Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/business/daniel-m-tellep-dead.html
January 01, 2021 at 12:46AM
A pioneer of aerospace and missile systems, he rose to chief executive, then initiated the Lockheed-Martin merger that formed the world’s largest military contractor.
Thursday, December 31, 2020
The Biggest Trends of TikTok 2020
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/style/tiktok-trends-2020.html
January 01, 2021 at 12:27AM
Business, entertainment, news, activism and social connection will never be the same.
January 01, 2021 at 12:27AM
Business, entertainment, news, activism and social connection will never be the same.
Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Viewed Some of Its Source Code
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/technology/microsoft-russia-hack.html
December 31, 2020 at 09:06PM
The hackers gained more access than the company previously revealed, though the attackers were unable to modify code or access emails.
December 31, 2020 at 09:06PM
The hackers gained more access than the company previously revealed, though the attackers were unable to modify code or access emails.
‘Ratatouille,’ the Musical: How This TikTok Creation Came Together
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/theater/ratatouille-tiktok-musical.html
December 31, 2020 at 08:37PM
We talked to the Broadway stars behind a virtual performance of the animated film. Inspiration started with quirky TikTok segments circulating this fall.
December 31, 2020 at 08:37PM
We talked to the Broadway stars behind a virtual performance of the animated film. Inspiration started with quirky TikTok segments circulating this fall.
How Lin Qi's Poisoning Death Shocked China
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/business/three-body-problem-murder-poison.html
December 31, 2020 at 08:18PM
The “billionaire millennial” Lin Qi was working with Netflix and the “Game of Thrones” creators to bring a Chinese best seller to the screen. The police have a suspect, and fans have questions.
December 31, 2020 at 08:18PM
The “billionaire millennial” Lin Qi was working with Netflix and the “Game of Thrones” creators to bring a Chinese best seller to the screen. The police have a suspect, and fans have questions.
FarmVille Once Took Over Facebook. Now Everything Is FarmVille.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/technology/farmville-zynga-facebook.html
December 31, 2020 at 03:09PM
The game, a phenomenon a decade ago, is shutting down on Thursday. But its legacy — for better and for worse — carries beyond gaming.
December 31, 2020 at 03:09PM
The game, a phenomenon a decade ago, is shutting down on Thursday. But its legacy — for better and for worse — carries beyond gaming.
German Automakers Are Charged Up and Ready to Take on Tesla
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/automobiles/tesla-german-automakers.html
December 31, 2020 at 01:00PM
As Tesla completes a factory in Berlin, Mercedes-Benz and Audi are introducing electric cars in bids to defend their dominance of the luxury market.
December 31, 2020 at 01:00PM
As Tesla completes a factory in Berlin, Mercedes-Benz and Audi are introducing electric cars in bids to defend their dominance of the luxury market.
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Amazon Buys Wondery as Podcasting Race Continues
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/business/dealbook/wondery-amazon-podcasts.html
December 31, 2020 at 01:01AM
The deal, valued at $300 million, is the latest in a string of acquisitions as streaming platforms expand beyond music and video.
December 31, 2020 at 01:01AM
The deal, valued at $300 million, is the latest in a string of acquisitions as streaming platforms expand beyond music and video.
The 2020 Good Tech Awards
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/technology/2020-good-tech-awards.html
December 30, 2020 at 01:00PM
This year, technology firms big and small stepped up to help with the Covid-19 pandemic and other thorny challenges.
December 30, 2020 at 01:00PM
This year, technology firms big and small stepped up to help with the Covid-19 pandemic and other thorny challenges.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Cryptocurrency Start-Up Underpaid Women and Black Employees, Data Shows
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/technology/coinbase-pay-employees.html
December 30, 2020 at 02:16AM
An analysis of internal pay data at the San Francisco company Coinbase shows disparities that were much larger than those in the tech industry.
December 30, 2020 at 02:16AM
An analysis of internal pay data at the San Francisco company Coinbase shows disparities that were much larger than those in the tech industry.
Flawed Facial Recognition Leads To Arrest and Jail for New Jersey Man
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/technology/facial-recognition-misidentify-jail.html
December 29, 2020 at 10:16PM
A New Jersey man was accused of shoplifting and trying to hit an officer with a car. He is the third known Black man to be wrongfully arrested based on face recognition.
December 29, 2020 at 10:16PM
A New Jersey man was accused of shoplifting and trying to hit an officer with a car. He is the third known Black man to be wrongfully arrested based on face recognition.
Life Without Amazon (Well, Almost)
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/style/amazon-abstainers.html
December 29, 2020 at 01:00PM
For concerned customers, avoiding one of the world’s largest retailers and web service providers is proving harder than expected.
December 29, 2020 at 01:00PM
For concerned customers, avoiding one of the world’s largest retailers and web service providers is proving harder than expected.
Monday, December 28, 2020
The Lasting Lessons of John Conway’s Game of Life
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/science/math-conway-game-of-life.html
December 28, 2020 at 01:00PM
Fifty years on, the mathematician’s best known (and, to him, least favorite) creation confirms that “uncertainty is the only certainty.”
December 28, 2020 at 01:00PM
Fifty years on, the mathematician’s best known (and, to him, least favorite) creation confirms that “uncertainty is the only certainty.”
Sunday, December 27, 2020
China Orders Ant Group to Revamp Its Business
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/27/technology/ant-group-china-regulation.html
December 27, 2020 at 02:11PM
The country’s central bank made clear its displeasure with the financial technology company, adding to the growing scrutiny of Chinese internet giants.
December 27, 2020 at 02:11PM
The country’s central bank made clear its displeasure with the financial technology company, adding to the growing scrutiny of Chinese internet giants.
Thursday, December 24, 2020
An Oscar Winner Made a Khashoggi Documentary. Streaming Services Didn’t Want It.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/business/media/dissident-jamal-khashoggi-netflix-amazon.html
December 25, 2020 at 01:58AM
Bryan Fogel’s examination of the killing of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi had trouble finding a home among the companies that can be premier platforms for documentary films.
December 25, 2020 at 01:58AM
Bryan Fogel’s examination of the killing of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi had trouble finding a home among the companies that can be premier platforms for documentary films.
Robinhood’s 2020 Recaps Are a Meme for a Volatile Year
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/style/robinhood-2020-recaps.html
December 25, 2020 at 12:59AM
And you thought your Spotify Wrapped was a bummer.
December 25, 2020 at 12:59AM
And you thought your Spotify Wrapped was a bummer.
China Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Alibaba
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/business/alibaba-antitrust-jack-ma.html
December 24, 2020 at 10:17PM
Jack Ma and other entrepreneurs prospered under Beijing’s laissez-faire attitude toward the business side of the internet. The dynamic is shifting as the companies have grown in power.
December 24, 2020 at 10:17PM
Jack Ma and other entrepreneurs prospered under Beijing’s laissez-faire attitude toward the business side of the internet. The dynamic is shifting as the companies have grown in power.
Why China Turned Against Alibaba's Jack Ma
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/technology/china-jack-ma-alibaba.html
December 24, 2020 at 05:48PM
The Alibaba chief paid for pushing back against Beijing. But the shift in attitude also speaks to a growing wealth gap and diminished opportunities for the young.
December 24, 2020 at 05:48PM
The Alibaba chief paid for pushing back against Beijing. But the shift in attitude also speaks to a growing wealth gap and diminished opportunities for the young.
Why China Turned Against Jack Ma
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/technology/china-jack-ma.html
December 24, 2020 at 05:11PM
The Alibaba chief paid for pushing back against Beijing. But the shift in attitude also speaks to a growing wealth gap and diminished opportunities for the young.
December 24, 2020 at 05:11PM
The Alibaba chief paid for pushing back against Beijing. But the shift in attitude also speaks to a growing wealth gap and diminished opportunities for the young.
Bollywood, Reeling From the Pandemic, Shifts to Streaming
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/technology/coolie-no1-bollywood-streaming.html
December 24, 2020 at 05:08PM
India’s film industry, which relied on theatrical releases, is experimenting with going straight to streaming services such as Amazon, Netflix and Disney’s Hotstar.
December 24, 2020 at 05:08PM
India’s film industry, which relied on theatrical releases, is experimenting with going straight to streaming services such as Amazon, Netflix and Disney’s Hotstar.
With Money, and Waste, China Fights for Chip Independence
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/technology/china-semiconductors.html
December 24, 2020 at 01:00PM
Beijing’s drive to free itself from reliance on imported semiconductors has lifted start-ups and big firms alike. Some have flamed out. But there has been progress.
December 24, 2020 at 01:00PM
Beijing’s drive to free itself from reliance on imported semiconductors has lifted start-ups and big firms alike. Some have flamed out. But there has been progress.
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Pennsylvania man is accused of casting Trump vote for his dead mother.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/technology/Pennsylvania-voter-fraud-bartman.html
December 23, 2020 at 11:00PM
The Trump campaign had circulated the mother’s name while arguing there was widespread voter fraud that helped propel Joseph R. Biden Jr. to victory.
December 23, 2020 at 11:00PM
The Trump campaign had circulated the mother’s name while arguing there was widespread voter fraud that helped propel Joseph R. Biden Jr. to victory.
Newsroom: Fewer UK Buyers Will Engage in Cross-Border Retail Ecommerce Amid Brexit
Source: https://www.emarketer.com/newsroom/index.php/fewer-uk-buyers-will-engage-in-cross-border-retail-ecommerce-amid-brexit/
December 21, 2020 at 07:01AM
October 21, 2020 (New York, NY) — With a hard Brexit looming, 2020 will be the peak of cross-border ecommerce penetration in the UK, according to the latest forecast from […]
December 21, 2020 at 07:01AM
October 21, 2020 (New York, NY) — With a hard Brexit looming, 2020 will be the peak of cross-border ecommerce penetration in the UK, according to the latest forecast from […]
Newsroom: Mercado Libre Will Surpass $20 billion in Ecommerce Sales in 2020
Source: https://www.emarketer.com/newsroom/index.php/521129/
December 21, 2020 at 07:01AM
Brazil is Mercado Libre’s largest ecommerce market December 21, 2020 (New York, NY) – Latin American ecommerce giant Mercado Libre has benefitted immensely from the pandemic, as stay-at-home orders forced […]
December 21, 2020 at 07:01AM
Brazil is Mercado Libre’s largest ecommerce market December 21, 2020 (New York, NY) – Latin American ecommerce giant Mercado Libre has benefitted immensely from the pandemic, as stay-at-home orders forced […]
NVMe-oF for The Rest of Us
Source: https://gigaom.com/2020/12/18/nvme-of-for-the-rest-of-us/
December 18, 2020 at 05:03PM
December 18, 2020 at 05:03PM
There is an increasing demand for NVMe devices in enterprise storage. Not surprising at all, NVMe is becoming the standard interface in the back end of every storage solution, and more and more vendors are working to provide the same interface, NVMe-oF, on the front end.
The ABCs of NVMe Protocols
NVMe can be encapsulated in several transport protocols, including Fibre Channel (FC), InfiniBand, Remote Direct Memory Access on Converged Ethernet (RoCE), and the relative newcomer, simple TCP. This enables organizations to have multiple options on new infrastructure designs and, at the same time, investment protection on existing infrastructures.
FC, for example, has been the standard in every enterprise infrastructure for a long time now. It requires dedicated cabling, host adapters, and switches. It is very expensive in the end, but NVMe/FC is a good compromise if you invested heavily in this technology and want to amortize the existing infrastructure and maybe plan a long-term transition to other types of networks. In this case, the minimal requirement to adopt NVMe/FC is Gen5 16Gb/s FC.
Enterprise organizations have not really adopted InfiniBand. It has huge bandwidth with low latency and is optimized to move small messages quickly. It is one of the most common networks in high-performance computing, and NVMe gives its best on InfiniBand, but, again, if you are an enterprise, this is not for you (and it is highly likely that the storage products you plan to use will have limited support for it, if any).
One of the main advantages of FC and InfiniBand is their lossless nature. In practice, it is the network that cares about the connection and does not lose packets between hosts and storage systems. On the other hand, standard Ethernet is a best-effort network and based on a series of simplified network controls for which packets can be lost on the way. They can be sent again, of course, but this may create performance issues. Converged Ethernet (CE) added more protocols to solve these issues and prioritize specific traffic like storage and close the FC and InfiniBand gap. In particular, the first implementations of CE were necessary to encapsulate FC traffic on datacenter Ethernet (FCoE). The idea behind FCoE was to converge both storage and network on the same wire. It worked but nobody at that time was ready for this kind of change. RoCE is an additional enhancement that simplifies the stack and helps minimize latency. I’ve tried to make this explanation simple and quick, and maybe it is an oversimplification, but this does give you the idea.
Last but not least, there is NVMe/TCP. It just works. It works on existing hardware (not the computer discount switch, of course, but any enterprise switch will do) and standard server NICs. It is not as efficient as the others, but I’d like to get deeper into this before thinking this is not the best option.
Theory Versus Reality
RoCE is great, but it is also really expensive. To make it work, you need specific NICs (network interface adapters) and switches. This means that you can’t reuse the existing network infrastructure, and you need to add NICs to servers that already have NICs, which also limits your options around hardware and introducing lock-in on specific network adapters.
Alongside the cost per port, you need to consider that two 100Gb/s NICs (necessary for high availability) will provide 200Gb/s per node. This is a considerable speed, do you really need it? Are your applications going to take advantage of it?
But there is more. Let’s take a look at all the available options:
If we compare all the available options in the market, you’ll note that NVMe/TCP has many advantages and in the real world, it doesn’t have any main drawback. It shines when it comes to cost per port and ROI. Speed aligns with other solutions. The only parameter that is not on top compared to the others is latency (more on this soon). But flexibility is absolutely another aspect not to underestimate. In fact, you can use existing switches, configurations and the NICs that come installed in your server and adapt along the way.
Of Latency and Flexibility
Yes, NVMe/TCP has a higher latency than the others. But how much? And how does it really compare with what you have today in your data center?
A recent briefing I had with Lightbits Labs featured a series of benchmarks that compare traditional Ethernet-based protocol (iSCSI) with NVMe/TCP. The results are quite impressive, in my opinion, and this should give you a good idea about what to expect from the adoption of NVMe/TCP.
From this slide you can see that, by just replacing iSCSI with NVMe/TCP, the efficiency introduced by the new protocol stack reduces latency and keeps it always under 200µSecs, even if the system is particularly stressed. Again, same hardware, improved efficiency.
Yes, with NVMe/FC or NVMe/RoCE, you can get even better latency, but we are talking about 200µS, and there are very few workloads and compute infrastructures that truly need a latency that is lower than 200µS. Am I wrong?!
The low cost of NVMe/TCP has another important advantage. It allows the modernization of legacy FC infrastructures at a fraction of the cost of other options described in this article. Legacy 8/16Gb/s FC HBAs and switches could be replaced by standard 10/25 Gb/s NICs and ethernet switches. This would simplify the network and its management while decreasing support and maintenance costs.
Closing the Circle
NVMe/TCP is one of the best options to adopt NVMe-oF. It is the least expensive and the most flexible of the bunch. What’s more, it’s performance and latency compare quite well to traditional protocols. Yes, TCP adds a little bit of latency to NVMe, but for most enterprise workloads we are talking about a huge improvement in moving to NVMe anyway.
From my point of view, and I already said this multiple times, NVMe/TCP will become the new iSCSI in terms of adoption. Ethernet hardware is very powerful and with optimized protocols it provides incredible performance without additional cost or complexity. The fact is not all servers in your datacenter will need ultimate performance, and with NVMe/TCP you have multiple options to address every business need. To be honest, you can easily reduce the performance gap to a minimum. For example, Lightbits Labs can take advantage of ADQ technology from Intel to further improve latency while keeping costs down and avoiding lock-in.
In the end, it all comes to TCO and ROI. There are very few workloads that might need the latency offered by RoCE, for the rest there is NVMe/TCP—especially if we consider how easy it is to adopt and run on Ethernet infrastructures already in place.
Disclaimer: Lightbits Labs is a GigaOm client.
What We Know About Clubhouse's App Influencer Program
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/style/clubhouse-app-influencers.html
December 23, 2020 at 08:10PM
Tech investors have warmed to the idea that being a content creator is a legitimate form of business.
December 23, 2020 at 08:10PM
Tech investors have warmed to the idea that being a content creator is a legitimate form of business.
The Tech That Was Fixed in 2020 and the Tech That Still Needs Fixing
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/technology/personaltech/good-bad-tech-2020.html
December 23, 2020 at 01:00PM
From videoconferencing to fitness apps, the best tech helped us endure a hard year. But there were also low points.
December 23, 2020 at 01:00PM
From videoconferencing to fitness apps, the best tech helped us endure a hard year. But there were also low points.
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Amazon Workers Near Vote on Joining Union at Alabama Warehouse
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/business/amazon-union-vote-bessemer-alabama.html
December 23, 2020 at 01:42AM
The election, expected early next year, will be one of the few times that employees of the e-commerce giant have had an opportunity to decide whether to join a union.
December 23, 2020 at 01:42AM
The election, expected early next year, will be one of the few times that employees of the e-commerce giant have had an opportunity to decide whether to join a union.
Pulse Oximeters and Coronavirus: Devices Have Higher Error Rate in Black Patients
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/health/oximeters-covid-black-patients.html
December 22, 2020 at 08:43PM
A study showed that the devices, which measure oxygen levels in the blood, were three times more likely to give misleading readings in people with dark skin.
December 22, 2020 at 08:43PM
A study showed that the devices, which measure oxygen levels in the blood, were three times more likely to give misleading readings in people with dark skin.
How Retail Online Shops Are Trying Augmented Reality
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/technology/augmented-reality-online-shopping.html
December 22, 2020 at 01:00PM
Retailers are turning to the filtering technology popularized by Snapchat to add a real-world feel to online shopping.
December 22, 2020 at 01:00PM
Retailers are turning to the filtering technology popularized by Snapchat to add a real-world feel to online shopping.
Georgia Senate Runoff Targeted by Misinformation 'Superspreaders'
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/technology/georgia-senate-runoff-misinformation.html
December 22, 2020 at 06:54PM
The conservative social media personalities that spread baseless rumors of election fraud are starting to focus on the races that will decide control of the Senate.
December 22, 2020 at 06:54PM
The conservative social media personalities that spread baseless rumors of election fraud are starting to focus on the races that will decide control of the Senate.
Our Digital Lives Drive a Brick-and-Mortar Boom in Data Centers
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/business/data-storage-centers-coronavirus.html
December 22, 2020 at 05:00PM
Developers and investors see more opportunities in commercial real estate as businesses and consumers gobble up more data.
December 22, 2020 at 05:00PM
Developers and investors see more opportunities in commercial real estate as businesses and consumers gobble up more data.
A Race to Become the Tesla of Delivery Trucks and Vans
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/business/electric-delivery-vans-workhorse.html
December 22, 2020 at 01:00PM
Investors are betting that small companies like Workhorse will help popularize electric commercial vehicles. And Tesla aims to extend its reach.
December 22, 2020 at 01:00PM
Investors are betting that small companies like Workhorse will help popularize electric commercial vehicles. And Tesla aims to extend its reach.
Does the Shoe Fit? Try It On With Augmented Reality
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/technology/augmented-reality-shopping-clothes.html
December 22, 2020 at 01:00PM
Retailers are turning to the filtering technology popularized by Snapchat to add a real-world feel to online shopping.
December 22, 2020 at 01:00PM
Retailers are turning to the filtering technology popularized by Snapchat to add a real-world feel to online shopping.
Cryptocurrency Company Ripple Facing an S.E.C. Lawsuit
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/technology/ripple-cryptocurrency-sec-lawsuit.html
December 22, 2020 at 06:07AM
Ripple, the company behind the third most valuable digital token, is expecting to be sued by regulators as cryptocurrency values skyrocket.
December 22, 2020 at 06:07AM
Ripple, the company behind the third most valuable digital token, is expecting to be sued by regulators as cryptocurrency values skyrocket.
Monday, December 21, 2020
Google Denies Antitrust Claims in Early Response to U.S. Lawsuit
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/technology/google-antitrust-lawsuit.html
December 22, 2020 at 03:05AM
The company said people use its services because they choose to, not because they lack alternatives.
December 22, 2020 at 03:05AM
The company said people use its services because they choose to, not because they lack alternatives.
The Mystery of the Disappearing Manuscripts
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/books/publishing-manuscripts-phishing-scam.html
December 22, 2020 at 12:20AM
A phishing scam with unclear motive or payoff is targeting authors, agents and editors big and small, baffling the publishing industry.
December 22, 2020 at 12:20AM
A phishing scam with unclear motive or payoff is targeting authors, agents and editors big and small, baffling the publishing industry.
Newsroom: Fewer UK Buyers Will Engage in Cross-Border Retail Ecommerce Amid Brexit
Source: https://www.emarketer.com/newsroom/index.php/fewer-uk-buyers-will-engage-in-cross-border-retail-ecommerce-amid-brexit/
December 21, 2020 at 07:01AM
October 21, 2020 (New York, NY) — With a hard Brexit looming, 2020 will be the peak of cross-border ecommerce penetration in the UK, according to the latest forecast from […]
December 21, 2020 at 07:01AM
October 21, 2020 (New York, NY) — With a hard Brexit looming, 2020 will be the peak of cross-border ecommerce penetration in the UK, according to the latest forecast from […]
Newsroom: Mercado Libre Will Surpass $20 billion in Ecommerce Sales in 2020
Source: https://www.emarketer.com/newsroom/index.php/521129/
December 21, 2020 at 07:01AM
Brazil is Mercado Libre’s largest ecommerce market December 21, 2020 (New York, NY) – Latin American ecommerce giant Mercado Libre has benefitted immensely from the pandemic, as stay-at-home orders forced […]
December 21, 2020 at 07:01AM
Brazil is Mercado Libre’s largest ecommerce market December 21, 2020 (New York, NY) – Latin American ecommerce giant Mercado Libre has benefitted immensely from the pandemic, as stay-at-home orders forced […]
Sunday, December 20, 2020
The Antitrust Case Against Big Tech, Shaped by Tech Industry Exiles
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/technology/antitrust-case-google-facebook.html
December 20, 2020 at 09:12PM
Regulators are relying on insiders like Dina Srinivasan, who left her digital ad job after concluding that “Facebook and Google were going to win and everybody else is going to lose.”
December 20, 2020 at 09:12PM
Regulators are relying on insiders like Dina Srinivasan, who left her digital ad job after concluding that “Facebook and Google were going to win and everybody else is going to lose.”
Giving Billions Fast, MacKenzie Scott Upends Philanthropy
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/business/mackenzie-scott-philanthropy.html
December 20, 2020 at 08:05PM
Through a streamlined operation, Ms. Scott has given away $6 billion this year, much of it to small charities and nonprofits.
December 20, 2020 at 08:05PM
Through a streamlined operation, Ms. Scott has given away $6 billion this year, much of it to small charities and nonprofits.
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Cyberpunk 2077 Was Supposed to Be the Biggest Video Game of the Year. What Happened?
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/19/style/cyberpunk-2077-video-game-disaster.html
December 19, 2020 at 11:00PM
Nearly a decade of hype led to a troubled release riddled with glitches, a livid fan base, refunds for potentially millions of players and a possible class-action lawsuit.
December 19, 2020 at 11:00PM
Nearly a decade of hype led to a troubled release riddled with glitches, a livid fan base, refunds for potentially millions of players and a possible class-action lawsuit.
How China Censored Covid-19
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/19/technology/china-coronavirus-censorship.html
December 19, 2020 at 01:19PM
Thousands of internal directives and reports reveal how Chinese officials stage-managed what appeared online in the early days of the outbreak.
December 19, 2020 at 01:19PM
Thousands of internal directives and reports reveal how Chinese officials stage-managed what appeared online in the early days of the outbreak.
Athletes Leaving the Field Are Joining LinkedIn
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/19/style/athletes-on-linked-in.html
December 19, 2020 at 01:00PM
The platform that put the “network” in “social network” has proved unexpectedly popular with jocks seeking second careers.
December 19, 2020 at 01:00PM
The platform that put the “network” in “social network” has proved unexpectedly popular with jocks seeking second careers.
Flash Invaders: Another Game for a World on Pause
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/19/style/flash-invaders-game.html
December 19, 2020 at 01:00PM
A free phone app encourages people to explore their surroundings, engage with art and connect across oceans.
December 19, 2020 at 01:00PM
A free phone app encourages people to explore their surroundings, engage with art and connect across oceans.
Friday, December 18, 2020
The latest attacks on Raphael Warnock take a key phrase out of context.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/technology/loeffer-warnock-wright.html
December 19, 2020 at 02:15AM
When Mr. Warnock, a Georgia Senate candidate, quoted the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.’s use of the phrase “God damn America,” it was part of an academic discussion.
December 19, 2020 at 02:15AM
When Mr. Warnock, a Georgia Senate candidate, quoted the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.’s use of the phrase “God damn America,” it was part of an academic discussion.
Zoom Executive Accused of Disrupting Calls at China’s Behest
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/technology/zoom-tiananmen-square.html
December 19, 2020 at 02:13AM
U.S. prosecutors have charged a company executive based in China with conspiring to terminate online meetings about the Tiananmen Square massacre.
December 19, 2020 at 02:13AM
U.S. prosecutors have charged a company executive based in China with conspiring to terminate online meetings about the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Big Tech Should Try Radical Candor
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/technology/big-tech-should-try-radical-candor.html
December 18, 2020 at 08:46PM
As the power of Google, Apple and other tech giants grows, the companies should do more to explain how they work.
December 18, 2020 at 08:46PM
As the power of Google, Apple and other tech giants grows, the companies should do more to explain how they work.
NVMe-oF for The Rest of Us
Source: https://gigaom.com/2020/12/18/nvme-of-for-the-rest-of-us/
December 18, 2020 at 05:03PM
December 18, 2020 at 05:03PM
There is an increasing demand for NVMe devices in enterprise storage. Not surprising at all, NVMe is becoming the standard interface in the back end of every storage solution, and more and more vendors are working to provide the same interface, NVMe-oF, on the front end.
The ABCs of NVMe Protocols
NVMe can be encapsulated in several transport protocols, including Fibre Channel (FC), InfiniBand, Remote Direct Memory Access on Converged Ethernet (RoCE), and the relative newcomer, simple TCP. This enables organizations to have multiple options on new infrastructure designs and, at the same time, investment protection on existing infrastructures.
FC, for example, has been the standard in every enterprise infrastructure for a long time now. It requires dedicated cabling, host adapters, and switches. It is very expensive in the end, but NVMe/FC is a good compromise if you invested heavily in this technology and want to amortize the existing infrastructure and maybe plan a long-term transition to other types of networks. In this case, the minimal requirement to adopt NVMe/FC is Gen5 16Gb/s FC.
Enterprise organizations have not really adopted InfiniBand. It has huge bandwidth with low latency and is optimized to move small messages quickly. It is one of the most common networks in high-performance computing, and NVMe gives its best on InfiniBand, but, again, if you are an enterprise, this is not for you (and it is highly likely that the storage products you plan to use will have limited support for it, if any).
One of the main advantages of FC and InfiniBand is their lossless nature. In practice, it is the network that cares about the connection and does not lose packets between hosts and storage systems. On the other hand, standard Ethernet is a best-effort network and based on a series of simplified network controls for which packets can be lost on the way. They can be sent again, of course, but this may create performance issues. Converged Ethernet (CE) added more protocols to solve these issues and prioritize specific traffic like storage and close the FC and InfiniBand gap. In particular, the first implementations of CE were necessary to encapsulate FC traffic on datacenter Ethernet (FCoE). The idea behind FCoE was to converge both storage and network on the same wire. It worked but nobody at that time was ready for this kind of change. RoCE is an additional enhancement that simplifies the stack and helps minimize latency. I’ve tried to make this explanation simple and quick, and maybe it is an oversimplification, but this does give you the idea.
Last but not least, there is NVMe/TCP. It just works. It works on existing hardware (not the computer discount switch, of course, but any enterprise switch will do) and standard server NICs. It is not as efficient as the others, but I’d like to get deeper into this before thinking this is not the best option.
Theory Versus Reality
RoCE is great, but it is also really expensive. To make it work, you need specific NICs (network interface adapters) and switches. This means that you can’t reuse the existing network infrastructure, and you need to add NICs to servers that already have NICs, which also limits your options around hardware and introducing lock-in on specific network adapters.
Alongside the cost per port, you need to consider that two 100Gb/s NICs (necessary for high availability) will provide 200Gb/s per node. This is a considerable speed, do you really need it? Are your applications going to take advantage of it?
But there is more. Let’s take a look at all the available options:
If we compare all the available options in the market, you’ll note that NVMe/TCP has many advantages and in the real world, it doesn’t have any main drawback. It shines when it comes to cost per port and ROI. Speed aligns with other solutions. The only parameter that is not on top compared to the others is latency (more on this soon). But flexibility is absolutely another aspect not to underestimate. In fact, you can use existing switches, configurations and the NICs that come installed in your server and adapt along the way.
Of Latency and Flexibility
Yes, NVMe/TCP has a higher latency than the others. But how much? And how does it really compare with what you have today in your data center?
A recent briefing I had with Lightbits Labs featured a series of benchmarks that compare traditional Ethernet-based protocol (iSCSI) with NVMe/TCP. The results are quite impressive, in my opinion, and this should give you a good idea about what to expect from the adoption of NVMe/TCP.
From this slide you can see that, by just replacing iSCSI with NVMe/TCP, the efficiency introduced by the new protocol stack reduces latency and keeps it always under 200µSecs, even if the system is particularly stressed. Again, same hardware, improved efficiency.
Yes, with NVMe/FC or NVMe/RoCE, you can get even better latency, but we are talking about 200µS, and there are very few workloads and compute infrastructures that truly need a latency that is lower than 200µS. Am I wrong?!
The low cost of NVMe/TCP has another important advantage. It allows the modernization of legacy FC infrastructures at a fraction of the cost of other options described in this article. Legacy 8/16Gb/s FC HBAs and switches could be replaced by standard 10/25 Gb/s NICs and ethernet switches. This would simplify the network and its management while decreasing support and maintenance costs.
Closing the Circle
NVMe/TCP is one of the best options to adopt NVMe-oF. It is the least expensive and the most flexible of the bunch. What’s more, it’s performance and latency compare quite well to traditional protocols. Yes, TCP adds a little bit of latency to NVMe, but for most enterprise workloads we are talking about a huge improvement in moving to NVMe anyway.
From my point of view, and I already said this multiple times, NVMe/TCP will become the new iSCSI in terms of adoption. Ethernet hardware is very powerful and with optimized protocols it provides incredible performance without additional cost or complexity. The fact is not all servers in your datacenter will need ultimate performance, and with NVMe/TCP you have multiple options to address every business need. To be honest, you can easily reduce the performance gap to a minimum. For example, Lightbits Labs can take advantage of ADQ technology from Intel to further improve latency while keeping costs down and avoiding lock-in.
In the end, it all comes to TCO and ROI. There are very few workloads that might need the latency offered by RoCE, for the rest there is NVMe/TCP—especially if we consider how easy it is to adopt and run on Ethernet infrastructures already in place.
Disclaimer: Lightbits Labs is a GigaOm client.
Sony Removes Cyberpunk 2077 From PlayStation Store After Complaints
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/technology/cyberpunk-2077-refund.html
December 18, 2020 at 02:54PM
The company said it would also offer refunds to gamers while the developer of the much-hyped title works to fix bugs and glitches.
December 18, 2020 at 02:54PM
The company said it would also offer refunds to gamers while the developer of the much-hyped title works to fix bugs and glitches.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
More Hacking Attacks Found, Officials Warn of Risk to U.S. Government
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/us/politics/russia-cyber-hack-trump.html
December 18, 2020 at 03:08AM
Minutes after the government statement, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. warned that his administration would impose “substantial costs” on those responsible. President Trump has been silent on the hacking.
December 18, 2020 at 03:08AM
Minutes after the government statement, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. warned that his administration would impose “substantial costs” on those responsible. President Trump has been silent on the hacking.
Beyond Agile: 4 Lessons to Better Software Development
Source: https://gigaom.com/2020/12/17/beyond-agile-4-lessons-to-better-software-development/
December 18, 2020 at 02:37AM
December 18, 2020 at 02:37AM
The widespread adoption of Agile, coupled with the rise of DevOps, means you’d be forgiven for thinking software development is now an easy, stress-free process. But whenever I speak to developers in the field that’s not the experience they describe. Missed deadlines, accumulating technical debt, and high workloads are all common struggles in the developer community.
This begs the question: if Agile isn’t the solution, what is?
I spoke to Daniel Mostert, a director of infrastructure technology solutions with a large technology services company, to tap his experience leading projects for large-scale applications and helping companies address struggles in their development processes. We discussed the problems inherent in development, the role Agile can have in those processes, and the techniques managers can use to engage their teams and deliver projects on time and on budget. Our conversation produced four key lessons that Mostert says he has gleaned from his 30-year career in development.
1/ Break Down the Process
This is the key to improving any process, as Mostert explained to me, and the sheer simplicity of it means many managers forget to do it. But by breaking down a process, and evaluating each step’s importance to the overall goal, it helps create priorities and sharpen focus in the team.
“I came through the whole process of functional design, object orientation, even up to scale,” Mostert said. “It’s basically all the same: breaking the process into smaller pieces and understanding what you’re trying to do. That’s what it’s all about, but we call it all different things. But in the end, that’s what it boils down to.”
2/ One Size Does Not Fit All
Mostert believes the Agile concept can be very positive and productive in certain environments, but not others. Often, achieving higher productivity requires employing different and creative management techniques and processes.
“If you’re in a large project and you’re developing some functionality which is very clearly defined, I think there’s a lot of reasons for the Agile approach,” he said. “If you’re working in a hybrid environment where you’re doing some maintenance, some enhancements, some development, then the question becomes, ‘What is the priority of the day?’ There’s probably multiple environments that can be laid out, and different approaches for each of these different environments. But good leadership, I think, remains essential.”
3/ Avoid the Scheduling Trap
It’s a key part of many project management training courses: How to create a schedule. But, Mostert said, this is often a fatal mistake from management—looking to control a process from the top down, but with little knowledge of what the project actually requires and how long it’s going to take.
He suggested working with the development team early on to create rough timetables because they can provide better estimates of expected completion dates without setting rigid timescales.
“What’s absolutely not going to work is the story approach of people telling you: ‘This is the date. This is the plan and this is when you have to have it finished,’” Mostert said. “You can’t, from the top, assess the work and say, ‘This is going to be finished on this date,’ because you can’t plan a software project from a schedule. That’s just not going to work. How long does it take you to write a program? How long does it take you to test? How long does it all take? There’s a little bit of Agile coming back into that, that the team has got to assess the work and help with the scheduling.”
4/ Creative Structure, Positive Culture
Mostert is a proponent of adapting management styles and processes to the project at hand, but he has a few “plays” he recommends for specific problems. He likes to pair these plays with a positive team culture, where everyone buys into the new structure and supports each other to achieve various goals. But this approach can have its downsides too, Mostert warned.
One model I found intriguing was to separate teams into “firefighters” for addressing bugs and “heads down coders” for developing functionality. Mostert said this drive for creating good functionality is critical to avoid burdening the project or product with crippling technical debt.
“You have to structure the team so that you have one team that can pick up all this nonsense of changing priorities and things like that,” he said. “And then you have to have another part of the team that can just roll with the functionality that you want to create.”
Mostert said the danger comes from creating technical debt that never gets cleared. Teams lay down a solution and plan to refine it later, and then later never comes. Over time, Mostert said, “You end up with one or two people that know what’s going on in that mess and they are forever busy firefighting. And you never get out of that spin.”
The biggest challenge, according to Mostert? Keeping the team and the culture intact as different members roll in and out of the group. If one or two key members leave, he said, “then you almost start all over again.”
Conclusion
Mostert’s ideas struck a chord with me, especially the way they address the importance of flexibility in approaching a software development project. It’s a vital quality for project managers to possess, especially when operating at scale.
Agile processes have been very successful enabling the modern, efficient culture of software development, but it isn’t applicable to every environment, as Mostert so clearly expressed. His philosophy of changing processes and team structure to suit the project gives agency to project managers to assess the tasks in hand, evaluate their brief and team, and to make creative decisions that may or may not fit into a traditional Agile structure. In the end, all that matters is that it works.
Google’s Legal Peril Grows in Face of Third Antitrust Suit
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/technology/google-antitrust-monopoly.html
December 17, 2020 at 10:03PM
More than 30 states said that the company downplayed websites that let users search for information in specialized areas.
December 17, 2020 at 10:03PM
More than 30 states said that the company downplayed websites that let users search for information in specialized areas.
No, there are no microchips in coronavirus vaccines.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/technology/no-there-are-no-microchips-in-coronavirus-vaccines.html
December 17, 2020 at 09:35PM
Pfizer’s vaccine has 10 ingredients. None can track your location.
December 17, 2020 at 09:35PM
Pfizer’s vaccine has 10 ingredients. None can track your location.
Axios Buys Charlotte Agenda, a Digital Start-Up, as Part of Push Into Local News
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/business/media/axios-local-news-charlotte-agenda.html
December 17, 2020 at 09:14PM
The site focuses on service journalism for North Carolina’s largest city. Now it has been scooped up in a deal valued at nearly $5 million and will be a partial model for other cities.
December 17, 2020 at 09:14PM
The site focuses on service journalism for North Carolina’s largest city. Now it has been scooped up in a deal valued at nearly $5 million and will be a partial model for other cities.
Microsoft’s Lessons for Google
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/technology/microsofts-lessons-for-google.html
December 17, 2020 at 08:22PM
What the Microsoft case teaches us about antitrust and the power of Big Tech today.
December 17, 2020 at 08:22PM
What the Microsoft case teaches us about antitrust and the power of Big Tech today.
The Video Games That Got Us Through 2020
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/arts/video-games-pandemic.html
December 17, 2020 at 01:00PM
These are not necessarily the best games or the newest games. But these are the games that people across The New York Times played for hundreds of hours this year.
December 17, 2020 at 01:00PM
These are not necessarily the best games or the newest games. But these are the games that people across The New York Times played for hundreds of hours this year.
In a Big Year for Games, These Players Are Shifting the Culture
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/style/video-games-inclusion.html
December 17, 2020 at 01:00PM
Designers, competitors, streamers, voice actors and labor activists have been working to make video games more inclusive.
December 17, 2020 at 01:00PM
Designers, competitors, streamers, voice actors and labor activists have been working to make video games more inclusive.
In a Big Year for Games, These Players Are Shifting the Culture
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/style/video-games-inclusion.html
December 17, 2020 at 01:00PM
Designers, competitors, streamers, voice actors and labor activists have been working to make video games more inclusive.
December 17, 2020 at 01:00PM
Designers, competitors, streamers, voice actors and labor activists have been working to make video games more inclusive.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
The election is over, but Ron Johnson keeps promoting false claims of fraud.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/technology/the-election-is-over-but-ron-johnson-keeps-promoting-false-claims-of-fraud.html
December 17, 2020 at 03:37AM
At a Senate hearing, witnesses made legal arguments and claims that courts have called “meritless” or otherwise dismissed.
December 17, 2020 at 03:37AM
At a Senate hearing, witnesses made legal arguments and claims that courts have called “meritless” or otherwise dismissed.
How I Blew My Bitcoin on Sushi
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/style/bitcoin.html
December 17, 2020 at 12:58AM
In 2013, this reporter spent 10 Bitcoin, worth $1,000 at the time, on a dinner for dozens of strangers in San Francisco. The owner of the restaurant wisely held onto it.
December 17, 2020 at 12:58AM
In 2013, this reporter spent 10 Bitcoin, worth $1,000 at the time, on a dinner for dozens of strangers in San Francisco. The owner of the restaurant wisely held onto it.
Facebook Takes the Gloves Off in Feud With Apple
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/technology/facebook-takes-the-gloves-off-in-feud-with-apple.html
December 17, 2020 at 12:41AM
The social network said it opposed changes that Apple was making to the tracking of apps and would provide information for an antitrust complaint against the iPhone maker.
December 17, 2020 at 12:41AM
The social network said it opposed changes that Apple was making to the tracking of apps and would provide information for an antitrust complaint against the iPhone maker.
States Plan to Accuse Google of Illegal Monopoly in Online Ads
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/technology/google-monopoly-antitrust.html
December 16, 2020 at 11:29PM
The Texas attorney general said a coming lawsuit would focus on the advertisements that generate the vast majority of the company’s profits.
December 16, 2020 at 11:29PM
The Texas attorney general said a coming lawsuit would focus on the advertisements that generate the vast majority of the company’s profits.
Newsroom: Disney+ US Revenues Will Surpass $4 Billion by 2022
Source: https://www.emarketer.com/newsroom/index.php/disney-us-revenues-will-surpass-4-billion-by-2022/
December 15, 2020 at 07:01AM
With Disney+ and Hulu, Disney rapidly closing gap with Netflix December 15, 2020 (New York, NY) – Following a strong launch in November 2019, Disney+ is on track to surpass […]
December 15, 2020 at 07:01AM
With Disney+ and Hulu, Disney rapidly closing gap with Netflix December 15, 2020 (New York, NY) – Following a strong launch in November 2019, Disney+ is on track to surpass […]
Vaccines Need Effective Messengers
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/technology/vaccines-need-effective-messengers.html
December 16, 2020 at 08:29PM
How health care professionals and internet companies can help in the fight against misinformation.
December 16, 2020 at 08:29PM
How health care professionals and internet companies can help in the fight against misinformation.
Alibaba's Software Can Find Uighur Faces, It Told China Clients
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/technology/alibaba-china-facial-recognition-uighurs.html
December 16, 2020 at 08:09PM
The website for the tech titan’s cloud business described facial recognition software that could detect members of a minority group whose persecution has drawn international condemnation.
December 16, 2020 at 08:09PM
The website for the tech titan’s cloud business described facial recognition software that could detect members of a minority group whose persecution has drawn international condemnation.
How to Send a Recap of 2020 to Friends and Family
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/technology/personaltech/how-to-send-2020-holiday-newsletter.html
December 16, 2020 at 05:00PM
Even if you’ve never done a year-end newsletter, there’s still time to squeeze in a personalized message before the calendar flips the page.
December 16, 2020 at 05:00PM
Even if you’ve never done a year-end newsletter, there’s still time to squeeze in a personalized message before the calendar flips the page.
From Voter Fraud to Vaccine Lies: Misinformation Peddlers Shift Gears
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/technology/from-voter-fraud-to-vaccine-lies-misinformation-peddlers-shift-gears.html
December 16, 2020 at 01:00PM
Election-related falsehoods have subsided, but misleading claims about the coronavirus vaccines are surging — often spread by the same people.
December 16, 2020 at 01:00PM
Election-related falsehoods have subsided, but misleading claims about the coronavirus vaccines are surging — often spread by the same people.
Newsroom: Disney+ US Revenues Will Surpass $4 Billion by 2022
Source: https://www.emarketer.com/newsroom/index.php/disney-us-revenues-will-surpass-4-billion-by-2022/
December 15, 2020 at 07:01AM
With Disney+ and Hulu, Disney rapidly closing gap with Netflix December 15, 2020 (New York, NY) – Following a strong launch in November 2019, Disney+ is on track to surpass […]
December 15, 2020 at 07:01AM
With Disney+ and Hulu, Disney rapidly closing gap with Netflix December 15, 2020 (New York, NY) – Following a strong launch in November 2019, Disney+ is on track to surpass […]
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Newsroom: Disney+ US Revenues Will Surpass $4 Billion by 2022
Source: https://www.emarketer.com/newsroom/index.php/disney-us-revenues-will-surpass-4-billion-by-2022/
December 15, 2020 at 07:01AM
With Disney+ and Hulu, Disney rapidly closing gap with Netflix December 15, 2020 (New York, NY) – Following a strong launch in November 2019, Disney+ is on track to surpass […]
December 15, 2020 at 07:01AM
With Disney+ and Hulu, Disney rapidly closing gap with Netflix December 15, 2020 (New York, NY) – Following a strong launch in November 2019, Disney+ is on track to surpass […]
No, there aren’t ‘alternate electors’ who can vote for President Trump.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/technology/fake-dueling-slates-of-electors.html
December 16, 2020 at 12:57AM
It’s meaningless theater.
December 16, 2020 at 12:57AM
It’s meaningless theater.
Could Congress overturn Biden’s Electoral College win? Possibly. Will it? No.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/technology/can-trump-still-win.html
December 16, 2020 at 12:55AM
While the Constitution gives Congress the final say in the election, there is no chance that it will agree to overturn the results.
December 16, 2020 at 12:55AM
While the Constitution gives Congress the final say in the election, there is no chance that it will agree to overturn the results.
Facebook lifts ban on political ads for Georgia runoff elections.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/technology/facebook-lifts-ban-on-political-ads-for-georgia-runoff-elections.html
December 15, 2020 at 11:52PM
The social network said it made the change because of the“importance of expressing voice and using our tools to reach voters.”
December 15, 2020 at 11:52PM
The social network said it made the change because of the“importance of expressing voice and using our tools to reach voters.”
Online Shopping Is Amazing. Or Is It?
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/technology/online-shopping.html
December 15, 2020 at 09:07PM
So many shower curtains! But with the endless choice comes the risk of being fooled.
December 15, 2020 at 09:07PM
So many shower curtains! But with the endless choice comes the risk of being fooled.
Big Fines and Strict Rules Unveiled Against ‘Big Tech’ in Europe
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/technology/big-tech-regulation-europe.html
December 15, 2020 at 06:35PM
European Union and British authorities released draft laws to halt the spread of harmful content and improve competition.
December 15, 2020 at 06:35PM
European Union and British authorities released draft laws to halt the spread of harmful content and improve competition.
Newsroom: Disney+ US Revenues Will Surpass $4 Billion by 2022
Source: https://www.emarketer.com/newsroom/index.php/disney-us-revenues-will-surpass-4-billion-by-2022/
December 15, 2020 at 07:01AM
With Disney+ and Hulu, Disney rapidly closing gap with Netflix December 15, 2020 (New York, NY) – Following a strong launch in November 2019, Disney+ is on track to surpass […]
December 15, 2020 at 07:01AM
With Disney+ and Hulu, Disney rapidly closing gap with Netflix December 15, 2020 (New York, NY) – Following a strong launch in November 2019, Disney+ is on track to surpass […]
Tech Companies Shift Their Posture on a Legal Shield, Wary of Being Left Behind
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/technology/tech-section-230-congress.html
December 15, 2020 at 03:21PM
Some of the industry’s critics are skeptical, however, about a new flexibility to changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
December 15, 2020 at 03:21PM
Some of the industry’s critics are skeptical, however, about a new flexibility to changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
So Jeffrey Toobin Had a Zoom Incident. What Now?
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/style/jeffrey-toobin-zoom.html
December 15, 2020 at 01:00PM
How a leading man of legal journalism lost his sweetest gig.
December 15, 2020 at 01:00PM
How a leading man of legal journalism lost his sweetest gig.
Tech Companies Shift Their Posture on a Legal Shield, Wary of Being Left Behind
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/technology/tech-companies-shift-their-posture-on-a-legal-shield-wary-of-being-left-behind.html
December 15, 2020 at 01:00PM
Some of the industry’s critics are skeptical, however, about a new flexibility to changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
December 15, 2020 at 01:00PM
Some of the industry’s critics are skeptical, however, about a new flexibility to changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Monday, December 14, 2020
Russian Hack, Undetected Since Spring, Upends Government Agencies
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/us/politics/russia-hack-nsa-homeland-security-pentagon.html
December 15, 2020 at 04:09AM
The Pentagon, intelligence agencies, nuclear labs and Fortune 500 companies use software that was found to have been compromised by Russian hackers. The sweep of stolen data is still being assessed.
December 15, 2020 at 04:09AM
The Pentagon, intelligence agencies, nuclear labs and Fortune 500 companies use software that was found to have been compromised by Russian hackers. The sweep of stolen data is still being assessed.
Perez Hilton Was Banned From TikTok. Why?
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/style/perez-hilton-tiktok-ban.html
December 15, 2020 at 02:07AM
The celebrity blogger was banned from TikTok on Saturday in a move he said was influenced by the app’s biggest stars.
December 15, 2020 at 02:07AM
The celebrity blogger was banned from TikTok on Saturday in a move he said was influenced by the app’s biggest stars.
Pinterest Settles Gender Discrimination Suit for $22.5 Million
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/technology/pinterest-gender-discrimination-lawsuit.html
December 15, 2020 at 01:30AM
The suit had been brought by Françoise Brougher, Pinterest’s former chief operating officer, who said she was fired after speaking up about mistreatment.
December 15, 2020 at 01:30AM
The suit had been brought by Françoise Brougher, Pinterest’s former chief operating officer, who said she was fired after speaking up about mistreatment.
A TikTok Doctor Talks Coronavirus Vaccines
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/technology/a-tiktok-doctor-talks-vaccines.html
December 14, 2020 at 09:50PM
He brings the energy of popular short videos to cancer screenings and infection rates.
December 14, 2020 at 09:50PM
He brings the energy of popular short videos to cancer screenings and infection rates.
Cyberpunk 2077 Developer Apologizes and Offers Refund for Game Glitches
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/technology/cyberpunk-2077-refund.html
December 14, 2020 at 07:18PM
The company behind the long-awaited video game pledged to fix the bugs and crashes after complaints from players poured in over the weekend.
December 14, 2020 at 07:18PM
The company behind the long-awaited video game pledged to fix the bugs and crashes after complaints from players poured in over the weekend.
Here’s what went viral online this week.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/technology/heres-what-went-viral-online-this-week.html
December 11, 2020 at 11:22PM
As Covid-19 killed thousands, the biggest stories on social media were about immigration, K-pop and the death of a “Friday” star.
December 11, 2020 at 11:22PM
As Covid-19 killed thousands, the biggest stories on social media were about immigration, K-pop and the death of a “Friday” star.
Google’s apps crash in a worldwide outage.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/business/google-down-worldwide.html
December 14, 2020 at 04:15PM
The tech giant’s popular services like Gmail, Hangouts, Meet and YouTube went offline, halting work across the globe.
December 14, 2020 at 04:15PM
The tech giant’s popular services like Gmail, Hangouts, Meet and YouTube went offline, halting work across the globe.
Google Dominates Thanks to an Unrivaled View of the Web
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/technology/how-google-dominates.html
December 14, 2020 at 01:00PM
As regulators seek ways to curb the company’s power, there is more focus on the vast index — hundreds of billion of web pages — behind its search engine.
December 14, 2020 at 01:00PM
As regulators seek ways to curb the company’s power, there is more focus on the vast index — hundreds of billion of web pages — behind its search engine.
Big Tech Turns Its Lobbyists Loose on Europe, Alarming Regulators
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/technology/big-tech-lobbying-europe.html
December 14, 2020 at 11:00AM
Silicon Valley is building a powerful influence industry in Brussels, which has “never seen this kind of money” spent this way.
December 14, 2020 at 11:00AM
Silicon Valley is building a powerful influence industry in Brussels, which has “never seen this kind of money” spent this way.
Google Delays Return to Office and Eyes ‘Flexible Work Week’
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/technology/google-delays-return-to-office-and-eyes-flexible-work-week.html
December 14, 2020 at 08:30AM
The Silicon Valley company now plans to have employees return to the office in September. It will be different when they get there.
December 14, 2020 at 08:30AM
The Silicon Valley company now plans to have employees return to the office in September. It will be different when they get there.
Sunday, December 13, 2020
Vaccinated? Show Us Your App
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/technology/coronavirus-vaccine-apps.html
December 13, 2020 at 01:00PM
Covid-19 health pass apps could help reopen businesses and restore the economy. They could also unfairly exclude people from travel and workplaces.
December 13, 2020 at 01:00PM
Covid-19 health pass apps could help reopen businesses and restore the economy. They could also unfairly exclude people from travel and workplaces.
WarnerMedia Chief Has Become a Movie Villain to Some in Hollywood
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/business/media/jason-kilar-warnermedia-movies.html
December 13, 2020 at 01:00PM
Jason Kilar’s decision to release 2021 movies simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max has angered many in the industry, including some of the star filmmakers his company relies on.
December 13, 2020 at 01:00PM
Jason Kilar’s decision to release 2021 movies simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max has angered many in the industry, including some of the star filmmakers his company relies on.
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Roblox Delays I.P.O. Until Next Year
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/technology/roblox-ipo.html
December 13, 2020 at 12:11AM
After witnessing head-turning results for the initial public offerings by Airbnb and DoorDash, the gaming company said it would wait to test the market.
December 13, 2020 at 12:11AM
After witnessing head-turning results for the initial public offerings by Airbnb and DoorDash, the gaming company said it would wait to test the market.
Friday, December 11, 2020
Norman Abramson, Pioneer Behind Wireless Networks, Dies at 88
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/technology/norman-abramson-dead.html
December 11, 2020 at 08:33PM
His ALOHAnet, designed a half-century ago in Hawaii, was a precursor to the technology used in today’s smartphones and home WiFi networks.
December 11, 2020 at 08:33PM
His ALOHAnet, designed a half-century ago in Hawaii, was a precursor to the technology used in today’s smartphones and home WiFi networks.
Give Virus Alert Apps a Shot
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/technology/coronavirus-alert-apps.html
December 11, 2020 at 08:31PM
These Google and Apple apps work and aren’t stealing all your data. More people should use them.
December 11, 2020 at 08:31PM
These Google and Apple apps work and aren’t stealing all your data. More people should use them.
Security By Design: Why DevSecOps Is So Important
Source: https://gigaom.com/2020/12/11/security-by-design-why-devsecops-is-so-important/
December 11, 2020 at 04:00PM
December 11, 2020 at 04:00PM
“In a relatively short time, we’ve taken a system built to resist destruction by nuclear weapons and made it vulnerable to toasters.”
Jeff Jarmoc’s sadly hilarious tweet about Internet security in the wake of the epic 2016 Dyn DDOS attack says a lot about the challenge facing every enterprise today. That is: Security doesn’t work if it is an afterthought or bolt on.
That’s the central message of GigaOm VP of Research Jon Collins’ most recent report, “Key Criteria for Evaluating DevSecOps Tools.” As Collins notes, the increasing pace of development and innovation powered by DevOps processes has a drawback—it can crowd out the important discipline of securing code and assets.
“In an ideal world, developers would also be security engineers and would build appropriate risk-mitigation features into their software applications, as well as follow appropriate procedures and apply policies to mitigate potential risk,” Collins writes in the report.
The burgeoning discipline of DevSecOps injects security into the DevOps process, providing a structural assurance that code and assets will be designed with security in mind. Collins identifies four primary traits of DevSecOps:
- Encompasses leading-edge, cloud-native security best practices, such as security by design, shift-left, and zero-trust architectures.
- Employs best practices to balance the need for development speed and agility with the requirement to minimize the risk (and resulting cost) of a security failure.
- Supports developers and engineers by providing tooling that augments process/pipeline, management, and governance capabilities.
- Delivers value by building on software and architecture vulnerability scanning, application and infrastructure hardening, and other well-established areas of IT security.
Collins describes how DevSecOps solutions can be deployed as stand-alone tools and dashboards or as integrated solutions that tap into existing frameworks. He offers a four-point description of how DevSecOps interacts with existing processes, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: How Cybersecurity Applies Across Artifacts, Pipeline, and Target
- Creation: Supports collaborative development of application-specific policies, which can potentially be stored as code.
- Development: Offers guardrails and the potential for automated remediation, potentially tying in with an integrated development environment.
- Testing: Provides a clear view of outstanding risk based on multiple scanning and testing sources.
- Deployment: Enables visibility on delivery so stakeholders can deploy knowing that both applications and infrastructure are secure.
The arena of DevSecOps is young and evolving, with tools often supporting DevSecOps concepts piecemeal or under the rubrik of other disciplines. That will surely complicate the decision matrix IT decision makers, but Collins urges enterprises first to consider how they will engage a DevSecOps initiative. For instance, he advises IT organizations to conduct a review of existing practices and develop an understanding of how incumbent tools address known issues. He also urges a start-small approach, restricting early DevSecOps initiatives to a self-contained group or development team, so learnings can be carried forward.
Ultimately, Collins says successful DevSecOps is as much about mindset as it is about tools and practices:
“Security must not be the poor nephew of DevOps-based innovation, with budget holders prioritizing short-term delivery goals and delivery rate [and] speed over longer-term risk.”
Learn More: Key Criteria for Evaluating DevSecOps Solutions
The New Influencer Capital of America
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/style/atlanta-black-tiktok-creators.html
December 11, 2020 at 01:00PM
After years of being passed over by brands and management companies despite driving the internet’s biggest trends, Black influencers in Atlanta are working to shift the paradigm.
December 11, 2020 at 01:00PM
After years of being passed over by brands and management companies despite driving the internet’s biggest trends, Black influencers in Atlanta are working to shift the paradigm.
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Two Reasons the Texas Election Case Is Faulty
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/technology/texas-election-lawsuit-legality.html
December 11, 2020 at 05:48AM
Texas has asked the Supreme Court to reverse the election results, but the case’s legal argument is flawed and its statistical assertion that Joe Biden had a minuscule chance to win is “comical,” experts said.
December 11, 2020 at 05:48AM
Texas has asked the Supreme Court to reverse the election results, but the case’s legal argument is flawed and its statistical assertion that Joe Biden had a minuscule chance to win is “comical,” experts said.
CISO Podcast: Talking Anti-Phishing Solutions
Source: https://gigaom.com/2020/12/10/ciso-podcast-talking-anti-phishing-solutions/
December 11, 2020 at 02:05AM
December 11, 2020 at 02:05AM
Simon Gibson earlier this year published the report, “GigaOm Radar for Phishing Prevention and Detection,” which assessed more than a dozen security solutions focused on detecting and mitigating email-borne threats and vulnerabilities. As Gibson noted in his report, email remains a prime vector for attack, reflecting the strategic role it plays in corporate communications.
Earlier this week, Gibson’s report was a featured topic of discussions on David Spark’s popular CISO Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. In it, Spark interviewed a pair of chief information security officers—Mike Johnson, CISO for SalesForce, and James Dolph, CISO for Guidewire Software—to get their take on the role of anti-phishing solutions.
“I want to first give GigaOm some credit here for really pointing out the need to decide what to do with detections,” Johnson said when asked for his thoughts about selecting an anti-phishing tool. “I think a lot of companies charge into a solution for anti-phishing without thinking about what they are going to do when the thing triggers.”
As Johnson noted, the needs and vulnerabilities of a large organization aligned on Microsoft 365 are very different from those of a smaller outfit working with GSuite. A malicious Excel macro-laden file, for example, poses a credible threat to a Microsoft shop and therefore argues for a detonation solution to detect and neutralize malicious payloads before they can spread and morph. On the other hand, a smaller company is more exposed to business email compromise (BEC) attacks, since spending authority is often spread among many employees in these businesses.
Gibson’s radar report describes both in-line and out-of-band solutions, but Johnson said cloud-aligned infrastructures argue against traditional in-line schemes.
“If you put an in-line solution in front of [Microsoft] 365 or in front of GSuite, you are likely decreasing your reliability, because you’ve now introduced this single point of failure. Google and Microsoft have this massive amount of reliability that is built in,” Johnson said.
So how should IT decision makers go about selecting an anti-phishing solution? Dolph answered that question with a series of questions of his own:
“Does it nail the basics? Does it fit with the technologies we have in place? And then secondarily, is it reliable, is it tunable, is it manageable?” he asked. “Because it can add a lot overhead, especially if you have a small team if these tools are really disruptive to the email flow.”
Dolph concluded by noting that it’s important for solutions to provide insight that can help organizations target their protections, as well as support both training and awareness around threats. Finally, he urged organizations to consider how they can measure the effectiveness of solutions.
“I may look at other solutions in the future and how do I compare those solutions to the benchmark of what we have in place?”
Listen to the Podcast: CISO Podcast
Coming Soon on Disney+: A Whole Lot of ‘Star Wars’
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/business/media/disney-star-wars.html
December 11, 2020 at 01:51AM
The company is working on 10 series from the “Star Wars” universe for its streaming service, which now has 87 million subscribers.
December 11, 2020 at 01:51AM
The company is working on 10 series from the “Star Wars” universe for its streaming service, which now has 87 million subscribers.
Experts Debate How To Tame Big Tech
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/business/dealbook/tech-antitrust-policy-debate.html
December 11, 2020 at 01:35AM
A group of experts gathered to debate privacy, competition and what to do — if anything — about tech giants’ growing power.
December 11, 2020 at 01:35AM
A group of experts gathered to debate privacy, competition and what to do — if anything — about tech giants’ growing power.
Asked and Answered: How Incorporating AI into DevOps Will Unlock the Future
Source: https://gigaom.com/2020/12/10/asked-and-answered-how-incorporating-ai-into-devops-will-unlock-the-future/
December 10, 2020 at 07:33PM
December 10, 2020 at 07:33PM
So often, technology practitioners can feel like the cobblers’ children of tech—we talk about how development and operations can be automated, yet the capabilities we have at our disposal are frequently incomplete, fragmented, complex, and in all a long way from the vision of what tools could be.
So, is there any hope for the future? I spoke recently to Eran Kinsbruner, Chief Evangelist at Perfecto, and Justin Reock, Chief Architect, OpenLogic at Perforce Software, about DevOps and AI, and how the processes of DevOps will be transformed in the next five years by automation. Eran has just got a book out—Advancing Software Quality: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in the Age of DevOps (available from all good outlets), so he should have a few of the answers.
What did I learn? First, the importance of a focus on value in DevOps; second, the role of AI and ML in accelerating DevOps; and third, the opportunities that exist today for AI-based improvement. Our conversation has been edited for clarity, but here’s the key points:
Jon Collins: What does DevOps really mean for you and what makes it work?
Eran Kinsbruner: DevOps is not a closed term that people really understand perfectly. I love Microsoft’s definition of DevOps: it is a union of people, process and product, helping deliver constant value to their customers. Fantastic. But it’s still quite vague.
So how do I do it? I have the people, I have feature teams, I have technology. I’m building these features in a short amount of time. But what is value? How do I know that I’m really adding value to my clients?
Perhaps execution speed is vital to them? In my mind, value is not just about execution speed, it’s much more, but you need to listen to your end users. What are they actually looking to get from your product? Sometimes the end developer doesn’t even know how his feature is going to be utilized out there.
Jon: Yes, I agree—you have to ask: What does value mean to your customers? Suddenly you’ve got a conversation: How do we define value? What are the benefits that our customers are getting? And what are they prepared to put in, in order to get those benefits? It becomes a higher level conversation that can steer everything else.
Without that high-level conversation then you just pump stuff out with no clue. It’s like producing cars. Here’s another one. Here’s another one. Here’s another one. Is anyone driving them? I have no idea! So, and how does that relate to quality in your mind? How does quality play across the lifecycle?
Eran: So I am looking at DevOps from the perspective of end users. Are my end users consuming my products? What do they think about my products? And how can I make sense of all the feedback so I can improve and create more value to these users?
So quality is not just about function: put something in, get something out. You want value equals quality by definition. When you bake into your costs into value delivery, you learn what it really means: functionality, performance, response time, availability.
You discover it by testing what’s right from the end-user perspective because if it’s not something that your clients are dealing with, you’re also not testing or providing quality for what matters. So both from a development and quality assurance perspective, you need to be very focused.
What do I need to cover? What do I need to test? On which platform? Which scenarios? Which is the most eloquent feature that someone actually touched in the previous code commit and stuff like that. This is when you find the result: valuable features or products to your end users.
Jon: Great, let’s make it value-first. But how does this map onto the DevOps process, from a pipeline perspective? And how can AI help?
Justin Reock: When I think about DevOps, it goes back to the Theory of Constraints and applying the idea of reducing the amount of friction involved in converting value to throughput. That to me is the essence of DevOps, at least from a business perspective. We’re doing everything we can to reduce the amount of “laying around” inventory, i.e. code that has not been converted into money yet.
The more we can do to reduce friction between converting our inventory and organizational costs throughput, the quicker every line of code that a developer commits to a source control repository becomes throughput, or money, out in the market. And if you distill it back to that birth, then I think that if you look at AI, its place becomes very clear.
The ideal DevOps pipeline is one that will be completely frictionless: a developer checks in his code and that code is then running in production five seconds later, right after passing through a series of tests where no human was ever involved. The customer is buying something, and you converted that code into throughput in a matter of seconds. That’s brilliant and beautiful and elegant, and that is the goal of DevOps and software, and so AI.
Jon: Let’s get down to the nitty gritty—can we look at an example?
Justin: Sure, for example software testing? There are multiple points where we can remove not only the slowdowns that having humans as part of that process adds, but we also, if we do it right, can eliminate more and more tester bias from that pipeline, which means we have less and less retesting. In a lot of ways, we’re still brute forcing the way we deal with that problem. We do A/B testing and Canary releases, just in case we didn’t think about a possible pathway.
But we still have goals here: DevOps is all about the continuous feedback loop. So you have to get feedback about your product and you have to integrate that into new features and you have to fix bugs, of course. The more we can reduce those issues and prevent them from seeing the light of day, through things like fuzzing and AI, the faster we can get that code out making money.
This all ties together. In a world where it’s all connected software, it opens the door to ambient services, self-driving cars, or completely automated retail venues. It helps create our fully realized virtual and augmented reality where everything is a digital asset, and scarcity is proven through blockchain, but that blockchain only matters if quality is enforced.
Jon: Whoa. That’s quite a leap!
Justin: Yes, you’re right, but I don’t think people really understand the molecular level at which software is about to bloom, due to AI in the DevOps process. Reducing friction in the pipeline is the biggest necessity, and it will open up all kinds of opportunities.
Jon: OK great, let’s drill into this –what is the lowest hanging fruit? What is going to change in DevOps over the next few years, because of AI and ML?
Eran: Let’s think back to the feedback loops. Sometimes developers and DevOps managers think they got it right, and are doing things right, but then a machine learning algorithm comes and sets them free, providing feedback which is quite different from what they thought they would get. ML can help provide unbiased, objective feedback, which doesn’t really look at the product roadmap or anything like that, but it looks at the end users, which is kind of clean.
Then when you merge it with the product decisions and the software delivery cycle, maybe you’re going to get something more solid and more relevant to your clients. That’s what I see as the biggest opportunity right now.
Jon: That all sounds great, it’s great theory. But what do I do to address these ideas?
Eran: That’s a good question. You don’t need to throw everything away and AI cannot really solve everything immediately. But we do need this acceleration of software quality. The noise reduction, the prioritization. We can obviously apply them throughout the entire pipeline, but let’s just focus on testing.
The test cases that are the most unreliable are a good case in point. We call them flaky. They’re showing up red in your CI/CD pipeline and you’re doing nothing about them because you don’t know why they are failing. AI is able to look into these failures, and classify them into different buckets. And suddenly we can see 80% of all these failures are not real bugs. They’re just down to poor coding skills by a test engineer. We now can zoom into the 20% that are real bugs, that are real issues that may impact the value to my customers. Now I have something I can prioritize. I know where my developers need to focus.
So noise reduction and prioritization of testing can result in an acceleration of software delivery. Once you’re applying that into your existing processes, you can move much faster.
Jon: Great, thank you! So AI and ML may unlock huge value in an increasingly digital world. Key right now is to look for direct opportunities to remove friction from the process itself, in testing and across the pipeline. Eran and Justin, thank you very much for your time!
No, There Isn’t Evidence That Pfizer’s Vaccine Causes Infertility
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/technology/pfizer-vaccine-infertility-disinformation.html
December 10, 2020 at 11:12PM
A flurry of rumors online has prompted concern. But scientists assert the claims are baseless.
December 10, 2020 at 11:12PM
A flurry of rumors online has prompted concern. But scientists assert the claims are baseless.
Airbnb Tops $100 Billion on First Day of Trading, Reviving Talk of a Bubble
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/technology/airbnb-tops-100-billion-on-first-day-of-trading-reviving-talk-of-a-bubble.html
December 10, 2020 at 10:57PM
The home-rental company’s blockbuster I.P.O. followed that of the delivery company DoorDash. Investors piled into both.
December 10, 2020 at 10:57PM
The home-rental company’s blockbuster I.P.O. followed that of the delivery company DoorDash. Investors piled into both.
Here is what went viral this week.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/technology/here-is-what-went-viral-this-week.html
December 10, 2020 at 09:17PM
Stories about Elliot Page, BTS and a rare “Christmas Star” dominated social media this week.
December 10, 2020 at 09:17PM
Stories about Elliot Page, BTS and a rare “Christmas Star” dominated social media this week.
YouTube is forbidding videos claiming widespread election fraud.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/technology/youtube-is-forbidding-videos-claiming-widespread-election-fraud.html
December 10, 2020 at 09:17PM
The company said that it was making the change because the deadline for recounts and audits of the election had passed.
December 10, 2020 at 09:17PM
The company said that it was making the change because the deadline for recounts and audits of the election had passed.
The Facebook Lawsuits Explained
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/technology/the-facebook-lawsuits-explained.html
December 10, 2020 at 09:16PM
Regulators accuse Facebook of buying up rivals. Here’s what this means for us and Big Tech.
December 10, 2020 at 09:16PM
Regulators accuse Facebook of buying up rivals. Here’s what this means for us and Big Tech.
‘It’s Hard to Prove’: Why Antitrust Suits Against Facebook Face Hurdles
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/technology/facebook-antitrust-suits-hurdles.html
December 10, 2020 at 01:00PM
The U.S. and states cases against the social network are far from a slam dunk because the standards of proof are formidable.
December 10, 2020 at 01:00PM
The U.S. and states cases against the social network are far from a slam dunk because the standards of proof are formidable.
The New Abortion Rights Advocates Are on TikTok
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/style/abortion-rights-activists-tiktok.html
December 10, 2020 at 11:00AM
Gen Z activists have been unapologetic and confrontational, a shift in tactics for a movement at a crossroads.
December 10, 2020 at 11:00AM
Gen Z activists have been unapologetic and confrontational, a shift in tactics for a movement at a crossroads.
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Watch SpaceX’s Starship Launch and Explode in Crash Landing
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/science/spacex-starship-crash.html
December 10, 2020 at 03:09AM
The company described the test of the next-generation spacecraft as “awesome” even though it ended in a fiery blast.
December 10, 2020 at 03:09AM
The company described the test of the next-generation spacecraft as “awesome” even though it ended in a fiery blast.
Israeli Group Announces Second Moonshot by 2024
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/science/israel-moon-beresheet-2.html
December 10, 2020 at 03:06AM
The Beresheet lunar landing ended in a crash last year, but the nonprofit SpaceIL wants to try again with a more complex mission.
December 10, 2020 at 03:06AM
The Beresheet lunar landing ended in a crash last year, but the nonprofit SpaceIL wants to try again with a more complex mission.
Disney to Reveal Plans to Turbocharge Streaming Offerings
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/business/media/disney-plus-new-movies.html
December 10, 2020 at 02:39AM
Some big-budget movies will first go to theaters. Other offerings will debut online. All will ultimately strengthen Disney+.
December 10, 2020 at 02:39AM
Some big-budget movies will first go to theaters. Other offerings will debut online. All will ultimately strengthen Disney+.
Facebook Accused of Breaking Antitrust Laws
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/technology/facebook-antitrust-monopoly.html
December 10, 2020 at 01:13AM
Regulators are accusing the company of buying up rising rivals to cement its dominance over social media.
December 10, 2020 at 01:13AM
Regulators are accusing the company of buying up rising rivals to cement its dominance over social media.
Google Chief Apologizes for A.I. Researcher’s Dismissal
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/technology/timnit-gebru-google-pichai.html
December 10, 2020 at 12:42AM
The researcher, one of the company’s best-known Black female employees, said she was fired last week.
December 10, 2020 at 12:42AM
The researcher, one of the company’s best-known Black female employees, said she was fired last week.
DoorDash Stock Soars After Initial Public Offering
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/technology/doordash-ipo-stock.html
December 09, 2020 at 09:30PM
The delivery company’s shares started trading at $182 each, 78 percent above its initial public offering price of $102, in a sign of investor appetite.
December 09, 2020 at 09:30PM
The delivery company’s shares started trading at $182 each, 78 percent above its initial public offering price of $102, in a sign of investor appetite.
A Senate hearing promoted unproven drugs and dubious claims about the coronavirus
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/technology/a-senate-hearing-promoted-unproven-drugs-and-dubious-claims-about-the-coronavirus.html
December 09, 2020 at 08:36PM
Panelists called by Senator Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin, deployed inaccurate information in disputing the need for mask wearing and social distancing.
December 09, 2020 at 08:36PM
Panelists called by Senator Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin, deployed inaccurate information in disputing the need for mask wearing and social distancing.
YouTube to Forbid Videos Claiming Widespread Election Fraud
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/technology/youtube-to-forbid-videos-claiming-widespread-election-fraud.html
December 09, 2020 at 08:25PM
The company said that it was making the change because the deadline for recounts and audits of the election had passed.
December 09, 2020 at 08:25PM
The company said that it was making the change because the deadline for recounts and audits of the election had passed.
Our Delivery System Is Breaking
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/technology/holiday-shopping-deliveries.html
December 09, 2020 at 08:24PM
With the holidays coming and the pandemic raging, we’re shopping online a ton. It’s chaos.
December 09, 2020 at 08:24PM
With the holidays coming and the pandemic raging, we’re shopping online a ton. It’s chaos.
Mapping the Journey from ITOps to AIOps
Source: https://gigaom.com/2020/12/07/mapping-the-journey-from-itops-to-aiops/
December 07, 2020 at 04:59PM
December 07, 2020 at 04:59PM
IT operations (ITOps) has always been rooted in data gathering and analysis. Now artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are being applied to enable a new class of Ops tools that can actually learn and improve from the data they gather. The advancements haven’t come a moment too soon, as the IT crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic has forced organizations to stand up widely distributed applications and infrastructure. The emerging class of ITOps tools being called AIOps promises a solution to the sudden complexity.
David Linthicum, in his recently published report “Best Practices in Moving from ITOps to AIOps,” explores the journey that IT organizations face as they seek to leverage ML and autonomous system interaction to speed diagnosis, reduce downtime, optimize infrastructure, and anticipate challenges.
Linthicum breaks this journey into four stages: ITOps, Emerging AIOps, Advanced AIOps, and Future AIOps. The progression starts with a traditional approach built around siloed IT monitoring, script automation, and manual Ops processes, and ends with process workflow, predictive automation, and business automation.
“Note that we move from restrictions of the traditional approach to an emerging use of AI Operations,” Linthicum writes in the report, citing the infographic in Figure 1. “This has a few core attributes, such as the ability to monitor systems using correlated data, the automation of runbooks, the ability for the AI engine to learn from data, and the ability for much of this functionality to be provided on-demand, as needed by the Ops teams.”
Figure 1: Phases of AIOps Adoption
Ultimately, the goal is to adopt concepts of autonomic computing, which refers to the self-managing attributes of distributed computing resources and their ability to adapt to unpredictable changes while hiding complexity from both operators and users. In other words, as Linthicum notes, “the ability to remove the humans from the underlying operational complexity.”
In the report, Linthicum offers best practices to help IT organizations embark on an AIOps journey. The guidance starts with issues of planning and measurement—considering the business problem, mapping the course to achieve AIOps, and getting a handle on the value to be enabled. From there, he explores movement: Transitioning into advanced concepts like predictive analytics and self-provisioning while implementing a continuous improvement process for AIOps and ensuring integration with other Ops tools. Finally, he urges introspection, evaluating value and grading performance, while also applying a continuous cycle to the ongoing AIOps effort.
As Linthicum observes, the use of operations automation tooling is a “forgone conclusion,” but that doesn’t mean it will arrive in time to address the skyrocketing complexity of IT infrastructures. He urges organizations to map out their AIOps journey early as a way to prevent getting surprised.
Learn More: Best Practices in Moving from ITOps to AIOps
Twitch Cracks Down on Hate Speech and Harassment
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/technology/twitch-harassment-policy.html
December 09, 2020 at 08:00PM
The livestreaming site announced new guidelines after contending with claims that its streamers were too easily abused.
December 09, 2020 at 08:00PM
The livestreaming site announced new guidelines after contending with claims that its streamers were too easily abused.
Tone Indicators and How to Use Them
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/style/tone-indicators-online.html
December 09, 2020 at 06:25PM
We all struggle to communicate on the internet. Now, young people are leading a sincere effort to clear things up.
December 09, 2020 at 06:25PM
We all struggle to communicate on the internet. Now, young people are leading a sincere effort to clear things up.
Amazon Halo Review: The Fitness Gadget We Don’t Deserve or Need
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/technology/personaltech/amazon-halo-review.html
December 09, 2020 at 01:00PM
The retail giant claims that its health product is extremely precise at scanning body fat. I found otherwise.
December 09, 2020 at 01:00PM
The retail giant claims that its health product is extremely precise at scanning body fat. I found otherwise.
Mapping the Journey from ITOps to AIOps
Source: https://gigaom.com/2020/12/07/mapping-the-journey-from-itops-to-aiops/
December 07, 2020 at 04:59PM
December 07, 2020 at 04:59PM
IT operations (ITOps) has always been rooted in data gathering and analysis. Now artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are being applied to enable a new class of Ops tools that can actually learn and improve from the data they gather. The advancements haven’t come a moment too soon, as the IT crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic has forced organizations to stand up widely distributed applications and infrastructure. The emerging class of ITOps tools being called AIOps promises a solution to the sudden complexity.
David Linthicum, in his recently published report “Best Practices in Moving from ITOps to AIOps,” explores the journey that IT organizations face as they seek to leverage ML and autonomous system interaction to speed diagnosis, reduce downtime, optimize infrastructure, and anticipate challenges.
Linthicum breaks this journey into four stages: ITOps, Emerging AIOps, Advanced AIOps, and Future AIOps. The progression starts with a traditional approach built around siloed IT monitoring, script automation, and manual Ops processes, and ends with process workflow, predictive automation, and business automation.
“Note that we move from restrictions of the traditional approach to an emerging use of AI Operations,” Linthicum writes in the report, citing the infographic in Figure 1. “This has a few core attributes, such as the ability to monitor systems using correlated data, the automation of runbooks, the ability for the AI engine to learn from data, and the ability for much of this functionality to be provided on-demand, as needed by the Ops teams.”
Figure 1: Phases of AIOps Adoption
Ultimately, the goal is to adopt concepts of autonomic computing, which refers to the self-managing attributes of distributed computing resources and their ability to adapt to unpredictable changes while hiding complexity from both operators and users. In other words, as Linthicum notes, “the ability to remove the humans from the underlying operational complexity.”
In the report, Linthicum offers best practices to help IT organizations embark on an AIOps journey. The guidance starts with issues of planning and measurement—considering the business problem, mapping the course to achieve AIOps, and getting a handle on the value to be enabled. From there, he explores movement: Transitioning into advanced concepts like predictive analytics and self-provisioning while implementing a continuous improvement process for AIOps and ensuring integration with other Ops tools. Finally, he urges introspection, evaluating value and grading performance, while also applying a continuous cycle to the ongoing AIOps effort.
As Linthicum observes, the use of operations automation tooling is a “forgone conclusion,” but that doesn’t mean it will arrive in time to address the skyrocketing complexity of IT infrastructures. He urges organizations to map out their AIOps journey early as a way to prevent getting surprised.
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