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Google one-ups Microsoft by making chats easier to transfer

Google announced easier migration from Microsoft Teams to Google Chat.
Admins can transfer Teams data by connecting to their Microsoft account and uploading a CSV.
The migration process preserves existing Google Chat spaces and messages.
The feature is currently in beta phase, with potential for errors.

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The M5 chip will be a huge change — and it’s coming in 2025

Apple's successor to the M4 chip, the M5, is set to be a significant change in terms of technical details.
The M5 chips will be manufactured on TSMC's N3P node, with three generations in a row using the 3nm node.
The M5 Pro, Max, and Ultra will feature 'server-grade' 2.5D packaging, enabling separate CPU and GPU designs and better AI inferencing capabilities.
The M5 chips are expected to begin mass production in the first half of 2025, followed by M5 Pro/Max in the second half, and M5 Ultra in 2026.

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32 hours of battery life? This upcoming ultralight laptop sounds killer

Asus is planning to launch a new ultrathin laptop at CES 2025 that claims to be the world's lightest Copilot+ PC.
The weight of the laptop has not been disclosed yet, but it needs to weigh under 2.6 pounds to beat competitors like the Surface Pro 11th edition and Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x.
The laptop is expected to have up to 32 hours of battery life, which could be achieved through chips like Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite or Intel Core Ultra Series 2.
Manufacturers' claims on battery life may not reflect real-world usage, but if the laptop exceeds 25 hours, it will still be considered impressive.

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How to send a personal video message from Santa using AI

Synthesia has launched an AI-powered video platform that allows users to send personalized video messages from Santa Claus.
The platform offers a variety of templates and uses advanced AI-powered text-to-speech and video generation technology to create lifelike AI-generated Santa videos.
Synthesia screens all user-submitted scripts to ensure the messages are family-friendly and jolly.
To send a video from Santa, users can choose a template, craft a personalized message, submit it, and share the generated video with their loved ones.

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Cyber resilience redefined: Commvault’s Cloud Rewind and recovery capabilities shape the future of cybersecurity

At AWS re:Invent, experts from Commvault Systems shared advancements in data protection, cloud recovery, and modern cyber resilience.
Commvault's SaaS solutions now deeply integrate with AWS' cloud-native capabilities, enabling organizations to streamline data protection processes.
Air Gapped Protect is one of Commvault's latest technologies that offers an isolated environment for secure data storage and recovery.
Commvault recently debuted its Cloud Rewind capability that provides comprehensive protection for the entire cloud environment, including critical components.
By replicating an application's environment across AWS regions, organizations can achieve near-high availability and quickly recover from regional failures.
Recovery-as-Code, a feature of Cloud Rewind, automates the process and enables businesses to resume operations with minimal downtime.
Configuration drift, where changes in settings accumulate over time, poses a challenge for automated solutions.
Commvault's ability to address these challenges ensures that enterprises can rely on a unified platform for seamless data management and resilience.
The technology allows anyone to be able to bring any of their workloads.
Commvault Systems sponsored this segment of theCUBE, an exclusive interview on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media's livestreaming studio.

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AWS Bedrock Knowledge Base - An overview

AWS Bedrock Knowledge Base is a fully managed service that helps integrate proprietary information into generative-AI applications.
The Knowledge Base uses Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) technique to extract domain-specific data.
Without using Knowledge Base, a foundational model may not be able to generate specific results within an organization.
With Knowledge Base, proprietary documents can be uploaded to a data source like S3, and the FM model can find and return specific information.

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IT Glitch Disrupts Morrisons Christmas Shopping

Morrisons supermarket experienced an IT glitch that disrupted Christmas shopping.
Promotional discounts were not applied to purchases for loyalty card holders.
Morrisons offered 10% discounts to all shoppers to compensate for the glitch.
Some click-and-collect and online delivery orders were affected, causing delays.

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Beyond the Buzzword: Why Really Big Data Still Matters

Big data refers to large and complex datasets that traditional methods can't handle.
Big data revolutionizes industries such as healthcare, weather forecasting, financial markets, shipping, and logistics.
Challenges of big data include data quality, privacy and security concerns, and the need for specialized tools and infrastructure.
Big data's impact is crucial for modern research, business operations, and public services as organizations handle ever-larger datasets.

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Identifying EBS Volumes and Mount Points with lsblk

Managing EBS volumes effectively is crucial for AWS users, especially when multiple volumes with identical sizes are attached to an instance.
The lsblk command is used to check the information of block devices connected to a system.
By using the lsblk command with the --output option and selecting specific information such as volume name, file system type, device type, size, mount point, and serial number, users can easily identify which EBS volume is mounted on which path.
The SERIAL column in the lsblk output represents the volume ID, simplifying the process of managing and differentiating between EBS volumes.

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Automate EC2 Deployments on AWS with Terraform Modules

Terraform is an infrastructure-as-code tool created by Hashicorp to write infrastructure configurations in declarative code.
Terraform can manage components such as storage, computing, networking, DNS entries, and the security of your applications.
Terraform workflow has three core stages: write, plan, and apply.
Terraform modules allow you to organize all related resources into reusable packages by grouping them into specific .tf files.
Terraform modules make programmatic infrastructure management easier, they are perfect for large-scale and complex infrastructure deployment.
In this article, we explained how Terraform modules help our infrastructure code become scalable and reusable, especially in complex infrastructure setups.
We also wrapped it up by creating an ec2 instance using Terraform modules on AWS.
A Terraform modules project should have root module, child modules, and published modules(optional).
Terraform workflow involves three steps: write, plan and apply.
Modules in Terraform allow you to organize all related resources into reusable packages by grouping them into specific .tf files.

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Enforcing guardrails in the AWS environment

AWS offers its customers multiple ways to enforce guardrails – a mechanism to allow developers or DevOps teams to achieve their goals while keeping pre-defined controls.
Service control policies (SCPs) allow configuring maximum allowed permissions identities have over resources within an AWS organization.
Resource control policies (RCPs) allow configuring the maximum allowed permissions on resources within an AWS organization.
Declarative policies allow customers to centrally enforce desired configuration state for AWS services using AWS Organizations console, AWS CLI, CloudFormation templates, and AWS Control Tower.
Permission boundaries define the maximum permissions granted using identity-based policies attached to an IAM user or IAM role.
Each alternative serves a slightly different purpose for accessing resources within AWS Organizations at a large scale.
AWS does not grant any access by default - if an AWS service has not been allowed using an SCP somewhere in the AWS Organization hierarchy, no identity will be able to consume it.
Designing SCPs, RCPs, and Declarative policies as guardrails have limitations and a maximum size of 5120 and 10000 characters, respectively.
Permission boundaries also have their limitations and a maximum size of 6144 characters.
It is recommended to read AWS documentation and watch the lecture 'Security invariants: From enterprise chaos to cloud order from AWS re:Invent 2024' for better understanding.

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SSO (Single Sign-On) and Identity Federation: A Cloud Engineer's Perspective

Single Sign-On (SSO) and Identity Federation are key concepts in modern identity management, particularly in cloud-based and hybrid IT environments.
SSO is an authentication mechanism that allows users to access multiple applications or services with a single set of credentials (e.g., username and password).
Identity Federation is the process of linking identities across multiple distinct systems or organizations, allowing users to authenticate in one domain and access resources in another without maintaining multiple sets of credentials.
SSO improves the user experience, reduces IT overhead, enhances security, and simplifies compliance.
Identity Federation enables cross-domain collaboration, centralized identity management, cloud integration, and scalability.
The initial setup complexity, single point of failure, security concerns, and interoperability issues are the challenges of implementing SSO and identity federation.
AWS SSO with Identity Federation is a common use case, requiring setting up SSO, enabling identity federation, integrating Cognito, securing the application, and testing the SSO setup.
Role-based access control and IAM roles with federated users are crucial for secure access control.
AWS Cognito is a scalable, customizable, and multi-provider authentication service that integrates directly with AWS services for secure access.

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AWS re:Invent top picks and programs!

AWS re:Invent is a conference for developers, customers, and partners to learn, explore, and connect.
The conference covers a wide range of topics from developer experience and platform engineering to financial services and product focus.
Some of the top picks from the conference include sessions on elevating developer experiences with Backstage on AWS, empowering generative AI models through developer portals, NatWest using AI within its contact center, and the NFL's accelerated content production using generative AI.
There were also sessions on implementing ethical frameworks for generative AI, using AWS to transform banking in collaboration with PwC and Engine by Starling, and empowering women in AI.
Other highlights were top announcements and updates from AWS, including the AWS Community Builders program and the All Builders Welcome grant that offers a scholarship program for technologists.
The AWS Community Builders program offers networking opportunities, technical resources, and education to AWS technical enthusiasts.
Meanwhile, the All Builders Welcome grant is a scholarship program for technologists in the first five years of their cloud careers, providing free passes to re:Invent, return flights to Las Vegas, five-day hotel accommodation, special events for grantees and mentors, and much more.
The conference continually focuses on building an innovative, creative, and inclusive community.
Every year, the conference brings together members of the AWS community to share knowledge and explore new possibilities.
Also, the AWS Community Builders program continues to welcome and encourage AWS builders to apply to be part of the program.

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This futuristic mechanical keyboard will set you back an eye-watering $1,600

The Icebreaker is a futuristic mechanical keyboard priced at $1,600.
It is made of one block of 6061 aluminum and has aluminum keycaps.
The keyboard has a 65% layout, hot-swappable switches, and two layers of sound dampening.
It is the first product from Serene Industries and prioritizes form over function.

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AI to Power Personalized Shopping Experiences in 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) will revolutionize online shopping and eCommerce tasks, taking up up to 20% of the tasks as AI assistants offer personalized recommendations and customer service to shoppers.
The technology will also predict customers' preferences and behaviour, and enable stores to better cater to their wants and needs through personalised marketing and customised shopping experiences.
While consumers will benefit from more efficient and elevated shopping experiences, concerns over transparency and data privacy will also arise - with stakeholders highlighting the need for implementation to prioritise security and accessibility.
AI tools, such as ChatGPT, will also create new opportunities for fraudsters to deceive consumers, elevating the importance of privacy and regulation and the need for AI to be purpose-built to ensure its safety and security.
AI will also help companies to create hyper-personalised shopping experiences through predictive technology and strategies, going beyond basic product recommendations to offer customised perks such as personalised discounts and individualised return policies.
AI technology can bridge gaps and enhance human customer service without replacing it, playing a positive role in increasing access to commerce and financial services across different industries, from manufacturing to agriculture.
Digital behavioural data will be a game-changer for eCommerce, helping companies drive revenue growth by tapping deeper insights into customer interaction patterns.
AI-driven tools can help streamline time-consuming tasks like data analysis and content creation, allowing marketers to focus on optimisation and making the shopping experience more intuitive and efficient for customers.
The rise of AI agents will change how retailers view and interact with buyers and sellers, transforming customer and organisational behaviour by making eCommerce more personalised and enhancing internal search systems.
Although experts believe AI agents will take a bigger role in eCommerce, fulfilling up to one-fifth of all tasks, challenges of scalability, data integration and trust would have to be addressed before its widespread adoption.

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