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What CIOs everywhere can learn from Canada’s nationwide internet outage

CIO

On July 8, 2022, a botched maintenance update on the Rogers ISP network in Canada crashed internet access across the country for at least 12 hours, with some customers experiencing problems for days afterward. The nationwide outage affected phone and internet service for about 12.2 The impact was profound. Not just a domestic issue.

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Ukraine’s Wartime Internet from the Inside

Kentik

In the past year, we have used Kentik’s unique datasets to show some of the conflict’s impacts on Ukraine’s external internet connectivity, ranging from DDoS attacks and large outages , to the rerouting of internet service in the southern region of Kherson. 185.64.45.207 Miranda-Media Ltd 201776 76.742 9. datagroup.ua.

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What Recruiters Can Focus On During A Tech Hiring Freeze

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

A tech hiring freeze is usually the result of efforts to cut down costs and sometimes the impact of recession or scale down of the organization. Before that, Let’s first understand a tech hiring freeze and the reasons for its occurrence. Also, read: 4 Images That Show What Developers Think Of Layoffs In Tech.

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Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity: Good or Evil?

CIO

As I reflect on the biggest technology innovations during my career―the Internet, smartphones, social media―a new breakthrough deserves a spot on that list. Given that we are still in the early stages of Generative AI, organizations should regularly review and evolve their policies as needed. Where do we go from here?

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Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha: I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now

TechCrunch

I have looked at tech from both sides now (h/t Joni Mitchell ), as a three-time entrepreneur and as a venture investor through two downturns. On the startup side, my first company, VXtreme, was acquired by Microsoft and became the platform for media streaming over the internet.

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DocRaptor Review – HTML to PDF API

The Crazy Programmer

Here, in this article, we’ll review the DocRaptor tool, an HTML to PDF API converter. The DocRaptor review will briefly discuss how it works with Python, some code examples, features, benefits, and perhaps pros and cons. Tagged PDFs Boost the scanning experience for assistive technology like screen readers. Tagged PDFs.

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UK’s Big Tech regulator ‘to boost switching, cut killer acquisitions’

TechCrunch

However the government still hasn’t confirmed exactly when it expects to legislate to empower the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) — saying only that it will introduce legislation to put it on a statutory footing “in due course.” UK to set up ‘pro-competition’ regulator to put limits on big tech.