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Long suffering Nvidia desktop users wishing to ditch the binary driver should temper their excitement though, with Turing and Ampere data centre GPUs being the first architecture deemed production-ready and supporting features such as multiple displays, G-SYNC, and RTX ray tracing in Vulkan, and OptiX. Nvidia said that desktop support was alpha quality, and users could opt in if they wanted to. The driver package released by Nvidia will have both the binary and open source driver, with the decision on which to use made during driver installation....

Nvidia on Thursday said it signed an agreement with Indonesia’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) to arm university lecturers and more than 20,000 students in AI skills. The five-year initiative aimed to develop local AI talent as part of the country’s digital transformation efforts, the GPU manufacturer said. The agreement encompassed AI curriculum development, translation research workshops, as well as AI startup ecosystem development and support, Nvidia said....

It was Wednesday night. Russell Holly, managing editor for commerce of our sister site, CNET, was beaming on Facebook about how he was able to get in to see a sneak preview of Dune, the Denis Villeneuve-directed film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi epic that is due for a late October release. His post was accompanied by an iconic image of Kyle MacLachlan and Sting (yes, the lead vocalist from The Police) in the final scene of the 1984 David Lynch/Dino De Laurentis version, in which they duel with daggers – to the death....

I spoke with senior executive Matan Tessler, vice president of product, about the company and its goals following the acquisition of Neura and its 30-strong team. Tessler says that both companies knew of each other and had started collaborating together before the acquisition. Neura also started to get quite a bit of customer traction for its AI technology – making it a very good time to combine the two companies....

Our rankings formula draws upon federally-reported datasets and leverages the expert insights that set ZDNet apart. Critically, schools cannot pay for placement on our lists. Every program we list is independently selected based on data, with an emphasis on programmatic and professional outcomes. Data: We use data collected via the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) annual survey, which is completed by every school in the nation that receives federal financial aid....

Detailed by cybersecurity researchers at ThreatFabric, the four different forms of malware are delivered to victims via malicious versions of commonly downloaded applications, including document scanners, QR code readers, fitness monitors and cryptocurrency apps. The apps often come with the functions that are advertised in order to avoid users getting suspicious. In each case, the malicious intent of the app is hidden and the process of delivering the malware only begins once the app has been installed, enabling them to bypass Play Store detections....

The Echelon EX-15 bike offers a vigorous home workout, with 32 levels of resistance, a 0.6-inch competition-style extra large seat, and over 1,500 on-demand rides. The machine lets you easily adjust resistance levels and has slip-resistant ergonomic bars. On the Echelon Fit app, you get to ride live with world-class instructors and access Zumba, barre, strength, yoga, and other classes. This deal comes with a free 30-day trial of the Echelon Premier membership so that you can access music and classes for up to five users....

Some 86.69% of developers picked Rust as their most “loved language” – a status it’s held for the past six years in programmer Q&A site Stack Overflow’s annual developer survey. The 2021 Developer Survey was carried out from May 25 to June 15, 2021, and gained responses from 83,439 developers in 181 countries. To come up with the “most loved” metric, Stack Overflow asked developers what language they worked with in the past year and what language do they want to work with next year....

1. Make sure you develop wide business experiences Brandon Hootman, director of digital data at Caterpillar, says young professionals should not stay confined in one department and should make sure they’re exposed to all the various activities of the organization they work for. “Deliberate employee development is something to pay attention to,” he says. “Ensure that you’re getting that cross-functional experience from a business standpoint. Being deliberate about setting and managing that track is important....

All of the towns and cities appeared to be connected through one product: mapsonline.net, which is owned by a Massachusetts company called PeopleGIS. The company provides information management software to local governments across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut. Due to the sensitive nature of the documents, many of the forms included people’s email address, physical address, phone number, driver’s license number, real estate tax information, license photographs and photos of property....

The market for tablets is massive, and with everything else we have to handle in our daily lives as the celebration creeps closer, you won’t necessarily have the time to conduct long hours of research to find just the right tablet for your loved one. Check out our top picks below if you’re stuck for ideas regarding tablets suitable to give as gifts over 2023. Must read: The best cheap tech gifts for under $100The best cheap tech gifts under $75The best cheap tech gifts under $50The best cheap tech gifts under $25...

Why? Because Linux’s market share is growing. According to a 2020 Fortune Business Insights report, the Linux market is predicted to grow at a healthy 19.2% growth rate for the next few years. It’s expected to grow from $3.89 billion in 2019 to $15.64 billion by the end of 2027. The Linux desktop is growing because enterprises want to secure their businesses against the ever-growing security threats of today’s IT world....

In the first quarter of 2022, Meta controlled 90% of the market for VR headsets, according to IDC. Meta’s Oculus Quest 2 is immensely popular, the research firm noted, while Meta’s serious investments in the metaverse allow it to offer exclusive content and hardware at subsidized costs. Meta’s closest competitor in this space is ByteDance’s Pico, which in Q1 captured just 4.5% of the market. Pico largely operates within China, but it recently expanded into several European countries and has a growing library of consumer-oriented content, IDC notes....

Built by Vodafone, the network was deployed as part of the 5G RuralDorset project, which was launched to explore the possibilities that 5G might unlock in an area that has historically been forgotten by network providers. And in the Purbecks, which was previously known as a ’not-spot’, meaning that there was no 4G mobile coverage at all, the arrival of 5G speeds was something of a shock, to say the least....

Cybersecurity company ThycoticCentrify released its “2021 State of Ransomware Survey & Report” on Tuesday, featuring the insights of IT leaders who have dealt with ransomware attacks over the last year. Of those surveyed, 72% have seen cybersecurity budgets increase due to ransomware threats, and 93% are allocating special budgets to fight ransomware threats. Half of the respondents said they experienced a loss of revenue and reputational damage from a ransomware attack, while 42% indicated they had lost customers as a result of an attack....

After years of anticipation and letdowns, the age of the unencumbered developer may finally be upon us. Nearly half (47%) of enterprises in a TechRepublic survey now use low-code and no-code in their organizations. One in five of those not adopting at this time said they intend to adopt the technology over the coming year. “Automation is in the driver’s seat for much of this change,” says Daniel Dines, CEO and co-founder of UiPath, in a post at Wired....

Cybersecurity researchers found vulnerabilities in the infrastructure of a large software-as-a-service provider that, if exploited by an attacker, could’ve been used by cyber criminals as part of a cloud-based supply chain attack. The unspecified SaaS provider invited cybersecurity researchers at Palo Alto Networks to conduct a red team exercise on their development software pipeline in order to identify vulnerabilities in the supply chain. SEE: A winning strategy for cybersecurity (ZDNet special report) “In just three days, a single Unit 42 researcher discovered critical software development flaws that left the customer vulnerable to an attack similar to those on SolarWinds and Kaseya VSA,” the security company said....

Employees can often seem like mouthpieces for the corporate cause, carefully sidestepping inconveniences such as truth. I was forced to slump on my chaise-longue, however, on hearing the views of Microsoft’s Kate Crawford. “Who’s a boy and who’s a girl?” she offered in somewhat mechanical tones. And then: “It feels so good to look the same.” This was followed by the somewhat portentous words: “Machines can do the work, so that people have time to think....

The active noise-cancellation in these AirPods Pro is the biggest improvement over the previous version of these earbuds with 2x more ANC (active noise cancellation). With the newly designed H2 chip, these AirPods provide a clean, powerful sound along with great performance and battery life. Read the review: AirPods 2 vs. AirPods Pro These earbuds aren’t only for those who need noise-cancelling, though. The AirPods Pro 2 feature three modes: Noise-cancelling, transparency, and off – or normal listening....

Boy, do people get peeved about a pair of headphones When you tell people you’ve bought a pair of these things, most of them think you’ve lost your mind. I’ll admit that spending $587 with taxes for a pair of headphones made by a consumer electronics company for recreational use – not by a professional audio company for some kind of productive workflow use – sounds completely insane. (Particularly when we’re in the middle of a pandemic and a lot of people can’t pay their bills....