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CrowdStrike CEO apologizes for crashing IT systems around the world, details fix

CIO Business Intelligence

CrowdStrike CEO has apologized to the company’s customers and partners for crashing their Windows systems, and the company has described the error that caused the disaster. “I want to sincerely apologize directly to all of you for today’s outage. All of CrowdStrike understands the gravity and impact of the situation,” CrowdStrike founder and CEO George Kurtz wrote in a blog post on the company’s website titled “Our Statement on Today’s Outage.

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CrowdStrike outage hits 8.5M Windows devices; Microsoft collaborates with Amazon and Google

GeekWire

A Delta Airlines display connected to a Windows machine impacted by the CrowdStrike update at Sea-Tac Airport. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) The flawed update from cybersecurity software company CrowdStrike has affected 8.5 million Windows devices, Microsoft said in a post Saturday detailing its ongoing response to the extraordinary global IT outage.

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Amazon Graviton4 server CPU shown beating AMD and Intel processors in multiple benchmarks

TechSpot

Amazon Web Services has landed a haymaker with its latest Graviton4 processor. They're exclusive to AWS's cloud servers, but the folks at Phoronix have somehow managed to get their hands on a unit to give us a peek at its performance potential.

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Beyond the CrowdStrike outage: The larger forces at play, and a long-term view on cybersecurity

GeekWire

An American Airlines check-in kiosk in recovery mode following the CrowdStrike outage on July 19, 2024, at Sea-Tac Airport. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) This week on the GeekWire Podcast , we explore the aftermath of the CrowdStrike outage, the larger forces at play, the future of cybersecurity, and the long-term implications for the world. Erik Moore, director of Seattle University’s online Master of Science Program in Cybersecurity Leadership.

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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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Sam Altman in talks with Broadcom about developing AI chip

TechSpot

The information reports that Sam Altman's vision for OpenAI to develop its own AI chips to reduce its dependence on Nvidia's GPUs has led him to meet with various semiconductor designers. The talks are part of broader efforts by Altman to beef up not only its supply of components but.

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Leaked images show Jack Black as Minecraft's Steve in upcoming movie

TechSpot

The images surfaced on 4chan before spreading across social media. They depict a bearded Jack Black decked out in Steve's signature blue shirt and jeans, carrying a pixelated pickaxe. Another shot reveals a mossy Creeper, a cuboid bee, and a pink sheep.

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