In a word, it’s about bandwidth, which millions of households in the US have a shortage of due to poor broadband in remote areas. “With the fast pace of Windows security and quality fixes, distributing this large amount of updated content takes up substantial bandwidth,” says Microsoft software engineer Jonathon Ready. “Reducing this network transfer is critical for a great experience. Moreover, users on slower networks can struggle to keep their machines up to date with the latest security fixes if they cannot download the package,” he adds....

Microsoft officials said the new Digital Contact Center platform will be available starting today, July 19, and will be customizable based on customer needs. Microsoft is announcing the availability of a Nuance + Microsoft joint offer on Enterprise Agreements starting August 1. Via this offer, customers can buy Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service + Nuance Gatekeeper (GK), Nuance Conversational Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Nuance Digital Engagement Platform (NDEP) on their Microsoft Enterprise Agreements....

On October 5, Windows 11 will begin rolling out to eligible Windows 10 PCs and be for sale on a handful of PCs that will come preloaded with Windows 11. Windows 11: Microsoft starts rolling out ‘beautifully’ redesigned Paint app Microsoft officials are planning a phased rollout of Windows 11 between October 5 and mid-2022. Microsoft will make the operating system available to new devices first. The company plans to use “intelligence models that consider hardware eligibility, reliability, metrics, age of the device and other factors” to roll it out to additional in-market PCs....

These include: A new “Front Row” feature in Teams Rooms that’s meant to make meeting interactions between virtual and in-the-room meeting participants more immersive and natural. Microsoft is moving the video gallery to the bottom of the screen, so remote participants are actually face-to-face with people in the room. And, Teams Rooms will use new video layouts that disperse the video gallery across multiple displays when content isn’t shared....

But aside from being great at his job, he is a sharp and knowledgeable observer of what sales people in today’s B2B environment need to do. He can present those ideas in a clear way: You will understand what he is telling you about how to sell in that environment. Plus, he’s a Formula 1 racing fan and a big car guy. I’ve driven with him, and let’s just say that if he wasn’t such a good driver, it would be very scary....

This mighty machine contains an AMD Ryzen R9 5900HX chip which makes this PC more than a match for gaming geeks and will certainly deliver on performance. This AMD R9 5900HX octa-core chip with 16 threads runs all cores at 3.3GHz, boosting up to 4.6GHz in turbo mode. This is a fast processor, which compares it on par with the Intel Core i9-11980HK processor, according to Notebook Check. Integrated with this processor is an AMD Radeon Vega GPU graphics chip running at up to 2100MHz with 8 compute units and will take up to 64GB DDR4-3200 RAM....

Also: Our old devices are creating a mountain of e-waste. And it’s getting a lot bigger As one of the most productive areas of electronics (and thus e-waste) today, smartphones sit at the center of ongoing efforts to reduce the environmental impact of our thirst for more and more technology in our personal and professional lives. Most of the top manufacturers in the world already have efforts underway to curtail, or even reverse, the environmental impacts of their respective smartphone production operations....

Through its Cultivate Next venture fund, Chipotle is backing Hyphen, a food service platform designed to help automate kitchens via robotics, and Meati Foods, a company that makes alternative meat proteins from mushroom root. If you had to lay money on the two dominant trends in fast food for the next several years, you’d do well to pay attention. Automation has been making quick progress in the restaurant industry, both in front of and back of house operations....

“We sell our services through retailers, and we’d be very happy to work with retailers to the extent that they want to bring in prepaid products that services a portion of the community and we’d be very happy to work with them,” he said. “We ourselves, we don’t sell directly to consumers.” NBN is currently involved in a Special Access Undertaking consultation that has seen the wholesaler float three possible future pricing options....

“From Feb 2021 to May 2021, NBN Co received a total of 9,970 speed-related/ performance-related faults after which it investigates the actual cause and determines the appropriate resolution of the ticket,” NBN Co said in response to Senate Estimates Questions on Notice. There are around 2.5 million cable connections on NBN’s network, with the company previously saying 97% of connections were able to access speeds of 250Mbps, and 58% were able to get over 500Mbps....

Everyone who uses the internet worries about security, and we’re all doing something about it. Most services require a password; users change those passwords with every login to keep hackers guessing. (At least, the smart ones do.) The catch is that all that diligence can make some people less secure. The more passwords you manage, the harder they are to keep track of. That’s why more people are using a password manager like Enpass....

One example of this is Liberty Mutual Insurance, which has been running an internal training initiative since 2017 that allows participants to develop skills in technical areas that interest them. Called TechStart@Liberty, the annual programme gives entry-level IT employees the opportunity to gain a broader exposure to the organization’s technologies, and build new or existing skills. SEE: Developers, DevOps and cybersecurity: The top tech talent employers are looking for The Fortune 100 company hires about 120 ‘TechStarters’ on an annual basis, depending on the technology or the portfolio, says Neil Duggan, director of tech talent acquisition at Liberty Mutual....

Let’s start with the basics. The new Nighthawk comes with a tri-band Mesh WiFi 6 System 3.6Gbps Router + 2 mesh satellites. Netgear claims it can cover up to 4,500 square feet. I’ll soon be putting it to the test in my not yet finished new office. While it’s only 1,000 square feet, I hope to cover the 2,700 square feet main house with one Wi-Fi system. In the past, I used Ethernet and Powerline networking to extend my office network, but I’d love it if I could use Wi-Fi instead....

Published in Nature Biotechnology, the research said the newly developed SLOW5 format can process complex DNA nanopore sequencing “more than 30 times faster” than the previous file format called – ironically – FAST5. Nanopore sequencing is used to identify a range of diseases and help medical professionals analyse DNA samples in detail so they can provide tailored treatments for cancer patients. The data produced from this process was routinely recorded in FAST5 file formats, which produced large files of around 1....

The new system is powered by the Nvidia HGX high performance computing platform and is the third of four DiRAC “next-generation” supercomputers announced. DiRAC is the United Kingdom’s integrated supercomputing facility for theoretical modelling and HPC-based research in astronomy, cosmology, particle physics, and nuclear physics. It will run the Tursa system. Tursa will allow researchers to carry out the ultra-high-precision calculations of the properties of subatomic particles needed to interpret data from massive particle physics experiments, such as the Large Hadron Collider....

The league will now track 4th down and two-point conversion analytics with Next Gen Stats Decision Guide powered by AWS. Fourth downs continue to be some of the toughest – and most contentious – decisions leaders of the game have to make on Sundays, and the NFL will now give fans some insight into their choices with the help of AWS and tracking technology. He explained that the decision equation focuses on two main components: win probability, which informs how much the game will change in the hypothetical event of each outcome, and conversion probability, which tells us the likelihood of the offense converting a fourth down or 2-point conversion....

One of the pressing issues with 5G is its lack of consumer necessity. Having had 5G service since August, it can definitely be categorised as a non-essential nicety. If 5G disappears off my device tomorrow, the world will not end. But that means the enterprise side of the equation when it comes to 5G is driving adoption, which is a nice place to be, according to Optus Enterprise managing director Chris Mitchell....

Private 5G networks offer organizations a way to dedicate bandwidth for applications that require high-speed, high-capacity, low-latency connectivity. That could be anything from VR employee training to remote-controlled machinery. Organizations can leverage capabilities like network slicing to get even more out of private 5G networks. The NTT network will run on a cloud-native architecture and can be delivered via the cloud, on-premises or at the edge. It will offer NTT’s patent-pending MicroSlicing technology so that organizations can run mission-critical apps on the network....

Ali Kani, vice president and general manager of Automotive at Nvidia, said DeepMap has “a proven track record and are entrepreneurial, nimble and engineering-focused. DeepMap meets a deep need in the industry, and together we will develop and extend these capabilities.” Nvidia said it plans to continue working with DeepMap’s partner ecosystem while also investing in new capabilities and services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Nvidia’s autonomous business is relatively small compared to revenue from its data center and gaming divisions, but the company continues to build out its DRIVE platform with new technologies and partnerships....