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Under the new digital strategy, Microsoft Azure will handle compute and cloud infrastructure for critical workloads. Wells Fargo said it will partner with Microsoft to develop data and analytics services as well as new customer experiences. Google Cloud will be used for complex workloads such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data. The Wells Fargo announcement highlights the current state of multi-cloud deals. Increasingly, Google Cloud is seen as the AI and machine learning cloud provider even if it doesn’t get the entire stack....

CTOs and IT managers at all levels will be defining and testing terms like “data as code” and “just-in-time” data analytics for their own production use cases. AI will be working overtime in the data management space, enabling call centers to mine more cogent information from customers, patching gaps in supply chains, and bolstering healthcare services, both locally and in the cloud. Here are some cogent predictions about what we can expect to see on the data management side of IT in 2022:...

The new Bing has a chat feature powered by a next-generation version of OpenAI’s large language model, making it “more powerful than ChatGPT,” according to Microsoft. Also: These experts are racing to protect AI from hackers. Time is running out With the new Bing, you can ask the AI chatbot questions and get detailed, human-like responses with footnotes that link back to the original sources. The chatbot can also help you with creative needs, such as writing a poem, story, song, or more....

Some things need a Lightning cable for charging (even desktop accessories such as trackpads and mice), some use USB-C, and MagSafe made a comeback on the Mac, iPhone, and Apple Watch (and it’s likely to come back to the MacBook Pro line later this year). Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman hasn’t failed to notice this either, pondering whether Apple could streamline all this mess. For example, take everything down to running on a combination of USB-C for the iPhone, iPads, Macs, and desktop accessories, and a unified MagSafe for everything wireless (currently it’s the Apple Watch that’s the oddity in that it needs a proprietary charger), and have a single MagSafe connector on all Macs....

First, we have information on the security contents of the release. This is a big pile of patches – over two dozen. To make matters more serious, quite a few of these can be triggered remotely, and some through malicious websites. And while none of the patched vulnerabilities seem to be actively exploited by attackers at this time, it makes sense to get those installed as soon as possible so that you’re protected....

In research published in Science Advances, the team said they wanted control, but without having precious space taken up by wiring that used increasing amounts of electricity and generated heat that needed to be dissipated. “Up until this point, controlling electron spin qubits relied on us delivering microwave magnetic fields by putting a current through a wire right beside the qubit,” UNSW quantum engineer Dr Jarryd Pla said. “First off, the magnetic fields drop off really quickly with distance, so we can only control those qubits closest to the wire....

True, former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty has said at the time that the newly promoted CEO Arvind Krishna was “the right CEO for the next era at IBM because “He is a brilliant technologist who has played a significant role in developing our key technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud, quantum computing, and blockchain.” But, few people took that seriously. Krishna was seen as an interim CEO. Whitehurst, once he’d gotten a handle on IBM, would take over....

But the distribution yards outside logistics warehouses have been run largely the same way – by humans – for years. That’s about to change as logistics robots head outside. A company called Outrider, which launched in 2017 and has been operating in stealth, recently closed $53 million in funding and deployed initial pilots of its Outrider System, a solution focused on autonomous yard operations for logistics hubs. Think Tetris. Strategically, that’s a bit what it’s like constantly keeping semi-trailers coming and going with freight....

By monitoring changes in air pressure, speed, motion, and sound, the iPhone 14 will automatically connect you to local dispatchers if it detects a car accident. It’s a nifty feature that can actually save lives. Fortunately, you don’t have to buy the latest iPhone for some peace of mind. If you own a Google Pixel, car crash detection may already be at your disposal. It’s free to use and just as helpful when you need it the most....

The good news is that you won’t be forcibly migrated to Windows 11. For now, at least, the upgrade requires you to approve the installation by clicking a button like the one shown here. If you’re not ready to upgrade, all you have to do is click “Stay on Windows 10 for now.” That action hides the upgrade option and removes the associated notification icon from the taskbar. If you’re ready to upgrade, you can kick things off by clicking the big Download And Install button....

According to tech analyst Gartner, in effect, by 2024 the worldwide privacy-driven spending on data protection and compliance technology will exceed $15 billion annually, as digital ethics become increasingly top-of-mind. Privacy-aware organizations are set to invest in new technologies that better prevent algorithmic harms, says Gartner, ranging from homomorphic encryption, which enables algorithmic computation on encrypted data, to sovereign cloud and synthetic data. SEE: Preparing for the ‘golden age’ of artificial intelligence and machine learning This is driven by the fast development of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, which can have unintended consequences of a much larger scale than previous technologies, according to Gartner analyst Bart Willemsen....

However, after a smoking ban hit London pubs and his customer base started to dwindle, he decided to turn back to a career in tech as an IT developer. Though it’s an unconventional path into the tech industry, Itzinger now works at Vertiv as a product manager. Surprisingly, he said that many of the skillsets between running his bar and being a product manager in IT overlap. “From an operational perspective, as a landlord, I had to plan for what the demand would be to ensure that the pub was well stocked with the right amount of food and beverages, as well as make sure everything was available and prepared for consumption,” he said....

Estonian Prime minister Andrus Ansip and his Finnish counterpart Jyrki Katainen inked what’s thought to be the world’s first cross-border agreement on the development of joint digitally-signed services last month. In keeping with the theme of the agreement, both countries’ prime ministers used their ID cards to sign the deal electronically. Katainen put his name to the memorandum of understanding in the Finnish capital of Helsinki while Ansip did likewise from the Estonian capital city Tallinn one day before the pair met in person in Helsinki....

Sure, you can reduce, reuse, and recycle all you want, but when it comes to our tech devices, we could do a lot to be more sustainable. The idea of sustainability is broad, but experts recommend looking at not only what tech products you buy, but how you use your devices can make even a little impact on being more “green” with technology. Take stock of your own sustainability and look at your lifestyle According to the Nature Conservancy, the average US citizen has a yearly carbon footprint of 16 tons, compared to the global rate of about four tons....

So even though wealthy folks don’t necessarily need to use credit cards, they still do. Here are seven reasons why: [This article was first published on The Simple Dollar in 2020. It was updated in March 2022.] Also: The best Marriott credit cards: Enjoy extra travel perks The card’s trip cancellation/interruption insurance is another popular perk. This insurance covers the cardholder and their immediate family members for up to $10,000 per covered trip and $20,000 per occurrence with a maximum benefit of $40,000 every 12 months....

The 2022 Insight Intelligent Technology Report found that nearly all of the IT leaders surveyed have been affected in some way by the IT supply chain disruption. The survey featured the responses of 400 North America-based IT leaders to a 23-question survey in September. About two-thirds said they believe their enterprise has successfully adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic and adjusted to new realities using new tech and IT processes. Stan Lequin, senior vice president and general manager of solutions at Insight, said the question is now about how companies can sustain and build on their progress....

The orthosis is designed by the company Daniel Robert Orthopédie in partnership with 3D printing company Sculpteo, and it represents a notable example of 3D-printing based commercial manufacturing that can accommodate large order numbers while allowing for unprecedented customization and individualization. It also represents a hopeful turn away from petroleum-based substrates in medical device manufacturing, which might be considered a canary industry given the high threshold for performance and durability....

Midwest retailer Meijer, a supercenter chain that sells everything from groceries to electronics, is giving back and trying a novel kind of remediation to the trash problem in and along the Great Lakes. As part of the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup Program, the brand is driving the largest deployment of robotics technologies in what constitutes the largest surface freshwater system in the world. Also: Tech execs launch SustainableIT.org to address climate change The technology in question is the BeBot and Pixie drones....

That’s especially important for the multi-hundred-billion-dollar portion of the drug market called biologics, basically engineered proteins that can achieve a particular purpose. If you’re going to engineer new proteins through CRISPR, you need to do it in a systemic way, which is a fairly demanding combinatorial problem. Hence, some smart young biotechs are turning to deep learning forms of artificial intelligence, as deep learning is a technology that loves combinatorial problems....

Adobe’s efforts in 3D are nothing new. The company first dabbled in the technology nearly a decade ago, and in January 2014 began offering 3D printing support in Creative Cloud. At the time, Adobe’s introduction of 3D design technology to the millions of Creative Cloud subscribers was seen a major boost to the 3D printing market. In terms of 3D design technology, Adobe really ramped up its focus with its 2015 acquisition of Mixamo, makers of 3D computer graphics software....