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Product development and release faces overlapping challenges due to the combined pressure of delivering high-quality products in shorter time-to-market cycles, along with maintaining proper operation and ensuring security in a complex high-tech environment.

This calls for new ways of overcoming these challenges from design to development, to release, and beyond. SAFe for DevOps Practitioners helps you use a DevOps approach with the Scaled Agile Framework and details how value streams help you resolve these challenges using examples and use cases.

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Microsoft recently made Windows 11 23H2 available to those who are willing to seek it out, with an automatic roll out due shortly. The company has also released Windows 11 23H2 (or Windows 11 2023 Update) as an ISO image so it is possible to create installation media manually.

But for anyone who has been hoping to use Microsoft's Media Creation Tool to create installation media automatically is in for some disappointment. The availability of Windows 11 23H2 though this route has been delayed.

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Transcend has unveiled its new series of industrial-grade DDR5 5600 DRAM modules, which will soon be available for purchase here. Aligning with JEDEC standards, these advanced modules are packed with essential features like low power consumption, high speeds, minimal latency, and outstanding durability. They are designed to significantly enhance the capabilities of today's data centers, AI servers, network and communication systems, and more.

At the core of Transcend's DDR5 DRAM modules are major-grade DRAM chips, pushing the speed to an impressive up to 5600 MT/s. The design includes two independent 32-bit channels which substantially broaden the bandwidth, leading to improved memory access efficiency and shorter loading times for users. DDR5's standout feature is its low operating voltage of 1.1V, which is instrumental in cutting down overall power wastage. This feature is further enriched by an on-board power management IC (PMIC) that smartly regulates power distribution, enhancing energy conversion and elevating overall energy efficiency.

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Companies have massively increased their cloud infrastructure investment in the relentless pursuit of innovation. Cloud-native apps, hybrid clouds, microservices, and serverless all enable companies to serve their customers with greater agility -- and at greater scale -- than ever before.

But the rapid adoption of these technologies has also created distributed cloud environments that are immensely difficult to understand and monitor with conventional observability tools.

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Connected technology is everywhere and influences every part of our lives. On average, there are nine connected devices in every UK household, and according to the UK Department of Culture, Media, and Sport. This is estimated to grow to twenty-four billion connected devices by 2050.

While connected devices provide a range of benefits, there are now growing concerns around the data they are collecting, and the subsequent loss of consumer privacy. One very real example is the recent announcement from the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), which advised that its enforcement division will review the data privacy practices of connected vehicle manufacturers, stating that they are "connected computers on wheels" and should be treated as such.

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As a Mac administrator, managing a fleet of Apple devices across your organization requires consistent practices and robust security measures. With numerous system services and background tasks to oversee, maintaining uniform configurations and safeguarding organizational data are formidable challenges.

Apple has introduced a powerful new Declarative Device Management (DDM) approach to address these challenges. This update to the Mobile Device Management (MDM) protocol represents a paradigm shift in device management, offering an efficient and secure means of administering macOS devices. DDM enables tamper-resistant configurations and facilitates simplified monitoring of system services and background tasks. Declarative status reports allow administrators to know about a device's current state.

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Threat validation is an indispensable component of every security detection program, ensuring a healthy detection pipeline.

 This comprehensive detection engineering guide will serve as an introduction for those who are new to detection validation, providing valuable guidelines to swiftly bring you up to speed. The book will show you how to apply the supplied frameworks to assess, test, and validate your detection program.

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European lawmakers are plowing ahead with what could be one of the most important pieces of legislation in a generation. The EU AI Act will take a notably more proactive approach to regulation than current proposals in the US and UK. But experts have spotted a critical loophole introduced in amendments to the legislation that could expose rather than protect citizens and societies from AI risk.

In short, this loophole could undermine the entire purpose of the proposed law and it must be closed. To do this successfully, legislators need to take steps to prioritize machine identities as a way to enhance AI governance, accountability, security and trust. Time is running out.

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This book provides guidance on how to evaluate proficiency in the competencies defined in the systems engineering competency framework and how to differentiate between proficiency at each of the five levels of proficiency defined within that document.

Readers will learn how to create a benchmark standard for each level of proficiency within each competence area, define a set of standardized terminology for competency indicators to promote like-for-like comparison, and provide typical non-domain-specific indicators of evidence which may be used to confirm experience in each competency area.

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Five-hundred-and-sixty-seven in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 and 11 on the Microsoft Store and elsewhere in the past seven days.

The Windows 11 2023 Update is now available. You can install it via Windows Update or download ISO images, if you prefer those.

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Passkeys are often touted as being the way to achieve a passwordless future. But as yet passkeys are supported by only a small number of websites. Passkeys are a safer, more efficient way of authenticating users, but it will be a long time before they become the norm -- if indeed they ever become the norm.

We talked to Darren Guccione, CEO and co-founder of Keeper Security, to discuss the use cases for passkeys, the barriers to mass adoption and how users can adopt and secure passkeys in conjunction with their passwords.

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Microsoft is just one of many tech companies that people view with suspicion when it comes to privacy. Over the years, Windows has been infected with all manner of privacy-invading telemetry features and settings -- particularly in the case of Windows 11 -- and there has been a fightback from users and software developers alike.

DoNotSpy11 is a tool that empowers concerned users to protect their privacy by blocking telemetry and disabling features of Windows. Now the software has been updated, and DoNotSpy11 version 1.2.0.0 introduces full support for the latest Windows 11 23H2 and makes it possible to disable the AI-powered Copilot.

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Apple has just revealed its new store, Apple MixC Wenzhou, making its first entry in the bustling city of Wenzhou and adding a fourth store in China's Zhejiang province. This new spot shows off Apple's commitment to being accessible and eco-friendly. With designs that are easy for everyone to use and plant-based materials, Apple MixC Wenzhou aims to be a welcoming place for all visitors.

Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s senior vice president of Retail, expressed her excitement, “We’re thrilled to reach more customers with the opening of Apple MixC Wenzhou, and we take pride in the strong bonds we’ve formed with communities in China.”

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Today, PNY announces a fresh addition to its flash drive lineup -- the Elite-X Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 1. Despite its petite size, this flash drive offers a massive storage capacity of up to 256GB, alongside read speeds that go up to 200MB/s and write speeds reaching 100MB/s.

The Elite-X Type-C features a slender design that sits snugly in USB-C ports, eliminating the need for an adapter. The design ensures that while the drive is plugged in, other ports remain accessible, taking up minimal space. A thoughtfully included sliding cover guards the Type-C connector when it’s off-duty, shielding your precious data from potential damage or loss.

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Today marks the unveiling of Nitrux 3.1.0, codenamed “fx,” a release that shows Linux is the future of personal computing -- not Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 12. With the primary focus on updated packages, this release bids to bring a refreshing user experience. The immediate availability of Nitrux 3.1.0 is indeed a call for enthusiasts to delve into the updated software packages, bug fixes, and performance enhancements.

The codename "fx" for this release, though seemingly not referring to anything in particular, adds a cool touch to the versioning. The Nitrux team remains modest in their claims, emphasizing that despite the advancements, Nitrux 3.1.0 doesn’t brand itself as impervious to security threats, hence welcoming suggestions on GitHub to fortify the distribution further.

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