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    Download Modern DevOps Practices - Second Edition ($39.99 Value) for free by Steven Parker Claim your complimentary copy valued at $39.99 for free, before the offer expires May 1, 2024. Containers have entirely changed how developers and end-users see applications as a whole. With this book, you'll learn all about containers, their architecture and benefits, and how to implement them within your development lifecycle. This updated edition helps you pick up the right tools by providing you with everything you need to get started with your DevOps journey. The book begins by introducing you to modern cloud-native architecture, and then teaches you about the architectural concepts needed to implement the modern way of application development. The next set of chapters helps you get familiarized with Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Packer, and other similar tools to enable you to build a base. As you advance, you’ll explore the core elements of cloud integration—AWS ECS, GKE, and other CaaS services. The chapters also discuss GitOps, continuous integration, and continuous delivery—GitHub actions, Jenkins, and Argo CD—to help you understand the essence of modern app delivery. Later, you’ll operate your container app in production using a service mesh and apply AI in DevOps. Throughout the book, you’ll discover best practices for automating and managing your development lifecycle, infrastructure, containers, and more. By the end of this DevOps book, you'll be well-equipped to develop and operate applications using modern tools and techniques. Free offer expires on May 1, 2024. The below offers are also available for free in exchange for your (work) email: Ends Today - Java All-in-One For Dummies, 7th Edition ($27 Value) FREE – Expires 4/23 Ends Today - Career Anchors Reimagined: [...] 5th Edition ($21 Value) FREE – Expires 4/23 Cybersecurity and Decision Makers: Data Security [...] ($142 Value) FREE – Expires 4/24 The Cloud Computing Journey ($35.99 Value) FREE – Expires 4/24 Windows Server 2022 & PowerShell All-in-One For Dummies ($30.00 Value) FREE – Expires 4/30 Applied Machine Learning and AI for Engineers ($67.99 Value) FREE – Expires 5/1 Modern DevOps Practices - Second Edition ($39.99 Value) FREE – Expires 5/1 How to get it Please ensure you read the terms and conditions to download the this free offer. Complete and verifiable information is required in order to receive this offer. If you've previously made use of these free offers, you will not need to re-register. Offered by Packt, view other free resources by Packt. Modern DevOps Practices - Second Edition ($39.99 Value) Free Download Offered by Packt, view other free resources We post these because we earn commission on each lead so as not to rely solely on advertising, which many of our readers block. It all helps toward paying staff reporters, servers and hosting costs. Other ways to support Neowin The above not doing it for you, but still want to help? Check out the links below. Check out our partner software in the Neowin Store Buy a T-shirt at Neowin's Threadsquad Subscribe to Neowin - for $14 a year, or $28 a year for an ad-free experience Disclosure: An account at Neowin Deals is required to participate in any deals powered by our affiliate, StackCommerce. For a full description of StackCommerce's privacy guidelines, go here. Neowin benefits from shared revenue of each sale made through our branded deals site.
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  4.    czoigberg reacted to a post in a topic: Dell explains how to check if your Windows 11 computer is 'AI-Enabled'
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  6. majortom1981
    You need to get EDR software. Something like Huntress. The EDR software will help you figure out where it is coming from. If you subscribe to 365 business standard or premium it comes with defender for endpoint. Norton is garbage and I wouldn't trust Kapersky. Kapersky is russian and could be your source of infection.
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  9. majortom1981
    Well, this is easier in China then it is here in the US.
  10. tsupersonic
    I like the idea of a 2 year release cycle between the SE models. People that tend to get these phones prefer value and probably hold on to their devices for a bit longer. That said, SE 3 was released more than 2 years ago, so would be nice to see a modern successor.
  11. lonegull
    Pitch a fit about the legacy tech still in Windows 10/11, but refuse to accept the end of that tech. Baffling!!
  12. Martin Hodás
    Huawei wants to succeed where Microsoft failed, becoming a real threat to iOS and Android by Martin Hodás The story of Huawei and its relationship with the U.S. government is a long one. The Chinese technology conglomerate was cut from doing business with American companies, including Google, back in 2019, citing security concerns by U.S. authorities. Five years later, Huawei mobile devices are running the company’s homegrown HarmonyOS and the brand is experiencing a resurrection on the Chinese smartphone market. The latest numbers by research firm Counterpoint have shown that while Apple’s Q1 sales dropped from 19.7% in 2023 to just 15.7% this year, Huawei’s HarmonyOS-powered devices are on the verge of surpassing the American rival with a market share of 15.5 percent. Huawei is set to surpass iOS’s market share in China this year and possibly even compete for the top position on this list of best-selling smartphone brands, currently occupied by Vivo’s 17.7%. However, Huawei’s ambitions go far beyond the domestic market, with HarmonyOS being the key element. As The Register reported, Huawei has a plan that, eventually, should put HarmonyOS in a position to rival iOS and Android on the global stage, citing recent statements of the company’s rotating chairman, Erik Xu, who also said: “In the China market, Huawei smartphone users spend 99 percent of their time on about 5,000 apps. So we decided to spend 2024 porting these apps over to HarmonyOS first in our drive to truly unify the OS and the app ecosystem. We are also encouraging other apps to be ported over to HarmonyOS.” Xu specified that Huawei is in the process of porting the first 4,000 apps while talking to developers of the remaining thousand. Once this crucial pool is fulfilled and complemented by thousands of other apps, HarmonyOS will be ready to fight its way outside of China. While Xu claims that Huawei’s “massive undertaking” has broad support in the industry, the fact is that creating a relevant mobile platform to compete with iOS and Android is a huge challenge, one that many others, including Microsoft, have failed to achieve. Windows 10 Mobile suffered from an “app gap,” and bridges, such as Project Astoria, were in the works to offer an easy way of bringing popular apps from competing platforms. Attracting developers and proving that Microsoft’s mobile platform is relevant was key. However, Microsoft never achieved this goal, and the rest is history. HarmonyOS will, certainly, face similar challenges. Huawei is working with Chinese academia to attract young developers and to teach them how to work with the platform. However, the company will have to replicate this abroad. Until then, Huawei’s plan is… just a plan.
  13. MrElectrifyer

    Apple announces "Let Loose" iPad event for May 7, 2024

    MrElectrifyer replied to Chasethebase's topic in Front Page News

    Hah, just a couple weeks before the Snapdragon X Elite versions of the Surface Pro/Laptop get unveiled. We'll see if Microsoft's devices can pull everyone's attention back to them while this is fresh on their mind...
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  15. Chasethebase
    Apple announces "Let Loose" iPad event for May 7, 2024 by Steve Bennett Apple has sent out invitations for its next special event titled "Let Loose," alongside a graphic depicting an Apple Pencil. This suggests that the event will be where the highly anticipated new iPad Pro and iPad Air models will make an appearance after being rumoured for some time and new model numbers appearing in recent software betas. Expectations for new iPads have been at a high ever since there was no event in October 2023. In recent years, iPad events have been held in the autumn months. However, given the lack of an event last year, many people were wondering what Apple's plans were for the device and when the eventual updates would come, given that the iPad Pro was last updated in October 2022 and the current iPad Air was released in March 2022. The included image also appears to show an illustration of an Apple Pencil, which could be suggesting that the Pencil lineup will be getting a refresh. This would be appreciated, given the confusing nature of the current range (which Apple has had to provide a comparison table on its website). The Magic Keyboard might also see a refresh, considering that the existing model was released in 2020, giving it a long shelf life by Apple standards. Finally, there are expected to be four iPad models announced at this event, which would be two new iPad Pro devices and two new iPad Air devices, including the first 12.9-inch iPad Air with a landscape-oriented front camera as seen in the 10th generation iPad, as well as an M2 chip. Other updates to the iPad Pro are rumoured to be a thinner enclosure, thinner bezels, a matte screen option, the aforementioned landscape-orientated front camera, and potentially the inclusion of MagSafe wireless charging. The event will be live-streamed by Apple at 07:00 AM PT (15:00 BST, 10:00 ET) on Apple.com.
  16. TarasBuria
    Snapdragon X Elite and Plus specs leak ahead of official announcement by Taras Buria Qualcomm is getting ready to reveal the full specs of its upcoming Snapdragon X platform that will soon power next-generation Windows 11 AI PCs. The official announcement is expected on April 24, but someone has already leaked specifications of four different SKUs. It appears that the Snapdragon X platform will offer four different versions: three 12-core Elite variants with different clocks and GPU performance and one ten-core Plus configuration. The latter was earlier spotted in Geekbench powering the alleged Surface Pro 10. Core Count Total Cache Max Clocks Dual-Core Boost GPU NPU Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 12 42MB 3.8GHz 4.2GHz 4.6TFLOPs 45 TOPS Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100 12 42MB 3.4GHz 4.0GHz 3.8TFLOPs 45 TOPS Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100 12 42MB 3.4GHz - 3.8TFLOPs 45 TOPS Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100 10 42MB 3.4GHz - 3.8TFLOPs 45 TOPS One of Qualcomm's engineers recently said that the platform should offer decent performance in games, and most titles should "just work." With the leaked details, we can see that the GPU performance is on par with Intel's latest Core Ultra processors and their 4.6TFLOPs of GPU horsepower. However, AMD's mobile Radeon 780M offers almost double the performance (via Videocardz). According to leaked slides, Snapdragon X Elite and Plus chips should offer the following performance in various benchmarks: Snapdragon X Elite Snapdragon X Plus Geekbench 6.2 2850-2900 single-core 15,100-15,400 multi-core 2,400-2,425 single-core 12,800-13,100 multi-core Cinebench 2024 126-128 single-core 1,140-1,200 multi-core 107-109 single-core 825-845 multi-core Chrome (Beta) - Speedomter 2.1 460-500 410-430 Chrome (Beta) - Jetstream 2.1 330-340 280-290 UL Procyon AI 1,750-1,800 1,750-1,800 UL Procyon Office 6,500-6,900 5,700-5,900 PCMark 10 13,500-14,100 12,500-12,800 Blender 430-470 340-360 3DMark 41.9-44FPS 37.1-38.5FPS Microsoft reportedly believes that performance is enough to beat Apple's latest M3-powered MacBook Air. First Windows 11 PCs with Snapdragon X processors inside are expected to hit store shelves in the next couple of months. If recent leaks and code discoveries are to be believed, those ARM PCs will have a minimum of 16GB of memory.
  17. excalpius
    Note that these ###### AI plans are in addition to the paid plans required to actually use any Adobe applications.
  18. excalpius
    >PopCnt, short for population count, is an integer instruction that helps count the number of 1s in a binary representation. It is important to note that this instruction is ONLY important to Microsoft's AI garbage Co-pilot. Instead of blocking the entire OS install, they could have just disabled Co-pilot or just let it run a bit slower on these already very slow machines (compared to today's CPUs). In short, I suspect that this was a marketing decision, not an engineering one.
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    GEEKOM XT12 Pro with Intel Core i9 is down to $664 until May 30th by Steven Parker GEEKOM has been running some sweet deals this month on the A7, which we reviewed here at Neowin, but it is also running a deal on another Mini PC that we have not had the chance to look at ourselves: the XT12 Pro. As you can probably guess by the name, it includes a 12th gen Intel CPU. This Mini PC has a total TDP of 35W and supports up to four screens at once through the two USB 4 Gen 3 or HDMI ports. A rundown of the main specs can be viewed below. 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Iris Xe Graphics Dual-channel DDR4-3200MHz RAM of up to 64GB Ultra-fast 1TB PCIe4.0*4 SSD WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 2.5 GbE Ethernet Supports 4 displays, up to 4K Until May 30th, you can get an extra 5% off the $699 cost, which brings the price down to $664, and as of writing, GEEKOM are even throwing in a 10-in-1 USB Hub with every purchase at the official site. GEEKOM XT12 Pro for $664 (5% off) at GEEKOM GEEKOM XT12 Pro for $664 (5% off) at AMAZON Enter code NeowXT12Pro at checkout to apply the 5% discount. Best of all, shipping is quick and free, plus this product qualifies for a free return if there is a quality issue, such as DOA or defect. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
  21. xillibit
    Try an EDR like Aurora which is availaible in free version, it can detects suspect behaviour before than something will be compromised on your computer.
  22. Michal H.
    bbbb but i want newest software to run on my 20 year old pc...backwards compatibility dude
  23. LoneWolfSL
    Ubisoft's Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora gets a 40FPS mode on consoles and Intel XeSS on PC by Pulasthi Ariyasinghe Massive Entertainment today pushed out another update for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. The Ubisoft-published alien adventure has been receiving updates about once a month since its launch in December last year, and today's drop primarily carries improvements aimed at frame rates alongside a few bug fixes. Title Update 3.2 has two major additions listed in its change log. The first is a brand-new 40FPS option for Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5 players. Previously, only the Quality Mode, which offered better visuals at 30FPS and higher resolutions, and Performance Mode, an option that aimed to hit 60FPS. The new 40FPS option is a good middle ground between the two. Unfortunately, Ubisoft has not revealed what sort of resolutions or graphics options will this mode be using. Next, the Intel-developed upscaling technology, Xe Super Sampling (XeSS), is now an option for PC gamers for use to boost their frame rates. The changelog does not mention which version of the upscaler is being added, however. Intel XeSS version 1.3 just landed earlier this month with promises of 10% higher frame rates compared to previous versions of the technology. At the same time, Massive has rolled back to an older version of AMD's FSR3 Frame Generation "to prevent visual artifacts impacting the interpolation output." Some of the improvements of the newer FSR version, like "UI composition when using Frame Generation" will remain intact, however. Here are the remaining bug fixes and changes included in this update: Added Fast Travel option to Research Station Alpha. Controller re-mapping no longer resets on game restart. Fixed various crashes. Fixed a few misspellings. Fixed some voice lines overlapping during dialogue. Rescued Resistance human characters no longer appear back in the Resistance HQ with a mask on. Some NPCs no longer become invisible when at the edge of the Player's vision. [Main Quest - Shadows of the Past] Fixed an issue that would prevent the quest from updating when done in co-op. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Title Update 3.2 weighs in at around 3GB across PC and Xbox Series X|S systems, while PlayStation 5 players will see a smaller 2.4GB update instead. It is now available across all platforms to download. Head here to read Neowin's review of the game, where I praised it for its gorgeous visuals but found the storyline and gameplay rather lacking.
  24. slanic
    Use Bitdefender and you won't have to worry about malware anymore.
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  26. Aditya Tiwari
    iPhone sales take a dip in China despite consecutive market growth by Aditya Tiwari Counterpoint revealed in its latest report that China's smartphone market is on an upward trajectory and recorded a growth of 1.5% year-over-year (YoY) in Q1 2024. The analytics firm said it was the second consecutive quarter of positive YoY growth for the Chinese market. However, that success didn't translate for Apple, whose market share declined by 19.1% YoY in Q1 2024 compared to the previous year's quarter. Apple's market share dipped from 19.7% in Q1 2023 to 15.7% in Q1 2024, the report said. While vivo leads the pack with a 17.4% market share, Huawei is the one with a whopping 69.7% YoY growth in the first quarter. Counterpoint's senior research analyst Ivan Lam attributed Apple's poor performance to Huawei's comeback, which directly impacted the iPhone maker in the premium segment. Huawei was able to eat a massive share in the $600+ premium segment following the launch of its Mate 60 series. There is a possibility of the iPhone's recovery in the coming future, according to the analyst, who said: For the second quarter, the possibility of new color options combined with aggressive sales initiatives could bring the brand back into positive territory; and of course, we are waiting to see what its AI features will offer come WWDC in June. That has the potential to move the needle significantly longer term. Counterpoint previously reported that the Apple iPhone captured 50% of the global smartphone revenue in 2023. The analytics firm attributed Apple's success to the ongoing "premiumization trends" and the stickiness of its ecosystem. It's worth noting that the top six players in the Chinese market were only separated by 3% points in terms of market share. For reference, vivo recorded a market share of 17.4% and Xiaomi was at 14.6% in the first quarter. Senior analyst Mengmeng Zhang said this was due to fierce competition during the Chinese New Year festivities. With their cost-effective offerings, Chinese OEMs were able to "capitalize on the surge in sales in the low-end segment as migrant workers purchase more affordable, budget smartphones when returning home for the holidays," the analyst said. Speaking of vivo, although the company's growth slowed down a bit, its top spot in the quarter was propelled by Y35 Plus, Y36, and S18 models in the low to mid-end segment. The second spot holder, Honor, recorded a YoY growth of 11.5% by expanding in offline channels and launching models such as X50 and Play 40.
  27. binaryzero
    # Import CSV file $csvData = Import-Csv -Path "X:\backupregistry\regkeys.csv" # Backup directory $backupDir = "X:\backupregistry" # Check the backup directory exists if (!(Test-Path -Path $backupDir)) { New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $backupDir | Out-Null } # Loop through each registry key in the CSV file foreach ($row in $csvData) { $key = $row.RegistryKey # Get the current date and time $date = Get-Date -Format "yyyyMMdd_HHmmss" # Define the backup file path $backupFile = Join-Path -Path $backupDir -ChildPath ("$(($key -replace '\\', '_'))-$date.reg") # Export the registry key Invoke-Expression -Command "reg export `"$key`" `"$backupFile`"" # Check if the .reg file has been created if (Test-Path -Path $backupFile) { Write-Output "Backup for $key created successfully at $backupFile" } else { Write-Output "Failed to create backup for $key" } } Added a line to append the date and time to the end of the filename; you can change the format yourself, https://lazyadmin.nl/powershell/get-date/. You're going to need to run this in an elevated PowerShell (run as administrator) session if you're backing up HKLM keys. If you want to create a shortcut, create BackupRegistryKeys.cmd and put "start %SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -Executionpolicy Bypass -Noninteractive -File "X:\backupregistry\BackupRegistryKeys.ps1". Right click, run as administrator.
  28. drugo started following is the Asus Geforce GTX 1660 reliable ? and the drivers?
  29. drugo
    Hi i'm thinking to buy a Asus Geforce GTX 1660 (second hand ) for 70€ I guess it's an nvidia branded by asus , about nvidia are great video cards ,but some of them are not very reliable , some brands quit to use them for other video card different brand I should use on a motherboard not new with a 1 x PCI Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slot (at x16 mode) , will this video card work? to update the drivers should I downlaod the standard nvidia driver from the nvidia driver or from asus? may I ask you if the Asus Geforce GTX 1660 is a reliable video card? thanks
  30. d5aqoëp
    I am getting Reload2024 ransomware since a month. I formatted all 5 PCs, and it still infects a random PC after exactly 8 days at 2pm sharp. I finally reset my router Asus GT-AX6000 and downgraded and upgraded it's firmware. I have installed the devils Norton Antivirus Trial on 2 PCs and Kaspersky Antivirus Trial on other 3 because I am literally sick of this virus affecting my PCs randomly every 8th day. It's just work environment with billing software and same billing software is used at my other site and it's not getting this virus. Searching on google yielded nothing but people complaining that they too got this virus. But since I manage all 5 PCs and all are fully updated Windows 11, I am stumped....I have backup and all, but I don't want to tighten up things unnecessarily if it is some Windows Vulnerability. ...and for 100th time, I haven't opened any pdf, html, jpg or any exe or accessed email on those PCs. Neither our staff as browsers are disabled on them.
  31. jnelsoninjax

    Will this system run Windows?

    jnelsoninjax replied to jnelsoninjax's topic in Hardware Hangout

    Alright thanks for the input guys. I will recommend my wife if she likes the price of it to have it shipped to us first so we can set it up, etc. She can always arrange to have her step-dad pick her and the computer up when its ready. I guess now that I live with my wife and we are ~30 mins from where her mom lives, I am going to get these tech support jobs more frequently! OK, I am confused, according to some of the comments it has Ubuntu installed already, obviously Linux to someone who is basically literate and has no idea what a computer does beyond the few things they do already is a no go. If it has it, how much work is it going to be to remove it and install windows?
  32. fishnet37222
    I like the design of the iPhone SE 3. I like having a physical home button. Thicker bezels don't bother me, either. I did, however, recently switch from the iPhone SE 3 to the Galaxy S23. Even that phone I configured to use the three navigation buttons instead of the navigation gestures.
  33. Eternal Tempest
    Or switch to linux
  34. John Callaham
    You could win a custom Xbox Series X console that has its own exclusive X-Men 97 comic book by John Callaham One of the better new shows that's debuted on the Disney+ streaming service this year is X-Men 97. The animated series is a direct continuation of the 1990s X-Men cartoon series (which is, of course, an adaptation of the Marvel comic book superhero franchise). Today, Microsoft announced it will be giving away another one of its custom Xbox Series X consoles, but with a new twist to promote X-Men 97. In a post on Xbox Wire, Microsoft says that one lucky winner of this giveaway will receive an Xbox Series X console with artwork that forms a new X-Men 97-based comic book story. Microsoft says: This thrilling 2-page story with full page cover is exclusive to the Xbox Series X, and features Cyclops leading the X-Men in a battle against Sentinels and Master Mold, with an Xbox Series X console making a special appearance in the Danger Room. The prize also includes not only a normal Xbox wireless controller but another one that's been custom-made in the Xbox Design Lab Controller, with colors that are inspired by the show's version of Wolverine. An Xbox with an X-Gene?! Follow & RT with #Xbox97Sweepstakes for a chance to win a custom Xbox Series X console & controller combo, plus an extra controller, inspired by Marvel Animation’s #XMen97, now streaming on @DisneyPlus. 18+. Ends 5/20/24. Rules: https://t.co/8CYN8Hg2lG pic.twitter.com/4k1FXahoUN — Xbox (@Xbox) April 23, 2024 Anyone in a market that sells the Xbox console (with the exception of Russa) can enter the contest. They just need to follow the Xbox X (formerly Twitter) account and RT the post about the contest with #Xbox97Sweepstakes to enter. The contest entries will end on May 20. Microsoft also mentions that Xbox Design Lab has also created some more custom Xbox wireless controllers with colors inspired by the other members of the X-Men in the show, and they even come with their own action figure-like blister packaging. However, there's no word on when or if these controllers will be sold or given away.
  35. drugo
    hi first i want to thank you so much but i can't understand why under windows 11 pro 64bit , from the extension menu run with powershell it doesn't work it's just handy will the script save me many *.reg files , like backup.reg , backup1.reg , backup2.reg and so on appreciate it a lot
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