Wed.Dec 09, 2020

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Bold at Work Profile: UiPath’s Marketing Transformation

Forrester IT

At Forrester SiriusDecisions Summit Asia Pacific, UiPath received a Return on Integration Honours award. Rajesh Kumar and his team defined a new marketing strategy for the India & South Asia region and enabled the organization to meet ambitious goals.

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ConfigMgr SQL Query Windows 10 Version Count | Dashboard | SCCM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s see how to find out ConfigMgr SQL Query Windows 10 Version Count | Dashboard | SCCM. The different versions of Windows 10 using SQL query. Total number of Windows 10 versions dashboard from SQL query. Since now most of the environment is either moved or moving towards windows 10 so it is important to […].

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No One Should Be Surprised About The Facebook, Inc. Lawsuit In The U.S.

Forrester IT

Today the US government and 40+ states filed a lawsuit claiming that Facebook, Inc. (inclusive of Facebook app, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, and its other apps, services, and hardware) is a social media monopoly. This US lawsuit was more a question of “when” and joins a roster of European lawsuits already in existence. We stated in […].

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Phishing emails: More than 25% of American workers fall for them

Tech Republic Security

A new global report on phishing attempts shows how the workforce has responded to security threats since COVID-19, and the new vulnerabilities that have resulted from the remote work landscape.

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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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Recent Dragos Funding Round Demonstrates Growing Demand For OT Security Solutions

Forrester IT

Operational technology (OT) and industrial control system (ICS) security are vitally important for the safety of the people who work in critical infrastructure and manufacturing. OT security is also necessary for the consumers of the energy, drinking water, and products made in our industrial facilities. OT security is a unique security domain of growing importance, and yesterday’s announcement of Dragos’ Series C funding round of $110 million is another validation of […].

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7 in-demand tech skills to master in 2021

Tech Republic Cloud

IT pros who have worked with natural language processing, automation, and machine learning operations will have the most job opportunities in the new year.

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Open source developers say securing their code is a soul-withering waste of time

Tech Republic Security

A survey of nearly 1,200 FOSS contributors found security to be low on developers' list of priorities.

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How Can CIOs Use Robots To Reduce Costs?

The Accidental Successful CIO

CIOs are using robots to get the most out of small spaces Image Credit: Matt White. Although every CIO loves new technology, we also understand that the company that we work for only has so much money to spend. What this means for us is that one of our most critical jobs is to find a way to use information technology to save the company money. Some enterprising CIOs understand that the cost of maintaining large warehouses can be a very expensive proposition for many firms.

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IBM creates knowledgeable NLP system and adds AI governance capabilities to Watson

Tech Republic Cloud

The goal is to help build trust and transparency in business outcomes, the company said.

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A Day in the Life of the SOC

Association of Information Technology Professional

A SOC career can be exciting. But it’s important to remember that being a cybersecurity professional isn’t just a job, it’s a lifestyle.

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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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How to get around Google Backup and Sync failing to work with Apple's Mac M1

Tech Republic Cloud

Google Drive Backup and Sync is broken on the new Apple Silicon hardware. Jack Wallen offers up what might be your best option until Google fixes the issue.

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CIOs: The New Corporate Rock Stars

Information Week

Here are five practical ways technology leaders can meet emerging obligations.

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How ID fraud has surged in the wake of COVID-19

Tech Republic Security

Fraudulent activity tends to rise during periods of crisis as attackers understand just how to exploit the situation, says Onfido.

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Microsoft initiative will use AI to sniff out bribes, theft and other government corruption

GeekWire

Bigstock Photo. Microsoft unveiled an initiative to use artificial intelligence to detect government corruption, calling it “an urgent global issue that can and must be solved.” The new Microsoft Anti-Corruption Technology and Solutions initiative “will leverage the company’s investments in cloud computing, data visualization, AI, machine learning, and other emerging technologies to enhance transparency and to detect and deter corruption” over the next decade, said Dev St

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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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Hyundai Motors Reportedly Bought Boston Dynamics For Almost $1 Billion

Gizmodo

What to do with Boston Dynamics? That’s seemingly the question a few companies have been unable to answer because for the third time in seven years the robotics research company has a new owner as The Korea Economic Daily is reporting that Hyundai Motors has spent almost $1 billion dollars to buy the R&D company from… Read more.

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Blue Origin’s team turns in its moon landing proposal — and provides a sneak peek

GeekWire

An artist’s conception shows the three main elements of the human landing system being proposed by a team led by Blue Origin. Northrop Grumman’s transfer element is at left, Blue Origin’s descent element is in the middle, and Lockheed Martin’s ascent element is at right. (Blue Origin Illustration). Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture and its partners in the space industry say they’ve given NASA their proposal for a landing system designed to carry astro

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Adobe just released the last Flash update ever

The Verge

Adobe has released the final scheduled update to its Flash Player plugin, weeks before Flash’s official retirement. As noted on Adobe’s site , yesterday marked the last update for Flash outside mainland China, which has a separate version of the software. Adobe will stop supporting Flash on December 31st, 2020, and it will block Flash content from running on January 12th, 2021.

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The World Will Be Nearly 6 Degrees Hotter Unless It Invests in a Green Recovery

Gizmodo

A new United Nations report—yeah, another one—warns that the world is on track to exceed the level of global warming laid out in the Paris Agreement. But a green recovery plan to handle the fallout of the covid-19 pandemic could significantly improve our future odds of survival. 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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The FTC is suing Facebook to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. 0On Wednesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a massive antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, claiming the social media giant has harmed competition by buying up smaller companies like Instagram and WhatsApp to squash the threat they posed to its business. Forty-seven other state and regional attorneys general are joining the suit.

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Security firm FireEye hit by state-sponsored cyberattack

Tech Republic Security

The hackers stole the firm's Red Team tools, which are used to help organizations counter cyberattacks.

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FTC and U.S. states sue Facebook for alleged ‘illegal monopolization’ and anticompetitive conduct

GeekWire

(BigStock Photo). The Federal Trade Commission and 48 states sued Facebook in a pair of landmark lawsuits Wednesday, marking the latest antitrust battle between government regulators and tech giants. The FTC accuses Facebook of “illegal monopolization” and is aiming to potentially force the company to divest Instagram and WhatsApp. “Personal social networking is central to the lives of millions of Americans,” Ian Conner, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, said in a statemen

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Microsoft confirms the xCloud beta is coming to iOS and PC in spring 2021

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Microsoft has confirmed its timeline for bringing its xCloud cloud gaming service to Apple’s iOS platform and to Windows PCs, with the company saying it will support iPhone, iPad, and PC starting in spring 2021. The Verge reported in October that Microsoft was looking to bring xCloud to iOS via a mobile web app some time in “early 2021,” but Microsoft has clarified the timing in a blog post published on Wednesday.

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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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SpaceX’s Starship flies high-altitude test that ends with a bang — and with congrats from Jeff Bezos

GeekWire

Video during the SpaceX Starship test flight shows the rocket in bellyflop during its descent. (SpaceX via YouTube). SpaceX put its Starship super-rocket through its first high-altitude test today — and although the flight ended in a fiery crash, the performance was impressive enough to draw congratulations from Jeff Bezos, who’s locked in a multibillion-dollar rivalry with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. “Anybody who knows how hard this stuff is is impressed by today’s Starship test,” B

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FTC and 48 Attorneys General Sue to Break Up Facebook

Gizmodo

Dozens of attorney generals, as well as the Federal Trade Commission, filed two separate lawsuits against Facebook on Wednesday which attempt to break the social media giant into its component parts: specifically, the divestiture of WhatsApp and Instagram. Read more.

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Bigger Games raises $6 million as Turkey’s startup market heats up

Venture Beast

Bigger Games has raised $6 million to make mobile games as Turkey’s startup market heats up. This is predictable, as Zynga has acquired three Turkish game studios in the past two years for more than $2.2 billion. That makes it seem like Bigger Games is part of a game investment and acquisition frenzy. GameInvest said that more than 100 game s… Read More.

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Samsung announces massive 110-inch 4K TV with next-gen MicroLED picture quality

The Verge

Image: Samsung. Over the last couple years, Samsung has showed off (and sold to a very rich few) its futuristic, modular TV dubbed The Wall that uses MicroLED technology. MicroLED shares many of OLED’s best traits — without most of the associated drawbacks — and is widely viewed as the next big upgrade leap for the displays in our lives. Now, Samsung is taking MicroLED and putting it into a more traditional TV form factor.

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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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The Best Animated Series of 2020

Gizmodo

While live-action productions were dealt a significant blow this year by the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, the animation industry was in a prime position to step up to the plate and tell some of 2020's most riveting stories. Here are the ones that transported the io9 staff to far-off worlds and dimensions this year. Read more.

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Amazon’s Forecast Weather Index aims to use climate data to predict consumer demand

Venture Beast

Amazon today launched the Forecast Weather Index, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) product the company says can increase the forecasting accuracy of certain AI models by incorporating local weather information. Starting today, AWS customers can add 14-day weather forecasts for U.S. and several Europe locations to their demand predictions. As Amazon not… Read More.

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New York State Just Set a New Standard for Fossil Fuel Divestment

Gizmodo

After an eight-year fight to get New York to divest its $226 billion pension fund from fossil fuels, activists have won a major victory. On Wednesday, New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced the state will take a systematic approach to ensure the third-largest pension fund in the U.S. divests from fossil fuels by… Read more.

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Sony is buying anime streaming service Crunchyroll from AT&T for $1.175 billion

The Verge

Sony will be buying anime streaming service Crunchyroll from AT&T for $1.175 billion, Sony and AT&T announced Wednesday. Specifically, Crunchyroll will become part of Sony’s Funimation, which already licenses many popular shows such as Attack on Titan , Fullmetal Alchemist , and One Piece. Now that Sony owns both Crunchyroll and Funimation, the company has tremendous power over anime in the US at a time when many other media companies are trying to figure out their anime content.

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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.