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The IT Backlog in the Age of DevOps

Information Week

DevOps and the implementation of more no-code and low-code applications are changing the way organizations approach software development. Does software maintenance need to change, too?

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Get a lifetime of protection for your files and sensitive data for only $90

Tech Republic Security

Enjoy the peace of mind that comes from having a lifetime backup plan and VPN subscription — at a price you can afford.

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Why People Can't Stop Talking About Don't Look Up

Gizmodo

If you’ve spent even a minute on the internet this week, you have surely seen something about Don’t Look Up. The Adam McKay-directed flick is Netflix’s top movie. It’s also perhaps the top reason for people s g their pants online recently. Read more.

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BlackBerry will die on January 4th — for real this time

The Verge

QWERTY and quirky — Blackberry’s later Android incarnations retained the famous keyboard. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. Dear friends, we’re gathered here today to mourn the death of that once-beloved monarch of the mobile world: BlackBerry. And, yes, I realize that this is not the first time we’ve announced the death of the company or its devices (and, for reasons I’ll explain below, it likely won’t be the last) but this is a very definite ending for legacy BlackBerry hardware.

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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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Team America Relief uses Airtable to help 22,000 Afghans manage visa applications and personal data

Tech Republic Cloud

The volunteer group has helped more than 500 people leave Afghanistan since August.

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A program for cheaper internet for low-income Americans launches today

The Verge

U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a virtual meeting on Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act at South Court Auditorium at Eisenhower Executive Office Building August 11, 2021 in Washington, DC. | Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Starting today, eligible US residents can apply for help with their internet bills under the new Affordable Connectivity Program.

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The governor of Missouri still doesn’t know how websites work

The Verge

Photo by Jacob Moscovitch/Getty Images. Mike Parson, Governor of Missouri, does not understand how websites work. He held a press conference earlier this week in St. Louis to once more reiterate his desire to prosecute a St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalist for looking at the source code of a state-run website. In October 2021 reporter Josh Renaud reported that the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website source code had exposed the social security numbers of over 100,000 school te

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Real-time analytics in 2022: What to expect?

Venture Beast

With the year coming to a close, Venturebeat looks at the key trends that will shape and drive the adoption of real-time analytics in 2022. Read More.

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A Brief History of the Multi-Core Desktop CPU

TechSpot

It's hard to overemphasize how far computers have come and how they have transformed just about every aspect of our lives. From rudimentary devices to the cutting-edge, you won't find a device not using some form of computing capability.

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Preparation is key to AI success in 2022

Venture Beast

AI requires rethinking the way enterprises collect, process, and ultimately deploy data to achieve business and operational objectives. Read More.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Year in Space: Jeff Bezos and his billionaire rivals finally usher in the age of commercial spaceflight

GeekWire

Jeff Bezos uncorks the bubbly after riding Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship. (Blue Origin Photo). For 25 years, I’ve been recapping the top stories about space and looking forward to next year’s trends on the final frontier — and for most of that time, the dawn of the era of commercial spaceflight has been one of the things I’ve been looking forward to the most. 2021 was the year when that era truly dawned.

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The DeanBeat: Predictions for gaming in 2022

Venture Beast

GamesBeat's Dean Takahashi comes up with his annual predictions for gaming. Check out the 11 predictions for 2022. Read More.

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47 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Start 2022 Off Right

Gizmodo

Forget quitting booze or starting an exercise regime—the only New Year’s resolution worth making (because it’s the most fun to stick with) is “read more books.” io9's got you covered with a robust list of sci-fi and fantasy releases coming in January, including new titles from James Rollins , Charles Stross , Nnedi… Read more.

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AI Weekly: AI prosecutors and pong-playing neurons closed out 2021

Venture Beast

Chinese researchers developed an AI system that recommends sentencing for criminals. Elsewhere, Cortical Labs trained neurons to play pong. 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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CES 2022 will close a day early because of COVID concerns

The Verge

Amelia Holowaty Krales. CES has dropped the last day of its 2022 tech conference in Las Vegas, and the show will now end on January 7th, the Consumer Technology Association announced today. The shorter schedule is “an additional safety measure” in the face of a surge of COVID-19 diagnoses. Over the last two weeks, a number of large companies — including BMW , Intel, AMD, GM, Google, T-Mobile, Amazon, Microsoft and the company formerly known as Facebook — have dropped their physical presences at

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How Northwestern’s Catalyst Lab scales healthy behavior program with Couchbase

Venture Beast

There’s no shortage of digital health apps on the market — more than 350,000, in fact, according to a recent study from the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science. But for all the breadth, there’s little depth. Read More.

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Gamers! Protect your precious tendons with this tabletop hand massager

The Verge

The test is simple. Remove your hand from the box and you die. | Image: Bauhütte. Here’s something for the gamer that has everything: a tabletop hand massager that can be used to remove fatigue from your aching mitts and keep you on top form. Created by Japanese makers of gaming hardware and peripherals, Bauhütte, the device uses 15 heated air cushions to supposedly simulate the feeling of a real massage and, well, why the hell not.

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The 5 most popular infrastructure stories of 2021 and what they reveal about 2022

Venture Beast

Expect enterprises to demand more sophisticated tools that can efficiently and reliably manage infrastructure in this evolving space in 2022. 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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Archaeologists Find Ancient Tsunami Victim on the Turkish Coast

Gizmodo

A team of archaeologists and geoscientists just found victims of an ancient tsunami on the Turkish coast. The victims—a human male and a dog, now just skeletons—were likely killed in the aftermath of a gargantuan volcanic eruption 3,600 years ago. Read more.

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Merry Christmas! Santander Claus made a $176 million payment mistake

The Verge

Photo by HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images. Some tens of thousands of people woke up on Christmas Day to doubled wages and a higher-than-expected bank balance after Santander did an oopsie, depositing £130 million ($176 million) into accounts held by its UK customers. Santander would now like the money back, please. The deposit mishap was the result of a mysterious “scheduling issue,” according to The Times , which first reported the story.

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Intel shows off Alder Lake system with a PCIe 5.0 SSD hitting almost 14GB/s

TechSpot

Shrout tweeted that the PCIe 5.0/Alder Lake demo was supposed to be part of Intel’s CES 2022 lineup, but with Chipzilla joining so many others in announcing that it will be severally limiting its physical presence at the show and going mostly virtual, we got to see the SSD in.

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The Expanse's Latest Episode Sets the Stage for an Explosive Endgame

Gizmodo

We’re at episode four of The Expanse ’s six-episode final season , which means all the drama that’s been simmering is about to start boiling over. Thanks to a pair of exclusive clips io9 debuted this week, we know Amos and Naomi are going to confront Holden about one of the biggest shocks in episode three, “Force… Read more.

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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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YouTuber prototypes way to use DDR4 memory on DDR5 motherboards

TechSpot

When Intel launched its Alder Lake CPUs in November, it let users finally take the plunge into DDR5 RAM--if they can find any. Supply chain shortage has affected DDR5 production as well, so users may want to stick with DDR4 for the time being. However, upgrading from DDR4 to DDR5.

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Scientists Try, Fail to Find a DIY Hangover Cure That Actually Works

Gizmodo

No one really knows how to cure a hangover, a new roundup of scientific studies has found. The review found little good evidence for any one particular hangover cure, with existing studies generally being of low quality. Read more.

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Technology Short Take 150

Scott Lowe

Welcome to Technology Short Take #150! This is the last Technology Short Take of 2021, so hopefully I’ll close the year out “with a bang” with this collection of links and articles on various technology areas. Bring on the content! Networking. Ivan Pepelnjak has a post on running network automation tools in a container. In fact, he’s already built some container images, and the post has information on running tools from his prebuilt container image.

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Track your laptop or phone's location with Prey

TechSpot

Prey is anti-theft tracking software for your laptop, phone or tablet that lets you locate, lock, wipe and recover your device if ever stolen, or simply missing. Prey is available for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and Linux.

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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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40 games worth getting excited about in 2022 | GB Decides 229

Venture Beast

More than 40 games coming in 2022 that are worth getting excited about. That and more on this week's GamesBeat Decides. Read More.

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Apple investigates Indian iPhone plant after workers strike following mass food poisoning

The Verge

Foxconn’s Indian operation began assembling iPhones for Apple outside of China for the first time in 2021. Apple is sending independent auditors to investigate an iPhone assembly facility in India, after poor working and living conditions at the plant prompted workers to go on strike. The facility in southern India is operated by longtime Apple partner Foxconn.

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The Best Illusions of the Year Will Leave Your Brain Hurting More Than 2021 Did

Gizmodo

It turns out 2021 wasn’t the mental reprieve we’d all been hoping for after the challenges of 2020, and unfortunately, the finalists of this year’s Best Illusion of the Year Contest aren’t going to leave your brain feeling any less raddled, confused, or exhausted as we quickly approach the new year. As they do every… Read more.

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Sega shows off the 'world's fastest PC,' able to reach 62 MPH

TechSpot

The speedy PC, created in collaboration with G-Force and Masami Hirosaka, was built to celebrate the Steam Winter Sale, which features several titles from Sega. It’s also being given away as a prize. Entering the competition involves following Sega Official on Twitter, retweeting the tweet below, and commenting. The prize.

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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.