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An Overview
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a buzzword that seems to pop up everywhere these days. From virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa to self-driving cars and recommendation algorithms on streaming platforms, AI is making significant strides in transforming how we live and work. But what exactly is AI? What are its various forms? How is it shaping our future? In this article, we will delve into the world of AI, its subfields, benefits, limitations, and the ethical concerns surrounding this rapidly developing technology.
AI refers to the capability of machines to perform tasks that traditionally require human intelligence. This includes activities like speech and image recognition, decision-making, and language translation. One of the primary goals of AI research is to develop systems that can learn from experience, adapt to new inputs, and perform tasks quickly and accurately.
TL:DR – AI is upon us. This is a primer.
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What is S3 Browser?
S3 Browser is a Freeware Windows client for Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) A part of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Amazon S3 is a well regarded, highly available, resilient object storage service offering industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance. If there is a criticism it is that it can be hard to navigate and hard to ensure security is implemented thoroughly. S3 Browser can help shine some light on your S3 Buckets and files, and its dead easy to use and powerful.
Main features
- Access Key ID based login
- Upload / Download with built in data integrity
- Publish
- Browse, create and delete S3 buckets
- Share S3 buckets
- Use other shared buckets
- Set Access Controls on S3 Buckets and files
- Create encrypted backups
- Manage Amazon CloudFront
TL:DR: If you use Windows, then this is an invaluable tool for working with Amazon S3 files and buckets from multiple Amazon S3 accounts. You should download it, upgrade to Pro and expense the modest cost! If you don't use Windows this is not for you.
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Read more: S3 Browser, a little swiss army knife for AWS S3 buckets
My Google payments for Apps using AdMob were on hold. Thats not good! How do you fix it?
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Read more: Google payments on hold. Action is required - Taiwan
This document is an example security policy for the security of Apple Mac computers running macOS 14 Sonoma in a small business setting.
| Version | Significant changes |
|---|---|
| 1.3 | Updated for macOS 14 Sonoma |
| 1.3.1 | Version for LinkedIn |
| 1.3.2 | Updated with clarifications about supported versions of macOS |
TL:DR – I was asked if I had a security policy document for macOS that would work for a small business who don't have a device management platform and I did have one, but it was mostly in my head or implemented on my Macs, so I decided to write it up in detail.
It is an example. You might want to change things. It is for smaller businesses who can't use Apple Business Manager or similar device management technologies.
I thought it might be helpful to someone to post it here.
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Read more: Hardening Macs - Security policy for macOS Sonoma
iOS 17
iOS 17 brought big updates to Phone, Messages and FaceTime that gave you new ways to express yourself as you communicate. StandBy delivers a new full-screen experience with glanceable information designed to be viewed from a distance when you turn iPhone on its side while charging. AirDrop makes it easier to share and connect with those around you and adds NameDrop for contact sharing. Enhancements to the keyboard make entering text faster and easier than ever before. iOS 17 also includes updates to Widgets, Safari, Music, AirPlay and more.
TL:DR— Install right away if your device is eligible just to get the updates and Security fixes. Consider selling/trading in iPhones older than the iPhone XS as they won't be upgradable to iOS 17 and their value is diminishing. iOS 17 compatible iPhone devices with a lightniing connector are also on borrowed time, but do not need to be immediately replaced. App developers might find it helpful to keep an iPhone 8 or iPhone X around for testing with iOS 16 while it is still supported.
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You can select dashboards and reports and publish them as an app, either to a group or to your whole organization, but how do you package up a Power BI app for a third party, as part of an application lifecycle management (ALM) system for good governance? — Let's find out what best practice looks like in September 2023!
Publishing apps in Power BI
Microsoft say "You can publish apps to people outside your organization, too. They can view and interact with the app content, but can't share it with others. Now you can create template apps and deploy them to any Power BI customer." (See: Ways to collaborate and share in Power BI — Microsoft). That is quite hard to unpick.
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Heres a little cookbook of utilities that make working with Android devices easier.
TL:DR – Sync music or movies to your android device, pull videos our of your phone storage onto your computer, take a screenshot and save it on your local computer, record a movie of the screen of your android device – and more!
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Read more: Using developer tools to transfer files on Android
- Quick and easy 𝕏 Logo for Twitter for documents and websites
- How to download tweets & delete your twitter account
- Pixelbook chromebook choices for developers
- Kali Linux on Windows 11
- Amazon Fire Max 11 - best value for the money tablet
- Worried about metadata leakage - mdls can help
- Getting started with Power Platform PowerApps CLI
- Use an Apple Magic Mouse on Windows 11 PC
- Use GitHub to deploy your Power Platform app (part 4)
- Publish Power Apps securely via GitHub (part 3)
- Publish Power Apps securely via GitHub (part 2)
- Publish Power Apps securely via GitHub (Part 1)