David Heath

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Meta's AI updates foreshadow a future where we abandon the physical world

Sep 28, 2023 | itwire.com | David Heath

Image: suppliedWith visions of a world somewhere between The Matrix and Wall-E, Associate Professor Niusha Shafi Abady of Charles Darwin University suggests that our lives and world may never be the same. Charles Darwin University Computational and Artificial Intelligence expert Associate Professor Niusha Shafi Abady.
US Department of Homeland Security recently hosted the first Western Hemisphere Cyber Conference

Sep 28, 2023 | itwire.com | David Heath

Image by Mohamed Hassan from PixabayOn September 27-28, 2023, DHS hosted the first Western Hemisphere Cyber Conference, which convened foreign government cyber leaders to discuss cybersecurity challenges and identify areas of collaboration. All participants affirmed the value of building on past cooperation and committed to continuing to work together to promote our shared values and interests.
Update from Dymocks regarding the recent data breach

Sep 15, 2023 | itwire.com | David Heath

Image combined from contributions by Dariusz Sankowski and svetjekolem via PixabayiTWire (this writer having been affected) has received the latest update from Dymocks regarding the recent breach. The email is in two parts. Firstly, CEO Mark Newman writes... Dear David,We want to provide our valued customers with an important update regarding the Dymocks data incident we wrote to you about last Friday (Data Incident).
Dymocks Data Breach on September 6th

Sep 7, 2023 | itwire.com | David Heath

Image by Lubos Houska and B_A from PixabayToday, Dymocks wrote to all customers for whom they have stored private information warning of a possible recent breach. iTWire received an email just a few minutes ago detailing the information currently available. We are providing the communication as-is and will update with additional news as it becomes available. Dear David,We have become aware that some of our customer information may have been compromised.
Adobe warns Creative Cloud users

Sep 7, 2023 | itwire.com | David Heath

Image by 愚木混株 Cdd20 from PixabaySynching of Creative Cloud files between online storage and local drives will discontinue on or after February 1st 2024. In An email to all known Creative Cloud users (this writer included), the company wrote:Dear Creative Cloud User, We want to let you know about an upcoming change to your personal Creative Cloud account. Adobe is modernising the Creative Cloud storage experience and will begin discontinuing Creative Cloud Synced files on 1 February 2024.
VMware's three-pillars approach to AI

Aug 24, 2023 | itwire.com | David Heath

Image by Wolfgang Eckert from PixabayVMware's approach to AI focuses on customers, tools and internal uses. At VMware's Explore conference, iTWire spoke with Chris Wolf, VMware's vice president for their AI Labs. We were curious as to the focus of the lab and how it is resourced. Here is his response. "So we have a cross functional team, with the core being in the neighbourhood of 200 people.
Where is VMware's "True North?"

Aug 23, 2023 | itwire.com | David Heath

Image by Alexander Lesnitsky from PixabayAt yesterday's VMware press conference, we asked senior executives what the company's guiding principles were. CEO Raghu Raghuram and CTO Kit Colbert offered their thoughts.
Has AI finally broken the shackles of simply being an expensive help-desk tool?

Aug 22, 2023 | itwire.com | David Heath

Image by Pete Linforth from PixabayCurrent AI usage in most business environments is little more than an exaggerated, overpriced help desk system. But, no more. It would still seem that most business applications for most of AI are little more than souped-up 'help desk' systems where the AI is used to distil and extract from existing knowledge bases within the organisation.
VMware and NVIDIA announce Private AI Foundation

Aug 22, 2023 | itwire.com | David Heath

The new VMware Private AI Foundation With NVIDIA enables enterprises to prepare their Businesses for Generative AI. Speaking at the opening keynote of VMware's Explore conference in Las Vegas today, Vmware CEO Raghu Raghuram and NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang jointly announced the expansion of their strategic partnership to ready the hundreds of thousands of enterprises that run on VMware's cloud infrastructure for the era of generative AI.
Review: "The Barcode" By Paul V. McEnroe

Aug 21, 2023 | itwire.com | Paul Mcenroe |David Heath

About four pages in and I just knew that I was going to enjoy this book about the invention of the barcode and all the equipment required to support it. The first chapter opens with the observation that these days, "Ten billion or more times each day, electronic scanners 'read' data encoded in black-and-white codes-barcodes-printed on or affixed to physical goods." But in the 1960s, the retail market was dominated by huge, complex NCR cash registers.