docker images can go a long way to deploying more secure containers. Jack Wallen shows you how with just a few quick commands.

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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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Apple's Face ID: Cheat sheet

Tech Republic Security

If you're using an Apple mobile device manufactured since 2017, it has likely ditched Touch ID in favor of Face ID. Here's what you need to know about the latest Apple biometric security product.

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Five years after Pluto encounter, New Horizons probe does a far-out parallax experiment

GeekWire

Queen guitarist (and astrophysicist) Brian May, a member of the New Horizons science team, uses his patented OWL viewer to check out the stereo images of Proxima Centauri that he created by combining pictures from Earth-based telescopes and the New Horizons spacecraft. (Photo courtesy of Brian May, via New Horizons / JHUAPL / SwRI / NASA). NASA’s New Horizons probe has measured the distance to nearby stars using a technique that’s as old as the ancient mariners, but from a vantage po

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Siemens and SparkCognition unveil AI-driven cybersecurity solution for ICS endpoints

Tech Republic Security

DeepArmor Industrial, fortified by Siemens, increases operational visibility, improves malware detection, and provides protection across a company's fleet of industrial control systems and end points.

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This is the PlayStation 5

The Verge

Sony is finally revealing what the PlayStation 5 looks like. After nearly an hour of PS5 game announcements, Sony revealed the hardware design after teasing it for the duration of its PS5 live event today. The PS5 console includes a white-and-black design to match the new controller that will be included in the box. The PS5 stands vertically, like the Xbox Series X is primarily designed to be placed, and will include two versions: one with a 4K Blu-ray drive and a pure Digital Edition.

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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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Why coronavirus contact tracing apps face privacy and security challenges

Tech Republic Security

The apps have to balance the goal of greater accuracy vs. respecting the privacy of their users, according to Check Point Research.

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U.S. Hits 2 Million Coronavirus Cases As Trump Ignores Pandemic to Threaten 'Ugly Anarchists'

Gizmodo

The U.S. has officially identified over 2 million coronavirus cases, the highest number in the world, according to the latest figures from the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker. The country has at least 112,924 deaths, also the highest in the world, and things are expected to get even worse in the coming… Read more.

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Apple becomes first $1.5 trillion US company

TechSpot

Back in 2018, Apple’s stock price got a boost after its revenue grew 17 percent year-over-year. The increase led to its value reaching an amazing $1 trillion. One month later, Amazon became the next US tech giant to join the trillion-dollar club. Since then, both Microsoft and Alphabet have also.

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WiBotic raises $5.7M to boost wireless systems for charging up robots and drones

GeekWire

WiBotic’s system is designed to charge up robots wirelessly. (WiBotic Photo). Seattle-based Wibotic says it’s secured $5.7 million in fresh investment to ramp up development of its wireless charging and power optimization systems, five years after being spun out from the University of Washington. “We’re heading into our toddler phase here,” WiBotic CEO Ben Waters joked during an interview with GeekWire.

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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 T-Mobile CEO tweets ?Bye-bye, Tucker Carlson,? won?t sponsor him anymore

The Verge

Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images. T-Mobile’s new CEO tweeted “Bye-bye Tucker Carlson” multiple times this week and said his company will no longer sponsor Carlson’s Fox News show after Carlson made racist comments Monday evening. Sievert’s tone in these tweets appears to be an attempt to emulate the famously-brash tone of John Legere, his predecessor.

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Amid COVID-19 pandemic, experts lay out 10-point plan for a genomic revolution in public health

GeekWire

A phylogenetic tree tracks the evolution of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, as it spread throughout the United States. An orange dot at lower left indicates WA-1, the first confirmed case in the U.S., which was detected in Washington state. (Nextstrain / GISAID Graphic). From the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, genetic sleuths have been at the forefront in the global effort to monitor SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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Anonymous Camera is a new app that uses AI to quickly anonymize photos and videos

The Verge

Our faces have never been more vulnerable. Facial recognition algorithms make it easy to identify individuals from a single snap — a fact that’s particularly relevant at a time of protest. But with the help of advances in machine learning, it’s also easier than ever to anonymize photos and videos, removing information that would otherwise identify people.

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CIO Re-Energizes IT Infrastructure with Public Cloud Move

Information Week

CIO Chris Foster said the move to public cloud has cut costs (but not staff), provided access to advanced technology such as machine learning and AI, and accelerated efforts to work-from-home.

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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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There?s a simple trick to watch YouTube videos without any ads

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Over on Reddit (and as highlighted by Android Police and 9to5Google ) , someone has posted a simple way of watching YouTube videos in a web browser without any ads. In the URL for whatever video you want to view, you just need to add an extra period after the dot com in the YouTube link. This works as described for me when pasting a video URL into an incognito browser window with the added period.

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Renewed calls to replace "blacklist," "whitelist," and "master/slave" terms amid BLM protests

TechSpot

The word blacklist, which is used to describe a list containing banned, disallowed, or undesirable elements such as passwords, spam emails, websites, applications, etc. has been under scrutiny for years. Some find the term problematic, especially as whitelist describes everything that is allowed, or good.

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The best free apps for video calling

The Verge

Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to limit face-to-face association, most of us are relying on video calls to keep in touch with work colleagues, family, and friends — and if you’re also facing financial difficulties, free is best. Zoom continues to top the list of videoconferencing apps, but there are a bunch of applications out there that will allow you to meet others online for free.

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Honeywell and SAP partner to deliver a new cloud-based solution

Tech Republic Cloud

The joint effort will first focus on the commercial real estate industry, combining operational and business data to help owners and managers drive efficiencies.

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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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CDC Document Shows Just How Badly the U.S. Is Handling Coronavirus Compared to Other Countries

Gizmodo

The U.S. government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic continues to be faltering, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more.

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SuperAnnotate uses AI techniques to speed up data labeling

Venture Beast

SuperAnnotate, a startup developing AI-powered data labeling and annotation tools, raised $3 million in a seed funding round. Read More.

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Microsoft promises not to sell facial recognition tech to police before Congress passes regulations

GeekWire

Microsoft President Brad Smith at a January 2020 announcement of the company’s climate change goals. (GeekWire / Todd Bishop). Microsoft pledged not to sell facial recognition software to police on Thursday, following similar announcements from Amazon and IBM that reflect the growing scrutiny of law enforcement technology in the U.S. over the past two weeks.

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What Estonia could teach us about internet voting in a post-pandemic world

Venture Beast

Estonia's internet voting system could offer a solution for elections in a post-pandemic world. But first, citizens would have to trust their governments. 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.