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2020: The year the internet didn’t crash

GeekWire

But it could have been worse: the internet could have crashed, or not been there at all. Just look at how much of our lives shifted to the internet as a result of the pandemic. Imagine what things would have been like without the internet. Obviously, Google’s and Microsoft’s services relied on their own clouds.

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Will a “Google PhD” become as good as a university-granted PhD?

Trends in the Living Networks

It is fair to acknowledge that there are definitely trade-offs for the autodidactic path compared with the academic route, over and above the socially-recognized qualification, but these may not matter much to many people. But “Google PhDs” will in some cases be as good, if they result in an equivalent level of expertise.

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How the C-Suite Can Champion Sustainability Across the Enterprise

CIO Business Intelligence

Worldwide IT leaders are adopting and integrating a sustainable approach to their business models,” says Sanjay Singh, executive vice president and head, Alphabet and HCL Google Ecosystem, HCL. “A Cloud is key to enabling and accelerating that transformation,” said Justin Keeble, managing director of global sustainability at Google Cloud. “As

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India’s advisory on LLM usage causes consternation

CIO Business Intelligence

It also requires that LLMs that are unreliable or still under test only be made available in Indian Internet with explicit permission from the government, and only be deployed accompanied by a warning of their unreliability. Are there test cases they have to pass, or assurances given on level of testing and support?”

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The Supreme Court decides not to break the internet

Vox

The Supreme Court handed down two high-stakes tech decisions on Thursday — cases that, if handled ineptly, could have destroyed much of the internet and subjected social media companies to devastating liability. Google show admirable restraint. The good news is that none of that will happen. The cases involve similar facts.

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Parler CEO says even his lawyers are abandoning him

The Verge

The CEO of the conservative-friendly social app Parler said that all of its vendors have abandoned the company following recent bans from Google, Apple, and Amazon. Google banned Parler on Friday , Apple removed Parler on Saturday , and Amazon has informed Parler it will be kicked from the company’s web hosting services Sunday evening.

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Is the open web dying, and is AI partially to blame?

CIO Business Intelligence

But a combination of shifting business models, regulatory changes, and technological advancements — most recently AI — is reshaping the internet into a more closed, restrictive environment. The rise of internet filtering and regional “internets” Countries around the world are exerting increasing control over their domestic web landscapes.

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