TM Forum

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Who: Airtel and Ericsson. What: Transformed network operations to a predictive, autonomous operations model. How: Deployed Ericsson Operations Engine, compliant with TM Forum’s Business Process Framework and Open APIs as the basis for a service-centric operations model focused on data-driven business outcomes. Results: Doubled the amount of automation in its network; 69% of alarms fully automated; reduced mean time to repair (MTTR) by 29%; reduced network unavailability by 47%; 26% improve

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Information Week

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Legacy banks need to reconsider their current offerings and processes to keep pace with fintech banking services, which they can do through seamless digital onboarding.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 31, 2021

In a scene from a new documentary titled “Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness,” Allen Institute neuroscientist Christof Koch gazes out on Puget Sound while riding a Washington state ferry. (Umbrella Films). Could magic mushrooms hold the key that unlocks the secrets of consciousness? Well, maybe not the only key. But Allen Institute neuroscientist Christof Koch says that hallucinogenic drugs such as psilocybin, the active ingredient found in special types of mushrooms , can contribute t

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The Verge

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. An investigation by The Financial Times found that Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube lost around $9.85 billion in revenue following Apple’s changes to its privacy practices. Last year, Apple announced the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy that requires apps to ask permission to track users’ data. The policy went into effect in April , barring apps from tracking users if they opt out.

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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

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Prior to its release, Germany classified GoldenEye as "media harmful to young persons" and included it on a list of games that were banned from being sold or marketed in the country for 25 years. But it’s only been 24 years, and the game’s now unbanned.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Image: Throwboy. A company called Throwboy is back with another Kickstarter for a collection of pillows shaped like classic Macs, following its 2018 line of Apple-inspired plushes. It’s fittingly called The Iconic Pillow Collection 2, and features pillows shaped like soft versions of Apple’s Lisa, iBook, and both the cheese grater and cube flavors of Power Mac.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Berna Gomez's world was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with toxic optic neuropathy at age 42. The rapidly progressing disease deteriorated the Spanish science teacher's optic nerves and rendered her blind in a matter of days. Thanks to researchers from the University of Utah and Miguel Hernandez University.

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Venture Beast

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next. Sometimes it’s the obvious things that are overlooked. Why aren’t there pictures of women building robots on the internet? Or if they are there, why can’t we find them when we search? I have spent years decades doing… Read More.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 31, 2021

With its App Tracking Transparency policy launched in April, Apple overhauled its iPhone lineup’s privacy settings to give users more control over their data. That decision cost Snap, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube an estimated $9.85 billion in lost revenue in the second half of this year, the Financial Times reports. Read more.

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Venture Beast

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The widespread adoption of medical digital twins requires combining sensitive medical data to create the best models. Read More.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The original Hocus Pocus is a fixture for most households on Halloween season, and Disney’s been promising a sequel for years. In lieu of an actual trailer for this Halloween, Disney revealed a new slate of characters who’ll be joining the Sanderson sisters’ (again played by Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimi, and… Read more.

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

If your company needs to lower infrastructure costs, you'll want to consider how to effectively move to a hybrid cloud model. Read More.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Photo by Olly Curtis/MacFormat Magazine/Future via Getty Images. Apple has apparently pulled its 21.5-inch Intel-based iMac from shelves (via MacRumors ). Its discontinuation doesn’t come as much of a surprise, now that Apple is transitioning from using Intel processors to its in-house M1 chip. The 21.5-inch iMac was still available after Apple’s October 18th Unleashed event — it didn’t appear to go missing until sometime this week, according to MacRumors.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 24, 2021. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on GeekWire. Bellevue’s boom: City’s tech industry is poised to eat Seattle’s lunch.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Rosamund Pike stars in The Wheel of Time | Amazon Prime Video. I’m close to giving up on The Morning Show ; the latest episode spends a lot of time building up to a twist that makes very little sense given the season so far. They only have three episodes left and a lot of plot to push forward. Luckily, Succession is getting good and juicy with the Roy siblings choosing sides, and I’m also getting caught up in Maid , mainly because of Margaret Qualley’s strong performance as Alex.

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Venture Beast

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Tencent continues to invest in PUBG Mobile esports in the west, even though the audiences are much larger in Asia. Read More.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Roblox went down Thursday evening | Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. After an outage that began Thursday evening, Roblox appeared to be back online Sunday evening. The company said in a tweet at about 4PM ET Sunday that it was “incrementally bringing regions back online.”. Quick update as we work to get things back to normal.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Nintendo puts the spotlight on Mario so much that when they turn their eye to his younger brother Luigi , it makes those moments shine all the brighter. So it goes with Lego: as of a couple months ago, the green plumber has his own Super Mario Starter Course, and now he’s getting some sets all to himself. Well, and the… Read more.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Photo by Evan Blass. ASUS may be releasing a successor to the ROG Flow X13, the convertible laptop that doubles as a gaming PC. Evan Blass ( @evleaks ), a reliable leaker, tweeted out a photo of the ROG Flow Z13 — at a glance, it looks fairly similar to the new Microsoft Surface Pro 8. If the leaked ROG Flow Z13 is anything like the X13, we already know how it may perform.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The fight against ransomware attacks continues, this time on the other side of the Atlantic. Following a two-year investigation, Europol announced this week that it had captured 12 individuals in various criminal organizations who were “wreaking havoc across the world” by launching ransomware attacks on critical… Read more.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 31, 2021

A leaked image that shows a Lenovo ThinkBook Plus with a second screen next to the keyboard. | evleaks. Reliable tech gadget leaker Evan Blass (@evleaks) on Sunday posted an image to Twitter that showed a 17-inch Lenovo ThinkBook Plus with a second screen to the right of the keyboard. The screen looks like it is being used to draw or write on a color image on the laptop’s main screen, and appears that the computer would include a full keyboard and a large trackpad along with an extra-wide displa

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 31, 2021

TikTok wants to make it easier for its creators to earn money for their videos—many of which undoubtedly require a lot of time and effort—so it’s testing out a popular idea: setting up a tip jar. Read more.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. Google Home, the companion app for Google’s smart home products, is changing the way users interact with photos on the app and on Nest Hub devices. 9to5Google first noticed the changes, which include a revamped Photo Frame settings menu. Now, when you use Google Home to change the displayed album while your Nest Hub is idle, you’ll see a carousel-style UI that gives you the option to choose from curated groups of photos, categorized as “Select family & frien

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 31, 2021

It’s been a long almost 11 months since we last had The Doctor and friends on our screens, but at last, she’s back! And things are looking a bit different this time around, as the end draws near for Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor. Come talk about the first episode of Doctor Who season 13, Flux , and let us know what you… Read more.

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Venture Beast

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Consumers are concerned about their online security, and many have taken action by moving to biometrics and using authentication software. Read More.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 31, 2021

To go bags, to go bags everywhere. Chipotle is a pioneer of the fast assembly-line restaurant format, where you get in line and guide a human worker through the process to build your meal while you watch. It’s a foolproof system, or so I thought before I checked out this investigative story by MarketWatch revealing how Chipotle is handling the growth of online orders in a pandemic world.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 31, 2021

We’ve covered weekend box offices for the month of October pretty extensively. It was hard not to with big tentpoles like Venom , Dune , and Halloween Kills , and it seems to have paid off in the long run, because domestically, things were the best they’ve been for theaters in a fairly long time. Read more.

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Anoop

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get the latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post Quickly Turn Off AutoPlay Using Intune appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Jitesh Kumar.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 31, 2021

As Apple continues to cull its catalog of Intel-powered Macs, it looks like the 21.5-inch iMac is finally being put out to pasture. Yet another causality of Apple’s shift to using its homegrown M1 processor in every product. Read more.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Next week, Netflix and Riot Games will finally release the first act of episodes for Arcane. The animated series based on Riot’s popular League of Legends will tell the story of fan favorite Champions Vi (voiced in the show by future Hawkeye Hailee Steinfeld ) and Jinx (Ella Purnell), and what led to them becoming… Read more.

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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.