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Say goodbye to the Surface Duo – Microsoft is pulling the plug on the Duo 2 this month

Microsoft is ending support and software updates for the Surface Duo 2, with the last update scheduled for 21 October 2024.
The Duo 2 was part of Microsoft's experimental Surface product range, but the company has decided to focus on more popular hardware.
Customers were disappointed by Microsoft's limited software updates for the Duo 2, which received only one major Android OS update.
This raises questions about Microsoft's commitment to supporting less mainstream hardware and different operating systems.

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Nvidia just dropped a big hint about the RTX 50-series release date

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to keynote at CES 2025 on January 6, where we may hear about the next-gen RTX 50-series GPUs.
Nvidia usually takes advantage of CES to launch new graphics cards.
Recent reports suggest an early 2025 release for the RTX 5090, with some pointing to a launch at CES 2025.
The RTX 5090 is rumored to require upwards of 600 watts of power and come with 32GB of next-gen GDDR7 memory.

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FusionIQ Commences Next Stage of Growth Strategy with Appointment of Eric Noll as CEO and Successful Completion of New Fundraising Round

FusionIQ announces the appointment of Eric Noll as CEO and successful completion of a new fundraising round
Eric Noll brings extensive financial services leadership experience
New board members selected: Eric Noll as chairman, Erik Oros, Timothy Powers, and Scott Ganeles
FusionIQ poised for accelerated growth in delivering digital wealth management solutions

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Dew Drop – October 9, 2024 (#4282)

Introducing Microsoft.Extensions.AI Preview – Unified AI Building Blocks for .NET (Luis Quintanilla)
.NET MAUI updates in .NET 9 Release Candidate 2 (Rachel Kang)
Passkeys on Windows: Authenticate seamlessly with passkey providers (Katharine Holdsworth)
Scott & Mark Learn to: Trailer (Scott Hanselman & Mark Russinovich)

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Nvidia RTX 5080 might get speedier video RAM than we expected – but doubts remain around this GPU

Nvidia's RTX 5080 graphics card is rumored to have faster video memory than expected.
The RTX 5080 is said to be equipped with 16GB of GDDR7 VRAM running at 32Gbps.
The total memory bandwidth of the RTX 5080 will exceed 1TB/s, compared to 736GB/s of the RTX 4080.
There are doubts about the core count and pricing plans of the RTX 5080.

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🛣️ Roadmap to Becoming a Cloud Engineer in 2024 🌥️

Step 1: Building the Basics - Networking, Operating Systems, Virtualization, Database Management
Step 2: Dive into Cloud - Choose a Cloud Provider, Learn Key Cloud Concepts, Hands-On Practice
Step 3: Advance Your Skills & Work on Real Projects - Programming for Cloud, Deploying Real-World Projects, Prepare for Certification
Step 4: Explore DevOps (For the Future) - Learn CI/CD tools, Docker, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code

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How to open the Nvidia Control Panel

Opening Nvidia Control Panel is quite simple. You can right-click anywhere on your desktop and select 'Show More Options'.
The latest version of Nvidia Control Panel is recommended to be downloaded.
It is important to download the latest version of Nvidia in order to avoid any conflicting drivers or software.
Nvidia Control Panel can also be found through the Control Panel in Windows 10 or through a hotkey search.
Nvidia Control Panel allows users to tweak global settings like antialiasing mode, max frame rate, and G-Sync usage with a program by program basis.
Change the resolution of the display and refresh rate and color settings of your monitor in Nvidia Control Panel.
Nvidia Control Panel's 'Set Up Multiple Displays' option is critical for people with a multi-monitor setup.
GeForce Experience is another software available through Nvidia Control Panel, focusing primarily on gaming.
GeForce Experience unlocks all the features available on Nvidia graphics cards, allowing users to keep their drivers up-to-date and optimizing settings in supported games.
Overall, Nvidia Control Panel and GeForce Experience are useful tools for anyone who wants to optimize their graphics card and experience gaming to the fullest.

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How to use Nvidia ShadowPlay to record your gameplay

Nvidia ShadowPlay is a tool to record and stream live gameplay with the best Nvidia graphics cards.
The program can be accessed through GeForce Experience, Nvidia's software that lets users download and install drivers.
Users should adjust settings including Privacy Control and Recordings and check available space before recording their gameplay.
Other settings available include keyboard shortcuts, video capture and audio.
Instant Replay is a feature that saves spontaneous moments from gaming sessions without the need to press the recording button.
Users can also stream games live on Twitch, YouTube and Facebook and alter screenshots with filters and overlays.
Shadowplay Performance Monitoring is another tool available to show live performance metrics of the graphics card.
Shadowplay is free for users with the best Nvidia graphics cards, and the complete list of gaming cards is available on the Nvidia website.
One potential downside to using Shadowplay is that fps may be affected.
Nvidia Shadowplay does not offer the ability to overclock your graphics card.

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London Summit: UK businesses turn to Google Cloud AI

UK businesses are turning to Google Cloud AI to unlock new possibilities in the rapidly evolving landscape, central to which is Google Cloud's next-generation AI foundation model, Gemini.
Gemini is helping shape the future of business for UK businesses across all sectors by empowering them to unlock business value.
By 2030, AI could generate more than £400 billion ($524 billion) in value for the UK economy and save more than 700,000 administrative hours annually across sectors like healthcare, education, and finance.
BUPA UK is using Google Cloud to build a cloud-first digital customer platform providing direct access to care when needed.
Dunelm has partnered with Google Cloud to enhance its online shopping experience with a new gen AI-driven product discovery solution.
Incubeta is using Gemini for Google Workspace, primarily with their development teams, to streamline architecture documentation and code refinements, and to reduce time spent on these tasks.
Vodafone recently completed the migration of its SAP ERP resource planning database to Google Cloud, boosting performance while shrinking costs and Vodafone’s carbon footprint.
Google Cloud is expanding its data residency commitment, enabling UK organizations to run machine learning processing for Gemini 1.5 Flash within the UK.
Google is also launching a new enterprise tier of Code Assist, our AI-powered coding partner, which can help teams with work throughout the software development lifecycle.
Since 2023, more than 60% of UK-based gen-AI startups are Google Cloud customers.

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SAP Unveils AI-Assisted Capabilities in Latest SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition Release

SAP has released SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition 2023 FPS02, which includes AI-assisted capabilities and expansion of its digital assistant Joule aimed at streamlining user interactions and unifying data accessibility.
AI-assisted sales order fulfilment, conversational planning in the transportation cockpit, inbound cargo document creation, and maintenance order recommendations are some of the advanced capabilities embedded in the release.
SAP's digital assistant, Joule, now offers transactional and navigational support that significantly enhances the user experience.
Additional innovations across procurement, finance, manufacturing, R&D, service management, and cross-topics aim to refine the functions of the enterprise.
SAP's latest innovations provide businesses with the tools needed to stay ahead of the curve and to drive strategic growth and operational excellence.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition 2023 FPS02 release aims to leverage AI and digital assistance to revolutionize enterprise operations by providing significant improvements in efficiency, accuracy and user experience.
SAP aims to meet global trade regulations and streamline handling of service requirements through the subscription order management with SAP GTS integration.
Engineer-to-order production models are introduced to reduce lead times and align manufacturing with customer-specific configurations.
SAP's latest release has been developed by harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to automate routine tasks, provide predictive insights, and streamline decision-making processes.
SAP's AI-assisted functionalities and Joule are expected to deliver unprecedented efficiency and intelligence across various business functions.

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Libano-Suisse exposed unprotected data from an Azure Blob.

Libano-Suisse Insurance Company exposed unprotected data from an Azure Blob.
The company failed to respond to multiple emails notifying them about the issue.
The incident involved the exposure of 22,000 files containing personal data.
The exposed data included client names, passport numbers, policy details, and more.

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Teradata positions itself as sustainable hybrid AI platform

Teradata Corp. is positioning itself as a sustainable hybrid AI platform.
The company is leveraging partnerships with cloud giants like Google and Amazon Web Services to offer hybrid data analytics.
Teradata's approach is to move the query engine to the data rather than moving the data to the query engine.
Teradata has focused on creating a trusted, ethical, and sustainable platform for AI, addressing energy usage and harnessing parallel architecture.

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The Role of CDN in Enhancing Website Performance and Reliability.

CDN or Content Delivery Network is introduced in the late 90's to accelerate internet content delivery by bringing content to the user and this improves the performance of a website.
CDN helps to bring content closer to users, which results in faster delivery and better website performance.
There are two types of CDN: CDN Push and CDN Fetch. Other types include traditional CDN, Cloud-based CDN, peer-to-peer CDN, and Hybrid CDN.
Choosing the right CDN should consider factors like traffic size, geographic regions, security, platform compatibility, ease of setup, pricing model, hidden costs, customer support, and uptime guarantee.
CDN helps improve website performance through reduced latency, load balancing, improved security, caching, dynamic content acceleration, and increased reliability.
With the help of CDN, businesses can offer a fast, secure and seamless web experience to their customers, irrespective of their location in the world.

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NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Wednesday, October 9 (game #220)

Today's NYT Strands theme is Full house.
Hint #2 - Clue words: BIFF, FRAME, ITCH, PANT, ROLL, DUST.
Hint #3 - Spangram: Where the heart is.
Hint #4 - Spangram position: First: right, 5th row. Last: left, 5th row.

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Quordle today – hints and answers for Wednesday, October 9 (game #989)

Quordle is one of the original Wordle alternatives and has been going strong for nearly 1,000 games later.
Here you can find hints and answers for the Quordle game.
In today’s Quordle game, the number of different vowels is five. Please note that by vowels we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U) and not Y.
None of Q, Z, X or J appeared in the Quordle answers for the today’s game.
Today's Quordle answers started with T, H, D, and T.
Today's Quordle answers contain unique letters and no repeated letters.
Today's Quordle answers include the words TRIAL, HUSKY, DOWNY, and TRADE.
Quordle hints and answers for past 20 games are also shared in the article.
Quordle offers a genuine challenge for word game lovers.
The author of the article is obsessed with word games and has authored dozens of articles for TechRadar on Wordle, its alternatives, hints, and analysis.

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