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Build a Web Server in 5 Minutes with Go

HTTP is a crucial protocol for data sharing among applications.
To get started with Go, download the binary release from the official Go website.
Set the PATH of the Go distribution to make the Go command accessible.
Building an HTTP server in Go is straightforward with the 'net/http' package.

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Apple may have just killed this 16-year old Mac product

Apple's SuperDrive, a stand-alone disc drive used to play CDs and DVDs on Macs, may have been discontinued.
With the shift towards streaming and digital downloads, physical media like DVDs have become less popular.
The SuperDrive is outdated, using USB-A connectors and not compatible with Blu-ray discs.
Apple's decision to remove the SuperDrive from the Apple Store reflects the changing landscape of technology and media consumption.

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AMD doubles down on AI, Google faces possible breakup and ‘causal AI’ is coming

OpenAI predicts losses of $14 billion in 2026 on $100 billion in revenue as competition in AI accelerates; this week AMD launched a series of new processors, data processing units, and network interface cards to better equip its AI offering and take on leader Nvidia.
Google faces a possible breakup and a loss of control over Play Store as competition concerns mount; upcoming Open Compute Project Summit will focus on industry news and innovations, including chip gear and manufacturing from TSMC and ASML earnings.
The AI industry continues to attract investment, as demonstrated by funds raised by startups and companies such as Auger, CoreWeave, Numeric, and Relyance AI, among others; the scope of applications also continues to expand, from accounting software to healthcare-focused AI assistants, among others.
After agentic AI, the next AI trend could be “causal AI” – an approach that seeks to identify patterns and correlations to better understand the relationships between cause and effect, enabling better decision-making
AI pioneers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton are awarded the Nobel Prize in physics and Google DeepMind scientists are awarded the prize in chemistry, making a strong case for AI's relevance and value to science.
The use of AI raises questions about privacy and security, as evidenced by recent data breaches and cyberattacks affecting American Water Works, Fidelity Investments, Internet Archive, and others; a new Google-led Global Signal Exchange aims to centralize fraud detection across platforms.
Change continues to affect the tech industry, with notable personnel changes and developments such as AWS executive Matt Wood's departure, Pilar Schenk's appointment as AWS' VP of global sales operations, and cloud provider Uniswap Labs' announcement of a new layer-2 blockchain for scaling decentralized finance.
The Open Compute Project Summit and TSMC and ASML earnings reports are among the key events and announcements that will shape the industry going forward, while SiliconANGLE continues to offer deep and relevant content to its community through its various programs and initiatives.

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OTEL Auto Instrumentation Demo for SpringBoot

This article is about auto instrumenting a Spring Boot application with the otel agent running on EKS, forwarding the telemetry signals (metrics, logs, traces) to backends such as prometheus, loki, tempo via the open telemetry collector and visualize those in Grafana.
The article details the necessary prerequisites for provisioning volumes on AWS.
The article also lists instructions on how to build the Docker image and push it to ECR.
The article also explains how to create an EKS cluster, setup helmfile, and deploy the tool stack.
The author outlines how to deploy the demo app and monitor it from Grafana with the LoadBalancer URL of Grafana.
Instructions to cleanup the project are also provided at the end of the article.
Note that the tags for the telemetry data are obtained from the artifact ID if not provided.
The article provides instructions for adding a logger to the application in the controller class.
Instructions for building a Dockerfile to containerize the application along with the OTEL agent are provided.
Instructions for setting up the demo app with deployment and service configuration are also given.

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🚀 AWS Control Tower and Landing Zone🔐: Simplifying Multi-Account Management on AWS🛡️

AWS Control Tower allows you to create and manage multiple AWS accounts in one central location while enforcing security and compliance.
Multiple AWS accounts help manage workloads, monitor costs, and create security boundaries, but can quickly become a nightmare for organizations.
AWS Control Tower sets up a baseline environment required for multi-account governance by creating a secure, scalable, and well-governed environment for account management.
To set up a Landing Zone, administrators must configure three primary organizational units: Root, Security, and Sandbox.
Policy management in AWS Organizations can be done through the use of Service Control Policies (SCPs), which give centralized control over account activities across OUs.
IAM Identity Center is used by AWS Control Tower to help manage user access and create a centralized directory for account management.
AWS Control Tower provides over 400 security and compliance controls across all accounts and allows users to choose which are mandatory, elective, or strongly recommended.
The cost associated with AWS Control Tower lies in AWS services such as AWS Config, CloudTrail, and GuardDuty.
Unmanaging an account in AWS Control Tower allows administrators to remove the account from the Landing Zone and applicable controls.
AWS Control Tower is a powerful tool for companies trying to streamline and safeguard their multi-account AWS setups.

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🚀 Building a Scalable 3-Tier Architecture on AWS Using Terraform

This project focuses on building a scalable and secure 3-Tier Architecture using Terraform on AWS.
A 3-Tier Architecture splits an application into the Web Tier, Application Tier, and Database Tier.
Terraform simplifies cloud infrastructure management by allowing you to define resources in a declarative configuration file.
AWS provides the necessary services like VPC, EC2 Instances, Auto Scaling Group, and RDS to build a scalable 3-Tier Architecture.

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Best gaming laptop deals: Alienware, Razer, Asus and more

Gaming laptops are becoming increasingly popular with improved designs, hardware, and performance.
Though gaming laptops tend to be relatively expensive, there are still a handful of great budget-friendly options available on the market.
This article highlights some of the best gaming laptop deals available, from some of the top laptop brands such as Acer, Dell, ASUS, MSI, and Lenovo.
Some of the standout deals include MSI Think A15 at a price of $850, Dell G16 gaming laptop at $960, and Lenovo Legion 7i Gen 9 gaming laptop at a price of $1,800.
Alienware laptops are known for their excellent specs and reliable hardware; some great Alienware gaming laptops deals include the Alienware x16 R2 at a price of $2,000 and Alienware m18 R2 gaming laptop at $2,100.
The Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop is a great option for those on a budget, with an Intel Core i7 processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB solid-state drive, all for a price of $850.
The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 is an excellent and well-balanced option at $2,300, running an RTX 4080 mobile, Intel Core Ultra 9, and a 16-inch FHD monitor, capable of hitting 240hz refresh rate.
This article also details how the best gaming laptop deals were selected, highlighting the importance of balanced specs, screen size, and resolution, as well as the latest graphics cards.
Other gaming laptop deals from brands such as HP Omen, Alienware, Lenovo Legion, Asus are also explored in this article.
In conclusion, this article highlights some of the best gaming laptop deals available, from entry-level to high-end, catering to different budgets and preferences.

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AMD Ryzen 9800X3D leak suggests a big leap in clock speeds – and a CPU shaping up to be Intel’s worst nightmare

A leaked video suggests that the upcoming AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU will have impressive clock speeds, with a base clock of 4.7GHz and an all-core boost speed of 5.2GHz.
Compared to its predecessor, the 7800X3D, the 9800X3D is reportedly 500MHz faster in terms of base clock and 400MHz faster in terms of all-core turbo.
The improved clock speeds indicate that AMD may have overcome the cache problems that previously limited clock frequency.
This leaked information suggests that Intel may face tough competition from AMD's 9800X3D, especially in the PC gaming market.

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Delightfully light: LG's gram is the super-light laptop that punches way above its weight

The LG gram laptop combines performance, portability, and power.
Weighing just 1,199g for the 16-inch model, it's one of the lightest laptops available.
The LG gram features a slim design, military durability, and a powerful Intel Core processor.
It also offers a stunning display, immersive audio, and seamless connectivity.

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These M4 MacBook Pro leaks are a goldmine of secret info

Upcoming M4 MacBook Pro has been leaked in a series of high-profile leaks and unboxing videos, revealing almost everything one can expect from the device.
Base-level M3 MacBook Pro comes with 512GB of storage but only 8GB of memory; but M4 MacBook Pro will have double the RAM of its predecessor.
We might see M4 MacBook Pro in Space Black colour as it is currently limited to laptops with M3 Pro and M3 Max chips; and will have three Thunderbolt 4 ports.
Improved performance can be expected from M4 chip that offers around 27% higher single-core performance and about 31% better multi-core performance compared to M3.
Apple is well-known for coming after people leaking pre-release products, but this hasn’t stopped a security breach of this magnitude from taking place
Claims have been made of Apple investigating if it's dealing with a genuine leak or a highly convincing forgery.
There’s no way to know for sure about the authenticity of these laptops, and the only way that this matter will be settled is by seeing Apple discussing M4 MacBook Pro at its rumored October launch event.
If the laptop revealed at the show is the same as the one we’ve seen plastered all over the internet, we’ll know the scale of Apple’s containment failure.
M4 MacBook Pro is expected to offer great improvements, which is making tech enthusiasts excited to see the final product.
The leaks have given us a glimpse into what we can expect from M4 MacBook Pro, and that glimpse is pretty enticing for tech enthusiasts.

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Windows 11 could soon get a cool feature to seamlessly link your Android phone to the Start menu - and a nifty gamepad perk, too

Windows 11 version 23H2 preview build 22631 has been released with new features
The Phone Link app on Windows 11 will soon allow users to access content from their Android phones through the Start menu
The update also introduces a new on-screen keyboard for typing using Xbox controllers and shortcuts leveraging gamepad buttons
Other additions include the ability to prevent apps from displaying suggestions to turn off notifications and customizing the 'Copilot' key

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25 years ago, Nvidia changed PCs forever

Twenty-five years ago, Nvidia released the GeForce 256 and changed the face of PCs forever.
Nvidia celebrated the anniversary of the release, marking the beginning of GeForce branding and the term 'GPU'.
The original release of GeForce 256 SDR faced criticism for limited memory bandwidth and high pricing.
Nvidia remains the only surviving company in the graphics space since 1999, contributing to the evolution of PC gaming.

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AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D may not give Intel any breathing room

AMD may soon announce the Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, which could pose a challenge to Intel.
The rumored release date for the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is around October 25th, right after Intel Arrow Lake processors hit the market.
Leaked performance benchmarks suggest that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D offers a 20% improvement in single-core performance and a 28% improvement in multi-core performance compared to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D.
The release of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D could provide serious competition for Intel's Arrow Lake processors.

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‘They don’t just fall out of trees’: Nobel awards highlight Britain’s AI pedigree

Artificial intelligence won two Nobel prizes within a week for physics and chemistry, and both recognized researchers of British origin in a field that was previously overlooked. Demis Hassabis and John Jumper from Google AI’s DeepMind won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and Geoffrey Hinton from the US and John Hopfield from the UK-Canada won the best physics prize.
The UK comprises a leader in computing science and AI, thanks to its expertise in mathematics, logic, statistics, and engineering achieved decades ago, and then flourished across different clusters in the country.
The funding environment that the country had to recognize the technology and invest in speculative research for AI and quantum technologies helped create a critical mass of expertise.
Although multiple universities in the UK still retain merit, technological advancements have transformed the landscape, and the UK must focus more on protecting its academic legacy in AI research and collaborate better with technology firms.
According to Maneesh Sahani, director of the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at University College London, and Wendy Hall, a professor of computer science at the University of Southampton, creating more centers like the Gatsby unit, focusing only on research, and building tighter relationships between universities and tech firms are essential goals for increasing the UK tech industry’s growth.
Experts suggest that the UK needs to pay more emphasis to sovereign assets like NHS health data.
AI industry growth and finance are crucial to the UK’s future, and further investment in the technology is required to get more awards like the Nobel prizes in the future.
Hinton's insatiable curiosity, creativity, and dynamic attitude, and Hassabis's sense of chasing greatness are the qualities that the UK needs more of to continue winning Nobel Prizes.
Britain is still a significant player in the AI industry that accounts for billions of dollars worldwide despite the barrage of criticism directed at the UK after it allowed DeepMind to access the sensitive data of the NHS.
Other countries have shown envy towards British AI research, with research stars such as Hassabis taking more than 20 years to develop, meaning that investment in AI research should, and must, continue.

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Intel Core Ultra 200H notebook CPUs will arrive at the start of 2025, along with HX chips to seriously beef up gaming laptops

Intel Core Ultra 200H notebook CPUs will arrive in Q1 2025, alongside HX chips for gaming laptops.
Core Ultra 200H chips will have up to 14 cores, while Core Ultra 200HX will have up to 24 cores.
Arrow Lake CPUs will offer more performance and power compared to Lunar Lake chips.
Core Ultra 200HX will be ideal for gaming laptops and workstations.

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