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Facebook’s Ban On News Is a Blow To Consumers Not Regulators

Forrester IT

On February 18, 2021 Facebook announced it would restrict sharing or viewing local and international news content in Australia in response to the Morrison Government’s move to regulate the relationship between the tech giant and news media outlets. At Forrester we had already predicted that in 2021 nationalistic economic policies, regional free trade partnerships, state […].

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6 Seldom-Discussed Tips for Working in the Tech Industry

Association of Information Technology Professional

These 6 tips are rarely discussed online, but are essential as you build integrity and earn respect from your peers in the technology industry.

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New Research Announcement: Q1 2021 European Cybersecurity Consulting Now Tech

Forrester IT

I launched my Now Tech which lists out the major firms participating in the European Security Consulting market. This market has undergone a radical transformation in the last 12 months, as our Forrester Analytics Business Technographics® Security Survey, 2020 shows that clients have increased their use of consultants over 2019, by 4 %. They need […].

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Why non-human workers can increase security issues in your business

Tech Republic Security

Most organizations don't give the same thought and attention to their non-human workers, such as bots, RPAs and service accounts, as they do human workers and identity lifecycles.

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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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Automation Will Reshape Australia’s Job Market For Decades To Come

Forrester IT

Seven years ago, you could have been forgiven for thinking that every second person you knew would be unemployed in just over a decade. Headlines at the time were sensational and alarmist after Oxford academics, Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne, estimated that 47% of American jobs were at high risk of automation. While we […].

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How to Fix Bugs, Raise Team Happiness, and Improve Developer Productivity

Social, Agile and Transformation

DevOps helped dev and operational teams bridge a deep moat between the speed agile dev teams want to deliver releases and the site reliability, performance, and security charted to IT Ops and SREs. But are applications working better for end-users? Is enabling frequent deployments to quickly address bugs, defects, and errors sufficient to improve software.

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Mysterious malware infects 30,000 Mac computers

Tech Republic Security

Known as Silver Sparrow, the malware's intent is still unknown as it has yet to deliver an actual payload, says security firm Red Canary.

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ConfigMgr User Policy Retrieval & Evaluation Cycle Client Action | SCCM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s understand the ConfigMgr Client Action called User Policy Retrieval & Evaluation Cycle in a. Read More ConfigMgr User Policy Retrieval & Evaluation Cycle Client Action | SCCM. The post ConfigMgr User Policy Retrieval & Evaluation Cycle Client Action | SCCM appeared first on How to Manage Devices by Anoop C Nair.

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Cybersecurity pros: Automation and app security are top priorities in 2021

Tech Republic Security

A study on CIO and CISO prioritization showed these two areas are most important this year. Cloud security is another area high on their lists.

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What Lawyers Want Everyone to Know About AI Liability

Information Week

There are more discussions about AI ethics and responsible AI these days, but companies need to be clear about potential AI liability issues.

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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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TikTok Users Are Burning Snowballs in Viral Videos to 'Prove' the Snow is Fake

Gizmodo

Have you seen those viral videos on TikTok and Twitter where users are burning snow to “prove” that it’s actually fake ? Needless to say, the snow is real. The viral videos actually show a perfectly normal reaction to placing the flame of a lighter or match against a snowball. But that hasn’t stopped these videos from… Read more.

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First Mode building hydrogen fuel cell to power one of the biggest zero-emission vehicles on Earth

GeekWire

An ultra-class haul truck carries tons of ore. (Anglo American Photo). Seattle engineering company First Mode is building a hydrogen fuel cell generator capable of lighting up Lumen Field. But the technology is destined for an environment far from the bright lights of a football stadium. In a few months, First Mode will take the generator to South Africa, where it will be retrofitted into a massive, 300-metric-ton haul truck to create “one of the biggest zero-emission vehicles on the planet,” sa

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Dozens of Boeing 777 planes grounded in US and Japan after engine failure

The Verge

Image: Hayden Smith / speedbird5280 (Instagram). Airlines in Japan and the US have grounded dozens of Boeing 777 aircraft after the dramatic engine failure that United Airlines flight 328 experienced over Denver this weekend. According to the National Transportation Safety Board’s ongoing investigation , two fan blades on the plane’s number 2 engine had developed fractures.

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Another unicorn in Seattle: Enterprise sales startup Highspot raises $200M round at a $2.3B valuation

GeekWire

(Highspot Photo / David Kennedy). Highspot has joined the growing list of billion-dollar startups sprouting up in the Seattle area. Highspot CEO Robert Wahbe. (Highspot Photo). Seattle’s newest unicorn just raised a $200 million round that values the 9-year-old company at $2.3 billion — more than double from when Highspot raised its most recent round in 2019.

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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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An Extinct Cave Bear's DNA Was Still Readable After 360,000 Years

Gizmodo

A tiny ear bone belonging to a cave bear that died some 360,000 years ago has yielded the oldest genome not sourced from permafrost. The newly sequenced genome is offering new insights into the evolution of cave bears and how climate change can precipitate the emergence of entirely new species. Read more.

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The top 6 enterprise VPNs to use in 2021

Tech Republic Security

Enterprise VPNs are critical for connecting remote workers to company resources via reliable and secure links to foster communication and productivity. Read about six viable choices for businesses.

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How AI Can Save the World, or Not

Information Week

Lead artificial intelligence advisor to the United Nations, Neil Sahota shares his perspectives on major UN AI projects and the major challenges to AI today.

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Texas Officials Temporarily Halt Private Energy Companies From Sending Customers Absurd Bills

Gizmodo

Folks across Texas are receiving outrageous energy bills in the wake of widespread utility shutoffs during last week’s cold snap. Thankfully, state officials issued some stopgap measures on Sunday to protect them from those ridiculous financial burdens. 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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Word is getting a predictive text feature next month

TechSpot

The text predictions feature appears in the “in development” section of the Microsoft 365 roadmap—it released to some beta testers in September. Microsoft writes that not only can it reduce spelling and grammar errors, but the tool also learns a user’s writing style over time to offer tailored recommendations.

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Nintendo is holding back Zelda’s 35th anniversary because it’s marketing

Venture Beast

The Zelda 35th Anniversary date has come and gone without anything fron Nintendo, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have more to come. Read More.

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WhatsApp explains what happens if you don’t accept its new privacy policy

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. WhatsApp has detailed what will happen to users who don’t accept its new privacy policy in an FAQ on its website. Starting May 15th, its functionality will become more limited, and users will no longer be able to send or read messages from the app. They’ll still be able to receive calls and notifications, but this will only be possible for a “short time.

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Google’s Voice AI accelerator launches 12 startups

Venture Beast

Google today announced the first cohort of 12 startups in its new Google for Startups Accelerator, Voice AI. Read More.

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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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Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen are now co-hosts of a Spotify-exclusive podcast

The Verge

Image: Spotify. Barack Obama is getting into the podcast game. Today, Spotify announced that the former president and rockstar Bruce Springsteen — yes, you read that right — will host a show called Renegades: Born in the USA exclusively for the audio platform. They’ll discuss “race, fatherhood, marriage, and the state of America,” per a press release, and the first two episodes premiere today for both free and premium Spotify users.

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Free password manager alternatives to LastPass

Tech Republic Security

With the free version of LastPass now limiting where you can sync your passwords, here are a few other options.

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T-Mobile unveils "Magenta Max," a 5G wireless plan with no data caps

TechSpot

T-Mobile, the carrier that has repeatedly branded itself as the "Uncarrier," announced a new 5G data plan that promises to be truly unlimited. Called Magenta Max, T-Mobile claims they've designed it for a new 5G reality where data will no longer be throttled -- a tactic that carriers use to.

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Microsoft Word is getting text predictions next month

The Verge

Image: Microsoft. Microsoft is planning to add text predictions to Word in March. The new feature will work similarly to Google Docs’ Smart Compose option, using machine learning to predict what words an author will need to speed up document creation. Microsoft originally announced a beta of text predictions last year, but Neowin spotted it’s now on the Microsoft 365 roadmap to reach all Word users on Windows next month.

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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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Entire school board resigns following parent-mocking Zoom broadcast

TechSpot

A Zoom meeting of the Oakley Union Elementary School District board of trustees was caught by NBC News Bay Area reporter Bigad Shabad and posted to Twitter. As you can tell by the liberal use of profanity and amount of insults aimed at parents, the participants didn't realize the call.

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EU report warns that AI makes autonomous vehicles ‘highly vulnerable’ to attack

Venture Beast

A European Union Agency for Cybersecurity report says machine learning should be considered part of the autonomous vehicle supply chain. Read More.

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Spotify users will have access to higher quality music starting later this year

TechSpot

Spotify is finally getting into high-end audio. The streaming music giant on Monday during its online “Stream On” event announced a new subscription offering catering specifically to audio enthusiasts. Spotify HiFi will deliver music in a CD-quality, lossless audio format to devices and Spotify Connect-enabled speakers.

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T-Mobile Has the First Good 5G Plan With Truly Unlimited Data

Gizmodo

Throttling is the not-so-secret way traditional “unlimited” cellular data plans keep you from tapping into all that data. T-Mobile’s new Magenta Max Plan, which is designed to maximize the potential of faster 5G speeds, is promising to make unlimited data truly unlimited for the first time in a long time. 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.