Tech Republic
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Despite the rise in the use of facial recognition software, many people have brought up concerns regarding the ethics, privacy issues, and biases of these systems. Madeline Clarke, writing for TechRepublic Premium, looks at facial recognition software and explores the features, pros, cons, and other key aspects that you should know about this cutting-edge technology.
Network World
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
A high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software, patched last week, is now being actively exploited by threat actors to gain root-level access to affected firewall systems. Tracked as CVE-2025-0108, the vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the PAN-OS management web interface to bypass authentication requirements.
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CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
If 2023 was the year of experimentation with gen AI, 2024 was when companies zeroed in on use cases and started putting pilot projects into production. In a survey of 2,300 IT decision makers that IBM released in December, 47% say theyre already seeing ROI from their AI investments, and 33% say theyre breaking even on AI. Only 14% say theyre losing money, and 66% of companies plan to increase their AI investments compared to 5% that plan to decrease it.
Network World
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Microsoft announced a breakthrough in quantum computing today, unveiling a new kind of quantum processing unit, using a new type of material, to create what it says is a radically different type of qubit. The Majorana 1 named after the Majorana quasiparticle is designed to scale to a million qubits on a single chip that can fit in the palm of a hand.
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CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Madrid-based Repsol, a repeat finalist at the 2024 CIO 100 Awards in Spain,has been immersed for years in a process of digital transformationwith the aim to become more multi-energy focused, more customer oriented, and better committed to digitalization, innovation, and talent management. Its all spelled out in its updated strategic plan for the period from 2023 to 2027, whichalso ratifies the organizations pledge to energy transition and decarbonization, reinforcing how digital is an essential
Network World
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Fortinet has reinforced its FortiAnalyzer security analytics and log management platform with capabilities that enhance enterprise threat detection and automate incident response. FortiAnalyzer securely collects logs from Fortinet devices such as FortiGate firewalls and endpoint security agents.It uses AI to look for trends, anomalies and potential security threats to then build security analyses, network traffic reports and incident response playbooks.
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Network World
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The controversy surrounding used Seagate hard drives has significantly widened, with fraudsters now targeting the companys IronWolf and IronWolf Pro NAS drives alongside the previously affected Exos server-grade HDDs. According to recent investigations, fraudsters have developed more sophisticated methods to manipulate used drives to make them appear new, making detection increasingly challenging for buyers.
Information Week
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
AI is reframing sustainability. Avoiding greenwashing accusations requires an understanding of the technologys true benefits and costs.
Network World
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
SASE vendor Aryaka is looking to alleviate network alert fatigue with a little help from AI. Today Aryaka announced its Winter 2025 platform update, introducing its new AI Observe tool for advanced threat detection and prevention. The new update follows the companys last update from 2024, which introduced cloud access security broker (CASB) capabilities and the AI Perform feature for optimizing network performance for AI applications.
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
SAP has announced the appointment of Simon Davies as president of the companys newly reorganized Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Based in Singapore, Simon Davies will be responsible for SAPs strategy, operations, people, sales, services, partnerships and profitability in the region, including the markets of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, India, Japan, Greater China, and Southeast Asia.
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GeekWire
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Microsoft’s new “Majorana 1” processor (pronounced my-or-ana ) is the first quantum chip powered by a topological core based on a new class of materials. (Photo by John Brecher for Microsoft) Microsoft says it has developed a new quantum processor based on a novel state of matter, giving it a clear path to achieve quantum computings long-term promise of solving some of the worlds most difficult problems. “We believe this breakthrough will allow us to create a truly meanin
Forrester IT
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
This blog was co-authored with Martin Gill, VP, Research Director Internationally, the UK is prioritizing AI security over safety Last week, together with the US, the UK refused to sign the International Agreement on Artificial Intelligence at the global AI Summit in Paris.
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Lumotive CEO Sam Heidari. (Lumotive Photo) Lumotive , a Redmond, Wash.-based startup that manufactures semiconductor chips tailored for 3D sensors, raised $45 million in a Series B round. Gates Frontier, an investment arm of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, co-led the round with Silicon Valley fund MetaVC. Lumotive, which launched in 2017 and spun out of Bellevue, Wash.
Forrester IT
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Design leaders should answer 12 questions to ensure their teams are using genAI responsibly.
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Information Week
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Microsoft says it created a new state of matter to power a chip that will allow quantum computers to process a million qubits that can tackle problems out of reach for even all of todays modern computers combined.
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The use of synthetic data to train AI models is about to skyrocket, as organizations look to fill in gaps in their internal data, build specialized capabilities, and protect customer privacy, experts predict. The synthetic data trend will extend beyond the giant large language model (LLM) vendors to widespread adoption, including among enterprise CIOs, these experts contend.
Information Week
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Lots of people within organizations are using generative AI, but not everyone prompts well. Enterprises are wise to upskill employees as they attempt to scale GenAI.
Anoop
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link] and LinkedIn page for latest updates [link] The post Microsoft Removes Location History Feature from Cortana in Windows appeared first on HTMD Community Modern Device Management News & Guides by Anoop C Nair.
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Forrester IT
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The SE is dead; long live the iPhone. In what was billed as a surprise announcement, Apple today introduced the newest member of the Apple family: the iPhone 16e. But it wasn’t really much of a surprise Apple’s impending iPhone SE revamp has been its worst-kept secret.
Anoop
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link] and LinkedIn page for latest updates [link] The post Easy Steps to Install NetLogo Programming Language using Intune App appeared first on HTMD Community Modern Device Management News & Guides by Anoop C Nair.
Information Week
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Weve compiled a collection of advice and news articles focused on finding, hiring, and retaining IT talent.
SecureWorld News
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Chinese cyber espionage group Salt Typhoon has made headlines in the last year, breaching major U.S. telecommunications providers , including AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies. Now, new research from Recorded Future's Insikt Group reveals that Salt Typhoon remains active and has expanded its campaign, compromising additional telecom networks across the globe between December 2024 and January 2025.
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Network World
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Irelands Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), the nations independent regulator of energy and water, is proposing strict new rules for data center operators, key among them being that new facilities will be required to provide generation and/or storage capacity to match the requested data center demand capacity. In what amounts to an example of just how strict many nations are becoming when it comes to data center expansion plans, this recommendation and others are contained in a Propos
TechSpot
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
In an interview with Patrick Collinson, Gates said the only thing he really worried about a lot when he was younger was nuclear war.
Dataconomy
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Large language models (LLMs) are getting smarter, but theyre also hitting a wall: handling long pieces of text is slow and computationally expensive. Traditional attention mechanismsthe core of how AI processes and remembers informationstruggle to scale efficiently, making models costly to train and run. Now, researchers from DeepSeek-AI and Peking University have introduced a game-changing approach called Natively Sparse Attention (NSA).
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
AheadComputing , a Portland, Ore.-based startup led by former Intel execs , raised $21.5 million in a seed round led by Eclipse. The company focuses on developing CPU technology with a goal of boosting performance in AI computing related to bandwidth shortages and data processing limitations. It’s led by CEO Debbie Marr , who spent more than three decades at Intel and was chief architect of the Advanced Architecture Development Group (AADG) at the chip giant.
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
Dataconomy
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Understand the defining features of a crypto bull market, including rising prices, positive sentiment, and increased trading volumes, to make informed trading decisions. Focus on identifying high-potential cryptocurrencies by analysing trends, historical data, and project fundamentals like whitepapers and developer activity. Develop a strategic trading plan with clear profit targets, risk management strategies such as stop-loss orders, and a balance between short-term and long-term trading appro
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
In practice, taxes on short-term rentals are typicallypassed on to the guest as part of the total booking cost. Short-term rentals in Washington state are being targeted for funds that would help pay for affordable housing across the state. (Airbnb Photo) Opponents rallied at the Washington State Capitol in Olympia on Tuesday to voice their displeasure for a bill being considered by the legislature that would impose a 6% tax on short-term rental bookings across the state to help communities fund
Tech Republic
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The alliance will promote and contribute documentation and use cases, collaborating with other standardization efforts.
TechSpot
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The "big three" in the DRAM industry are preparing to end production of DDR3 and DDR4 memory solutions this year. Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron are reportedly aligning their business strategies, shifting focus toward DDR5 and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) products for the foreseeable future.
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