Wed.May 27, 2020

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5 artificial intelligence (AI) types, defined

CTOvision

Read Stephanie Overby define five types of artificial intelligence on Enterprisers Project : Artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining the enterprise’s notions about extracting insight from data. Indeed, the vast majority […].

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Citizen Developers Dominate Audience Q&A At A Recent Conference On Low Code

Forrester IT

I recently participated in a low-code conference at the invitation of Ninox, a low-code vendor. My colleague John Rymer gave the keynote, and we then had a lively discussion largely focused on citizen developers. Conference attendees hailed from (literally) all over the world; many were young entrepreneurs building businesses on low-code platforms or businesspeople solving […].

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The Problem with Artificial Intelligence in Security

CTOvision

Read Dr. Leila Powell take a look at the security issues associated with artificial intelligence on Dark Reading: If you believed everything you read, artificial intelligence (AI) is the savior […].

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COVID-19 Didn?t Break Your Business ? Data Did

Forrester IT

If you really want to see the health of your business, watch what happens when a market shuts down. What did you wish you knew? What should you have been tracking? If you knew these things, could you have prepared differently? Could you have recovered differently? If your response is “How could anyone predict a […].

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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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Towards A More Transparent AI

CTOvision

Read why Ron Schmelzer says that artificial intelligence has to be transparent on Forbes : One cornerstone of making AI work is machine learning – the ability for machines to […].

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The 37 Major Machine Learning Tools For 2020

Forrester IT

Enterprises need more artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions to drive value, transform their businesses, and outperform the competition. But firms find it challenging to navigate the lifecycle of developing, deploying and maintaining their ML models and AI solutions. A key problem? They don’t have the right PAML (predictive analytics and machine learning) solutions […].

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When It Comes To Saving Lives, Cybersecurity Pros Emerge As Influencers

Forrester IT

Have you downloaded COVIDSafe yet? Australia’s COVID-19 contact-tracing smarphone app was released April 26th. To adequately support public health efforts, the government set a target of 10 million downloads, equal to 40% of the population. A month later, we are still over 4 million people away from that target. As individuals have debated whether or […].

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Artificial intelligence is hopelessly biased ? and that?s how it will stay

CTOvision

Read why Joel Khalili says that artificial intelligence is biased and it will stay that way on Tech Radar : Much has been said about the potential of artificial intelligence […].

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IT Careers: 10 Industries with Job Openings Right Now

Information Week

As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the economy, many IT workers have experienced layoffs and unpaid furloughs. But not all the news is grim if you know where to look.

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Cybercriminals targeting cloud services amid shift to remote working

Tech Republic Security

Attackers are increasingly hitting collaboration services such as Microsoft 365 to access cloud accounts with stolen credentials, says McAfee.

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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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Learn Who Modified ConfigMgr Task Sequence Deployment | Deleted | SCCM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s learn Who Modified ConfigMgr Task Sequence Deployment. You can find out who created, modified, deleted the configuration manager packages, and Task Sequences. More details about six status message queries are listed under the Administrative Security category.

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Majority of COVID phishing attacks coming from US IP addresses, report finds

Tech Republic Security

An anti-phishing firm discovered that most of the malicious coronavirus emails were coming from the United States.

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CIO Profile: T-Mobile's Cody Sanford

Information Week

T-Mobile's CIO and CPO Cody Sanford's biggest recent accomplishment was working on the company's merger with Sprint. Here's more about this tech executive in his own words.

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Why developed countries are more vulnerable to cybercrime

Tech Republic Security

Developed nations have higher incomes, technology, urbanization, and digitalization, which are all factors for greater cyber risk, says VPN provider NordVPN.

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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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Future of Seattle?s Cinerama and Living Computers museum in doubt as Paul Allen?s Vulcan shutters arts and production divisions

GeekWire

Cinerama in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). Seattle-area cultural institutions founded by the late Paul Allen, including the Cinerama movie theater and Living Computers Museum + Labs , face the possibility of permanent closure after Vulcan Inc. announced Thursday that it will wind down Vulcan Arts + Entertainment and Vulcan Productions by the end of the year.

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Security is still an issue, despite success telecommuting during pandemic

Tech Republic Security

A new report from Bitglass examines how businesses adjusted to the shift from offices to working from home; 84% support remote work, but are ill-equipped to keep data secure.

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Healthcare company pivots quickly to support remote workers

Network World

Security and performance concerns made it challenging for TrialCard to enable its employees to work from home when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Customer service agents use a voice-over-IP phone and thin-client computer, both of which were designed to work in an on-premises office environment. "They need those systems to do their day-to-day job," says Ryan Van Dynhoven, director of infrastructure at TrialCard , a Morrisville, N.C.

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Back to real school? University of Washington to blend small in-person classes with online learning

GeekWire

University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce and student Sukhdeep Singh participate in a coding event in 2015. (UW Photo / Dennis Wise). As the University of Washington prepares for the first virtual graduation in its 159-year history, President Ana Mari Cauce is focused on what happens a few months later. Speaking at a virtual town hall with other university presidents Wednesday, Cauce said she expects to welcome UW students back to campus in the fall despite uncertainty surrounding the CO

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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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How NDR protects your network from cyberthreats

Network World

Three steps to finding a network detection and response product that prevents, detects, investigates, identifies, responds and mitigates cyberattacks.

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'We Belong Here': Racist Central Park Video Shows Why We Need Diversity Outdoors

Gizmodo

The outdoors were never made for people of color. Since the forced removal of indigenous people to create today’s national parks, white people have dominated outdoor activities in the U.S. While the racist history around who has access to parks and wilderness has contributed to the current lack of diversity in green… Read more.

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Not E3: Sony is planning a PlayStation 5 event for June 3

Venture Beast

PlayStation 5 is getting a reveal event next week. This will provide a look at next-gen games. Sony wants to focus on games running on real hardware. Read More.

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Only Half of Americans Say They'll Get Vaccinated for Covid-19, According to New Poll

Gizmodo

Only about half of Americans say that they’d like to get vaccinated for the new coronavirus if or when a vaccine becomes available, according to a new poll from the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll, which was conducted between May 14-18, is a troubling sign that Americans may… 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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Pandemic fallout: Boeing sends layoff notices to 6,770 employees as part of 10% cutback

GeekWire

The Boeing Co. was born in Seattle, but today its corporate headquarters is in Chicago. (Boeing Photo). As part of its plan for a 10% workforce reduction , Boeing says that it’s moved from voluntary layoffs to involuntary layoffs and is sending out the first 6,770 notices this week. “I wish there were some other way,” Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun told employees in an email.

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MeetinVR launches online VR meetings with ?superpowers?

Venture Beast

We can probably agree that Zoom meetings, while vital during the lockdown, aren't thrilling. So MeetinVR is taking those meetings into VR. Read More.

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Former Microsoft AI and Bing chief Harry Shum joins fast-growing startup News Break as chairman

GeekWire

Harry Shum, former Microsoft AI and Research chief, has joined News Break as chairman. (News Break Photo). Microsoft’s former top artificial intelligence executive, Harry Shum, has signed on as chairman of the board of News Break , the tech startup founded and led by former Yahoo engineering executive Jeff Zheng, and best known for its popular local news apps.

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Google now lets merchants accept bookings for online services

Venture Beast

Google is introducing a handful of new features and tools to help businesses transition from the physical to virtual worlds. 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.

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Razer's latest mouse pad can cover most desks

TechSpot

Razer has announced its biggest mouse pad to date with the Gigantus V2, which could potentially turn your entire desk into one soft textured micro-weave cloth surface. The company says its thick high-density rubber foam remains uniformly flat to cushion wrists and provide fluid, consistent mouse movement, while the anti-slip.

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U.S. funds AI project to enable millisecond-level 5G spectrum sharing

Venture Beast

The Department of Defense is backing an initiative that will enable some 5G spectrum to be efficiently shared by multiple users on a millisecond basis. Read More.

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Amazon to sponsor virtual concert for COVID-19 relief featuring Pearl Jam, Macklemore and others

GeekWire

(All in Wa Image). A virtual benefit concert featuring some of the biggest names in Seattle music will be staged next month by All in Wa , a coalition of philanthropic, business, and community leaders looking to provide relief across Washington state during the coronavirus pandemic. Amazon is contributing $10 million to sponsor and produce the event, which will feature acts such as Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews, Brandi Carlile, Macklemore, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Ciara and more.

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SmartRent raises $60 million to manage connected buildings

Venture Beast

SmartRent, which furnishes apartment units with smart home devices and access control systems, has raised a $60 million round. Read More.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.