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The AI Debate – How Is It For You?

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No matter how hard you might try, you simply can’t avoid it; AI or artificial intelligence is everywhere and it sure isn’t going to go away. But what’s the reality for you as a technology leader? How will it impact your role as you face ever-increasing expectations around the how, where and when of implementation […] The post The AI Debate – How Is It For You?

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Addressing the insecurity of verified identities

CIO

Cybersecurity has been identity-centric since the first username and password appeared. During the infancy of personal computers, user identification was considerably simpler. At that time, workplace technology was physically confined to an office and the business network (if one existed). The only people with access were employees and maybe office cleaning staff.

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I did my expenses in VR and I liked it

TechCrunch

Meta’s Quest 3 has now been available for over a week, and the reviews have largely praised the updated consumer mixed reality headset. In my own first impressions, I shared how it managed to convince me to give the category a second look — many years after I’d all but given up on VR as […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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Top 8 IT certifications in demand today

CIO

Certifications can validate your IT skills and experience to show employers you have the expertise to get the job done. When it comes to certifications, you can typically choose to get certified in skills that you already have, or you can use certification as an opportunity to grow your skill set and develop skills you’d like to put to use in your career.

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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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Okta says hackers stole customer access tokens from support unit

TechCrunch

Identity and access giant Okta said a hacker broke into its customer support ticket system and stole sensitive files that can be used to break into the networks of Okta’s customers. Okta chief security officer David Bradbury said in a blog post Friday that a hacker used a stolen credential to access the company’s support […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Embodied AI spins a pen and helps clean the living room in new research

TechCrunch

Sure, AI can write sonnets and do a passable Homer Simpson Nirvana cover. But if anyone is going to welcome our new techno-overlords, they’ll need to be capable of something more practical — which is why Meta and Nvidia have their systems practicing everything from pen tricks to collaborative housework. The two tech giants coincidentally […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Three burning questions before FutureIT New York

CIO

When IT leaders gather next month at FutureIT New York, the conversation will center around AI and other emerging technologies, data strategies, and practical use cases – all with an eye toward using IT to create business value. Here are three questions we’re excited to explore at FutureIT New York: 1. How will the CIO role evolve in the coming years?

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Microsoft would like to remind you that they are all-in on AI

TechCrunch

In case you weren’t sure how Microsoft felt about AI, CEO Satya Nadella is here to tell you: they like it. They like it a lot. In the company’s annual report, he pens a letter to shareholders bigging up AI in every way. And it’s not hard to see why: He clearly believes this is […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Mainframe data: hybrid cloud object store vs. tape

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Five years ago, many predicted that the mainframe would soon disappear. But that hasn’t happened. In fact, the number of mainframe workloads is growing , especially now that manufacturers have engineered blades that are ideal for running generative AI. In 2019, half of enterprises surveyed said their number of mainframe workloads had grown; in 2023, 62% said the same 1.

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Streamlining Database Compliance with CI/CD Integration

IT leaders know the importance of compliance at every level, but the database often gets left behind as other environments are automated for robust protection. This whitepaper emphasizes the importance of robust, auditable, and secure database change management practices for safeguarding organizational compliance. Learn how automating database compliance: Mitigates risk Protects against security vulnerabilities Helps avoid regulatory penalties Aligns database workflows with app lifecycle Turns d

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Black founders received 0.13% of capital this Q3

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Funding to Black founders is only getting worse after the promises made in 2020. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Bud Financial helps banks and their customers make more informed decisions using AI with DataStax and Google Cloud

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By Jude Sheeran, EMEA managing director at DataStax When making financial decisions, businesses and consumers benefit from access to accurate, timely, and complete information. With the power of real-time data and artificial intelligence (AI), new online tools accelerate, simplify, and enrich insights for better decision-making. For banks, data-driven decisions based on rich customer insight can drive personalized and engaging experiences and provide opportunities to find efficiencies and reduce

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Authorities confirm RagnarLocker ransomware taken down during international sting

TechCrunch

An international group of law enforcement agencies have disrupted the notorious RagnarLocker ransomware operation. TechCrunch reported Thursday that an international law enforcement operation involving agencies from the U.S., European Union and Japan had seized the RagnarLocker group’s dark web portal. The portal, which the gang used to extort its victims by publishing their stolen data, […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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How to manage data integration during an acquisition

CIO

Innovation is crucial for business growth. IT teams hold a lot of innovation power, as effective use of emerging technologies is crucial for informed decision-making and is key to staying a beat ahead of the competition. But adopting modern-day, cutting-edge technology is only as good as the data that feeds it. Cloud-based analytics, generative AI, predictive analytics, and more innovative technologies will fall flat if not run on real-time, representative data sets.

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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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International Criminal Court says cyberattack was attempted espionage

TechCrunch

The International Criminal Court (ICC), the world’s only permanent international court with a mandate to investigate and prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, has determined that a September cyberattack against its systems was attempted espionage. The court, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, confirmed last month that hackers had infiltrated its network.

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Multicloud by design approach simplifies the cloud experience

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Challenges in APAC’s Multicloud Adoption Journey Organisations in Asia Pacific (APAC) are looking at multicloud solutions to help them navigate IT management complexity, digital skills gaps, and limited data and application visibility. After all, an effective multicloud framework offers greater platform and service flexibility by leveraging the strengths of multiple cloud environments to drive business agility and innovation.

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Why we must teach AI to empathize with us

TechCrunch

As we integrate AI into various aspects of our lives, from customer service to healthcare and beyond, it becomes imperative that AI systems align with our values and needs. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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What is a Scrum master? A key role for project success

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Scrum is a powerful framework for implementing agile processes in software development and other projects. This highly adopted framework utilizes short iterations of work, called sprints, and daily meetings, called scrums, to tackle discrete portions of a project in succession until the project is complete. There are three key roles within Scrum : Scrum master, product owner and Scrum team members.

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Top 5 Challenges in Designing a Data Warehouse for Multi-Tenant Analytics

Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.

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Toyota hops on Tesla’s EV charging standard, leaving Stellantis and VW as holdouts

TechCrunch

Another day, another convert: Toyota and Lexus electric vehicles will adopt Tesla’s chargers starting in 2025, Toyota said this week. The top automaker by global sales, Toyota is the latest to back the North American Charging Standard (NACS), following Hyundai, Kia, Honda, Nissan, Mercedes, GM and Ford, among others. In just about five months, Tesla […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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How to Stop Taking Work So Personally

Harvard Business Review

Taking things personally at work is not a sign of weakness, but a reflection of your passion, commitment, and deep sense of responsibility. But what if your professional role has become too intertwined with your sense of self. While equating your value as a person with your performance at work is common, it’s also possible to break free from the pattern.

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Tape It’s software for musicians aims to deliver studio-quality noise reduction via AI

TechCrunch

After Apple discontinued its Music Memos app favored by musicians for developing song ideas, a new startup called Tape It stepped in to fill the void with an app that leveraged AI to automatically detect the instrument and annotate the recording. Now that startup is taking the next step in its journey to improve the […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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The Conflict Resolution Skills Every Project Manager Needs

Harvard Business Review

It’s best to start any new project by fostering the right conflict mindset among team members. Productive conflict requires that all parties appreciate the competing demands and necessary trade-offs. But don’t expect stakeholders to show up with clarity about their position or empathy for the needs and demands of others. As a great project manager, you need to foster awareness, understanding, and respect for the different perspectives around the table.

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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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These 27 robotics companies are hiring

TechCrunch

[These listings originally appeared in TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.] Every time I put out a call for robotics jobs, I’m bombarded. It’s a beautiful thing. In spite of various economic slowdowns and investment freezes, it seems like there are always dozens of companies trying to hire in the space. That’s surely a sign […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Creating a Happier Workplace Is Possible — and Worth It

Harvard Business Review

Being happy at work isn’t just a win for employees; it’s also a win for employers. Research shows a causal link between happy workers and a 13% increase in productivity. On the flipside, unhappiness at work costs the world $7.8 trillion in lost productivity, equal to 11% of global GDP. But too many of us are disconnected, disengaged, and bored at work. 50% of the global workforce is quiet quitting and 18 percent are loud quitting – sharing openly that they are unhappy at work.

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TAM/SAM/SOM is only for founders who think small

TechCrunch

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. For VCs, market size is crucial, because it becomes a proxy for how big a company could possibly get, which in turn is a measure of how big the return on investment could be. That only works in well-defined industries: […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Your Greatest Leadership Opportunity with Germaine Hunter

Let's Grow Leaders

Episode 234: Leaders and managers face an ever-expanding level of complexity and demands on their time and skills. At the same time, there’s more of a need than ever before for managers to truly connect with their people – often across geography and time zones. These are big challenges, but they also present a leadership opportunity for leaders who can show up with transparency and vulnerability.

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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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European venture deal-making shows signs of recovery, but for how long?

TechCrunch

European venture capital data is down sharply from prior highs in the third quarter, but there’s enough bullish material inside the data that the European startup scene has quite a lot going for it. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Article: How to Sustain Quality and Velocity in a JavaScript or TypeScript Project?

InfoQ Culture Methods

The JavaScript language and its ever-changing ecosystem of packages and practices can make codebases quickly become hard to maintain. The resulting loss of development velocity and/or code quality can be prevented without rewriting everything from scratch, nor pausing the development of new features. In this article, we have analyzed a few best practices to help avoid that.

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China’s tech titans race to invest $340M in OpenAI challenger

TechCrunch

It’s become increasingly evident that two parallel AI universes are forming between the U.S. and China. While the U.S. has spawned notable players like OpenAI and Anthropic, China has its own emerging candidates. One of these foundation model developers, Zhipu AI, announced today that it has raised 2.5 billion yuan ($340 million) in total financing […] © 2023 TechCrunch.