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Generative AI Consumer Outlook, Q2 2024: How Will Consumers Engage With GenAI In The Future?

Forrester IT

Awareness around generative AI (genAI) among consumers is peaking. According to Forrester’s July 2024 Consumer Pulse Survey, only 5% of US online adults and 8% in the UK have never heard of genAI. As awareness peaks and usage creeps, how will consumers engage with genAI in the future?

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Google Sunsets Chromecast; Unveils TV Streamer and Nest Learning Thermostat

IT Toolbox

Google has replaced Chromecast with TV Streamer. Google has also announced an upgrade to its Nest Learning Thermostat. Learn more about the developments and what it means for popular Google smart home services. The post Google Sunsets Chromecast; Unveils TV Streamer and Nest Learning Thermostat appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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A Recent Issue Highlights The Importance Of Securing The Hypervisor

Forrester IT

A recently exploited “vulnerability” within VMware’s ESXi hypervisor, in versions before ESXi 8.0 U3, enables attackers to gain system administrator access on targeted servers.

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Interpol Disrupts Massive Business Email Scam, Recovers Over $40 Million

IT Toolbox

A global stop-payment mechanism developed by Interpol has enabled the disruption of an international business email scam. Learn more about the mechanism and how Interpol's operations work. The post Interpol Disrupts Massive Business Email Scam, Recovers Over $40 Million appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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What Does the US-Russia Prisoner Swap Mean for Ongoing Cybercrime?

Information Week

The recent prisoner exchange that freed Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan also resulted in the release of two convicted cybercriminals.

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X Sues Advertising Coalition, GARM for “Boycotting” the Platform

IT Toolbox

Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against GARM, a coalition of major advertisers, accusing them of conspiring with brands to dissuade them from spending money on X. Learn more about the lawsuit and who else is supporting it. The post X Sues Advertising Coalition, GARM for “Boycotting” the Platform appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Google’s scientists lift lid on Effingo at Sigcomm 2024

Network World

Google this week unveiled technical details of its method for efficiently transferring upwards of 1.2 exabytes of data — more than 100 billion gigabytes — every day. Details of a data copy service known as Effingo were contained in a technical paper that was presented during a delegate session at Sigcomm 2024 , the annual conference of the ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication, which wrapped up today in Sydney, Australia.

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2024 Olympics Highlight Importance of Human Risk Mitigation

Information Week

The 2024 Olympic threat landscape exemplifies why human risk mitigation must be a core focus of cyber defense strategies across all security environments.

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How to Offer Secure IVR Banking and Authenticate Callers

Tech Republic Security

Discover how to safeguard IVR banking from hackers and implement secure authentication methods for customer protection. Find out how these digital alternatives benefit both customers and agents.

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Unraveling the ‘Materiality’ Mystery of SEC Compliance

Information Week

Here’s a CISO’s perspective on how excessive disclosures could numb the public to the true significance of cyberattacks and what steps can be taken to ensure transparency.

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2024 Salary Guide

Procom’s 2024 Salary Guide provides critical insights into the latest hiring trends, in-demand IT roles, and competitive pay rates across Canada and the U.S. It highlights key market dynamics such as the growing demand for remote work, skills-based hiring, and flexible staffing solutions. With detailed pay rate data for top IT positions like Cybersecurity Consultants, Cloud Engineers, and Salesforce Developers, this guide is an essential resource for companies looking to stay competitive in toda

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Western Digital announces world's first 8TB SD card and 16TB external SSD

TechSpot

Western Digital, which owns the SanDisk brand, is showing off several products at the Future Memory and Storage Conference (FMS2024), a flash memory conference and exhibition event.

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Sophisticated Android Spyware Targets Users in Russia

Information Week

Researchers say "LianSpy" malware has been in use in a covert data gathering operation that's gone undetected for at least three years.

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How to get gen AI spend under control

CIO Business Intelligence

There’s no end in sight to the gen AI boom. Every week, we see new advances in the technology, new use cases, and new fears of AI overwhelming humanity or, at least, some industries. Experts predict radical realignments and the emergence of new industrial superpowers, similar to what we saw during the dot-com transition. Some companies, with their very survival at stake, are willing to spend any amount of money in order to stay relevant.

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What if the aliens win? That’s the subject of a new saga from creators of ‘The Expanse’

GeekWire

Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham are the authors of the books in “The Expanse” series, under the pen name James S.A. Corey. Their newly published novel, “The Mercy of Gods,” kicks off a whole new trilogy. Franck and Abraham will be at First Place Books in Lake Forest Park, Wash., on Saturday. (Kyle Zimmerman Photo) In nearly all alien-invasion tales, the puny humans somehow find a way to win — for example, in classic novels like “The War of the Worlds,” or in movies like “Ind

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Guide to Centralizing IT Operations: How to Link Tasks and Tools with an Automation Platform

For many IT admins, business as usual is a juggling act. Job schedulers and scripts run on autopilot, applications and operating systems can’t speak the same language, and other tools—like RPA or MFT solutions—operate in isolation. On a good day, everything runs smoothly. But good days are rare; more often than not, something goes wrong and you’re stuck putting out fires.

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Transformation transformed: How Generative AI has completely changed the way businesses think about innovation

CIO Business Intelligence

The business narrative around generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has been consumed with real-world use cases. From the earliest demos of ChatGPT to the current state of play where new AI co-pilots and point solutions are launching every day, it’s been all about the tools – how can this new AI-powered widget make me faster, more efficient, and more competitive?

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YouTube tests Twitter-style community notes to fight misinformation

TechSpot

YouTube says that the experimental feature will allow users of the platform to add notes to provide relevant, timely, and easy-to-understand context on videos. It gives examples such as when a song is meant to be a parody, which some people apparently need pointing out, when a new version of.

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Samsung Launches the Thinnest LPDDR5X DRAM for On-Device AI Applications

IT Toolbox

Samsung has started mass-producing the industry's thinnest 12nm 12 GB/16 GB LPDDR5X packages. Learn more about this hardware development and its implications for end-user devices. The post Samsung Launches the Thinnest LPDDR5X DRAM for On-Device AI Applications appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Japanese supercomputer Fugaku is now a software stack for virtual HPC instances on AWS

TechSpot

The Riken Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) recently released the first version of its "Virtual Fugaku" project, which aims to transform Fugaku into a "social infrastructure" for addressing complex social issues. In 2020, Fugaku was the world's fastest supercomputer, a title it held for two years before being surpassed by.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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How CIO Mona Bates builds winning IT teams

CIO Business Intelligence

A three-time CIO who’s been named one of the top executive women in tech to watch, Mona Bates is known for her mission-driven approach to transformation, her passion for building award-winning teams, and for driving meaningful change for the business. Today she is doing just that at Collins Aerospace, where she is leading digital transformation across Collins’ strategic business units and functional support organizations.

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Intel faces shareholder class-action lawsuit for allegedly concealing foundry business problems

TechSpot

The Construction Laborers Pension Trust of Greater St. Louis, a Missouri-based pension fund, filed the lawsuit against Intel on behalf of other investors in a San Francisco federal court on Wednesday. The proposed class action names Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger and Chief Financial Officer David Zinsner as co-defendants.

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Open source software: Ways for CISOs to quell the fear

CIO Business Intelligence

For many stakeholders, there is plenty to love about open source software. Developers tend to enjoy the ability to speed application development by borrowing open source code. CFOs like the fact that open source is often free or low in cost. IT teams benefit from the sprawling, dynamic support communities that surround major open source projects. Yet, for CISOs, open source is more likely in many cases to inspire fear than love.

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Raspberry Pi Pico 2 board adds RISC-V CPU cores, security, and more

TechSpot

The Raspberry Pi Pico 2 is based on the RP2350 microcontroller, costs just one dollar more than the original Raspberry Pi Pico, and offers a higher core clock speed, double the memory, more powerful Arm cores, and other upgrades you would expect from an improved hardware design. The new board.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Mastering sustainability challenges in the water domain with smart meter synergy

CIO Business Intelligence

If you watched DUNE or read the book, then you’ll get my drift: waste not, want not. This story is about three water utilities that worked together, like the fictional Fremen of the desert-planet Arakkis, to build a synergistic system to manage water usage across their entire water sector sustainably and much more efficiently. Farys is a water utility that provides cities and municipalities in Belgium with public domain services and infrastructure management—from the distribution and transport

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Home security specialist ADT discloses data breach in SEC filing

TechSpot

An investigation into the incident was launched in coordination with third party cybersecurity experts, and it was determined that customer information including physical addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addressed had been accessed during the attack.

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Titanic explorer’s family files $50M lawsuit targeting OceanGate and other companies

GeekWire

OceanGate’s Titan submersible and its crew were lost during an expedition to the Titanic. (OceanGate Photo) The family of Titanic explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet is seeking more than $50 million in damages in a lawsuit targeting Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate and other companies. The suit, filed in King County Superior Court, marks the beginning of what’s likely to be a complicated and drawn-out legal battle in the aftermath of last year’s loss of OceanGate’s Titan submersi

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Check out the HackberryPi Zero, a Raspberry Pi-based hacking tool

TechSpot

ZitaoTech, a Chinese student currently based in Germany, has created a new Raspberry Pi-based device he named HackberryPi Zero. The handheld Linux terminal is only compatible with the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W SBC, a small Raspberry system-in-a-package (SiP) design originally launched in October 2021. Basic features include a 4".

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success. That’s why we developed this white paper to give you insights into four key open-source technologies – Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, Apache Spark™, and OpenSearch® – and how to leverage them for lasting success. Discover everything you’ll want to know about scalable, data-layer technologies: Learn when to choose these technologies and when to avoid them Explore h

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Entre la sostenibilidad y el riesgo: por qué los CIO se plantean modelos lingüísticos pequeños

CIO Business Intelligence

Mientras GPT-4 supera la prueba de Turing, Microsoft impulsa su asistente de inteligencia artificial (IA) Copilot en los productos empresariales y Google anuncia la disponibilidad de la aplicación Gemini en los teléfonos móviles en Italia, los CIO estudian la tecnología de IA generativa para mantenerse al día, pero sin dejarse distraer ni por el entusiasmo tecnológico ni por las propuestas comerciales.

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Intel and OEMs provide updates on Raptor Lake warranties, Battlemage GPUs still targeting 2024 launch

TechSpot

Intel has confirmed that its recently announced two-year warranty extension for 13th- and 14th-generation Core processors covers i5 K, KF, and above models. The company can only guarantee the extension for boxed units purchased separately. Users experiencing crashes in pre-built systems must contact the manufacturer's customer support.

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Zoho CRM vs monday CRM (2024): Which is Better?

Tech Republic

Compare Zoho CRM and monday CRM as sales tracking and collaboration solutions. Explore their features, pricing, and pros and cons to find the best fit for your team.

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Who invented Ethernet networking?

TechSpot

The networking platform that ships with virtually every modern computer was born at Xerox PARC around 1973. Ethernet was a groundbreaking technology that revolutionized computer networking. Robert.

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IT Leadership Agrees AI is Here, but Now What?

IT leaders are experiencing rapid evolution in AI amid sustained investment uncertainty. As AI evolves, enhanced cybersecurity and hiring challenges grow. This whitepaper offers real strategies to manage risks and position your organization for success.