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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Qualcomm said it continues to see traction in its automotive segment, with “a revenue-design win pipeline of approximately $10 billion”. In a letter to Veoneer’s board of directors, Qualcomm said that together, the companies could gain a foothold in the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) market. “As the automotive industry continues to transform, it is becoming increasingly important for automakers to have a partner who develops horizontal platforms that drive innovation and enable competition,” said Cristiano Amon, Qualcomm CEO....

On the same morning, Sydney’s Daily Telegraph landed with a front page claiming China was behind the incident. Thanks to the appearance of CS Energy on a leak site listing victims of Conti ransomware run by the Wizard Spider group for the purposes of double extortion, the claims made by News Limited would appear to be unfounded. In September, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said the group uses a ransomware-as-a-service model, but instead of paying affiliates a cut of the earnings that come from ransoms, the group pays the deployers of the ransomware a wage....

Cybersecurity researchers at Qualys examined the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) most used in ransomware attacks in recent years. They found that some of these vulnerabilities have been known for almost a decade and had vendor patches available. But because many organizations still haven’t applied the available security updates, they remain vulnerable to ransomware attacks. The oldest of the top five vulnerabilities detailed in the analysis is CVE-2012-1723, a vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7, which was detailed in 2012....

That’s a very reasonable question to ask, one that others have asked as well. As Kubernetes is evolving and becoming more complex with each iteration, and the options for deployment on the cloud are proliferating, fine-tuning application deployment and operation is becoming ever more difficult. That’s the bad news. The good news is, we have now reached a point where Kubernetes has been around for a while, and tons of applications have used it throughout its lifetime....

Robert Half’s Demand for Tech Talent Report, which surveyed 750 tech-hiring managers across the UK, found that many companies that had adopted remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic were beginning to return to offices. While this is perhaps to be expected, the report also found that 28% of companies that operated a fully remote workforce prior to 2020 had moved to a hybrid arrangement that combines remote working with working from an office – indicating a shift in trend “that goes beyond a return to normal”....

The event will take place in May 2023 and is expected to attract more than 10,000 attendees at the conference center Riocentro as well as other parts of the city such as other venues such as a museum in the central area of the city. The Dublin-based events firm said it received bids from several cities across Brazil and picked Rio as the host city for the event for a three-year period that could be extended....

Rust began at Mozilla as a safer alternative to C and C++ for system programming since its 1.0 release in 2015. Open source Rust is a general-purpose programming language for building reliable, secure, and efficient software. Rust can run anywhere in your software stack, from your operating system kernel to your next web app. Since then, Rust has quickly become one of the most favored languages for system development. For example, Microsoft is using Rust to rewrite some Windows components that were written in C and C+, and some Linux drivers are now being written in Rust....

At $449, the A53 5G packs in features that would typically be reserved for more expensive phones at a fraction of the cost. Its spec sheet reads like a high-end phone, at least. More specifically, the A53 5G has a 6.5-inch FHD AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. There are four rear-facing cameras, including a 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera, a 64-megapixel main camera, a 5-megapixel depth camera, and a 5-megapixel macro camera....

Now researchers at NCCGroup have pieced together a few of the tools and techniques Lazarus hackers have been using recently, including social engineering on LinkedIn, messaging US defense contractor targets on WhatsApp, and installing the malicious downloader LCPDot. NCCGroup’s findings build on what’s already known about Lazarus hackers. The group, and its sub groups, are known to have used LinkedIn for tricking targets into installing malicious files such as Word documents with hidden macros....

The first set of 10 already had started at Sentosa, with multiple agencies including the Building and Construction Authority (BCA), National Environment Agency (NEA) and Centre for Healthcare Assistive and Robotics Technologies (Chart) under Changi General Hospital. These trials would see the use of 5G for autonomous robots, tele-operated vehicles, and augment reality applications, according to Government Technology Agency (GovTech), which is the public sector’s CIO. With Sentosa tapped as a testbed, it said the pilots would help drive 5G adoption on a large scale amongst government agencies and develop the local ecosystem ahead of nationwide standalone network rollouts in 2025....

A recent study revealed that 57% of SMBs in Australia and New Zealand have moved on from being in survival mode and are shifting to either growing or transforming their business. It also indicated that two-thirds of Australian SMBs are getting ready to bump up their IT spend in 2022. “The majority of SMBs in ANZ are now optimistic about the future,” said IDC ANZ senior market research and IT services senior market analyst Emily Lynch....

The report sent Snap shares soaring by over 50% in late trading. CEO and founder Evan Spiegel remarked that the year ended “was an exciting year for Snap and we made significant progress growing our business and serving our global community.” Added Spiegel, “The strength of our core business has enabled us to accelerate our investments in augmented reality, transforming the way that the Snapchat community experiences the world through our camera....