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Google and OpenAI's AI product announcements over the past month have transformed the state of AI and show the breadth and pace of change (Ethan Mollick/One Useful Thing)
Ethan Mollick / One Useful Thing : Google and OpenAI's AI product announcements over the past month have transformed the state of AI ...
31 March 2023
Cybersecurity experts argue that pausing GPT-4 development is pointless - 2023-03-31 22:33:22Z
Title:Cybersecurity experts argue that pausing GPT-4 development is pointless Summary: Cybersecurity experts argue the open letter calling for a pause on GPT-4 and LLM development will do little to address cyberthreats. Link: Cybersecurity experts argue that pausing GPT-4 development is pointless
I was wrong — E3 is dead | Kaser Focus - 2023-03-31 23:07:45Z
Title:I was wrong — E3 is dead | Kaser Focus Summary: GamesBeat's Rachel Kaser plays the dirge for E3, which appears to have finally given up the ghost, and looks forward to Tears of the Kingdom. Link: I was wrong — E3 is dead | Kaser Focus
Xbox Games with Gold users get Peaky Blinders game in April - 2023-03-31 20:13:21Z
Title:Xbox Games with Gold users get Peaky Blinders game in April Summary: Xbox Games with Gold announced which games are coming to subscribers in April. Users get Out of Space and Peaky Blinders: Mastermind. Link: Xbox Games with Gold users get Peaky Blinders game in April
The evolution of Web3 and the year crypto got serious - 2023-03-31 20:07:00Z
Title:The evolution of Web3 and the year crypto got serious Summary: Here's why, despite the current crypto winter, cryptocurrency will continue to make inroads into finance and much more. Link: The evolution of Web3 and the year crypto got serious
21 devs and creators help make a game with 8-year-old Roblox creator - 2023-03-31 18:00:00Z
Title:21 devs and creators help make a game with 8-year-old Roblox creator Summary: Timmeh IRL is pretty young as far as Roblox creators go. He's only eight years old, but he has more than 18,000 subscribers. Link: 21 devs and creators help make a game with 8-year-old Roblox creator
Automation does not mean elimination: AI’s role in job security - 2023-03-31 18:07:00Z
Title:Automation does not mean elimination: AI's role in job security Summary: AI and automation are not threats to IT teams. Instead, they allow IT to showcase their value and importance within their organizations. Link: Automation does not mean elimination: AI's role in job security
Memories of E3 and moments of video game history | The DeanBeat - 2023-03-31 17:00:00Z
Title:Memories of E3 and moments of video game history | The DeanBeat Summary: It was overdue and predictable. I'm not talking about Donald Trump's indictment. I'm talking about the cancellation of E3 2023. Link: Memories of E3 and moments of video game history | The DeanBeat
Working in cybersecurity and zero trust with Ericom Software’s David Canellos - 2023-03-31 16:50:08Z
Title:Working in cybersecurity and zero trust with Ericom Software's David Canellos Summary: David Canellos, president and CEO of Ericom Software, shares insights into helming a leading cybersecurity provider. Link: Working in cybersecurity and zero trust with Ericom Software's David Canellos
How better use of data can improve compliance programs - 2023-03-31 17:07:00Z
Title:How better use of data can improve compliance programs Summary: Enhanced and consolidated data can provide a real-time snapshot of how effective and mature a compliance program is. Link: How better use of data can improve compliance programs
Italy blocks ChatGPT, citing data privacy concerns, as calls for AI regulation grow - 2023-03-31 15:11:49Z
Title:Italy blocks ChatGPT, citing data privacy concerns, as calls for AI regulation grow Summary: Today, Italy's data protection agency said it was blocking access to ChatGPT due to data privacy concerns. Link: Italy blocks ChatGPT, citing data privacy concerns, as calls for AI regulation grow
Announcing our judges for GamesBeat Visionary Awards - 2023-03-31 13:30:00Z
Title:Announcing our judges for GamesBeat Visionary Awards Summary: Voting is underway for our sixth annual GamesBeat Visionary Awards, and we're announcing the team of judges for this year's awards. Link: Announcing our judges for GamesBeat Visionary Awards
Detect whether Windows PE is booted in BIOS or UEFI mode
Check the HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\PEFirmwareType registry value to see if the PC is booted to UEFI or BIOS mode. Note: you may need to run wpeutil UpdateBootInfo to make sure this value is present.
reg query HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control /v PEFirmwareType
This command returns 0x1 if the PC is booted into BIOS mode, or 0x2 if the PC is booted in UEFI mode.
wpeutil UpdateBootInfo
for /f "tokens=2* delims= " %%A in ('reg query HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control /v PEFirmwareType') DO SET Firmware=%%B
:: Note: delims is a TAB followed by a space.
if %Firmware%==0x1 echo The PC is booted in BIOS mode.
if %Firmware%==0x2 echo The PC is booted in UEFI mode.
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30 March 2023
E3 2023 is canceled - 2023-03-30 20:42:08Z
Title:E3 2023 is canceled Summary: The summer gaming event E3 has been canceled for 2023, with several major publishers abstaining from the show. Link: E3 2023 is canceled
The role missing from the tech company C-suite - 2023-03-30 20:07:00Z
Title:The role missing from the tech company C-suite Summary: Why a chief developer experience officer (CDXO) must be a critical member of the C-suite to foster developer experience and productivity. Link: The role missing from the tech company C-suite
Mastercard and Xsolla partner to enhance gameplay with payment technology - 2023-03-30 19:10:00Z
Title:Mastercard and Xsolla partner to enhance gameplay with payment technology Summary: At GDC 2023, Mastercard's SVP Jen Premisler and Xsolla CMO Berkley Egenes sat down to talk about next-generation payment technologies. Link: Mastercard and Xsolla partner to enhance gameplay with payment technology
Diablo IV Beta sets franchise record, 61.5 million hours played - 2023-03-30 19:36:46Z
Title:Diablo IV Beta sets franchise record, 61.5 million hours played Summary: Fans got their first chance to play Diablo IV during its open beta, setting franchise records for playtime and Twitch viewership. Link: Diablo IV Beta sets franchise record, 61.5 million hours played
Beat Saber updates its Panic! At The Disco pack with six new songs - 2023-03-30 19:07:36Z
Title:Beat Saber updates its Panic! At The Disco pack with six new songs Summary: Beat Saber gets six new Panic! At The Disco songs, more than doubling the band's original pack as well as a pretty new stage. Link: Beat Saber updates its Panic! At The Disco pack with six new songs
5 ways machine learning must evolve in a difficult 2023 - 2023-03-30 18:07:00Z
Title:5 ways machine learning must evolve in a difficult 2023 Summary: As we enter a potentially challenging 2023, machine learning (ML) needs to evolve to become smarter, more efficient and more effective. Link: 5 ways machine learning must evolve in a difficult 2023
Got It AI’s ELMAR challenges GPT-4 and LLaMa, scores well on hallucination benchmarks - 2023-03-30 16:09:22Z
Title:Got It AI's ELMAR challenges GPT-4 and LLaMa, scores well on hallucination benchmarks Summary: Conversational AI startup Got It AI has released ELMAR, an LLM for dialog-based chatbot Q&A applications that is smaller than GPT-3. Link: Got It AI's ELMAR challenges GPT-4 and LLaMa, scores well on hallucination benchmarks
4 key things IoT developers need to keep in mind as the number of connected devices explodes - 2023-03-30 17:07:00Z
Title:4 key things IoT developers need to keep in mind as the number of connected devices explodes Summary: Why successful IoT development requires device management, real-time monitoring, efficient software updates, remote access and automation. Link: 4 key things IoT developers need to keep in mind as the number of connected devices explodes
Berkeley SkyDeck sees 120% increase in applicants and chooses 18 final startups - 2023-03-30 15:00:00Z
Title:Berkeley SkyDeck sees 120% increase in applicants and chooses 18 final startups Summary: Go Bears. Berkeley SkyDeck, the tech accelerator for the UC Berkely, saw a 120% in accelerator applicants this year. Link: Berkeley SkyDeck sees 120% increase in applicants and chooses 18 final startups
Active blockchain wallets drop 9.7% compared to previous quarter | DappRadar - 2023-03-30 15:00:00Z
Title:Active blockchain wallets drop 9.7% compared to previous quarter | DappRadar Summary: In the first quarter, the number of unique active blockchain wallets dropped 9.7% compared to the previous fourth quarter. Link: Active blockchain wallets drop 9.7% compared to previous quarter | DappRadar
Xsolla announces its new telecommunications initiative plus a new cloud solution at GDC - 2023-03-30 13:20:00Z
Title:Xsolla announces its new telecommunications initiative plus a new cloud solution at GDC Summary: At GDC 2023, Dean Takahashi, lead writer for GamesBeat, welcomed Xsolla president Chris Hewish, to discuss new initiatives from Xsolla. Link: Xsolla announces its new telecommunications initiative plus a new cloud solution at GDC
OpenAI’s GPT-4 violates FTC rules, argues AI policy group - 2023-03-30 14:30:00Z
Title:OpenAI's GPT-4 violates FTC rules, argues AI policy group Summary: The FTC received a new complaint today from the Center for AI and Digital Policy that calls for an investigation of OpenAI and GPT-4. Link: OpenAI's GPT-4 violates FTC rules, argues AI policy group
Skillprint launches science-backed platform to match players with the right skill-based games - 2023-03-30 13:00:00Z
Title:Skillprint launches science-backed platform to match players with the right skill-based games Summary: Skillprint has figured out the science of matching players with the games they will likely enjoy and the skills they want to improve. Link: Skillprint launches science-backed platform to match players with the right skill-based games
DataDome raises $42M to leverage machine learning for confronting bot attacks - 2023-03-30 13:00:00Z
Title:DataDome raises $42M to leverage machine learning for confronting bot attacks Summary: DataDome announces it has raised $42 million for a solution that uses machine learning to address online bot attacks. Link: DataDome raises $42M to leverage machine learning for confronting bot attacks
Rogue Games will launch Hello Kitty dance game for Switch on April 13 - 2023-03-30 13:00:00Z
Title:Rogue Games will launch Hello Kitty dance game for Switch on April 13 Summary: Rogue Games said it will launch a Hello Kitty dance game for the Nintendo Switch on April 13. Link: Rogue Games will launch Hello Kitty dance game for Switch on April 13
MariaDB debuts new SkySQL features to help teams manage cloud costs - 2023-03-30 12:00:00Z
Title:MariaDB debuts new SkySQL features to help teams manage cloud costs Summary: Open source database company MariaDB today launched a new update for its managed database-as-a-service SkySQL. Link: MariaDB debuts new SkySQL features to help teams manage cloud costs
Securing cloud tech stacks with zero trust will drive growth of confidential computing - 2023-03-30 12:12:00Z
Title:Securing cloud tech stacks with zero trust will drive growth of confidential computing Summary: Why cloud tech stacks need hardening with zero trust, and how confidential computing secures data at rest, in transit and in use. Link: Securing cloud tech stacks with zero trust will drive growth of confidential computing
Sky Mavis brings 4 new blockchain games to its Ronin network - 2023-03-30 10:00:00Z
Title:Sky Mavis brings 4 new blockchain games to its Ronin network Summary: Sky Mavis, the creator of Axie Infinity, is preparing to launch a new batch of Web3 games on its Ronin network. Link: Sky Mavis brings 4 new blockchain games to its Ronin network
Keywords acquires Digital Media Management to move into social and online marketing - 2023-03-30 06:30:00Z
Title:Keywords acquires Digital Media Management to move into social and online marketing Summary: Keywords Studios, a big creative services firm for games and entertainment, has acquired social media agency Digital Media Management. Link: Keywords acquires Digital Media Management to move into social and online marketing
EA will lay off 6% of its staff to drive greater focus in uncertain economy - 2023-03-29 23:55:00Z
Title:EA will lay off 6% of its staff to drive greater focus in uncertain economy Summary: Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson said the company is laying off 6% of its staff as it tries to drive more focus. Link: EA will lay off 6% of its staff to drive greater focus in uncertain economy
29 March 2023
Hogwarts Legacy beats Call of Duty | Circana February 2023 - 2023-03-29 21:35:43Z
Title:Hogwarts Legacy beats Call of Duty | Circana February 2023 Summary: Hogwarts Legacy becomes the first game of 2023 to knock Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from its throne, according to Circana (formerly NPD). Link: Hogwarts Legacy beats Call of Duty | Circana February 2023
Mobile game market stabilizes above pre-pandemic levels | Data AI - 2023-03-29 23:04:22Z
Title:Mobile game market stabilizes above pre-pandemic levels | Data AI Summary: The latest reports from Data.ai suggest that the mobile games market is starting to stabilize, and at a higher position than in 2020. Link: Mobile game market stabilizes above pre-pandemic levels | Data AI
To create a more accessible internet, context matters - 2023-03-29 20:07:00Z
Title:To create a more accessible internet, context matters Summary: Stanford researchers explore how to improve AI-generated descriptions of online images for blind and low-vision users. Link: To create a more accessible internet, context matters
Autonomous agents and decentralized ML on tap as Fetch AI raises $40M - 2023-03-29 20:23:22Z
Title:Autonomous agents and decentralized ML on tap as Fetch AI raises $40M Summary: To support intelligent agent and distributed blockchain technology, Web3 infrastructure provider Fetch AI has raised a fresh $40 million. Link: Autonomous agents and decentralized ML on tap as Fetch AI raises $40M
PS Plus gets Meet Your Maker and Sackboy in April - 2023-03-29 19:35:21Z
Title:PS Plus gets Meet Your Maker and Sackboy in April Summary: PlayStation has announced which games are coming to PS Plus Essential in April: Meet Your Maker, Tails of Iron and Sackboy: A Big Adventure. Link: PS Plus gets Meet Your Maker and Sackboy in April
How to use AI to improve customer service and drive long-term business growth - 2023-03-29 18:07:00Z
Title:How to use AI to improve customer service and drive long-term business growth Summary: AI can be a forecaster, personalizer, search engine, quality control ensurer, and provider of real-time insights in ways humans can't. Link: How to use AI to improve customer service and drive long-term business growth
Open letter calling for AI ‘pause’ shines light on fierce debate around risks vs. hype - 2023-03-29 16:42:55Z
Title:Open letter calling for AI 'pause' shines light on fierce debate around risks vs. hype Summary: An open letter calling for a 'pause' on large-scale AI development highlights the growing debate around long-term and short-term AI risks. Link: Open letter calling for AI 'pause' shines light on fierce debate around risks vs. hype
Why exams intended for humans might not be good benchmarks for LLMs like GPT-4 - 2023-03-29 16:07:00Z
Title:Why exams intended for humans might not be good benchmarks for LLMs like GPT-4 Summary: Training data contamination and other factors mean LLMs like GPT-4 succeeding on human exams might not be a good measure of their abilities. Link: Why exams intended for humans might not be good benchmarks for LLMs like GPT-4
How Epic Games views the metaverse and the State of Unreal | Tim Sweeney - 2023-03-29 14:30:00Z
Title:How Epic Games views the metaverse and the State of Unreal | Tim Sweeney Summary: At its State of Unreal event last week, Epic Games showed how to assess the hype around the metaverse and how to keep it open. Link: How Epic Games views the metaverse and the State of Unreal | Tim Sweeney
Google advances AlloyDB, BigQuery at Data Cloud and AI Summit - 2023-03-29 13:00:00Z
Title:Google advances AlloyDB, BigQuery at Data Cloud and AI Summit Summary: Today at Google Cloud Data and AI Summit, Google released a series of updates to its data and AI platforms to help foster innovation. Link: Google advances AlloyDB, BigQuery at Data Cloud and AI Summit
Open source Kubeflow 1.7 set to ‘transform’ MLops - 2023-03-29 13:00:00Z
Title:Open source Kubeflow 1.7 set to 'transform' MLops Summary: Kubeflow 1.7 became generally available today (March 29), providing the first update to the widely used open source MLops platform since the debut of Kubeflow 1.6 in Sept. 2022. At its core, Kubeflow is an open source ML toolkit that helps organizations to deploy and run ML workflows on cloud-native Kubernetes infrastructure. Among the themes of the Kubeflow 1.7 update is a focus on helping to better support transformer based models. Link: Open source Kubeflow 1.7 set to 'transform' MLops
Sybo CEO believes gaming can foster social change and empathy | Mathias Nørvig - 2023-03-29 13:30:00Z
Title:Sybo CEO believes gaming can foster social change and empathy | Mathias Nørvig Summary: Subway Surfers hit the astounding number of four billion downloads since its launch as an endless runner mobile game in 2012. Link: Sybo CEO believes gaming can foster social change and empathy | Mathias Nørvig
Modify WINRE on a running PC
You can modify
the Windows Recovery image on a running PC. The following steps walk you
through mounting a Windows Recovery image, applying an update to it, and then
saving the changes:
1. Open a Command Prompt as
administrator.
2. Create a directory where you can
mount the recovery image to make changes to it.
Windows Command Prompt
md c:\mount
3. Mount your recovery image
with REAgentC:
Windows Command Prompt
ReAgentC.exe
/mountre /path c:\mount
4. With your recovery image mounted,
you can download and add the update package to the Windows RE image.
Windows Command Prompt
Dism /Add-Package
/Image:C:\mount\ /PackagePath:"c:\downloadedupdate\update.msu"
or
Windows Command Prompt
Dism /Add-Package
/Image:C:\mount\ /PackagePath:"c:\downloadedupdate\dynamicupdate.cab"
5. If you added a Dynamic Update
package, validate that the package you added is in your image:
Windows Command Prompt
Dism /Image:C:\mount\ /Get-Packages
Check the list for the update package you just
added. The package should include the KB number, and will show the State as Installed if it's been successfully
added:
Package Identity :
Package_for_KB5021041~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~22621.815.1.0
State : Installed
Release Type :
Update
6. Clean up your recovery image and
reset the base of any superseded components:
Windows Command Prompt
dism
/image:C:\mount /cleanup-image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
7. Unmount the Windows recovery
image:
Windows Command Prompt
ReAgentC.exe
/unmountre /path c:\mount /commit
8. If the PC's disk is protected by
BitLocker or Device Encryption: Use ReagentC to disable and then
re-enable Windows RE. This ensures that the updated Windows RE image is turned
on and correctly configured for your Windows installation:
Windows Command Prompt
reagentc /disable
reagentc /enable
The
Windows RE image on the running PC is now updated.
Check the WinRE image version
You can
check the WinRE image's version number on both online and offline Windows
installations. This can be helpful for checking the WinRE version prior to
adding an update, and then after applying an update to verify that the update
was successfully added.
Note
The WinRE
version number will only change after you add an LCU. If you add a DU package,
use DISM /get-packages as described in the steps above to ensure that the
package has been added to the image.
Validate the Windows RE version
in an Online Windows OS
1. Use ReagentC to find the location of the
installed WinRE image by running the following command:
Windows Command Prompt
reagentc /info
This command returns the Windows RE location that
resembles the following example:
Windows Command Prompt
\\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE
2. Use DISM to get version
information about the winre.wim image located in the path returned by ReagentC
in the previous step. Make sure to add the WinRE image name and image index
number to the path when you run the command:
Windows Command Prompt
Dism /Get-ImageInfo
/ImageFile:\\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE\winre.wim
/index:1
Notice the reported version. For example:
Windows Command Prompt
Version : 10.0.22621
ServicePack Build :
1
ServicePack Level :
0
Make sure that the ServicePackBuild is greater than or equal to
the UBR for the update that you added. For example, for Windows 11, version
22H2, the November security update would show 819 as the SerivcePack
Build, since
full version number for that update is 22621.819.
·
If the
version reported is an earlier version, this indicates the Windows RE image is
not up to date.
·
If the
reported version is the same or a later version, no action is needed.
Validate the Windows RE version
in an Offline Windows OS
1. Mount the Windows image to a local folder,
for example C:\mount\windows:
Windows Command Prompt
mkdir C:\mount\windows
Dism /Mount-Image
/ImageFile:C:\mount\install.wim /Index:1
/MountDir:C:\mount\windows
2. Use DISM to get version
information about the winre.wim image located in the Windows\system32\recovery folder. Make sure to
specify the image's index number when you run the command:
Windows Command Prompt
Dism /Get-ImageInfo
/ImageFile:c:\mount\windows\windows\system32\recovery\winre.wim /index:1
Notice the reported version. For example:
Windows Command Prompt
Version : 10.0.22621
ServicePack Build :
1
ServicePack Level :
0
Make sure that the ServicePackBuild is greater than or equal to
the UBR for the update that you added. For example, for Windows 11, version
22H2, the November security update would show 819 as the SerivcePack
Build, since
full version number for that update is 22621.819.
·
If the
reported version is an earlier version, this indicates the Windows RE image is
not up to date.
·
If the
reported version is the same or a later version, no action is needed.
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