Fri.Mar 05, 2021

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Don’t Let Google’s Announcement Distract You From Your Data Deprecation Plans

Forrester IT

Google announced on Wednesday that it will not build alternate identifiers to track individuals as they browse across the web, nor will they use them in their products. Within 48 hours, some of adtech’s biggest stocks took a steep dive. But is the market’s concern warranted? We think probably not – there’s a lot of […].

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Bill Vass Presents On The Extended Cloud, AWS powers edge-to-cloud applications

CTOvision

Bill Vass is someone I regard as “The CTO’s CTO.” He is a business and technology leader who creates visions and marshals resources to turn those visions into reality. He […].

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Rethinking Network Design: Remote-First Workforces Steer Infrastructure onto New Paths

Association of Information Technology Professional

The rise of remote work means the structure of networks is shifting from an on-premise focus to one that supports off-premise workers.

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Establish, Scale, And Evolve Your CX Culture Work Practice

Forrester IT

Culture work is the CX competency that amplifies all the other CX competencies — from design to measurement — and I’ve just completed a thorough refresh of Forrester’s core research on culture work: a trilogy of reports that’s part of our CX Transformation Playbook. Over the past couple of years leading this research, I have […].

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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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80% of senior IT leaders see cybersecurity protection deficits

Tech Republic Security

A lack of confidence in companies' defenses is prompting 91% of organizations to boost 2021 budgets, according to a new IDG/Insight Enterprises study.

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Best way to Find Package Size from ConfigMgr Console | SCCM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post Best way to Find Package Size from ConfigMgr Console | SCCM appeared first on How to Manage Devices by Anoop C Nair.

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Want to be a cloud computing expert? Check out these training courses

Tech Republic Cloud

This online cloud computing training also covers the Python programming language, machine learning and microservices.

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NASA names Perseverance rover landing site on Mars after Seattle sci-fi pioneer Octavia E. Butler

GeekWire

An image sent back to Earth by NASA’s Perseverance rover shows the tread tracks left behind by its first drive on Mars on March 4. (NASA / JPL-Caltech). Fifteen years after her death, Seattle science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler has joined an exclusive pantheon of space luminaries memorialized on Mars. Today NASA announced that the Red Planet locale where its Perseverance rover touched down last month is called Octavia E.

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John McAfee charged with securities fraud for ‘pump and dump’ cryptocurrency scheme

The Verge

Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP via Getty Images. John McAfee has been charged with securities fraud over a “pump and dump” cryptocurrency scheme. Federal prosecutors unsealed a case against McAfee and his executive advisor and bodyguard Jimmy Gale Watson Jr., claiming the pair earned nearly $2 million by urging Twitter followers to invest in cryptocurrencies like Reddcoin and Dogecoin, then selling off their own holdings as the price rose.

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Hubble Captures Stunning View of a Spiral Galaxy

Gizmodo

NGC 2336 was discovered over a century ago, but the big, blue spiral galaxy has never looked better, thanks to an eye-catching image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope. 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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Move over, SolarWinds: 30,000 orgs’ email hacked via Microsoft Exchange Server flaws

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Four exploits found in Microsoft’s Exchange Server software have reportedly led to over 30,000 US governmental and commercial organizations having their emails hacked, according to a report by KrebsOnSecurity. Wired is also reporting “tens of thousands of email servers” hacked. The exploits have been patched by Microsoft, but security experts talking to Krebs say that the detection and cleanup process will be a massive effort for the thousands of state an

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GeekWire turns 10: Reflections on an extraordinary decade in Seattle tech

GeekWire

“What Happens Here Matters Everywhere.” GeekWire’s refurbished conference room, with our motto about the Seattle region’s tech community, awaiting our return to the office. (BCRA Design Photo). Anniversaries aren’t news! This has been our stance for as long as we’ve been business and tech reporters, or at least since we realized that covering arbitrary milestones would leave little time for actual news.

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Please do not give billionaire Jack Dorsey money for his tweet

The Verge

Photo by Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images. Jack Dorsey, the billionaire co-founder and CEO of Twitter, a man who stans bitcoin right on his Twitter bio , is attempting to sell his very first tweet as an NFT — a digital good that lives on the Ethereum blockchain. You’re probably familiar with the famous tweet, “ just setting up my twttr ”: just setting up my twttr — jack (@jack) March 21, 2006.

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Dino ‘Parasites’ Trapped in Amber Are Not What They Appear to Be, Say Scientists

Gizmodo

Scientists are challenging the reported discovery of fossilized lice-like bugs crawling through dinosaur feathers, but the original researchers are standing by their interpretation. Y’all know what this means, right? Science fight! 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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NASA’s Perseverance rover scoots around on Mars for the first time

The Verge

A trail of wheel tracks left by NASA’s Perseverance rover after making its first drive on the Martian surface | NASA/JPL. Perseverance, the car-sized rover NASA landed on Mars last month, has taken its first spin on the rocky surface of Jezero Crater, NASA announced today. The rover’s six wheels drove about 21 feet to carry out a key mobility test on Thursday, as engineers back on Earth prepare to execute the mission’s core science objectives.

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Biotech startup AbSci lands investment from Merck’s VC arm to fuel ‘Protein Printing’ technology

GeekWire

Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company AbSci raised an undisclosed amount of funding from pharmaceutical giant Merck. Founded in 2011, AbSci’s “Protein Printing” technology is used to discover and manufacture complex biological molecules such as antibodies and insulin. The investment comes from Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund, which has $500 million under management.

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Timnit Gebru was fired from Google — then the harassers arrived

The Verge

Illustration by William Joel / The Verge. Even three months after Gebru’s controversial termination from the AI Ethics team, the sustained campaign of aggressive tweets and emails keeps coming Timnit Gebru had expected her colleagues to rally around her when she was abruptly fired from Google on December 2nd. She was a well-respected AI ethics researcher, her termination as controversial as it was sudden.

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How AI trained to beat Atari games could impact robotics and drug design

Venture Beast

Uber and OpenAI researchers say an advance in Go-Explore AI in beating Atari games could have applications for robotics and drug design. 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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Tim Wu, the ‘father of net neutrality,’ is joining the Biden administration

The Verge

Photo: New America / Flickr. Tim Wu — the Columbia law professor who coined the term “net neutrality” — is joining the Biden administration , where he’ll be working on technology and competition policy at the National Economic Council. Happy to say I'm joining the Biden White House to work on Technology and Competition Policy at the National Economic Council.

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Diablo II: Resurrected will let you load the original game's save files

TechSpot

In a recent interview with IGN Middle East, Diablo II producer Matthew Cederquist said that when they were working on the remaster, they wondered if old save files would work. “We kind of shoved it in and it worked,” Cederquist said, noting that the team thought, “okay, that’s the best.

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How to run a battery life report on your Windows laptop

The Verge

Screenshot: The Verge. When my editor told me about Window’s built-in battery report, my first thought was: “How have I never heard of this before? Also, that sounds pretty useful!” So I looked at the guide he sent ( from Laptop Magazine ) and tried it out. It ended up being just as interesting as it sounded, so I figured I’d share, in case you also haven't come across this handy built-in tool.

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China will use aging chips while its semiconductor industry catches up

TechSpot

As the trade war between China and the US rages on, the Chinese government is doing everything in its power to prop up the local tech industry. Flagship chinese companies like Huawei no longer get access to American silicon or the software required for their products.

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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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Hilmar Veigar Pétursson interview: Remembering 20 years of Eve Online

Venture Beast

Hilmar Veigar Pétursson has worked at Eve Online maker CCP Games, Iceland’s biggest game studio, for 20 years, and he has been CEO since 2004. For the service, he gets the honor of getting a big Viking sword. To date, CCP Games has given out 80 swords. Pétursson takes pride in that because CCP Games has built a game that has persisted through… Read More.

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How Amazon landed a key role in ‘Nomadland,’ in which film’s star does real fulfillment center work

GeekWire

If a film was going to capture the modern American landscape authentically, it’s hard to imagine doing so without including Amazon’s vast fulfillment operations as a supporting character. “Nomadland,” which just picked up Golden Globe awards last Sunday for best dramatic picture and best director, managed to get the tech giant onboard, and it’s an interesting backstory to learn how.

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IBM launches AI platform to discover new materials

Venture Beast

IBM has launched a platform, MolGX, that leverages AI to discovery new materials with particular characteristics. Read More.

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A Ghost Radio Station Has Been Broadcasting the Same Traffic Report for Obama's 2013 Inauguration for 8 Years

Gizmodo

Here’s something that you’d normally see in a post-apocalyptic, zombie TV show, only instead of a mysterious radio message luring Rick and the gang to a group of cannibals, it’s a road closure notice from Obama’s second presidential inauguration. According to The Drive , the same AM radio station in Washington, D.C.… 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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Microsoft acknowledges unresponsiveness problem in new Xbox controllers, is working on fix

TechSpot

Drifting has been a blight on controllers for years. The most famous sufferer is Nintendo's JoyCons, though Microsoft's previous Xbox One controllers, including the $180 Elite Controller, experience the same problem.

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WandaVision's Finale Was What You Made of It

Gizmodo

There were as many ways that Marvel’s WandaVision series finale could have ended as there are different ways to process grief. Each of the season’s nine episodes teased this out— new plot twists that threw audiences for loops all meant to obscure, but not erase, the reality that despite all the strength she’s put on… Read more.

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Apple says iOS 14.5 will not allow users to set a default music player after all

TechSpot

Last month beta testers found that Apple had added a feature to iOS 14.5 allowing users to change the default music app, Apple Music, to any other third-party app they had installed. However, this does not appear to be the case.

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GamesBeat Summit 2021: Growing the Next Generation is coming on April 28-April 29

Venture Beast

Our speakers include Bobby Kotick of Activision Blizzard, Halley Gross of The Last of Us Part II, Brenda Romero of Romero Games -- and more. 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.