Social Engineering is the Biggest Cyber Threat

We’re living in a pandemic of data breaches. More than 17 billion personal records were exposed last year, and 2024 has begun with a string of several high-profile back-to-back breaches in the first quarter, including data exposure of millions of AT&T account holders. Big Tech companies are in the crosshairs, too, facing mounting criticism from … Read more

Streamlining Data Operations: How a Grocery Chain Optimizes Workloads with Apache Doris

This is about how a grocery store brand leverages the Cross-Cluster Replication (CCR) capability of Apache Doris to separate its data reading and writing workloads. In this case, where the freshness of data guarantees the freshness of groceries, Apache Doris uses Apache Doris as its data warehouse to monitor and analyze its procurement, sale, and … Read more

Why I Love Vaadin but Tauri Isn’t for Me

I’ve always liked GUI, both desktop-based and browser-based, before you needed five years of training on the latter. That’s the reason I loved and still love Vaadin: you can develop web UIs without writing a single line of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. I’m still interested in the subject; a couple of years ago, I analyzed … Read more

One Trading Partners With Talos To Extend Institutional Trading Services Across Europe

**LONDON, United Kingdom, May 16th, 2024/Chainwire/–**Talos, the premier provider of digital asset trading technology for institutions, and One Trading, a crypto trading venue headquartered and regulated in the European Union, announced an integration designed to expand liquidity access for institutions. As part of the collaboration, One Trading joins the Talos network of liquidity providers, expanding … Read more

Wanderers: From Digital Collectibles to a Thriving Web3 Gaming Universe

New York, NY, May 2024 – Buckle up, spacefarers! A revolutionary gaming experience is about to launch from the minds of WanderLabs, a visionary Web3 startup at the forefront of the next gaming revolution. Building on its unique position within the immersive entertainment sector, Wanderers is setting a new standard with its story-driven, rogue-lite PC … Read more

ICP’s New Roadmap Aims to Transform Decentralized AI and Blockchain Interoperability

The Internet Computer blockchain was launched in May 2021, and since then, it has processed over three billion blocks, also experienced zero downtime, and safeguarded over $3 billion in the NNS DAO. Even though the mainnet didn’t start until May 2021,however Electric Capital claims that between 2020 and 2023, the ICP developer community expanded twelve … Read more

The Metrics Revolution: Scaling

This brings us to the end of this trilogy series focusing on performance evaluation metrics for conversation assistants. Part 1 – Metrics: Swallow the Red Pill Part 2 – Metrics Reloaded: The Oracle Part 3 – The Metrics Revolution: Scaling What we have discussed so far? I would highly encourage reading the first 2 articles … Read more

Metrics Reloaded: The Oracle

This is the second part of the trilogy focusing on performance evaluation infrastructure for conversational AI agents. Part 1 – Metrics: Swallow the Red Pill Part 2 – Metrics Reloaded: The Oracle Part 3 – The Metrics Revolution: Scaling Quick Recap In case you have not read the first part of this trilogy, we focused … Read more

Metrics: Swallow the Red Pill

This is the first part of a trilogy, where I will discuss some high level ideas for measuring end user performance for conversational voice assistant. In this article, I will be discussing how to think about metrics ideologically for conversational voice assistant and some pitfalls from a engineer’s point of view. The aim is keep … Read more

GitHub Copilot and the Endangered Code Monkey

(This story was written a couple years ago. It still stands, though I do feel the moral of the story has likely been run into the ground by others.) Have you seen the state of consumer-facing AI lately? Shit’s ridiculous, bro. This stuff is getting really good, and it’s improving really quickly. It’s such a … Read more

Resilient Strategies for Crypto Marketing Success in 2024: Overcoming Regulations and Scandals

Depending on who you asked about the outlook of the crypto industry going into 2024, you would have heard a response that ranged between cautious optimism and more of the same from 2023. The prevailing bearish macroeconomic conditions of heightened inflation and elevated interest rates tempered expectations. n n Even with the potential for a … Read more

RockTree Capital Unveils Cyberpunk Crypto Future in a New Website

Beijing, China – RockTree Capital, a leading crypto-native fund and merchant bank headquartered in Beijing, announces the launch of its immersive website, showcasing a futuristic film-noir concept: the Cyberpunk Crypto City. The website’s cutting-edge interactive cityscape represents RockTree’s vision where Web3 has become pervasive, fusing technology, finance, and culture. The site, set in the future … Read more

BAMK: Pioneering the Nakamoto Dollar on Bitcoin

BAMK•OF•NAKAMOTO•DOLLAR In a groundbreaking move, new crypto startup BAMK is set to revolutionize the Bitcoin blockchain with the introduction of the Nakamoto Dollar (NUSD), a synthetic USD stablecoin. This initiative leverages the new Runes protocol to enable tokenization directly on Bitcoin, potentially ushering in a new era of decentralized finance (DeFi) on the Bitcoin network. … Read more

Multithreading for Beginners: Step-by-Step

Introduction Multithreading is an important concept in programming that allows the creation and management of multiple threads of execution within a single application. By leveraging multithreading, programs can perform multiple tasks simultaneously, making them faster and more efficient. In this article, we will explore what multithreading is, why it’s important to learn, what processes and … Read more

CSI Linux: Linux Distribution for Cyber and OSINT Investigation

CSI Linux: Linux Distribution for Cyber and OSINT Investigation Intro In today’s world, where cybercrimes are becoming increasingly widespread, it is important to have access to effective tools for investigation and counteraction against these threats. One such tool is the CSI Linux operating system, specially designed for the needs of cybersecurity and cyber investigations. CSI … Read more

EKS Windows Node 30s Boot Now Possible – Start as Fast as Linux! (eks-windows-bootstrapper – Part 2)

Previously… https://awstip.com/reducing-eks-windows-node-5-min-start-time-to-90s-eks-windows-bootstrapper-4314f72367a0?embedable=true I threw in some tricks I used to make our Windows EKS nodes start in the 90s rather than the 5 minutes a standard EKS Windows node takes. I introduce you to the git repo eks-windows-bootstrapper – the application replacing the AWS-provided configuration scripts for EKS Windows. https://github.com/atg-cloudops/eks-windows-bootstrapper?embedable=true In today’s story, I will … Read more

How to Write Effective Prompts and Make the Most Out of Using AI

The buzz surrounding AI chatbots remains strong. Some have already tried using ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, ChatOn, or Claude for personal and work purposes, while others keep postponing their encounter with these cutting-edge technologies. If you belong to the latter group, this article will become your helpful guide to effectively using AI in your routine tasks. … Read more

6 Product Upsell Email Ideas That Work

Do you want to learn how to turbocharge your email marketing to generate more sales and boost engagement? If so, buckle up because today, I’m going to discuss product upsell emails and how they can help you grow. First things first, let’s define the term product upsell email. The easiest way to describe it is … Read more

The Ethics of Automation in Medical Billing

Manual medical billing is full of long-standing problems that cause delays and errors. While automation seems like the ideal solution, it could do more harm than good if healthcare institutions don’t carefully consider integration-related ethical concerns. Fortunately, there are ways to ethically leverage the benefits of automation in health care. Automation’s Role in the Medical … Read more