Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Have fond memories of 2021? They probably don't include these 10 stories or the products and services surrounding them.

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Tech Republic Cloud

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Microsoft is simplifying how you'll connect to Windows file servers over the internet. It's time to say goodbye to the VPN.

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Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Dark data is a major challenge in enterprises, and it's not going away soon. Fortunately, there are ways to reduce dark data and the risks that come with it.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

DECEMBER 27, 2021

It's been a busy year for everyone. I hope you're taking time this week to take a break and refresh. I'm doing the same because I know next year will be big. Big for everyone! So for this week's post, I'm recapping the top five that I published this year. I had over 100 articles published this year and only half on this blog. so please sign up for the monthly.

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Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Many employers are now offering digital security benefits to help protect their employees. Learn about such arrangements and see how you can get started implementing them.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In 2021, enterprise teams turned to robotic process automation to simplify workflows and bring some order to office tasks and 2022 will bring more of the same. Read More.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 27, 2021

New York brain-computer interface company Synchron announced on December 23 that 62-year-old Philip O’Keefe, who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), published a tweet using its flagship stentrode device (below). O’Keefe sent it using the account of Synchron CEO Thomas Oxley.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Reports of a Chinese ban on Steam’s international client appear to have been a false alarm, but it’s raised more questions about the country potentially blocking the widely-used video game storefront. Late on Christmas Eve, word spread via social media and Reddit that Steam, a digital storefront for PC games owned and operated by the Bellevue, Wash.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Tor, who only wants to be identified by his first name, told PCWorld earlier this month he sold his PC in 2020 to stave off gaming addiction. When he decided to start playing games again this past summer, he found his Ubisoft account closed.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Kubernetes security will take another big leap in 2022, as companies focus on cloud-native, container-based approaches to app development. Read More.

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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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TechSpot

DECEMBER 27, 2021

An anonymous tipster recently divulged to MacRumors that Apple has told major wireless providers in the US to prepare for eSIM-only iPhones by September 2022. The source provided the publication with a “seemingly legitimate” document that laid out the timeline for the initiative, although notably, said document didn’t mention Apple.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Polish opposition leader Krzysztof Brejza | Photo by Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty Images. Several members of political opposition groups in Poland have produced evidence that they were hacked by Pegasus spyware, raising alarming questions about the Polish government’s use of the software. The most alarming case involved the leader of Poland’s Civic Platform party, Senator Krzysztof Brejza, whose phone was compromised a total of 33 times in the six months leading up to the 2019 election,

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Synthetic data and digital twins are complementary approaches for riffing on real-world data to improve AI and product design. Read More.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Those issues include an unsatisfying roster of end-game content, hardware failure with some high-end GPUs, and tedious questing. Regardless, Valve includes New World in its "Platinum" tier of top sellers based on its gross revenue.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Elastic cofounder and CEO Shay Banon discusses the Elasticsearch open source license switch, and what being "free and open" really means. Read More.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The display panel manufacturer has announced that it will introduce its new transparent OLED solutions at CES 2022. The highlight will be the OLED Shelf, which combines two 55-inch transparent displays, one on top of the other, along with a shelf on the top unit, hence the name.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 27, 2021

For improved application security, DevSecOps means that security teams need to embrace a DevOps mindset, Data Theorem's Doug Dooley says. Read More.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 27, 2021

LetsGoDigital spotted a recently awarded Samsung patent that describes a double-folding phone. The device closes in a Z shape, much like the dual-hinged prototype that TCL showed off in 2019, meaning one of the three main displays doubles as an outer screen with the phone is closed.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

“The Vault” is an appropriate name. | Image: XPG. XPG has announced the XPG Vault, a “concept” mouse that has a built-in SSD to let you carry around your mouse and storage in one package ( via Engadget ). While lots of gaming mice have some built-in storage to let you easily carry macros and preferences from computer to computer, and the concept of a mouse doubling as a flash drive has been around for over a decade , XPG is aiming a little higher.

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Gizmodo

DECEMBER 27, 2021

It’s time: with days left to go, we’re pretty much done with big movie releases in 2021. So at last, we can look back and decide what were the real highs (and real lows) of a very peculiar year for movies , as the world ummed-and-ahhed its way back to theaters as the covid-19 pandemic rolled on. Here’s io9's… Read more.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The XPG Vault is a wired USB-C gaming mouse that integrates up to 1TB of solid-state memory onboard. Mice with integrated storage aren’t new, but the vast majority only have enough space for a handful of custom profiles or macros. Others have also existed with the capacity to replace a.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Modern Electron co-founders CEO Tony Pan (left) and Chief Technology Officer Max Mankin. (LinkedIn Photos). New funding: Modern Electron , a spinoff from Intellectual Ventures , is raising cash. A new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reveals a $30 million round. Officials with the company declined to comment on the filing. According to PitchBook, the Bothell, Wash.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Riot Games has settled its sexual harassment litigation for $100 million as part of a global settlement to end the three-year-old litigation. Read More.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 27, 2021

As reported by Windows Latest, the bug is preventing some image editing programs from rendering colors correctly on certain HDR displays. The problem is especially apparent with white shades, which can often display in bright yellow or other colors.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Existing road and sidewalk regulations were not written to accommodate ADVs. And this has been a stumbling block for their adoption. Read More.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Star Wars: The Force Awakens also reached the $1 billion mark in only 12 days. Only two other films – Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame – did so faster, in 11 days and five days, respectively. As it stands, the new Spider-Man is the highest-grossing film of 2021.

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Gizmodo

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Star Wars: The High Republic may barely be a year old now, but already its golden age is crumbling apart , setting the stage for the long decline of the Jedi and Republic we eventually see the tail end of in the prequel trilogy. Get a look at what horrors the Jedi will face in the latest novel, The Fallen Star , in this… Read more.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Nintendo licensed a few interesting peripherals in the early days of handheld gaming. The Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer were a couple. It also had the Game Link Cable to allow for two-player gaming, then later offered a four-player adapter. And who could forget the Handy Boy—an attachable.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Not pictured: a beloved phone. | Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge. Motorola is working on a new version of its Razr foldable smartphones, according to a Weibo post spotted by Android Authority. The post is from Chen Jin, the general manager of the Lenovo Mobile Business Group in China (Lenovo is currently in charge of Motorola’s smartphone business), and describes how the company has been quietly working on a new addition to its lineup of foldable phones.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Android 12’s visual overhaul with Google’s Material You design language means the next version will mostly be a case of under the hood improvements and features. We can likely expect the first Android 13 Developer Preview to drop by February, however, leaked screenshots of an early build shared by XDA.

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