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RingCentral wants to give every enterprise an ‘AI receptionist’
RingCentral has released a new generative AI tool designed to perform the job of a receptionist, the firm has revealed. The tool, dubbed ‘AI receptionist (AIR)’ will automatically answer front desk calls from customers and transfer them to the correct departments or areas of the company. Using ‘smart call routing,’ the tool can connect callers to the right place based…
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Changing this setting on your phone can give you an extra 17 minutes of sleep a night and make your brain younger – here’s how
From doom scrolling eating into sleep time to blue light suppressing sleepiness, it’s well known that phones wreak havoc on our sleep but they can also decay our brains. According to recent studies, keeping your phone’s internet connection switched off could bag you an extra 17 minutes of sleep a night and boost your brain health. Thanks to the glymphatic…
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whoAMI attacks give hackers code execution on Amazon EC2 instances
Security researchers discovered a name confusion attack that allows access to an Amazon Web Services account to anyone that publishes an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) with a specific name. Dubbed “whoAMI,” the attack was crafted by DataDog researchers in August 2024, who demonstrated that it’s possible for attackers to gain code execution within AWS accounts by exploiting how software projects retrieve…
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How to Quickly Give Users sudo Privileges in Linux
How many times have you created a new user on a Linux machine, only to find out that the new user doesn’t have sudo privileges? Without the ability to use sudo, that user is limited in what they can do. This, of course, is by design, because you certainly don’t want every user on your system to have admin privileges.…
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Give Your TV a Tune-Up for Super Bowl LIX
Tweaking settings on a model from LG, Samsung, or another brand can help it look its best for the Super Bowl—and everything else With just a few simple steps, you can improve the picture quality on your TV in time for the Super Bowl on Feb. 9. By James K. Willcox With Super Bowl LIX approaching, you might be spending…
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Apple’s Snoopy TV Screensaver Is Brilliant, So Why Not Give Us More?
Summary Apple’s Snoopy screensaver is a hit. Apple’s screensaver selection is limited. Third-party creators should have screensaver access. I like a pleasant surprise, and seeing one of my childhood favorites—Snoopy—pop up as a screensaver option on my Apple TV 4K definitely counts as extremely pleasant. However, this got me thinking of the wasted potential of how Apple handles native screensavers…
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This Christmas, Give the Gift of Physical Media
Summary Digital media vouchers don’t make great stocking stuffers. Actual DVDs and Blu-ray box sets are much better. There’s a surplus of physical media like DVDs and Blu-rays, making it a great time to buy them as gifts. Consider CDs, vinyl, and illustrated books as gifts too. A Blu-ray player could make a great gift as well. Ho-ho-hold on before…
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How to watch ‘Yellowstone’ season 5 episode 13 online — stream ‘Give The World Away’ from anywhere, free trial
It’s difficult to escape the sense of mutually assured destruction ahead of “Give The World Away”, the penultimate episode of “Yellowstone” season 5. Beth (Kelly Reilly) and Kayce (Luke Grimes) appear to hold all of the cards, but if there’s a moment for Jamie (Wes Bentley) to hurl up a Hail Mary, it’s surely now. Here’s how to watch “Yellowstone”…
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Intel Might Give up on Dedicated Arc GPUs
Intel has released one single generation of Arc GPUs, and we’ve been left wondering about what’s next. Sadly, Intel might just give up on the idea. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, during the company’s Q3 2024 earnings call, talked about many of the company’s future products. He discussed Intel’s future chips, and the complexities and low margins associated with the recently…
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Apple’s New M4 Chips Give Intel and AMD a Run for Their Money
Apple just revealed its new high-end processors, the M4 Pro and M4 Max, with “the world’s fastest CPU core” and many other improvements. They will ship first in the new MacBook Pro laptops. The M-series of chips use two types of CPU cores—performance cores for heavy-duty workloads and efficiency cores for everyday tasks. Activating these CPU cores as needed delivers…
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