Wed.Dec 22, 2021

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Targeting Truth In The Misinformation Age

Forrester IT

Gen Z schools America once again. 23-year old Peter McIndoe from Memphis started a movement that went viral: Birds Aren’t Real. The movement propagated a conspiracy theory that the US government replaced all birds with drones sent to spy on its citizens. The movement drew thousands of followers, including 75K on Twitter, 360K on Instagram, […].

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Enable Internet Explorer Mode in Microsoft Edge

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get the latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post Enable Internet Explorer Mode in Microsoft Edge appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Jitesh Kumar.

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Meet Your New Technology, Architecture, & Delivery Analyst

Forrester IT

When did you join Forrester? I began my latest career adventure with Forrester in November, 2021. The Forrester “Bold at Work” values will be core drivers for my research with the intent of enabling clients and technology vendors to also be “bold at work”. Together, we’ll accomplish great things. I have always focused on delivering […].

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Conti ransomware is exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability to the tune of millions

Tech Republic Security

Log4Shell is a dangerous security concern — and now Conti, a prominent ransomware group, is exploiting it to attack vulnerable servers to extort millions of dollars.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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8 Real Ways CIOs Can Drive Sustainability, Fight Climate Change

Information Week

Chief information offers, chief data officers and other IT leaders can play a major part in helping organizations build out Environmental, Social and Governance programs.

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3 quick Mac maintenance tips for business professionals

Tech Republic Cloud

Year-end Mac maintenance is always a good idea for your work laptop or desktop, but the 2021 holiday season is full of distractions. These quick steps will help keep your Mac running steady in 2022.

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5G opportunities in Asia-Pacific

TM Forum

Around the world, mobile network operators (MNOs) are bullish about 5G because of the new opportunities in B2C and B2B markets they believe will result from partnership models. But the opportunities varies widely, especially in Asia-Pacific, a region comprising strikingly diverse mobile markets, as we explore in our report. 5G opportunities in Asia-Pacific.

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The Tragically Human End of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

Gizmodo

At the end of September, an ornithological bombshell 54 years in the making finally dropped: The ivory-billed woodpecker, a symbol of southern biodiversity and the largest woodpecker in the U.S., was to be removed from the endangered species list. The reason? Extinction. Read more.

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Seismic Shifts in Software Development Still Need Hardware

Information Week

Breakthroughs in innovation are accelerating the digitization of industry and the economy with the potential for software to see exponential growth.

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Vempire will debut Roman era game in The Sandbox

Venture Beast

Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event. Vempire DDAO has announced it is developing Hack and Slash, a blockchain-based combat game set in ancient Rome within The Sandbox… Read More.

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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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Crypto ambassador says he won Blue Origin’s $28M auction and is buying five more tickets to space

GeekWire

A digital rendering shows crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun in a spacesuit. (Justin Sun via Twitter). The winner of June’s $28 million auction for a seat on Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship revealed himself today — and is buying tickets for five more people to fly with him a year from now. It would be hard to come up with a quirkier résumé than the one put together by Justin Sun , the 31-year-old crypto pioneer who put in the winning bid.

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AWS suffers another outage as East Coast datacenter loses power

Venture Beast

AWS has suffered its third outage in as many weeks, as the cloud computing giant's 'US-East-1' cloud region went down in North Virginia. Read More.

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Jack Dorsey’s hot Web3 takes are apparently too much for Marc Andreessen to handle

The Verge

Who knew that leaving the top spot at Twitter could make someone a more interesting follow? The co-founder and (for the second time) former CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey recently opened up about his issues with so-called “Web3” projects that aren’t decentralized to his liking and the venture capitalists that he says own the whole thing, creating “ultimately a centralized entity with a different label.”.

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Amazon Web Services Outage Borks the Internet Again

Gizmodo

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the web-hosting service that powers, well, most everything online suffered its third outage this month on Wednesday morning, bringing giant chunks of the web crashing down with it. Services like Coinbase , Slack , and the Epic Games store have all had user reports pouring in since roughly 7 am… 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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Trulia to drop neighborhood crime data from home listings, after Redfin speaks out against practice

GeekWire

BigStock Photo. Trulia, one of Seattle-based Zillow Group’s real estate brands, says it will phase out the use of neighborhood crime data on home listings early next year, citing the potential for bias and inaccuracies. The announcement follows a post last week in which Seattle-based Redfin said it considered adding crime information to Redfin.com but decided against it. “[G]iven the long history of redlining and racist housing covenants in the United States there’s too great a risk

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5 ways the world of IT operations will shift in 2022 (and beyond)

Venture Beast

Recent predictions from Gartner, IDC, and Forrester explain how IT operations will need to adapt and evolve in 2022 and beyond. Read More.

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First Mode chief scientist Elizabeth Frank spans the spectrum from Earth’s depths to deep space

GeekWire

First Mode’s chief scientist, Elizabeth Frank, holds her favorite type of meteorite, a pallasite. (First Mode Photo). Lots of tech startups have a chief executive officer and a chief technology officer, and some have a chief operating officer and a chief financial officer as well. But how many have a chief scientist? First Mode , for one. The Seattle-based creative engineering company recently named its first chief scientist (and its first COO).

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Argument over Diablo II game led to man fatally shooting his friend of 26 years

TechSpot

The Columbian reports that 36-year-old Spellman is accused of shooting and killing 34-year-old Andrew W. Dickson on Friday, December 17, following an argument over a game of Diablo II that the pair were playing along with a third friend called Rob.

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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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Jam City unveils blockchain division and first NFT game Champions: Ascension

Venture Beast

Mobile game maker Jam City has started a new blockchain division and its first NFT game Champions: Ascension. Read More.

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James Webb Space Telescope launch moved to Christmas Day

TechSpot

If you’re in the states and want to watch the launch live, you’ll likely need to set an alarm. The new target launch window is between 12:20 p.m. and 12:52 p.m. Universal (UTC), which works out to 7:20 a.m. Eastern / 4:20 a.m. Pacific.

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Astronomers Spot Upwards of 170 Rogue Exoplanets, the Largest Trove Yet

Gizmodo

An international collaboration of astronomers is reporting on the discovery of between 70 and 170 rogue planets, in what is an unprecedented scientific achievement. Read more.

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Steve Ballmer wanted Cortana to ship as Bingo

TechSpot

The year was 2011, and Apple had recently launched its own virtual assistant on the iPhone. Paruchuri and his team were inspired, but wondered if a more proactive assistant would be better. “The perfect personal assistant who could see around corners for you,” as Big Bets put it.

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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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More People Trust Amazon Than Apple or Google, and It Makes Me Sick

Gizmodo

Americans don’t trust the companies whose products are used by billions of people each day—but some mega-firms are better than others at convincing customers that they aren’t awful. Read more.

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Here's the total value of all Xbox/PC Game Pass titles added this year

TechSpot

The last 12 months have arguably been the most enticing for anyone considering signing up to Xbox/PC Game Pass. Both Psychonauts 2 and Forza Horizon 5, two of our favorite games, received day one releases. There was also The Medium, The Ascent, and Back 4 Blood, but the headliner of.

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Top 6 trends in data and analytics for 2022

Venture Beast

Discover and understand the top 6 trends that will dominate the data and analytics scene and drive business decisions in 2022. Read More.

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RadioShack wants to pivot and become a crypto company

TechSpot

RadioShack filed for bankruptcy in 2015, and again in 2017, before being scooped up by its latest owner, Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV) in November 2020. Over on RadioShack’s website, the company outlines its plan to bring cryptocurrency to the mainstream. In short, they believe the best way for crypto to.

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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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Amazon cancels on-site presence at CES, T-Mobile scales back due to Omicron concerns

GeekWire

CES in Las Vegas in 2017. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota). Amazon is one of several big tech companies that have decided not to attend or exhibit at the International CES trade show and conference in Las Vegas from January 5-8. The decision, prompted by the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, also applies to the company’s Ring smart-home subsidiary.

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Boston Dynamics' Spot celebrates the holidays with a Solid Snake impression

TechSpot

Boston Dynamics likes to show off videos of its robots’ various skills, from parkour and gymnastics to cleaning and gardening. But judging from the several dancing videos it has put out over the years, the robots’ most practical use will be appearing on Dancing with the Stars.

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The 8 Best (and 5 Worst) TV Shows of 2021

Gizmodo

The last couple of years have only re-centered just how massive the TV space is now, and there’s more shows than ever before fighting for our attention. Which means that 2021 was a jam-packed year of good TV. and some not-so-good. Here’s io9's look back at the ups and downs of 2021 on the small screen—and if you’re… Read more.

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Mac enrollment simplified: Apple Configurator comes to iOS

ComputerWorld IT Management

Apple’s Automated Device Enrollment (often referred to by its older name, Device Enrollment Program, or DEP) makes it possible to automatically enroll iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple TV devices with zero touch from IT. When a device is activated, the activation server recognizes it as belonging to your organization and leverages Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager to automatically enroll the device in your mobile device management (MDM) platform and apply configuration profiles to the

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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.