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Seven pitfalls MSPs should avoid when building a resilient IT organization
Managed service providers (MSPs) are always on high alert to avoid system outages. The CrowdStrike outage in July 2024 amped up that anxiety, testing many MSPs to the hilt. Successful channel players were the ones that could quickly identify failed systems, assess repercussions, and move fast to the recovery stage. Backups and business continuity plans were activated on an unprecedented…
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Building a gaming PC with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D: What to expect?
For the past few weeks, I’ve been building and using a new PC designed to be fast, powerful, and cool. It’s been an exciting experience – from making sure it looks good to testing and managing my daily tasks on it. I had high expectations, and so far, this build has exceeded them. Built with a variety of Corsair, MSI,…
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Building a Better World, Together
Last spring, a CR investigation raised alarms about Lunchables and other popular prepackaged meal kits, versions of which were being offered as part of the National School Lunch Program. Many were found to contain potentially concerning levels of heavy metals and phthalate chemicals, which have been linked to a long list of health concerns, as well as sodium, which can…
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EV charging in America: all the news about building a new electric car infrastructure
The state of electric vehicle charging in North America is shaping up like the smartphone charging wars — but focused on much more expensive hardware. Right now, like USB-C and Android phones, the Combined Charging System (CCS, Type 1) plug is on a greater variety of cars. Meanwhile, Tesla’s plug was long compared to Apple and Lightning. But while Apple…
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Building a Budget PC? 4 Reasons Why Last-Gen Hardware Still Rocks
Summary Last-gen hardware can offer competitive performance at a fraction of the price of current-gen components. New hardware doesn’t always bring substantial performance benefits, so slightly older components provide excellent value. Combine last-gen hardware with newer GPUs to get excellent performance and access to new features. Building your dream PC on PCPartPicker is exciting—until the final cost wipes the smile…
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Shopify is your complete solution for building and running an online store
While bricks and mortar retail will always have its place, there’s no doubt that we live in a world where online sales increasingly dominate. If you’re looking for ways to sell online, it can seem bewilderingly complex. From doing the actual web site development, to integration with your stock systems, through to managing the essential tax requirements for selling internationally…
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OpenAI is thinking about building its own browser – Computerworld
OpenAI is reportedly thinking about developing its own browser with the aim of challenging Google’s dominance in the market, according to The Information. The new browser would have built-in support for Chat GPT and Open AI’s search engine Search GPT. OpenAI representatives have apparently held talks with developers from Conde Nast, Redfin, Eventbrite, and Priceline, but so far no agreements…
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Niantic is building a ‘geospatial’ AI model based on Pokémon Go player data
Niantic has announced that it’s building a new “Large Geospatial Model” (LGM) that combines millions of scans taken from the smartphones of players of Pokémon Go and other Niantic products. This AI model could allow computers and robots to understand and interact with the world in new ways, the company said in a blog post spotted by Garbage Day. The…
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Microsoft wants to drastically cut carbon emissions, so it’s building data centers with wood
Microsoft has unveiled plans to build a new data center using wood in a bid to tackle surging carbon emissions. While a wooden data center may sound improbable, Microsoft said, the initiative will use a hybrid approach developed by engineers at Microsoft that leverages cross-laminated timber (CLT). CLT is a fire-resistant prefabricated wood material that is also ultra-lightweight, the firm…
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The Browser Company is building another browser, and it’s not called Arc.
Stop me if this sounds familiar: The Browser Company is building a browser that it thinks can make your internet life a little more organized, a little more useful, and maybe even a little more delightful. It has new ideas about tabs, and what your browser can do on your behalf. I’ve heard this story before! But the browser that…
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