PowerShell v6.1.3 install problem

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PowerShell v6.1.3 install problem prevented my from changing the working directory.

The introduction of the –WorkingDirectory parameter pwsh.exe has caused problems – usually forcing PowerShell to ignore any directives in your profile to set a working folder.

In previous versions this wa…READ MORE

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Optimizing BLE for high-volume data

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Bluetooth has been around for decades. And while its everyday applications in cellphones, media players and other communication devices might come to mind at first, there are some unique and complex applications of the technology. Bluetooth, and perhaps its lesser known sibling, Bluetooth Low Energy…READ MORE

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AI democracy, hybrid clouds top IBM Think takeaways

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SAN FRANCISCO – IBM’s bold push of its Watson AI technology to the masses may produce product and services opportunities, but the democratization of AI won’t happen overnight.
Perhaps the strongest message at the IBM Think 2019 event here was the company’s “Watson anywhere” strategy to allow cust…READ MORE

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Get the most from Java Function interface with this example

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If you want to master functional programming, the best place to start is with the Java Function interface. This example will show you four different ways to implement this functional interface in your code — starting with how to use an actual class, and how to create very concise code with a lambda…READ MORE

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AI For Accessibility A Superb Global Initiative @MicrosoftIndia – III

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This is the final post of the series AI for Accessibility. This first post can be accessed by clicking here. And the second post is here. This is the concluding post.

A. S. Narayanan, President, National Association of Deaf (NAD) says, ”This Summit is a reflection of changing times. It is so he…READ MORE

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Cybersecurity needs both psychologists and field marshals

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Many cybersecurity professionals like military analogies. Indeed, some security pros are ex-military. But after a recent security exercise involving IBM’s new lorry-mounted SOC (security operations centre), I found myself wondering just how apt those analogies really are.
For example, there’s t…READ MORE

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Veeam revenue edges up in 2018; acquisitions possible in 2019

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Veeam Software narrowly missed its goal to become a $1 billion revenue company in 2018, falling $37 million shy and probably six months short.

Veeam founder and executive vice president Ratmir Timashev said Veeam finished 2018 with $963 million in bookings revenue after 16% growth over 2017. Tima…READ MORE

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Backup Lessons Learned From the VFEmail.net Hack

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Note to self: When you’re doing your backups, make sure you have them on a different place than your production network.

That’s a lesson learned the hard way by VFEmail.net, a worldwide email service provider, which recently lost not only its subscribers’ email messages, but also all its ba…READ MORE

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Putting print security on the C-Level agenda

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Data breaches are rarely out of the headlines and compliance pressure, such as the introduction of GDPR, means security remains high on the corporate agenda. Cyber threats and data breaches are no longer the sole domain of the IT department, they must be considered at board level as the repercussion…READ MORE

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WWW at 30: the worldwide swamp

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Next month will be the 30th anniversary of the world wide web. In 1989, who would have thought the web would touch every aspect of people’s lives – not only in a good way but also in ways that seem to undermine the fabric of society? An elegant way for researchers across the globe to collaborate, …READ MORE

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Rubrik Build open source cloud data management for 'any' contributor

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Rubrik has announced Rubrik Build, a new open source community built around the organisation’s own cloud data management platform.

The community created is said to be 100% public and 100% open source — meaning that contributors can use existing software development kits, tools and use cases o…READ MORE

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NVMe Storage in the Cloud using the Lsv2-series Azure VMs

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There are those cases when VMs need super fast storage in the cloud. Now Azure has an offering to get you that storage speed. With the introduction of the Lsv2-series of VMs, you can now get NVMe storage on your Azure VMs. Like with the other VM sizes, the more CPU that you purchase, the more storag…READ MORE

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Snipping Tool Snip & Sketch Printing

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Although MS has promised its banishment for some time, the Snipping Tool is still alive and well in Build 18836. Purported to be a skipahead to 20H1, the old tool remains present even there. Its replacement, Snip & Sketch, has been available since early builds of 1903 appeared last summer. With …READ MORE

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Forget all the fancy stuff and apply AI to paying invoices, says Previse: Fintech interview part 15

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While the world is obsessed about how machine learning can make cars drive by themselves fintechs are offering businesses more mundane, yet more rewarding, creations using the technology.

For example Previse, a fintech founded in 2016, offers a platform that harnesses machine learning and huge hi…READ MORE

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Is the Internet broken at Mobike?

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The Internet of Things (IoT) isn’t perfect, we know this much to be true.

Inside the IT industry (if not outside, as well) we know that the IoT just kind of ‘happened’ and that the levels of security provisioning needed to keep most of the devices populating the IoT itself were never put in place…READ MORE

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Fit for whose purpose? Submit your views on the Initial National Cybersecurity Skills Strategy

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I re-read the “Initial National Cyber Security Skills Strategy: increasing the UK’s Cyber Security Capability” after attending the first of their discussion meetings. The meeting illustrated the difficulty of the task the DCMS team will have reconciling the need of MoD and GCHQ for patriotic c…READ MORE

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Microsoft partner training offers self-assessment tool

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An important part of education is determining what you need to learn. Microsoft partner training aims to help service providers in that regard, launching a self-assessment tool Feb. 15.

The tool, dubbed the Transformation Readiness Assessment, lets partners figure out the “next steps to increase …READ MORE

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The Future of Work

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In the days of the industrial revolution, work was a place. A coal mine, an oil well, a train yard, and a factory.The goal was to get the factory to run itself, as efficiently as possible. With the work stable, predictable, and repeatable under scientific management, the owners can walk away and col…READ MORE

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Live from Singapore - can two AI bots fall in love?

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In the run-up to Valentine’s Day, toothpaste brand Closeup has teamed up with MullenLowe, a Singapore creative agency, to discover if love can overcome all boundaries (even firewalls), with a unique experiment to discover whether two AI bots can fall in love.

The two bots, Sol and Num, were devel…READ MORE

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NHS takes a small digital step into the 21st century - with bigger ones to come

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Here is our quote of the week: “We spend £8m a year on paper. We spend £2m a year on envelopes. We can save lives, save staff time and cut costs by using an extraordinary piece of technology that has the ability to allow two people to communicate instantaneously, and to allow groups of people to…READ MORE

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