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• Smartphone shipments are on the rise, buoyed by 5G, iOS devices: IDC

  01-12-2023 23:59
  Mobile phone sales are rising, showing improvement in fourth quarter shipments despite an overall decline in 2023, according to the newly released International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Notably, iPhones have performed better than other devices, and adoption of 5G technology is anticipated to boost sales further.Global smartphone shipments are forecast to jump 7.3% in the fourth quarter compared to the year-earlier period. For all of 2023, smartphone shipm
  
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• Here's what AWS revealed about its generative AI strategy at re:Invent 2023

  01-12-2023 23:14
  AWS CEO Adam Selipsky and other top executives at the company’s annual re:Invent conference revealed updates and new products aimed at challenging offerings from Microsoft, Oracle, Google, and IBM.
  
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• Apple secures WebKit as global ransomware attacks surge

  01-12-2023 18:44
  
  If nothing else, Apple’s most recent emergency security update should be considered proof of an increasingly tense security environment.Enterprises must understand that while Apple maintains a pretty solid ecosystem — certainly at present the most secure, even according to Cisco — that doesn’t mean it’s entirely safe, and every Apple customer needs to get wise to the growing proliferation of threats.With more and more business users turning to the company&rsqu
  
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• The fear and hype around AI is overblown

  01-12-2023 12:00
  Two reputable news organizations — Reuters and The Information — recently reported sources claiming that recent drama around OpenAI’s leadership was based in part on a massive technological breakthrough at the company.That breakthrough is something called Q* (pronounced cue-star), which is claimed to be able to do grade-school-level math, and integrate that mathematical reasoning to improve the choosing of responses.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• 8 advanced ways to manage reminders in Android

  01-12-2023 12:00
  
  Ah, reminders. I'm not sure how I'd possibly function without 'em. (What were we talking about, again?)I rely on reminders for almost everything imaginable — making sure I respond to an important message, tackle a pressing task, and perform all sorts of embarrassingly mundane day-to-day chores that are both business-based and personal. (Putting on one's pants technically counts as both, right?)And goodness gracious, lemme tell ya: Google's got some incredibly useful ways to set yourself r
  
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