Tue.Aug 04, 2020

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Virtual Event Momentum Will Move Strategy and Tech Forward Rapidly

Forrester IT

B2B marketers are turning to virtual event solutions as an alternative to physical conferences and meetings during the coronavirus pandemic. Successful marketers start with strategy and define the customer experience they want their online events to deliver. Technology supports this, but is ineffective without a solid strategy and set of customer experience goals.

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When The PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs Publicly Denounces Your Analysis You Are Probably On To Something (“If you’re taking flak you must be over the target”)

CTOvision

Recorded Future’s RedDelta analysis was so spot on it causes and unprecedented PRC response. The Insikt Group of researchers at Recorded Future published a fact-based report on 28 July 2020 […].

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Tech, Business Investments Now Will Be Key to Success Post COVID-19

Association of Information Technology Professional

Preparing your business now to take advantage of new opportunities and new markets will provide a competitive benefit after COVID-19, according to ChannelCon Online panelists in a What's Next for the Channel?" session.

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ConfigMgr Application Deployment Status SQL Query Custom Report

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s find out the ConfigMgr Application Deployment Status using Custom Report, SQL query, and report builder. We have many other SQL queries and other custom reports we shared with the HTMD Forum community. In this post, you will learn how to make a working Application Deployment SQL query to find the deployment status from your […].

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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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How the Tech Industry Can Address Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Now

Association of Information Technology Professional

CompTIA CEO Todd Thibodeaux moderated a town hall discussion about diversity and inclusion in the tech industry during ChannelCon Online. Learn what the panel had to say about hiring practices that promote diversity, how to have hard conversations about social injustice, the role of the media and much more.

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VMware Carbon Black Threat Report finds hackers using more aggressive and destructive tactics

Tech Republic Security

Security firm recommends digital distancing for devices and more collaboration between IT and security teams to harden the attack surface.

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Google and Amazon most impersonated brands in phishing attacks

Tech Republic Security

WhatsApp, Facebook, and Microsoft rounded out the top five as the most spoofed brands last quarter, says Check Point Research.

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Best Online Learning Platforms for Employees 

Kitaboo

It is a well-known fact that employees are only as good as the training that is provided to them. Not only does a well-crafted training program help employees enhance productivity, improve efficiency, and boost performance, but it also enables them to acquire new skills, groom existing capacities, and trigger instant organizational growth. This is why it comes as no surprise that almost 56% of HR managers across the world consider employee training to be an essential business enabler.

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Why multi-factor authentication should be set up for all your services and devices

Tech Republic Security

More than ever, now is the time to make absolutely sure that your services and devices are using the best protection available to keep data secured and away from unauthorized hands.

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Baby Boomers Are Experiencing Greater Cognitive Decline Than Previous Generations, Study Finds

Gizmodo

Baby boomers are experiencing a sharper drop in cognitive function as they age, relative to previous generations. The findings not only suggest that boomers will be more likely to develop conditions like dementia than past cohorts, but future aging generations may be at a similar heightened risk. 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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How poor security practices from remote employees are wasting the time of IT staff

Tech Republic Security

Along with the independence remote work affords employees comes the use of shadow IT and poor password practices, according to a new survey by 1Password.

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Ancient DNA From Preserved Cave Lions Reveals They Were a Unique Species

Gizmodo

A genetic analysis of ice age cave lions shows this species to be distinct from modern lions, ending a long-standing mystery. What’s more, the new evidence suggests these fearsome creatures diverged into two distinct lineages. Read more.

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Study finds misconfigured cloud storage services in 93% of cloud deployments analyzed

Tech Republic Security

An Accurics study said cloud breaches will likely increase in velocity and scale as more enterprises move to the cloud.

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Cops Terrorize Black Family but Blame License Plate Reader for Misidentifying 'Stolen' Car

Gizmodo

The Aurora Police Department in Colorado is blaming its license plate reader for misidentifying a “stolen” vehicle after video went viral showing a Black family with young children being menaced and traumatized by several cops. It’s just the latest example of police terror that likely wouldn’t have drawn much… 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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Cloak your photos with this AI privacy tool to fool facial recognition

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Ubiquitous facial recognition is a serious threat to privacy. The idea that the photos we share are being collected by companies to train algorithms that are sold commercially is worrying. Anyone can buy these tools, snap a photo of a stranger, and find out who they are in seconds. But researchers have come up with a clever way to help combat this problem.

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T-Mobile launches world’s first nationwide standalone 5G network

Venture Beast

One month after the final standalone 5G standard was approved by the 3GPP, T-Mobile is offering service to 250 million people across 7,500 towns and cities. Read More.

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Honda recalls 608,000 vehicles for faulty software

The Verge

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. Honda is recalling 608,000 vans and SUVs because of faulty software that can, among other things, cause the backup camera to fail and the driver display to malfunction or reboot. The recalls will begin on September 23rd. Certain 2018-2020 Odysseys, 2019-2020 Passports, and 2019-2021 Pilots were outfitted with “[i]ncorrect instrument panel control module software” that can cause the display to not show critical information like speed, engine oil pressu

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Microsoft researchers claim ‘state-of-the-art’ biomedical NLP model

Venture Beast

Microsoft researchers propose a new training technique that achieves state-of-the-art performance in natural language processing biomedical tasks. 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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NOAA Fisheries Talks Going No-Code for Project Management

Information Week

Federal agency finds a way to increase its efficiency tackling a growing number of projects by leveraging a solution from Smartsheet.

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Microsoft has paid security researchers $13.7 million for bug bounties in 12 months

Venture Beast

Microsoft today announced it has paid out $13.7 million in bug bounties in the past year, more than three times what it awarded last year. Read More.

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Google Play Music will begin shutting down in September

The Verge

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge. Today, Google shared a detailed timeline for Google Play Music’s shutdown. Access will be revoked in September for users in New Zealand and South Africa and for users in all other regions in October. Come December, the service will shut down completely, after which you won’t be able to transfer your content. Additionally, starting later this month Google will no longer accept purchases for music within its Play Store.

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Garmin Reportedly Coughed Up Millions in Ransom to Get Its Services Back Online

Gizmodo

On July 23, Garmin’s entire network went offline in what was later confirmed to be a cyberattack. Now, Sky News is reporting that the company paid millions in ransom via Arete IR, a ransomware negotiation firm, to get its services up and running again. 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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Garmin reportedly paid multi-million dollar ransom after suffering cyberattack

The Verge

Garmin’s fitness devices were left disconnected as a result of the hack. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. Fitness brand Garmin paid millions of dollars in ransom after an attack took many of its products and services offline last month, Sky News reports. The payment was reportedly made through a ransomware negotiation company called Arete IR, in order for Garmin to recover data held hostage as a result of the attack.

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Equity initiative formed by Melinda Gates and MacKenzie Scott lands $10M more in funding

GeekWire

Melinda Gates. (Gates Foundation Photo). The Equality Can’t Wait Challenge announced $10 million in new funding Tuesday, bringing the total grant package to $40 million. The gender equity initiative backed by Melinda Gates and MacKenzie Scott (formerly Bezos) will begin accepting applications Sept. 1. The additional funding comes from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation.

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Kite brings its AI-powered code completions to Jupyter notebooks

Venture Beast

Kite's code completions powered deep learning now work with JupyterLab and JupyterHub, helping data scientists as they type Python. Read More.

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Android’s ‘Nearby Share’ file sharing feature is finally launching

The Verge

It will finally be slightly easier to share files, images, links, and other content between Android devices. Google is launching a new Android feature called “Nearby Share” that enables direct sharing between any device running Android 6 and up. Nearby Share is already available on some Pixel and Samsung phones, and Google says it’ll arrive on other devices “over the next few weeks.”.

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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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Syntiant raises $35 million for AI speech-processing edge chips

Venture Beast

Syntiant, a startup developing AI and machine learning edge hardware for voice processing, has raised $35 million in venture capital. Read More.

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Zombie Stories Are Going to Have to Change

Gizmodo

At the core of every book , video game , television series , or movie involving a zombie apocalypse is an idea about humanity’s drive to consume, or how easy it would be for civilizations to crumble in the midst of an unforeseen disaster. Like, for instance, the sudden spread of a deadly virus that swept its way across… Read more.

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Firefox 79 clears redirect tracking cookies every 24 hours

Venture Beast

Mozilla has launched Firefox 79 with redirect tracking, also known as bounce tracking, by default and a handful of new developer features. Read More.

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Extreme Heat Could Cause as Many Deaths as All Infectious Diseases Combined

Gizmodo

If the world does not curb the rate at which it spews out climate-warming greenhouse gases, the death toll from extreme heat could nearly meet the current death rate of all infectious diseases combined , according to a new study from Climate Impact Lab, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research on Monday. 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.