TechSpot
JULY 17, 2021
This is the third print spooler vulnerability to emerge in just five weeks. While a critical flaw was originally identified and patched in June, a similar flaw – dubbed PrintNightmare – came to light shortly after and was subsequently patched (with mixed success).
GeekWire
JULY 17, 2021
(BigStock Image). Most of us have had the experience of sending a text or email that came across sounding insensitive or angry, even though that wasn’t our intent. Unfortunately, the lack of social cues in such messaging makes it much easier to be misinterpreted. Depending on the communication, this can lead to misunderstandings, hurt feelings or worse.
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The Verge
JULY 17, 2021
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Tesla has started offering a monthly subscription for its Full Self Driving package for $199 per month (h/t Electrek ). Tesla owners who bought the since-discontinued Enhanced Autopilot package can get the FSD subscription for $99 per month, according to Tesla’s support page. Until now the automaker had sold its FSD package for a one-time fee of $10,000, but the monthly subscription lets users test-drive (literally) the FSD features without a long-term co
Venture Beast
JULY 17, 2021
Hungryroot uses AI-powered grocery delivery, matching consumer preferences to the weekly boxes they receive through an AI-powered algorithm. Read More.
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.
The Verge
JULY 17, 2021
TurboTax parent company Intuit has opted out of the IRS Free File Program. | Getty Images. Intuit, the parent company of tax filing software TurboTax, is exiting an IRS program that allows many Americans to file their taxes for free. The IRS partners with the Free File Alliance , a nonprofit coalition of tax software companies that offer no-cost tax filing services for the Free File program.
GeekWire
JULY 17, 2021
Washington state’s direct tech employment jumped by more than 70% from 2013 to 2019, but workers haven’t benefited equally from the sector’s growth, a new report finds. (Graphic: OneAmerica). A new report details extensive gender and racial inequities in Washington state’s technology workforce, and makes a series of recommendations to address them.
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TechSpot
JULY 17, 2021
Technically, the Queen didn't do the job herself, instead pressing a green button that prompted a robot arm to cut a ribbon for the bridge's opening. While that might seem a bit odd in a vacuum, given the world-first of the bridge and the robotic wire-and-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM, because.
Venture Beast
JULY 17, 2021
The pandemic -- and its impacts on workers and the supply chain -- has pushed farmers to invest in automation. Read More.
Gizmodo
JULY 17, 2021
A few years ago, instead of leading my best friend and I through a lovely and picturesque Spanish mountain trail, Google Maps took us to an isolated field with some cows. While I learned then not trust the internet when it comes to nature, it appears that an increasing number of visitors to the Scottish mountain Ben… Read more.
TechSpot
JULY 17, 2021
Some of the leaked specifications appear strange, but not in an unexpected way. Alder Lake CPUs have been confirmed by Intel to have Golden Cove and Gracemont cores inside, so each processor has two core counts and two clock speeds.
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The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?
Venture Beast
JULY 17, 2021
Is this the end of water-cooler talk? Five ways organizations can preserve critical elements of office culture post-pandemic. Read More.
Gizmodo
JULY 17, 2021
Amazon has gotten Fakespot , a popular service on the web that works to identify fake reviews on the e-commerce platform, kicked off the Apple App Store. The incident has pitted two of the biggest giants in the tech industry against a small company, and Fakespot is crying foul. Read more.
The Verge
JULY 17, 2021
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Since 2019, Amazon has sold nearly 400,000 hair dryers that could shock someone if they fell into a pool of water, 24,000 carbon monoxide detectors that didn’t actually detect carbon monoxide, and an unspecified number of “children’s sleepwear garments” that didn’t meet flammability requirements, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
Gizmodo
JULY 17, 2021
Zola director Janicza Bravo will direct and serve as executive producer on the FX pilot for Kindred —an adaptation of the novel written by prolific science-fiction writer Octavia E. Butler. Read more.
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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.
SecureWorld News
JULY 17, 2021
For more than 20 years, SecureWorld has been producing high-quality events in support of our mission of "connecting, informing, and developing leaders in cybersecurity.". Many in the InfoSec industry know us in this capacity, having built connections and grown professionally over the years at our regional conferences. And while "Expo" was in our original name, our events came to be much more than an "exposition" experience.
Gizmodo
JULY 17, 2021
The new trailer for Ultra City Smiths has hit the internet! The half-hour series was created by Steve Conrad ( Patriot ), who also serves as showrunner. Seth Green’s Stoopid Buddy Stoodios ( Robot Chicken ) will act as one of the show’s many producers. Read more.
The Verge
JULY 17, 2021
Zoom weddings soared during the pandemic | Illustration by Grayson Blackmon. Virtual weddings, one of the more endearing traditions to emerge during last year’s pandemic-related lockdowns, are no longer legal in New York now that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has lifted his April executive order. First reported by the New York Times , the order Cuomo signed was meant for a state of emergency, and he rescinded the EO effective June 25th.
Gizmodo
JULY 17, 2021
To get an in depth analysis of the film as a whole, read Germain Lussier’s review for Black Widow. Now on with it. Read more.
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The Verge
JULY 17, 2021
A good camera system and top-notch features, but it’s priced too high to recommend The Sony Xperia 1 III is a great phone that I won’t recommend to many people. Once again, Sony has created a beautiful device with some unique, marquee features like a 4K-ish OLED 120Hz screen, great photo-taking amenities like a physical shutter button and a high-quality manual camera app, and top-notch hardware for entertainment consumption, like dual front-facing speakers and an honest-to-god headphone jack.
Gizmodo
JULY 17, 2021
Daniel Craig is absolutely, positively done with James Bond. Read more.
The Verge
JULY 17, 2021
Photo by Andrew Marino / The Verge. A cornucopia of audio tech spread across two desks Podcasting can be a fun and incredibly creative field — but also a very demanding one. Your skill set not only has to include familiarity with a variety of audio hardware and software, but you also need imagination, a good feel for what will sound good to your audience, and a very sensitive ear.
Computerworld Vertical IT
JULY 17, 2021
This week's Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft is a big one for the Windows ecosystem; it includes 117 patches that handle four publicly reported and four exploited vulnerabilities. The good news: this month's Microsoft Office and development platform (Visual Studio) patches are relatively straightforward and can be added with minimal risk to your standard patch release schedules, and there are no browser updates.
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The Verge
JULY 17, 2021
The second-gen Google Nest Hub | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. Though we’re hitting the sleepy, dog-days of summer and there aren’t any big sale events on the horizon, there are still plenty of great deals out there if you know where to look. This week we found bargains on bundles of Google’s Nest Hub and Nest Thermostat, HyperX’s excellent gaming headset, the best Chromebook you can get right now, and Amazon’s kids-focused Fire HD tablets.
GeekWire
JULY 17, 2021
adyn CEO Elizabeth Ruzzo. (adyn Photo). As a scientist, Elizabeth Ruzzo likes making decisions based on data. So when she suffered through trial and error with multiple doctors to find a birth control that didn’t make her miserable, she was angry and confused. She consulted with a doctor only to experience what she called “medical gaslighting” about her symptoms. “I decided to dedicate my expertise in precision medicine to demanding a new standard of care,” Ruzzo said.
The Verge
JULY 17, 2021
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Facebook continued its pushback Saturday against President Biden’s comment that social media platforms were “killing people” with COVID-19 misinformation, in a blog post from its vice president of integrity Guy Rosen. The post states that the “facts tell a very different story to the one promoted by the administration in recent days.”.
The Verge
JULY 17, 2021
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. California’s legislature has voted unanimously to approve a $6 billion plan to build a statewide open access fiber network (h/t ArsTechnica ). The state will provide $3.25 billion to hire a third party to build and maintain a so-called “middle-mile” network, which won’t bring internet directly from backbone infrastructure to customers, but rather to connection points, leaving the last mile to be handled by internet service providers (ISPs).
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