Fri.Sep 04, 2020

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Early Findings From Forrester SiriusDecisions’ Global Audit of Account-Based Marketing

Forrester IT

As a committed data geek, I have been in my happy place for the last six weeks poring over the results of our most recent global study of account-based marketing (ABM). In particular, I have been investigating findings from EMEA, which we will be sharing at our upcoming Summit EMEA, as well as identifying global […].

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3 Things That Are More Important to IT Employers Than a College Degree

Association of Information Technology Professional

Those who don’t have a degree shouldn’t disqualify themselves from an IT career. Here are a few ways you can get into IT without going to college.

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Contact centers reacted to Covid-19 quite well. Its now time to respond with the same rigor.

Forrester IT

I have had the opportunity to get up close and personal in managing crises at contact centers. In my view, most contact centers dealt with Covid-19 challenges with an amazing tenacity and resourcefulness in solving for people, technology, and business continuity. They also reacted with a lot of agility in supporting client requirements despite lockdowns […].

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SCCM CMPivot Standalone Version Installation Guide | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s understand the process of deploying & installing the CMPivot standalone version on Windows 10. Configuration Manager CMPivot tool allows us to quickly assess the state of online devices. In this example, the CMPivot standalone version is installed on a Windows 10 device where SCCM console is installed When we run a query against a device […].

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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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How to Get Automation Right

Information Week

Enterprises are automating more tasks and processes thanks to AI and machine learning, but they're getting different results because some didn't think it through first.

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Phishing attack baits victims by promising access to quarantined emails

Tech Republic Security

This campaign tries to steal account credentials by convincing users that their email service has quarantined three messages, says Cofense.

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How to move Google Authenticator from one iPhone or Android device to another

Tech Republic Security

If you migrated to a different iPhone or Android device and need to transfer Google Authenticator to the new hardware, follow these steps.

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The real HQ2: Amazon adding 10k more jobs in Bellevue, growing further beyond downtown Seattle

GeekWire

A rendering of one of Amazon’s new buildings in Bellevue, the 555 Tower, a 42-story skyscraper with nearly 1 million square feet of office space and 28,400 square feet of retail space. (Vulcan Images). The city of Bellevue, Wash., is looking more and more like Amazon’s actual second headquarters location. The tech giant announced Friday that it will bring an additional 10,000 jobs to Bellevue, just 10 miles east of its downtown Seattle headquarters.

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New Python-based trojan targets financial tech firms to steal sensitive data

Tech Republic Security

Dubbed PyVil, the new remote access trojan goes after passwords, documents, browser cookies, and email credentials, says Cybereason.

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Driving the Polestar 2, the first electric car with a brain by Google

The Verge

Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge. “Hey Google, how do you compete with Tesla?” When the invitation came to drive the Polestar 2 , the new luxury electric vehicle from Volvo, I jumped at the chance. The drive would be about 120 miles roundtrip from the company’s new pop-up spot in Midtown Manhattan to Storm King, a vast sculpture garden about an hour north of the city along the Hudson River.

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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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Apple will release iOS 14 without this privacy feature: What iPhone users and developers need to know

Tech Republic Security

The iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and tvOS 14 anti-tracking feature is on hold until early 2021 to give developers time to make the necessary changes, according to Apple.

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How to use Takeout to download an archive of various Google account data

Tech Republic Cloud

If you've ever had the need to download an archive of data from your Google Account, Takeout has you covered. Jack Wallen walks you through the process.

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What SMBs and startups can learn from securing a presidential campaign

Tech Republic Security

Mayor Pete Buttigieg's former CISO and Splunk security advisor Mick Baccio explains the cybersecurity best practices he learned from protecting a presidential candidate's campaign.

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Seattle Public Schools’ return to remote learning gets off to rough start with technical problems

GeekWire

(Twitter Photo via Seattle Public Schools). [See below for back-to-school pictures submitted by GeekWire readers.]. The first lesson in remote learning is apparently, “have patience.” As Seattle Public Schools kicked off the new school year on Friday with another go at online teaching and learning, technical issues plagued the experience for many students trying to connect from home. “We are currently experiencing slow internet and learning platform access due to the high volum

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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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Qualcomm unveils new Snapdragon processor to power 5G computers

Tech Republic Security

The Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G chip is designed to bring 5G to commercial and consumer Always On, Always Connected PCs. The processor supports Wi-Fi 6 and offers productivity and security benefits.

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Amazon takes down a five-star fraud in the UK

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Amazon’s top reviewers in the UK appear to have engaged in fraud, leaving thousands of five-star ratings in exchange for money or free products. The company took down 20,000 product reviews following an investigation by the Financial Times. Justin Fryer, the number one Amazon reviewer in the UK, left a five-star rating once every four hours on average in August, according to the FT ’s analysis.

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Seattle-area inventor wins global COVID hackathon for tech that alerts public about crowded spaces

GeekWire

Ian Mercer, a Sammamish, Wash. entrepreneur and winner of the global Better Health Hackathon, alongside some of the devices used for his Crowd Alert technology. (Photo courtesy of Ian Mercer). As COVID-19 social distancing restrictions have eased, people are going into stores, restaurants and restrooms while still trying to stay at least six feet apart.

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The DeanBeat: Apple must tread carefully lest it trample the game industry

Venture Beast

Apple has a value of more than $2 trillion. But the behemoth is in danger of forgetting where it came from. One day, the federal government or the courts will conclude this treasure of a company has gotten too big and that maybe it is strangling competition and choking off the very values and freedoms that it espoused at its origins. By listening t… 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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How to turn off autoplay videos on Facebook, Twitter, Firefox, and more

The Verge

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. You’ve probably been caught off guard by videos that play automatically on Facebook, Twitter, or just across the internet in general. They begin playing as soon as you load a page or (if they’re more deviously implemented) when you start scrolling through a page. Automatic video play is a feature that, while nice to have when it’s surfacing content that’s related to your interests, can be pretty annoying.

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Gone but Not Forgotten: Gateway 2000

TechSpot

What does a cattle ranch have in common with computers? Admittedly not much, but that didn't stop a couple of college dropouts from capitalizing on the concept to create a lucrative business that would reshape how consumers perceive and purchase personal computers.

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'Stars and Stripes' Ordered to Stop Printing

Gizmodo

USA Today reports that in a recent, previously unpublicized memo, the Pentagon’s acting director of Defense Media Activity, Col. Paul Haverstick (Army), ordered the publisher of Stars and Stripes to present a plan to discontinue its print publication by September 15. Read more.

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Lidar is dull on iPads, but could go beyond AR on the iPhone 12 Pro

Venture Beast

The iPhone 12 Pro is expected to include a new Lidar scanner, but Apple will need to do more than it did with the 2020 iPad Pro to make users actually care. 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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This suspected Apple Watch prototype is disguised as a tiny iPod

The Verge

Is this an actual prototype Apple Watch in one of those covert “security cases” that companies sometimes use when they’re testing gadgets in broad daylight? We can’t say. Either way, this tiny iPod is perversely adorable — and quite the in-joke if it’s real. Prototype Apple Watch (Original) with matching Security Case and box. The Security Case was used to conceal the design before release durning transportation; and makes the Watch look similar to an iPod Nano.

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Microsoft Teams adds new Lists app to help you stay on top of everything

Tech Republic Cloud

Microsoft Lists aims to make it easier than ever to track and prioritize work within Teams.

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Sega Dreamcast darling Shenmue is becoming an anime series

The Verge

I’ve often heard that Shenmue set the standard for a living, breathing open world in video games when it was released on Sega Dreamcast in 1999. It was followed by some of the most highly anticipated video game sequels ever made, and Shenmue III set a record for the most-funded Kickstarter game in 2015. Now, AT&T’s Crunchyroll has announced that Shenmue is getting its own anime series.

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CDPR is remastering The Witcher 3 for next-gen, and current owners get it for free

TechSpot

On Friday, CD Projekt Red announced that it was at work on a next-generation version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The developer says it will have several "graphical and technical enhancements," including ray tracing and faster load times. It will also include both expansions and all the DLC.

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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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She created a fake Twitter persona — then she killed it with COVID-19

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Something was off about the memorial service for the anonymous anthropology professor who’d died of COVID-19. For one, only four people showed up. The facilitator of the service, BethAnn McLaughlin, co-founder of the support network MeTooSTEM, had recently been accused of harassment herself. When Michael Eisen, a genetics professor at UC Berkeley, tried to search for information about the anthropologist online, he couldn’t find any.

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ProBeat: Hey Elon Musk, how do I get this Neuralink out of my skull?

Venture Beast

Elon Musk made bold promises about Neuralink's brain computer interface. While the mission is laudable, I want to know how to remove the device. Read More.

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The Witcher 3 is getting a free next-gen upgrade for PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC

The Verge

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is getting a graphical upgrade for next-generation hardware, and current owners of the game on PC, Playstation, and Xbox will get the update for free. Developers CD Projekt Red announced the news today, saying the updated game will be available on the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, featuring a “range of visual and technical improvements.

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SpaceX's Satellite ISP Now Boasts Download Speeds of More Than 100 Mbps

Gizmodo

When Elon Musk and SpaceX proposed building an ISP comprised of satellites in low earth orbit, it seemed like a project straight out of sci-fi. And while SpaceX has launched less than 800 of its eventual 12,000 satellite goal, the company just announced that its space-based internet service Starlink is already capable… 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.