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Top 10 Security, Technology, & Business Books of 2024

Ooda Loop

Welcome to 8th edition of my annual top 10 books list! Each year, I read close to 100 books and distill down my 10 favorite security, technology and business books into this top 10 list and also include my favorite fiction books of year and a handful of honorable mentions that didn’t make the top […] The post Top 10 Security, Technology, & Business Books of 2024 appeared first on OODAloop.

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When is data too clean to be useful for enterprise AI?

CIO

Once the province of the data warehouse team, data management has increasingly become a C-suite priority, with data quality seen as key for both customer experience and business performance. But along with siloed data and compliance concerns , poor data quality is holding back enterprise AI projects. And while most executives generally trust their data, they also say less than two thirds of it is usable.

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The Opportunities Costanoa Ventures Sees In Vertical AI 

Crunchbase News

Editor’s note: This article is part of an ongoing series in which Crunchbase News interviews active investors in artificial intelligence. Read previous interviews with Felicis , Battery Ventures , General Catalyst , Bessemer Venture Partners , Accel , Insight Partners , Index Ventures , Sequoia Capital , Section 32 , M12 , Sapphire Ventures , Bain Capital Ventures , Menlo Ventures and Scale Venture Partners , as well as highlights from these stories from 2023.

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The key to operational AI: Modern data architecture

CIO

From customer service chatbots to marketing teams analyzing call center data, the majority of enterprises—about 90% according to recent data —have begun exploring AI. However, there’s a significant difference between those experimenting with AI and those fully integrating it into their operations. For companies investing in data science, realizing the return on these investments requires embedding AI deeply into business processes.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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How Startups Can Raise Capital In Low Liquidity Markets 

Crunchbase News

By Marie Nielsen Venture capital has grown out of Silicon Valley and become global by default, mirroring the industry that receives the majority of its attention: tech. Fund managers in the U.S. and Europe still dominate the headlines, but quietly (and in fact increasingly noisily) other investors in emerging markets are honing their craft in contrasting circumstances.

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Pony.ai Shares Rise In Nasdaq Debut

Crunchbase News

Shares of China-based autonomous driving company Pony.ai were up around 19% in early trading Wednesday after the company made its Nasdaq debut. Guangzhou, China-based Pony priced shares at $13 each, the top of the proposed range, raising $260 million. It expects to raise another $150 million in a concurrent share purchase by private investors. The company says it plans to use the proceeds to carry out the large-scale commercialization of its autonomous driving technology, including both robotaxi

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Su infraestructura de TI puede estar más obsoleta de lo que cree

CIO

Los directores ejecutivos y los CIO parecen tener puntos de vista conflictivos sobre el grado de preparación de los sistemas de TI de sus organizaciones. Y es que una gran mayoría de los directores generales están preocupados por su obsolescencia, según un informe del proveedor de servicios de TI Kyndryl. Según la encuesta de Kyndryl a 3.200 ejecutivos de empresas y TI , aproximadamente dos tercios de los directores ejecutivos dicen que les preocupa que sus herramientas de TI estén obsoletas o c

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Efficiently train models with large sequence lengths using Amazon SageMaker model parallel

AWS Machine Learning - AI

Large language models (LLMs) have witnessed an unprecedented surge in popularity, with customers increasingly using publicly available models such as Llama, Stable Diffusion, and Mistral. Across diverse industries—including healthcare, finance, and marketing—organizations are now engaged in pre-training and fine-tuning these increasingly larger LLMs, which often boast billions of parameters and larger input sequence length.

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La IA facilita la labor investigadora de los científicos del Instituto Curie

CIO

Ciencia, investigación y descubrimiento. El Instituto Curie se fundó en 1909 y se estableció como un laboratorio de excelencia dirigido por la científica Marie Curie, una mujer pionera en su campo. Más de un siglo después, el Instituto Curie, el primer centro francés de investigación y tratamiento del cáncer, continúa haciendo gala del liderazgo y vanguardismo que le precede.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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Leveraging OWASP ZAP to Automate Authenticated Scans

QBurst

The OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is a popular open-source security tool for detecting security vulnerabilities in web applications during development and testing. Unlike Static Application Security Testing (SAST) tools, which analyze code without executing it, ZAP performs Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) by interacting with a running application.

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AI’s data problem: How to build the right foundation

CIO

2024 was undoubtedly “the year of AI,” with businesses across the globe attempting to fast-track implementations. In fact, EY’s 202 4 Work Reimagined Survey found that Generative AI (GenAI) adoption skyrocketed from 22% in 2023 to 75% in 2024. Meanwhile, Forrester found that 67% of AI decision-makers plan to ramp up their GenAI investments in the coming year.

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Limitations of JSON API and REST API

Perficient

Modern web development is now based on APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), which allow for smooth system-to-system communication. Both JSON API and REST API, which enable structured data transfer, are among the most used standards. They have various limits that developers must consider when creating applications, despite their widespread use and broad range of features.

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Wagh Bakri Tea Group leverages data to understand evolving consumers’ taste: Tarun Vijh

CIO

Tarun Vijh, CIO of Wagh Bakri Tea Group, is well versed with how technology drives business, having tackled the CIO role at the tea establishment for the last 3 and a half years. In his tenure, he has created a roadmap for the over 100-year-old erstwhile tea organization wherein digital transformation has taken centre stage, revamping procurement processes and business trends.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Vue.js Components: A Guide to Building Scalable and Modular UIs

Perficient

In this blog, we’ll explore the importance of components, how to create them, and best practices for building modular, reusable UIs. Why Vue Components Are Essential for Building Scalable UIs Components are a core feature of Vue.js, known for its simplicity and flexibility. They serve as the building blocks of Vue applications, enabling developers to break down the user interface into smaller, self-contained units.

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TradeMe’s bold new plan to boost number of women in technical leadership roles

CIO

New Zealand online marketplace TradeMe, has unveiled an ambitious plan to double the number of women in technical leadership roles, to address the persistent gender imbalance in the tech industry, where women remain underrepresented, especially in senior positions. The latest research from NZ Tech highlights the diversity challenge in the digital technologies workforce.

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John Snow Labs Achieves CarbonNeutral® Certification for 2024, Championing Sustainability as a Pillar of Responsible AI

John Snow Labs

Working with Climate Action Veteran Natural Capital Partners, John Snow Labs Minimizes the Environmental Impact Associated with Building Large Language Models John Snow Labs , the AI for healthcare company providing state-of-the-art medical language models, announces today its CarbonNeutral® company certification for 2024. This certification was done by Natural Capital Partners, an independent global leader in sustainability solutions.

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How Middleware Transforms Request Handling in Web Development

Perficient

What is Middleware? Middleware is like a helper that runs before your web server finishes handling a request. It can modify the request or response, such as changing data, changing where the request goes, or modifying how things look. Middleware runs before the server looks for cached content or matches the request to a specific route (URL pattern).

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Revolutionize QA: GAPs AI-Driven Accelerators for Smarter, Faster Testing

GAP's AI-Driven QA Accelerators revolutionize software testing by automating repetitive tasks and enhancing test coverage. From generating test cases and Cypress code to AI-powered code reviews and detailed defect reports, our platform streamlines QA processes, saving time and resources. Accelerate API testing with Pytest-based cases and boost accuracy while reducing human error.

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Looking Ahead With Clément Sténac, Dataiku CTO

Dataiku

The future of data and AI is constantly changing before our eyes. Staying ahead requires not only foresight but a clear understanding of where the industry is headed. At Dataiku’s recent Product Days event , Clément Sténac, Dataiku CTO and co-founder, shared his insights on the evolving landscape of data, analytics, and AI. This blog explores key takeaways, from revisiting our founding principles to unveiling innovations like Dataiku Answers , showing how Dataiku is empowering organizations to n

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Classic WTF: Documentation by Sticky Note

The Daily WTF

Today is holiday in the US, where we celebrate a cosplay version of history with big meals and getting frustrated with our family. It's also a day where we are thankful- usually to not be at work, but also, thankful to not work with Brad. Original -- Remy Anita parked outside the converted garage, the printed graphic reading Global Entertainment Strategies (GES) above it.

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Get 1 year of Hulu for $1 a month with this Black Friday deal

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Hulu's Black Friday deal drops the price of a monthly subscription to the streaming service from $7.99 to $0.99 a month for your first year. Don't miss out.

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AI and Cybersecurity Predictions for 2025

Darktrace

This blog outlines ten trends we expect to see in cybersecurity in 2025, from a rise in multi-agent systems to heightened supply chain risk from LLMs.

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4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient

Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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Forget Bose: These open earbuds have a simpler design (and cost less)

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

If you're looking for a pair of open-ear buds for working out, the Soundcore C40i are an inexpensive choice with a streamlined design.

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Black Friday shoppers targeted with thousands of fraudulent online stores

Ooda Loop

Cybercriminals are registering domain names and creating thousands of fraudulent online stores to target Black Friday shoppers. These fraudsters are building websites with SHOPYY, a Chinese e-commerce platform, and large language models (LLMs). Netcraft Software Engineering Team saw a 110% increase in domains with fake stores from August to October of this year.

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Zoom says it's no longer a video company. What that means for your meetings

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Zoom is implementing a serious injection of AI - which includes your potential 'digital twin.

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Glass Chips Offer Hope of Cleaner Future for Quantum Computing

Ooda Loop

As the race to build the world’s first full-scale quantum computer heats up, one NATO-backed startup is taking an unconventional approach to chip production that could reduce the industry’s carbon footprint. Italy-based Ephos makes photonic quantum chips, a key component in powering this new generation of hyper-fast, energy-hungry computers. It is also the first company […] The post Glass Chips Offer Hope of Cleaner Future for Quantum Computing appeared first on OODAloop.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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This feature-rich, rugged Android smartphone I tested is $90 off for Black Friday

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

This smartphone has a quad-core processor, a 20-day battery (on standby), and even a 100-megapixel camera! Right now it's on sale for 21% off.

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FortiClient EMS exploited: Inside the attack chain and post-exploitation tactics

Darktrace

Soon after CVE-2023-48788 was publicly disclosed in late March 2024, Darktrace began to see compromises in FortiClient EMS devices on customer networks. Read on to find out more about what our Threat Research team uncovered.

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These studio monitors go toe-to-toe with my favorite speakers, and they cost much less

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

If you're looking for a pair of desktop/studio speakers that don't take up much space but can fill a room with seriously impressive sound, the iLoud MTM MKII speakers are ready to rock.

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