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Get a $200 discount on the 13-inch Apple MacBook Air M3

B&H Photo Video is offering a $200 discount on the 13-inch Apple MacBook Air M3, bringing the price down to $899 from $1,099.
The 13-inch Apple MacBook Air M3 is praised for its compact and beautiful design, thin profile, and light weight.
It features a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display with a resolution of 2560 x 1664 and offers excellent performance with the latest M3 chip.
The discount is available for a limited time, so it is recommended to make the purchase as soon as possible.

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This Cooler Master shark-shaped gaming PC case is the coolest thing we’ve seen all week, but it’ll cost you

Cooler Master unveiled a shark-shaped gaming PC case, separate from the complete PC package.
The case is priced at 658,000 yen in Japan, approximately $4,300.
Cooler Master is known for its unique and impractical PC case designs.
The company previously released a sneaker-shaped PC case and a PC with an RGB turntable displaying an action figure.

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Rackspace offers GPUs as a cloud service with spot instance pricing

Rackspace Technology Inc. expands its spot instance service, Rackspace Spot, with a new location in San Jose, California.
Rackspace launches a GPU-as-a-service option that provides customers access to Nvidia GPUs at auction-based pricing.
Spot instances offer cost savings of up to 90% but come with the risk of interruptions.
Rackspace's GPUaaS includes Nvidia's high-end H100 and A30 GPUs, giving customers access to costly GPUs without upfront investments.

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☁️ Google Cloud Preparation for Cloud Digital Leader Exam Classes and Exam Tips

The article gives an overview of Google Cloud Preparation for Cloud Digital Leader Exam and shares tips to pass the exam. It starts with an introduction of digital transformation with Google Cloud, which offers open infrastructure, open standard, open source, collaboration, and trusted cloud. It highlights the difference between CapEx and OpEx. The article then discusses various types of data and storage places, and how to migrate data with managed services. It further explains analytics in data and AI, and cloud products for AI and ML. The article also covers modernizing infrastructure with microservices, serverless computing, and potential drawbacks of rehosting legacy apps to the cloud. It gives five key security principles and observability tools for designing highly available applications on the cloud. Lastly, it explains different levels of support and their benefits.
Google Cloud provides digital infrastructure to support CapEx to OpEx model, which means on-premises have their own servers while in Cloud you only pay for what you use. Google Cloud's key advantages include open infrastructure, open standard, open source, collaboration, and trusted cloud.
The article explains various types of data such as structured, semi-structured and unstructured and different storage places such as databases, data warehouses, and data lakes.
Managed services such as Datastream and DMS Database Migration service are used for migrating data. The article further explains analytics in data and AI and cloud products for AI and ML such as Pre-trained APIs and AutoML.
The article also covers modernizing infrastructure with microservices, serverless computing, and potential drawbacks of rehosting legacy apps to the cloud.
It gives five key security principles for designing highly secured applications on the cloud, such as zero trust, least privilege, privilege access, security by default and security posture.
The observability tools discussed in the article are Google Cloud Monitoring, Logging, Trace, Profiler, and Error Reporting.
Different levels of support for Google Cloud include Basic, Standard, Enhanced, and Premium support.

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What to expect at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA event: Join theCUBE Nov. 13-15

The KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2024 event promises insights and innovations at the intersection of artificial intelligence, data integration and community collaboration.
Kubernetes celebrates both the past and the future, marking the 10th anniversary of Kubernetes, the event celebrates its journey from an open-source experiment to an enterprise-ready platform.
Kubernetes has reached its “Linux moment,” becoming the backbone for large-scale distributed systems and AI-driven applications.
KubeCon plays a critical role in enterprise AI initiatives, the platform's adaptability and resilience have made it essential for platform engineering teams tasked with extending their infrastructure to support AI initiatives.
KubeCon is designed to be an inclusive space, welcoming both newcomers and seasoned professionals in the cloud-native technology space, with an expected attendance of over 10,000.
KubeCon hosts various working groups that encourage all community members to connect and contribute.
KubeCon offers a platform for attendees to look ahead at the emerging trends and innovations in Kubernetes and cloud-native technology. Another area of focus includes the increasing role of security tools designed explicitly for Kubernetes environments.
Many attendees are particularly interested in operational enhancements that will support enterprise scalability while minimizing downtime.
TheCUBE is a paid media partner for the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA.
Don’t miss theCUBE’s coverage of the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2024 event from Nov. 13-15. Plus, you can watch theCUBE’s event coverage on-demand after the live event.

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Cloudbrink co-founder’s lawsuit draws attention of the SEC and DOJ

The lawsuit filed by the co-founder of Cloudbrink against the company has attracted the attention of the SEC and DOJ.
The lawsuit alleges fraudulent conduct by the CEO, including false reporting of revenue.
The Department of Justice and SEC have interviewed individuals close to the lawsuit.
Cloudbrink denies the allegations and the co-founder refrains from commenting on the investigations.

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Creating Custom Template and Managing IP Addresses in Microsoft Azure: Dissociation and Association Explained

Creating custom templates and managing IP addresses are crucial aspects of effective Azure resource management.
Custom templates enable standardization and streamline the configuration of multiple resources.
IP address management, including dissociation and association, ensures network flexibility and resource optimization.
Follow a step-by-step guide to create a Linux VM custom template and manage IP addresses in Microsoft Azure for improved resource deployment and network configuration.

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You need to see this Alienware gaming laptop with i9 and RTX 4090 for $700 off

Dell is offering $700 off on the Alienware m18 R2 gaming laptop.
The laptop features a 14th-generation Intel Core i9-14900HX processor, 64GB of RAM, and 4TB of SSD storage.
It is equipped with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card and an 18-inch QHD+ display with a 165Hz refresh rate.
The Alienware m18 R2 gaming laptop is currently priced at $3,300, down from its original price of $4,000.

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Is the M4 Mac mini Apple’s first true gaming PC?

The M4 Mac mini could be the device that helps Apple master the living room and offer its own games console to take on the PlayStation and the Xbox.
Apple has been attempting to crack the gaming market for several years through a series of different ideas, but none of these have enabled Apple to knock companies like Sony and Microsoft off their lofty perches.
The Mac mini offers a lot of compelling reasons for becoming your next games console of choice.
The Mac mini's shrunken-down design makes it far smaller than both Sony and Microsoft's consoles and the perfect size for living room gaming.
Apple's M4 chip offers Dynamic Caching, hardware-accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading, making it an ideal machine for console-style gaming.
The macOS games library is a long way behind what its rivals can offer, and developers don't see macOS in the same light as Windows, the PlayStation or the Xbox.
If Apple can improve the games themselves, it might finally find a way to entice console gamers onto a new platform.
Apple has laid the groundwork with the Game Porting Toolkit and seeing other popular games make the jump could help convince more developers to bring their games to the Mac.
Apple isn't positioning the M4 Mac mini as a games console per se, but perhaps it should remind gamers about everything this little machine has going for it.
If it takes off, Apple will have the perfect console rival in the form of the Mac mini.

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AMD buying Intel? It’s on the table

The U.S. government is encouraging Intel to consider a merger with a rival, such as AMD, to counteract its financial trouble.
Intel reported a loss of $16.6 billion in the third quarter, with a significant drop in net profit margin.
The government sees Intel as too important to go under and is exploring options to recover the brand, including a merger.
Under the CHIPS Act, Intel has been promised close to $30 billion in government subsidies.

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Cross-Project Dependencies Handling with DBT in AWS MWAA

Cross-project dependencies handling can be tricky in data engineering, and DBT helps define models in SQL that are organized into projects. The complexity of data pipelines often means different DBT projects have dependencies on models in other projects, so managing such dependencies is critical for smooth data pipeline execution. AWS Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) helps orchestrate DBT projects in the cloud and provides scalability and reliability for large data pipelines. It's not always easy to manage SSH keys dynamically during DAG execution in MWAA environments, and executing tasks in isolated Kubernetes pods may simplify dependency handling and CI/CD processes.
Using PythonVirtualenvOperator in Airflow helps create isolated virtual environments to run Python code, including DBT commands, allowing operators to install additional libraries and dependencies specific to each task. To handle secure access to a private dbt project from a Git repository in a DAG in Airflow, the SSH private key is stored in AWS Secrets Manager and used to run the dbt deps command inside the virtual environment during DAG execution. Packages.yml file needs to be updated to include cross-project dependencies locally using the local keyword.
SSH key issues may arise when executing DBT projects in MWAA, and the PythonVirtualenvOperator approach can add complexity to CI/CD pipelines, while the custom KubernetesPodOperator can simplify handling dependencies.
AWS Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) enables the deployment of production-grade workflows, including ETL, machine learning, and scientific computing pipelines. Terraform can be used to create the MWAA environment, manage Airflow DAGs, and configure other essential resources, while the custom plugins feature in Apache Airflow allows users to extend Airflow’s core functionality by adding custom operators, sensors, hooks, and other components.

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Dutch publisher to use AI to translate ‘limited number of books’ into English

Dutch publisher Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK) plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) for translating a limited number of commercial fiction books into English.
The project involves less than 10 titles, for which English rights have not been sold and are not expected to be sold in the future.
VBK emphasizes that human action is involved throughout the translation process, with AI assisting in the initial translation.
Critics express concerns about the use of AI for literary translations and highlight the potential for incorrect or bland translations.

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Paint it black – today is your last chance to download Paint 3D in Windows 11

Today is the last day to download Paint 3D in Windows 11, as it won't be available on the Microsoft Store after today.
The decision to scrap Paint 3D was announced a few months ago, and users were given warnings about its impending removal.
Paint 3D was introduced as a stock app in Windows 10 in 2016 but failed to gain popularity.
Users who have already installed Paint 3D can continue using it, but Microsoft won't provide any further updates or patches.

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AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Lambda, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Redshift, Amazon CloudWatch, and more (Nov 4, 2024)

AWS enhanced AWS Lambda development with the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code, providing a guided setup for coding, testing, and deploying Lambda applications directly within the IDE.
AWS Amplify Hosting now integrates with Amazon S3 for seamless static website hosting, with global CDN support via Amazon CloudFront.
AWS Lambda now supports AWS Fault Injection Simulator (FIS) actions, enabling developers to test resilience by injecting controlled faults like latency and execution errors.
AWS CodeBuild now offers automatic build retries, allowing developers to set a retry limit for failed builds.
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud now supports sharing security groups across multiple VPCs within the same account and with participant accounts in shared VPCs.
Amazon DataZone now supports the Amazon Athena JDBC Driver, allowing seamless access to data lake assets from BI tools, like Tableau and Power BI.
Amazon Q Developer has introduced inline chat support, allowing developers to engage directly within their code editor for actions like optimization, commenting, and test generation.
Amazon Redshift now integrates with Amazon Bedrock for generative AI tasks using SQL, adding AI capabilities like text generation directly in your data warehouse.
Amazon Redshift Serverless now offers AI-driven scaling, adjusting resources automatically based on workload.
Amazon CloudWatch now provides metrics to check if Amazon EBS volumes exceed their IOPS or throughput limits.

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The ChatGPT search Chrome extension is the best way to use it: here’s how to find and install it

ChatGPT search has a Chrome extension that enhances its usability.
The extension allows users to search directly from the browser's address bar.
To install the extension, users can visit the ChatGPT search extension page and click 'Add to Chrome'.
OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, recommends the extension as the best way to use ChatGPT search.

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