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Why Citi’s $500M Mistake Is Really A Design Debt Interest Payment

Forrester IT

Bad user interface design just cost Citi $500M: Three employees using poorly designed software accidentally sent $900M to one of its client’s creditors instead of $7.8M — then when creditors refused to return most of the money, a judge ruled in favor of the creditors. The judge blamed “human error” in his decision, pointing out […].

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ElasticON Public Sector US Federal on April 13: For any organizations with a desired to optimize data

CTOvision

The virtual ElasticON Public Sector US Federal on April 13. This is a great event for anyone in government who wants to learn best practices from peers and industry leaders […].

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Understand Today’s Investors In Metro China, Hong Kong and Singapore

Forrester IT

Why You Need A New Segmentation Approach To Understand Today’s Investors Wealth management firms commonly segment their clients by investable assets. But this is not enough to help firms decide on new products and services or optimize customer engagement models. Self-directedness is a crucial dimension that reliably predicts many investor attitudes and behaviors (see Figure […].

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Fix SCCM SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 Error | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. I have seen many errors similar to SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 when distributing packages to SCCM. Read More Fix SCCM SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 Error | ConfigMgr. The post Fix SCCM SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 Error | ConfigMgr appeared first on How to Manage Devices by Anoop C Nair.

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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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Inside The Black Box: Designing Sensors To Decode B2B Buying Signals

Forrester IT

Moving from click-based engagement to real-time buyer enablement requires a change in mindset from data collection to signal detection.

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Top 5 things to know about network attacks

Tech Republic Security

DDoS, SQL injection and man-in-the-middle are just a few of the attacks that can compromise your network. Tom Merritt lists five things to know about network attacks.

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Ace your cybersecurity and IT certification exams by taking these prep courses

Tech Republic Security

These eight online courses teach the fundamentals you need to pass various IT and cybersecurity certification exams from Cisco and CompTIA.

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NASA releases jaw-dropping video and audio from Mars, with an assist from AWS

GeekWire

A portion of a panorama from NASA’s Perseverance rover shows its surroundings in Mars’ Jezero Crater. The close-range perspective is somewhat skewed due to the panorama effect. (NASA / JPL-Caltech). For the first time ever, NASA has captured video of a rover landing on the surface of Mars, plus audio of the wind whistling past it after the landing — and Amazon Web Services is playing a key role in making all those gigabytes of goodness available to the world.

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How cyberattacks can threaten colleges and universities

Tech Republic Security

With the shift to remote learning, schools are facing greater security risks and smaller financial margins, says BlueVoyant.

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A Major Ocean Current May Be Hurtling Towards Collapse

Gizmodo

The ocean may have less time than we thought before massive, irreversible shifts take place. A new study finds that a crucial ocean system may reach its “tipping point” sooner than predicted if the rate of climate change continues at a breakneck pace. 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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Nreal unveils enterprise edition of mixed-reality glasses

Venture Beast

Nreal is unveiling a new mixed-reality headset for enterprise users, and it is also launching its Nreal Light model in additional countries. Read More.

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Texas power outage: Data analytics, modeling and policy making will be key to preventing similar disasters

Tech Republic Security

Protecting the U.S. power grid from serious outages, like the one following a 2021 winter storm in Texas, will require a better use of data analytics, modeling and policy making says industry expert.

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PlayStation owners alone can no longer satisfy Sony’s needs

Venture Beast

More PlayStation games are heading to PC starting with Days Gone. Sony is doing this to improve the profitability of its software. Read More.

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Texans Could Be Paying Off Their Obscene Energy Bills for Decades

Gizmodo

The costs of the Texas blackouts is still mounting, but it’s becoming increasingly clear that Texans could be saddled with energy bills they’ll be paying for decades absent government intervention. 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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Bethesda faces broad class-action lawsuit over Fallout 4 DLC as Microsoft takeover looms

Venture Beast

Microsoft is buying Bethesda for $7.5 billion, but a pesky lawsuit related to the promises over Fallout 4 DLC threatens that deal. Read More.

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Chinese Hackers Reportedly Wielded a Stolen NSA Cyber Weapon for Years

Gizmodo

New research suggests a hacking tool previously developed by the National Security Agency was stolen years ago by a prolific Chinese cyber group and was subsequently used against a variety of U.S. targets. Read more.

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Internal memo: Key Amazon exec Jeff Blackburn officially leaving, hinting at new role elsewhere

GeekWire

Amazon executive Jeff Blackburn speaks at his alma mater, Dartmouth College, in 2015. (Dartmouth / Eli Burakian Photo, used with permission.). Another Jeff is moving on from his longtime Amazon executive role, filling out the picture of what has become a massive leadership transition at the tech giant. Jeff Blackburn, the senior vice president who played a key behind-the-scenes role as one of Jeff Bezos’ top lieutenants for more than two decades, is leaving Amazon as of today, following a

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Star Wars Stories From Tartakovsky's Clone Wars That Should Rejoin Canon

Gizmodo

Dave Filoni has created a vast swath of the Star Wars universe through his Clone Wars and Rebels cartoons, The Mandalorian , and whatever else he has in the works next. He’s been such a driving force in the franchise that it can be hard to remember he didn’t actually make the first modern Star Wars cartoon. That honor… 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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FundGuard raises $12 million to help manage assets with AI

Venture Beast

FundGuard, a startup developing an AI-powered asset management platform, has raised $12 million in venture capital. Read More.

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Pendulum, a new Madrona Venture Labs startup, aims to combat misinformation on video platforms

GeekWire

Mark Ledwich and Sam Clark. (Pendulum Photos). Misinformation is a big problem. Tech giants including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube — which deleted 500,000 COVID-19 misinformation videos — are under scrutiny for the spread of false content on their platforms. A new startup out of Seattle wants to help provide a solution. Pendulum is the latest company being incubated inside Seattle startup studio Madrona Venture Labs.

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Fry’s Electronics expected to shut entire retail chain

Venture Beast

Fry's Electronics is expected to close its entire chain of electronics superstores nationwide at midnight tonight. Read More.

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Elon Musk says Starlink internet speeds will double to 300 Mbps this year

The Verge

Image: SpaceX. Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite-based internet provider, will double in speed “later this year”, according to a tweet by Elon Musk , posted as a reply to someone who had just received their Starlink beta kit ( via CNET ). The company currently promises speeds between 50 to 150 Mbps , and Musk specifically calls out a 300 Mbps goal in his tweet.

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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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Saltmine raises $20 million to automate office space design

Venture Beast

Saltmine, a startup developing software that helps to optimize office space, has raised $20 million in venture capital. Read More.

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Everything as a service, cloud on the rise to transform enterprise IT

Tech Republic Cloud

Some 80% of adopters said the pandemic accelerated their organization's shift to XaaS to help them adapt and become nimbler, Deloitte survey finds.

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Roblox plans to go public on March 10 via a direct listing following $29.5 billion valuation

TechSpot

This is big news for Roblox, as well as its more avid fans. Interested parties can check out the company's full SEC filing here. The prospectus lays out the details of Roblox's business model and financials (it earned $924 million in revenue throughout 2020), as well as some of the.

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Number of cases of more worrisome COVID variants increases, raising questions about lockdowns

GeekWire

In a bootcamp that launched in January, University of Washington School of Nursing students train other UW students and faculty who hope to help in COVID-19 vaccinations. (Kiyomi Taguchi / University of Washington Photo). Public health officials on Tuesday announced that the COVID-19 variant first identified in South Africa has been detected in Washington’s King County, and the number of patients in the state with the UK variant has doubled since last week, with a total of 39 cases detecte

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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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How to connect to your local Gogs repository from the git command line

Tech Republic Data Center

Keeping your code repositories in-house is a good way to avoid security leaks. Jack Wallen shows you how easy it is to connect to a Gogs local repository from the Git command line.

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Roblox plans to list shares on March 10, reports 82% revenue growth to $923 million for 2020

Venture Beast

Roblox, the platform for user-generated games, will go public through a direct listing of its shares on March 10. Read More.

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Here’s an interactive 4K view of Perseverance’s Mars landing site

The Verge

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has posted an interactive 360-degree view of the Perseverance landing site on Mars in 4K resolution. It’s the latest jaw-dropping imagery to return from the mission, including that incredible video of the rover plunging through the Martian atmosphere before being “skycraned” down to the surface of the red planet. The 60-second video was captured by Perseverance’s color Navcams perched atop a sensing mast above the rover.

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AI researchers detail obstacles to data sharing in Africa

Venture Beast

Coauthors argue that failure to consider ethical concerns associated with obstacles to data sharing in Africa could cause irreparable harm. 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.