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Windows 11 could get a ‘Hand Off’ feature that brings Apple-like convenience in integrating your phone and PC

Windows 11 could get a 'Hand Off' feature for tighter integration between PC and smartphone.
The feature was discovered in a recent Beta channel preview of Windows 11 (build 22635).
Hand Off appears to be related to the 'Continue from Phone' functionality previously mentioned.
The feature allows users to seamlessly continue activities between their PC and phone.

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Box makes company documents easier to organize and find with Box Hubs

Cloud content management software company Box Inc. has made Box Hubs available. The feature enables customers on its enterprise plans to create intelligent portals, making it easier to organise, curate and publish content. Box Hubs is closely tied to the company's Box AI, which makes workers more productive.
Box Hubs allows workers to create a new Box Hub without IT administrators, simply by selecting all the files they want in it. The Hub is customisable with a header, images and icons, and descriptions about its contents. New content can be added at any time without having to change folder locations.
Customers on the Box Enterprise plan will be able to use the newly available Box Hubs, which can provide unlimited end-user queries, with the integration of Box AI. Users ask questions relevant to a Hub's content, getting answers, summaries or status updates within the platform.
Other features include the ability to search for Hubs and files, send a link to a particular Hub and share externally with secure access. The feature also meets certain US federal standards.
Box Hubs can be used by human resources teams, sales teams, brand and marketing teams and others for content including company handbooks, quarterly planning processes and product roadmaps.
A professional services firm created a Hub for industry-specific customer stories, while a hospitality business created a Hub for centralising legal documents, and a marketing agency created a Hub for creative resources.
Box Hubs' integration with Box AI has the potential to save valuable time for employees, as users can curate critical and relevant content more easily with AI-powered search and summarisation. This makes content more accessible, increasing its value to organisations.
Box Hubs was first announced at the company’s Boxworks event in October 2023, and it has now been made widely available after initially launching in beta test access.

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OpenAI’s Advanced Voice mode is unavailable in the EU, and now we might know why

ChatGPT's Advanced Voice mode is launching for ChatGPT Plus and Teams subscribers, excluding the EU.
The exclusion is likely due to EU AI Act which restricts the use of AI systems to infer emotions of a person.
Advanced Voice mode violates this condition as it can recognize user's emotions.
OpenAI may seek exceptions, but currently, the AI Act hinders AI advancements in European countries.

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Beware, Facebook and LinkedIn are the worst social media for your privacy

Researchers at Incogni, a data removal service provider, have discovered that Facebook and LinkedIn are the worst social media for digital privacy while Reddit, Snapchat, and Pinterest are the platforms representing the lowest risk.
Incogni assessed the privacy risks for each platform according to five categories: data collection and retention, the level of user control and consent, transparency, transgressions category, and user-friendliness.
Among the variables, Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram got the worst results for data collection and retention, while LinkedIn suffered a poor score from fines and data breach incidents.
Privacy policies of many platforms are constructed so that people won’t read them since one would need to be at a college literacy level to understand them.
It is difficult to delete an account considering that the steps required can vary from a minimum of two clicks (TikTok, Telegram, and Discord) to a maximum of six (Meta products besides WhatsApp, YouTube).
Some platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, YouTube, and Discord retained users' personal information for about 180 days even after the user closed the account.
Government regulations are not enough to limit the extent of personal data collection, and policymakers need to ensure that violating the law is not more profitable than complying with it.
As a rule of thumb, users should avoid giving out their real information and create dedicated email accounts instead of signing up with their main address.
It is also important to review privacy settings and the providers' usage and privacy policies while staying updated with any changes that occur.
Platforms belonging to Google and Meta make managing privacy more complicated, and users should only share strictly necessary information with the social media company.

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Arduino Cloud is now available in AWS Marketplace!

Arduino Cloud is now available in AWS Marketplace, enabling developers and businesses to integrate the IoT platform into their AWS infrastructure.
Users can benefit from a low-code platform that accelerates time-to-value, device management, OTA updates, digital twin creation, and real-time data visualization.
The availability in AWS Marketplace simplifies the purchasing, deploying, and scaling of IoT applications using Arduino's cloud infrastructure.
Arduino Cloud offers benefits such as faster go-to-market times, seamless integration with enterprise architecture, and cost-effective scalability.

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How To Integrate Cloud Based Solutions To Your Working Life

Integrating cloud-based solutions into your business offers flexibility, security, and scalability.
Cloud hosting enables easy access to data from multiple locations and devices.
Cloud backup ensures data protection and quick recovery in case of loss or breach.
Cloud anti-spam solutions filter out potentially harmful emails, enhancing cybersecurity.

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Applications for EIT Digital Champions 2025 are now open: Paving the way for European deep tech scaleups to succeed

The prestigious “EIT Digital Champions” competition is now accepting applications, providing a platform for European deep tech scaleups.
Winners gain access to the 12-month EIT Digital Growth Services Program, offering valuable support and resources.
The application period runs from September 25th to December 2nd, and finalists will pitch their ideas to distinguished investors.
The competition is open to fast-growing European deep tech companies that meet specific criteria and emphasize diversity and inclusion.

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The internet is furious about Monster Hunter Wilds’ PC requirements

Capcom released the PC requirements for Monster Hunter Wilds, and the response hasn’t been great.
The requirements include midrange CPU, 16GB RAM, and 140GB SSD space.
The controversy revolves around the recommended graphics cards and the use of frame generation technology.
Overall, the internet is unhappy with the requirements and the reliance on frame generation for achieving 60fps.

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Finastra hires industry heavyweight to head Lending business

Finastra appoints Andrew Bateman as EVP, Lending.
Andrew to lead and grow Finastra's Lending Business Unit.
Andrew brings almost 30 years of experience in financial services.
Finastra confident that Andrew's skills will help lending customers thrive in an Open Finance environment.

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Concepts in cloud computing

Cloud computing is a technology that offers access and storage of data, applications, and services online. It eliminates the need for physical servers. Key features of cloud computing include on-demand access, access across devices, shared resources, scalability, and pay-as-you-go. The three types of cloud services are Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). Cloud deployment models include Public Cloud, Private Cloud, and Hybrid Cloud. Virtualization is a technology that creates virtual versions of physical hardware, making the IT systems more efficient and adaptable. Scalability is the ability of a system to expand or contract in response to demand or needs. Agility allows adjusting and changing positions rapidly. High availability is when a system is consistently operational, minimizing any potential downtime. Fault tolerance refers to a system's ability to keep running smoothly even when part of it fails or encounters problems. Global Reach is the capability of reaching out to users globally and providing services or applications.
Cloud computing has revolutionized industries by promoting faster innovation, lowering costs, and allowing businesses to focus more on their core activities as opposed to managing IT systems. Elasticity and scalability are different approaches to managing resources according to demand. Scalability involves increasing or decreasing capacity in a strategic manner to accommodate future needs, while elasticity refers to the ability to automatically adapt resources to meet sudden shifts in demand.

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Harness unveils AI code and DevOps agents to accelerate continuous software delivery

Harness has infused its continuous delivery-as-a-service platform with a multi-agent artificial intelligence architecture to improve developer workflows, increase productivity and create an ecosystem of new AI-powered assistants.
The new additions include a suite of specialist AI assistants such as the AI DevOps Assistant, which supports developers through the entire software development process.
There is also an AI Code Assistant, similar to GitHub's Copilot tool, which helps developers write their software updates by suggesting code and testing it for problems to accelerate the coding process and ensure consistent quality.
The AI Productivity Insights tool measures and optimises the impact of the new AI assistants.
Harness's main goal is to make it simple for developers to adopt and implement a CI/CD workflow.
Harness has announced new Database DevOps features for simplifying the deployment and governance of database changes by integrating them within users' CI/CD pipelines and automating policy enforcement.
The company is making an entirely open-source version of its platform available to developers, enabling them to code, build and manage artifacts and deploy software in a single, centralized environment at zero cost.
Founder and CEO Jyoti Bansal said the AI DevOps assistant and the Database DevOps capabilities are entirely new innovations that no one else can offer and that there will be more of these assistants in future.
Over the years Harness has built out its Platform, starting with continuous delivery, adding continuous integration tools, then feature flagging and most recently cloud cost management tools.
Last, the company said it's making an entirely open-source version of its platform available to developers, enabling them to code, build and manage artifacts and deploy software in a single, centralized environment at zero cost.

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Harness unveils AI code and DevOps agents to accelerate its software delivery platform

Harness Inc. has added a “multi-agent” artificial intelligence architecture into its software delivery-as-a-service platform.
This ecosystem of new AI-powered assistants aims to help developers with almost every aspect of software delivery.
Specialist AI assistants include the AI DevOps Assistant which automates routine pipeline generation and optimising workflows.
There is also a new AI Code Assistant, which helps developers as they write their software updates by suggesting code.
In addition, Harness also announced a new Database DevOps feature for simplifying the deployment and governance of database changes.
The main goal of Harness is to make it simple for developers to adopt and implement a continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) workflow.
It is now accelerating that drive to cover the complete software delivery process.
The company is also making an entirely open-source version of its platform available, allowing developers to manage and deploy software at no cost.
Founder and Chief Executive Jyoti Bansal described the AI DevOps assistant and the Database DevOps capabilities as entirely new innovations that no one else offers.
The company wants Harness to be an end-to-end software delivery platform, building out its offering systematically piece by piece.

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Infrastructure-as-code startup Bluebricks lands $4.5M to challenge HashiCorp’s Terraform

Cloud computing infrastructure management startup Bluebricks has raised $4.5 million seed funding to disrupt the infrastructure-as-code industry.
The funding round was led by Flint Capital and Glilot Capital Partners, with participation from angel investors including Yochay Ettun and Raz Shaked.
Bluebricks aims to address the scalability issues faced by existing infrastructure-as-code tools in multicloud environments.
The startup has developed Atomic Infrastructure, a proprietary technology that allows for small, reusable blueprints and reduces the risks associated with code changes.

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Despite a stale GPU market, shipments rose by 48%

GPU shipments in the discrete graphics card market increased by 47.9% year-to-year.
Total GPU shipments rose from 8.7 million to 9.5 million units in the second quarter, defying the usual trend.
Nvidia remains the dominant player with 88% market share and a 61.9% increase in shipments.
Intel holds a meager 2% market share, but hopes to make a comeback with the launch of Battlemage.

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Whatfix raises $125M to expand global reach and enhance its digital adoption platform

Whatfix, a digital adoption platform and analytics provider, has raised $125 million in late-stage funding.
The funding will be used to enhance the product suite through organic growth and strategic acquisitions and expand global market presence.
Whatfix offers a digital adoption platform powered by generative artificial intelligence.
The platform helps organizations improve software adoption and user productivity.

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