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Finally: Microsoft catches up to Apple with its integration of OCR in the Windows Photos app - a major leap for accessibility

Microsoft is adding Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to Windows' Photos app, allowing users to scan and copy text from images.
The OCR feature will be available on Windows 11 and Windows 10 when officially released.
Users can effortlessly extract text from images and paste it into other apps, improving productivity.
This update is a major leap for accessibility, benefiting users with visual impairments and supporting over 160 languages.

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AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPU is ready to take the wind out of Intel’s Arrow Lake sails according to new leak

AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPU packaging photo leaked, confirming the existence of the chip.
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is expected to be the first processor in AMD's next-gen 3D V-Cache lineup.
AMD's next-gen Ryzen X3D processors are set to arrive on November 7, with the possibility of a reveal on October 25.
The Ryzen 9800X3D is expected to challenge Intel's Core Ultra 200S processors in terms of gaming performance.

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Static Hosting on S3 w/ Cloudfront Distribution.

AWS offers a free and easy solution for hosting static sites.
Components used in the process include Route 53, CloudFront, Certificate Manager, S3, and Lambda (optional).
The data flow involves resolving requests through Route 53, passing to CloudFront, and retrieving content from the S3 bucket.
Other steps include configuring S3 for static hosting, registering a domain with Route 53, requesting a certificate from ACM, creating a CloudFront distribution, and optionally setting up a Lambda function for cache invalidation.

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Chainlink: Beyond an Oracle—Is LINK the Google of Crypto? Bull and Bear Analysis

A renowned analyst has stated that the 40% non-circulating supply of Chainlink (LINK) and its relative valuation pose a huge hindrance to its potential price surge.
The analyst also outlined the incredible institutional adoption of Chainlink and its consistent expansion as major bullish catalysts.
According to Pahor, Chainlink is on course to become the Google of Crypto due to their shared similarities.
Bearish catalysts include the 40% non-circulating total supply of Chainlink, competition from other protocols, and its open-source nature exposing it to vulnerabilities.

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Ransomware hackers using cloud service platforms as their playgrounds

Ransomware attacks have been on the rise, with cybercriminals infiltrating networks and encrypting sensitive data for extortion purposes.
Some threat actors are targeting the same victims multiple times, launching successive attacks to increase the strain on victims.
Security researchers have discovered that cybercriminals are utilizing Amazon Web Services (AWS) buckets to store stolen data, highlighting security concerns.
The involvement of the LockBit ransomware group further complicates the identification of the true actors behind these attacks.

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Is SUI Set to Hit New All-Time High with Google Cloud Partnership?

The native token of the Sui Network (SUI) has surged by over 9% in the past 24 hours due to its partnership with Google Cloud.
Developers can access real-time blockchain data through Google Cloud's Pub/Sub service, which opens doors for innovative dApps.
The integration benefits AI applications that require fresh data, boosting investor sentiment towards SUI.
SUI's recent price spike follows a mixed performance, with potential resistance at $2.18 and support at $1.94 and $1.65.

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100 AWS DevOps Interview Questions and Answers

DevOps is a set of practices that integrates software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) to shorten the development lifecycle and deliver features, fixes, and updates frequently in close alignment with business objectives.
AWS provides flexible services like Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Elastic Container Service (ECS), and Elastic Beanstalk, which help automate and scale development and deployment pipelines.
A CI/CD pipeline automates the steps in software development, from integration, testing, deployment, to delivery, ensuring continuous improvement and delivery of applications.
Use Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service) or Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) to manage and orchestrate containerized applications.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) that allows you to deploy and manage applications in various languages like Java, Python, Ruby, etc., without worrying about infrastructure.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud.
AWS CloudFormation is a service that allows you to model, provision, and manage AWS infrastructure as code by using templates.
AWS CloudWatch is a monitoring and management service that provides data and actionable insights for AWS resources, applications, and services.
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a service that allows you to manage access to AWS services and resources securely.
AWS Simple Storage Service (S3) is an object storage service that provides scalability, security, and performance for storing any amount of data from anywhere.

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Generative AI Call Center

This guide provides step-by-step instructions to create a call center solution.
The solution integrates Amazon Bedrock as an AI assistant and uses OpenAI's Whisper model for real-time voice-to-text transcription.
The implementation utilizes Amazon SageMaker to deploy Whisper and Amazon Bedrock to enhance AI-driven responses.
The guide also provides instructions to set up Amazon Connect flow and additional configurations.

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k8s-pvc-tagger: The Swiss Army Knife of AWS EBS Tagging

K8s-pvc-tagger is a Kubernetes utility that automates the tagging of AWS EBS volumes based on the annotations of PersistentVolumeClaims (PVCs).
Tagging your EBS volumes is important for several reasons including cost tracking, resource management, and compliance.
Installing and configuring k8s-pvc-tagger is straightforward by following provided instructions.
You need to create an AWS IAM Role that can be used by k8s-pvc-tagger.
K8s-pvc-tagger allows you to set tags for EBS/EFS volumes based on provided annotations and command-line arguments.
The tool offers the capability to set tags for EBS/EFS volumes based on provided annotations and command-line arguments using annotations like k8s-pvc-tagger/ignore and k8s-pvc-tagger/tags.
Tag values can be Go templates using values from the PVC's Name, Namespace, Annotations, and Labels.
Here are some best practices for tagging AWS EBS volumes: Use meaningful labels, use consistent tagging, and review your tags regularly.
K8s-pvc-tagger is a powerful tool that can help you improve your AWS cost management by making it easier to track and manage your EBS costs.

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Open for AI: India Tech Leaders Build AI Factories for Economic Transformation

India’s leading cloud infrastructure providers and server manufacturers are ramping up accelerated data center capacity.
By year’s end, they’ll have boosted NVIDIA GPU deployment in the country by nearly 10x compared to 18 months ago.
Tens of thousands of NVIDIA Hopper GPUs will be added to build AI factories — large-scale data centers for producing AI — that support India’s large businesses, startups and research centers running AI workloads in the cloud and on premises.
Yotta Data Services is providing Indian businesses, government departments and researchers access to managed cloud services through its Shakti Cloud platform to boost generative AI adoption and AI education.
Tata Communications is initiating a large-scale deployment of NVIDIA Hopper architecture GPUs to power its public cloud infrastructure and support a wide range of AI applications.
E2E Networks supports enterprises in India, the Middle East, the Asia-Pacific region and the U.S with GPU-powered cloud servers.
Netweb is expanding its range of Tyrone AI systems based on NVIDIA MGX, a modular reference architecture to accelerate enterprise data center workloads.
NVIDIA’s roadmap features new platforms set to arrive on a one-year rhythm.
By harnessing these advancements in AI computing and networking, infrastructure providers and manufacturers in India and beyond will be able to further scale the capabilities of AI development to power larger, multimodal models.
Optimize inference performance and train the next generation of AI applications.

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Watch Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot helping out at Michelin

Boston Dynamics' Spot robot is helping out at Michelin in a pilot program.
Spot is scanning 350 locations with a thermal camera to identify anomalies.
If an anomaly is found, a human technician is sent to review the situation before deciding on a response.
The goal is to improve inspection procedures and enhance efficiency at the Michelin facility.

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A simple password mistake led to 5.3 million leaked health records

A Mexican health care company experienced a data breach resulting in the exposure of 5.3 million sensitive health records.
The breach was caused by a misconfiguration in the use of a data visualization tool called Kibana, leaving it unauthenticated.
The affected records included names, personal identification numbers, phone numbers, payment request details, and more.
The company responsible for the breach, Ecaresoft, has not yet released an official statement regarding the incident.

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Automating Azure Documentation with an AI Assistant

Managing and documenting Azure Resource Groups (RGs) in large-scale environments can be time-consuming and complicated.
A Python script can leverage LLMs (Large Language Models) like OpenAI or Azure OpenAI to automate the creation of comprehensive markdown documentation from ARM templates.
The script uses simple tools like Python, Azure CLI, and LLM APIs to generate human-readable documentation in markdown format.
The script sends the ARM template to OpenAI (or Azure OpenAI) for summarization and generates structured documentation without needing any fancy orchestration.
This script is flexible, customizable, and can generate documentation that explains resources, relationships, networking, purpose, and potential security issues.
The final output is readable, concise, and can easily integrate into documentation systems or knowledge management systems.
Using this tool, anyone with basic scripting skills can leverage AI to automate cloud documentation for DevOps and infrastructure teams.
The source code is available on Github and may be updated with additional tools to automate other tasks.
Setting up and running the script is straightforward and generates a markdown file in the output directory.
This article demonstrates how with the right prompts and a solid structure, simple scripts can leverage AI to automate cloud documentation.

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A new AI feature can control your computer to follow your orders

Anthropic has introduced a new feature for its AI assistant, Claude, called 'computer use'.
The feature allows users to interact with their computer through virtual hands, performing tasks such as typing, clicking, and organizing information.
The computer use feature is made possible by Anthropic's improved AI model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet.
Anthropic has implemented safeguards to prevent misuse of the feature, such as restrictions on accessing social media or government websites.

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IBM revenue misses, but execs say AI will drive future growth

IBM Corp. reported third-quarter earnings of $2.30 per share, slightly below consensus estimates, causing a dip in the stock price.
Revenues rose 2% YoY on a constant currency basis, but fell slightly below expectations.
Executives highlighted the growth in the software business, which now accounts for 45% of revenue and grew 10% YoY.
IBM expects revenue to grow 1-2% in Q4 and sees promising potential in its generative AI business.

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