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AMD will be pleased to hear the latest rumor on Intel CPUs – after Arrow Lake, no desktop chips are coming until Nova Lake in 2026

Intel has reportedly canceled the Arrow Lake Refresh, the next generation of desktop CPUs, and will not release any new desktop chips in 2025.
Instead, Intel will focus on launching the Nova Lake CPUs in 2026.
Intel typically releases new desktop processors annually, but the cancellation of the Arrow Lake Refresh breaks that pattern.
This move raises questions about Intel's priorities and its ability to compete with AMD's upcoming Zen 6 processors in 2026.

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Internal memo reveals new Amazon bonuses for selling flagship AI products

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced a new incentive program for its flagship AI products, Q and Bedrock.
For the chatbot Q, AWS is offering a $1,000 bonus for the first 25 licenses sold and retained for three straight months with the same customer.
Salespeople selling Bedrock, Amazon's AI development platform, can receive a bonus of $5,000 for small customers and $10,000 for bigger customers when they achieve three consecutive months of specified Bedrock usage in 2024.
These bonuses are part of AWS' efforts to boost its AI sales, along with considering higher pay for AI specialists and setting specific performance targets for sales teams.

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AI-Driven Customer Journeys: Salesforce Marketing Cloud 2024

Salesforce Marketing Cloud offers AI-driven features to enhance personalized customer journeys.
Customer journeys include awareness, consideration, conversion, and loyalty.
Einstein AI automates tasks, analyzes data and provides personalized recommendations.
Dynamic Content adjusts content based on user behavior and preferences.
Journey Builder implements AI-driven journeymapping to suggest optimal paths for customer interactions.
It integrates other Salesforce products to achieve a unified view of customer data.
Organizations need to invest in strategic practices to fully leverage AI.
Retail and Financial Services industries have seen benefits in conversion rates and customer engagement.
Data privacy concerns, integration complexities, and over-reliance on automation are challenges that organizations must be aware of.
Future developments may include hyper-personalization, voice and conversational interfaces, and advanced predictive analytics.

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LSEG Simplifies Data Access with DataScope Warehouse Launch

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has launched DataScope Warehouse, a cloud-based solution for easy access to fixed income and equity data.
The platform supports Structured Query Language (SQL) for querying LSEG's Pricing and Reference database.
DataScope Warehouse offers immediate access to comprehensive data from over 180 exchanges worldwide.
It initially launched on the Snowflake cloud infrastructure and will expand to other providers by 2025.

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Jony Ive confirms he's working on an AI device for OpenAI – but what could it be?

Jony Ive confirms working on an AI device for OpenAI.
The device will be a product that uses AI to create a computing experience that is less socially disruptive than the iPhone.
The exact form factor and release date of the device are still being determined.
OpenAI's device development has secured private funding and their design team has previously worked on Apple products.

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Living at the Epicenter of the Internet

Loudoun County has experienced significant growth in data centers over the past 20 years.
The transformation from open spaces to sprawling hubs of servers is a testament to the county's importance in the global internet.
Loudoun County's rise as a data center magnet has shaped the local community and impacted the world.
The author shares their personal journey and explores the reasons behind this growth.

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Creating a WordPress Server on Azure App Service

Microsoft Azure provides a scalable platform for deploying web applications, including WordPress.
To set up a WordPress server on Azure, log in to the Azure Portal and create a new resource.
Configure the WordPress App Service, set up the database, choose a hosting plan, and deploy WordPress.
After deployment, access your WordPress site using the provided URL and make necessary changes.

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GoTo Taps Tencent to Step up Its Cloud Infrastructure, Digital Services

Indonesia’s GoTo Group has partnered with Tencent to enhance its cloud infrastructure and digital services.
Tencent Cloud will provide GoTo with cloud solutions and Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings.
GoTo's engineering team will collaborate with Tencent Cloud's experts to improve technology capabilities.
The partnership is expected to enhance service delivery and user experience for GoTo.

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A Guide to Effective Use of the Terraform AWS Cloud Control Provider

The AWS Cloud Control (CC) Provider promises to support new AWS features and services immediately due to its auto-generated nature.
The AWS CC Provider provides support for new AWS services sooner than the classic AWS Provider.
While the AWS CC Provider covers new AWS services quickly, there's still room for improvement when it comes to older services.
The quality of descriptions for resources and attributes is somewhat inconsistent while working with the AWS CC Provider.
The AWS Provider's hand-crafted nature means that development is labor-intensive and time-consuming.
The AWS Provider has high AWS service coverage, ample acceptance tests, and a relatively high degree of quality.
Terraform is designed to work with multiple providers, so you can leverage both the AWS Provider and the AWS CC Provider for what they each excel at.
The blog post suggests using the AWS CC Provider for cutting-edge features and the AWS Provider for reliable solutions.
By blending both providers, you'll have the best of both worlds in your Terraform configurations.
It is safe to experiment with both providers if you're managing complex AWS infrastructure.

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NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Monday, September 23 (game #204)

NYT Strands is the latest word game by NYT, following games like Wordle, Spelling Bee, and Connections.
The theme of today's NYT Strands is 'Gnaw-it-alls.'
The clue words to unlock the in-game hints system are PINE, LANE, CHIC, STUD, STUDIO, and MAST.
Today's spangram hint is 'House of mouse!' and it touches the right side of the board in the 4th row and the left side in the 5th row.

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Using Cloud Functions and Cloud Schedule to process data with Google Dataflow

This project showcases the integration of Google Cloud services, specifically Dataflow, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Scheduler, to create a highly scalable, cost-effective, and easy-to-maintain data processing solution.
The project uses Google Dataflow, a fully managed service for stream and batch data processing, built on Apache Beam to handle large-scale data processing tasks.
It also demonstrates the use of Cloud Functions, a serverless execution environment that allows you to run code in response to events.
Google Cloud Scheduler is used to automate the execution of the Cloud Functions, ensuring that Dataflow jobs run as needed without manual intervention.
The project implements a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions for automated deployments using comprehensive error handling and logging for reliable data processing.
Before getting started, ensure you have a Google Cloud account with billing enabled and a GitHub account.
The project requires the creation of a Google Cloud Storage bucket to store your data, a BigQuery dataset where the data will be ingested, and a Dataproc cluster for processing.
After setting up a service account, the project requires granting Storage Access Permissions, Dataflow Permissions, Permissions to Create and Manage Cloud Functions and Cloud Scheduler, and Permissions to Manage Service Accounts.
Ensure that the environment variables and secrets are set in the deployment configuration or within GitHub Secrets to configure bucket paths, process names and steps.
GitHub Actions uses service account credentials to authenticate with Google Cloud and execute the necessary workflow jobs containing four steps - enable-services, deploy-buckets, build-dataflow-classic-template, deploy-cloud-function, and deploy-cloud-schedule.

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For smart glasses and other wearables, fashion is as important as function

While functionality is important, fashion is equally important for wearables to reach their full potential. The new Snap Spectacles turn heads by their function but appearance wise, they are not impressive. On the other hand, Ray-Ban's smart glasses have efficiently incorporated style and looked cool from the start. Fashion enables a different design profile that supports people who prefer a more minimalist aesthetic. Smart accessories that replace traditional jewelry stand true not only to their usefulness but also to their outward expression of style. As a result, wearables makers should put up efforts to make great looking products while providing as much functionality as possible.
Fashion is more than design and must be dealt with efficiently. In many cases, fashion and design features are intertwined, and fashion cannot be dismissed. Consumers must feel they have a level of control over wearables' appearance so that this can be an extension of their overall style. The challenge remains to integrate the different variations in style and functionalities in one product, while continuing to look fantastic and avoiding bulky designs.
Wearable technology hasn't reached its full potential yet. As it's still in the early stages of smart glasses and wearables, efforts should be made by manufacturers to ensure the product is functional as well as fashionable. Wearable makers must focus on designing a unique fashion profile, introducing variants in design, or ensuring that there is a perfect design for all users. The design is important for wearables as an ugly-looking device will end up in the drawer instead of the consumer using it for its intended purpose.

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Build Scalable Blazor CRUD Apps in 30 Minutes with Azure SQL

Blazor is a promising technology gaining traction among cloud developers.
The video demonstrates the process of connecting a Blazor app with Azure SQL using Visual Studio 2019.
Prerequisites include an Azure subscription, Visual Studio 2019, and an eagerness to learn.
Watch the video for valuable insights on building scalable Blazor CRUD apps with Azure SQL.

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Introduction to Terraform Variables(Input) and Values

In this post, we'll explore the basics of Terraform values and Input variables and how they work in modules. Every Terraform configuration is part of a module, even a single .tf file. We will start with the basic example of a Terraform setup with a root module and a child module, then we will move on to the different types of Input Variables and values in Terraform.
Terraform modules are building blocks, grouping multiple resources, enabling reuse and organization of cloud infrastructure. Modules help manage complexity by breaking down large infrastructure into smaller, manageable components.
Input variables let you customize aspects of Terraform modules without altering the module's own source code, making a module composable and reusable. When you declare variables in the root module, you set their values using CLI options and environment variables. Types of Input Variables include String, Number, Bool, List, Map, Tuple, Object, and Set types.
Local Values, on the other hand, reduce duplication within the Terraform code, simplifying complex expressions or calculations. Local values help define reusable expressions that improve the flexibility and readability of the code. When used in the code, local values are reduced to a name and assigned a value.
Output Values serve two main purposes: displaying information details about a resource, data source, local value, or variable after deployment and exporting information for use outside the module.
The blog post also includes a practical guide to deploying Nginx on an Ubuntu EC2 instance using Terraform modules. The guide features a project in which input variables and local values are passed, and output values are declared to create and remove AWS resources while deploying Nginx on an Ubuntu EC2 instance.
The Terraform version is locked in the project to ensure stability and prevent unexpected updates. The root and child modules are defined, and values are passed using input variables and local values. The project is completed with the creation of output values to access the Ubuntu instance's public IP.
Terraform Modules and Input variables, together with local and output variables, provide the flexibility to manage complexity in cloud infrastructure by enabling modular and reusable blocks of code.

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EmuDeck is slowly taking over my PC gaming setup

EmuDeck started as a way to set up emulators on the Steam Deck, but it has now become a critical part of PC setups.
EmuDeck offers features beyond its core function, including game mode, a cloud sync function, local multiplayer and much more.
It could be your one-stop solution for retro and emulation enthusiasts with its exhaustive list of features.
Game mode is a standout feature that replaces your Windows desktop with Steam, making it easier to launch games through a console-like PC experience.
You can get EmuDeck on just about any platform now as a quick and easy way to set up your emulators.
EmuDeck has grown into something much more powerful, and it’s not slowing down.
Most of what EmuDeck offers is free, including its core function of setting up emulators.
The developer behind EmuDeck initially created it to avoid setting up emulators manually every time he bought a new device.
It also minimizes the amount of time you’d need to spend on the desktop, all while installing and configuring everything you need through a single, easy-to-use package.
Features developed on top of the core of EmuDeck include Retro Achievements support to migration utilities that allow you to carry your entire library to other systems.

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