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Identifying Malware By Turning It Into An Image?

Identifying Malware By Turning It Into An Image? Microsoft has been making concentrated efforts andinvestments in using deep learning in efforts to improving malware detections. #cybersecurity #informationtechnology #machinelearning #technews

Sounds crazy? Well that’s exactly what the researchers at Microsoft and Intel have done. The two companies are collaborating in a research projectwhere they tried a new approach to classifying Malware.

They call this new process Static Malware as image Network Analysis, STAMINA in short. This new algorithm converts Malware samples into a grey scale image, then uses image analysis (AI) to…

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LinkedIn using AI to help with job Interviews

The professional Social network has unveiled AI based tools that can help users meet potential employers and prepare for the interveiw to follow

Due to the current 
”climate”, those looking for a new role are finding it a tad difficult to meet up witht their potential employers. LinkedIn is testing a feature it calls “video introductions”, where it aims for hiring managers to view…

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Intel launches its 10th Generation Processor

Intel launches its 10th Generation Processor

With 4k video editing and Gaming as a focus, Intel launches its 10th Generation Intel Core Processor for desktops

The 10th Gen Intel Core S-series processors have speeds up to 5.3 GHz. The Core i9 Unlocked has 10 cores and 20 threads.

Intel makes the claim that its Intel Core i9-10900K is the world’s fastest gaming processor.

Unlocked Intel Core processors have added perks for those…

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Intel launches its 10th Generation Processor

Intel launches its 10th Generation Processor

With 4k video editing and Gaming as a focus, Intel launches its 10th Generation Intel Core Processor for desktops

The 10th Gen Intel Core S-series processors have speeds up to 5.3 GHz. The Core i9 Unlocked has 10 cores and 20 threads.

Intel makes the claim that its Intel Core i9-10900K is the world’s fastest gaming processor.

Unlocked Intel Core processors have added perks for those…

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Google will Let You Know When Its Search Results Are Inadequate

Google will Let You Know When Its Search Results Are Inadequate

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Is it time to let Go of Python 2?

In January of this year the Python software Foundation announced the End Of Life (EOL)for Python 2, urging developers to move on to Python 3. This month (April) will be when all active development for this version will cease #technews #technologyblog #Python #coding

In January of this year the Python software Foundation announced the End Of Life (EOL)for Python 2, urging developers to move on to the new and shiny python 3. This month (April) will be when all active development for this version will cease

At the time of this writing, python is version 3.82

Python 2 was released 20 years ago in 2000, and was one of the coding languages that spear…

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Microsoft suggests using Pins instead of Passwords?

Microsoft suggests using Pins instead of Passwords? Microsoft see vision of a password-less future, where users sign in to their Microsoft accounts on devices #technology #industry #news #EUC

In a move that will come as a surprise to many, Microsoft is rolling out its new security polices in the upcoming windows 10 feature release update.

The next incarnation of Windows 10, currently known by insiders as 20H1 will ask users to replace their passwords to pins, which will be optional

Microsoft see vision of a password-less future, where users sign in to their Microsoft accounts…

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Did you Know: Internet Archive Edition

Did you Know: Internet Archive Edition Over 200,000 VHS movies have been uploaded to the archive site... #techvideos #technologyblog #informationtechnology

Oh internet Generation, how lucky you are, over 200,000 VHS movies have been uploaded to the archive site

A personal recommendation from us, check out School for scoundrels! 👍

https://archive.org/details/vhsvault

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Bill Gates Announces Stepping Down From Microsoft Board

“I have made the decision to step down”

The man, the myth, the legend

Its been around 20 years since he stepped down as CEO of Microsoft, now he his resigning from his roll as a board member

“I have made the decision to step down from both of the public boards on which I serve—Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway—to dedicate more time to philanthropic priorities including global health…

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Huawei open sources its Mindspore Framework

Last year August (2019) Huawei announced its AI framework Mindspore, which is suppose to help in the development of AI based Apps. Well the company now has decided to openSoirce the the framework, release builds of it in Githab and Gitee.

Its a lightweight Framework very much like PyTorch and Tensoreflow (Facebooks and Googles own AI frameworks). What sets Mindspore apart from other…

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Virtual Reality Tackling Loneliness?

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According to a study released by IBM’s institute for business 43% of the aging population feel lonely at least some of the time.

IBM and UCL have been working on a proof of concept using technology to tackle loneliness. Leveraging IBM Watson and Watson Speech services they’ve developed an app that can run on a range of device from Android and IOS tablets to the Oculus VR headset.

T…

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Achieving more Zen: IT Stories

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Let me paint the picture for you. Its Monday morning 8:30am, after a not so eventful weekend I’m sitting at my desk, ready for the week ahead. Now, there isn’t a more quintessential form of preparing for the long day than brewing a nice hot cuppa; in my case, a mug of Macha Green Tea, (I’ve been trying to achieve a little more zen in my life lately).

As you can…

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Demand for Skills in Ai Has Tripled in the UK

Demand for Skills in Ai Has Tripled in the UK

According to a recent study by Indeed, theres been a surge in the UK job market for professionals with Artificial Intelligence (Ai) skills.

The website assessed all its job postings for the past 3 years and demand for Ai and machine learning has almost tripled; furthermore the number of candidates looking for roles in the same field have doubled.

Roles in Ai and Machine language are higher paid…

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Google develops Technique Retpoline to Fix Spectre with no Slow Down to CPU's

Google Introduces Retpoline Off the back of the Spectre and Meltdown Vulnerability that has shaken the entire IT industry, it turns out an engineer over at Google has developed a solution called Retpoline

Created by a Google software engineer Paul Turner, The solution is “a novel software binary modification technique that prevents branch-target-injection”

Well… that explains it..!

In short,…

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A vulnerability has been discovered that affect all Intel Arm and AMD processors

A vulnerability has been discovered that affect all Intel Arm and AMD  processors.

This vulnerability that allegedly affects all Intel, AMD and ARM processors will have a major impact on chips going forward. All Operating Systems that operate on these processors (practically everything, including cell phone OS) will require the patch.

The crux of the problem is that the update has been said to…

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The company is offering any one with an iPhone 6 or older battery replacement for ($29 normally $50) starting in late January to December 2018. Read more on the site (click link in the bio) #Tech #Technews #Web #Browser #ITnews #techsavvy

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Apple offers discounted battery replacement for a year

Apple offers discounted battery replacement for a year, after being caught slowing down older iPhone Models

“We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down,” says the company. “We apologize.”

The company is offering anyone with an iPhone 6 or older, battery replacements (for $29 normally $50) starting in late January to December 2018.

The company considers batteries as “consumable components”, and promise to add features that will give more information to users about the battery and the state…

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