Tue.Apr 22, 2025

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Vibe Coding, Vibe Checking, and Vibe Blogging

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

For the past decade and a half, I’ve been exploring the intersection of technology, education, and design as a professor of cognitive science and design at UC San Diego. Some of you might have read my recent piece for O’Reilly Radar where I detailed my journey adding AI chat capabilities to Python Tutor , the free visualization tool that’s helped millions of programming students understand how code executes.

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When AI writes the laws: UAE’s bold move forces a rethink on compliance and human touch

CIO

The United Arab Emirates has taken a bold step by becoming the first country to officially use AI to help draft, review, and update its laws. Announced during a Cabinet meeting led by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the initiative introduced a new Regulatory Intelligence Office powered by an advanced AI system. This system will bring together federal and local laws, court rulings, government procedures, and public service data into one massive platform to track the real-time impact of law

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Use Amazon Bedrock Intelligent Prompt Routing for cost and latency benefits

AWS Machine Learning - AI

In December, we announced the preview availability for Amazon Bedrock Intelligent Prompt Routing , which provides a single serverless endpoint to efficiently route requests between different foundation models within the same model family. To do this, Amazon Bedrock Intelligent Prompt Routing dynamically predicts the response quality of each model for a request and routes the request to the model it determines is most appropriate based on cost and response quality, as shown in the following figur

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The leadership imperative in a technology-enabled society — Balancing IQ, EQ and AQ 

CIO

In todays rapidly evolving digital and socio-economic landscape, modern IT leadership must actively embrace innovation not as a trend, but as a strategic imperative.This requires a balanced approach to risk, where innovation is pursued to maximize the benefits of emerging technologies within well-defined guardrails to manage disruption without stifling creativity.Not only are risk management and cybersecurity a top priority, but there is immense pressure from high-tech industry leaders to embra

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Subscription Management in the SaaS World: Challenges and Solutions

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How the 2026 Medicare Advantage Rate Announcement Creates New Opportunities for Health Tech Innovation

John Snow Labs

Enhancing Risk Adjustment Accuracy and Revenue Integrity with AI-Powered HCC Coding In April, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its 2026 Medicare Advantage (MA) Rate Announcement, projecting a 5.06% average increase in payments to MA plans. Thats a notable jump from the 3.70% increase we saw in 2025. More than just a financial adjustment, this signals growing confidence in the Medicare Advantage modeland with it, growing expectations.

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Few Bright Spots In Asia’s Slowing Venture Market

Crunchbase News

Asias venture market continues to decline at an alarming rate , and its not just China weighing it down. Four of the top six venture markets in the region saw declines. Along with China, India, Singapore and Japan all sank lower. Only Israel and Japan saw upticks as the region continues to battle economic fluctuations, conflicts, geopolitical tensions and a possible trade war.

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Los aranceles globales sacuden las agendas TI de los CIO

CIO

Los directores de sistemas de la informacin (CIO) son expertos desde hace tiempo en el arte del cambio de rumbo , una habilidad que les ser muy til para hacer frente a las consecuencias de los aranceles globales que han sumido a las organizaciones en una espiral descendente durante las ltimas semanas. El sector de las tecnologas de la informacin ya est sintiendo el impacto en la infraestructura y las cadenas de suministro, y los CIO estn reduciendo los gastos de capital y recortando o retrasando

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ConfusedComposer: A Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Impacting GCP Composer

Tenable

Tenable Research discovered a privilege-escalation vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that is now fixed and which we dubbed ConfusedComposer. The vulnerability could have allowed an identity with permission (composer.environments.update) to edit a Cloud Composer environment to escalate privileges to the default Cloud Build service account.

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Lumen: Building the trusted network for AI

CIO

Jeff Sieracki, senior director of product management at Louisiana-based Lumen, is quick to point out that the networking requirements of the modern enterprise are changing rapidly. It is an evolution being driven by several transformative computing trends, chief among them the rapid proliferation of AI workloads. More organizations are coming to the harsh realization that their networks are not up to the task in the new era of data-intensive AI workloads that require not only high performance an

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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How Infosys improved accessibility for Event Knowledge using Amazon Nova Pro, Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Elemental Media Services

AWS Machine Learning - AI

This post is co-written with Saibal Samaddar, Tanushree Halder, and Lokesh Joshi from Infosys Consulting. Critical insights and expertise are concentrated among thought leaders and experts across the globe. Language barriers often hinder the distribution and comprehension of this knowledge during crucial encounters. Workshops, conferences, and training sessions serve as platforms for collaboration and knowledge sharing, where the attendees can understand the information being conveyed in real-ti

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Political engineering 101: The biz-savvy IT leader’s survival guide

CIO

So there you are, with your bare face hanging out, when a staff member call him George, on the grounds that we have to call him something and his name isnt actually George has decided to take advantage of your open-door policy, thereby revealing a flaw in the policy: Its possible for you to get caught inside the door when its open. Nor is this visit a social call.

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Fintech Isn’t Just Back, It’s Being Rearchitected For AI

Crunchbase News

By Simon Wu In tech circles, weve been hearing it a lot: fintech is back. But for early-stage founders, it doesnt always feel that way. In categories such as consumer and business banking, spend management or payments, the room is already crowded. Companies including Chime 1 , Ramp , Mercury and Stripe dominate the news cycle and have become the perceived winners, soaking up capital and customer mindshare.

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Veracode Extends Scope and Reach of DevSecOps Portfolio

DevOps.com

Veracode today updated its risk management tool to provide integration with Kubernetes runtime environments, increased integration with code repositories to make it simpler to identify the origin of vulnerabilities and, available shortly, an ability to add tags and classifications to help streamline remediation efforts.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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The Next Electric Unicorns: How the Electron Economy Turns Dumb Power Into Smart Platforms

Crunchbase News

By Evan Caron While Silicon Valley obsesses over the latest AI hallucinations, the real revolution is powering the computer you’re reading this on. Its the electron economy where electricity becomes as programmable as software. The $21 trillion gold rush Twenty-one trillion dollars. That’s how much will be invested in the energy transition, according to BloombergNEF.

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CISA BOD 25-01 Compliance: What U.S. Government Agencies Need to Know

Tenable

U.S. government agencies are required to bring their Microsoft 365 cloud services into compliance with a recent Binding Operational Directive. Heres how Tenable can help. Overview Malicious threat actors are constantly targeting cloud environments. The risk of compromise can be reduced by enforcing secure configurations of security controls. With this goal in mind, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) created the Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA) project.

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Manychat Raises Massive $140M Round To Push Chat Automation

Crunchbase News

Investors are in love with agentic AI and chatbots right now. The most recent example of that infatuation is Manychat s $140 million growth capital raise led by Summit Partners. The Palo Alto, California-based company provides conversational AI and automation tools for businesses across social and messaging platforms. “Manychat was founded with a mission to help businesses grow by building meaningful customer relationships,” said co-founder and CEO Mike Yan in a release. “We al

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What is Ring Deployment? A Guide to Phased Software Rollouts

Ivanti

Exploitation of vulnerabilities increased 180% year over year from 2023 to 2024, which means that quickly and effectively securing endpoints always a priority will only continue to escalate. Patching these vulnerabilities promptly, but without sacrificing stability, can present operational challenges. One way to achieve this: ring deployment a technique that progressively scales rollouts to user groups.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Promises Made Simple: Understanding Async/Await in JavaScript

Perficient

JavaScript is single-threaded. That means it runs one task at a time, on one core. But then how does it handle things like API calls, file reads, or user interactions without freezing up? Thats where Promises and async/await come into play. They help us handle asynchronous operations without blocking the main thread. Lets break down these concepts in the simplest way possible so whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned dev, it just clicks.

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Cyber threats now a daily reality for one in three businesses 

Ooda Loop

As a result of cyber threats and fraud, businesses are losing on average $98.5 million a year. Technology companies are suffering the most, followed by insurance, financial services, and fintech. According to research from FIS and Oxford Economics, 37% of respondents said that their company experiences cyber threats every day. Respondents were dissatisfied with their […] The post Cyber threats now a daily reality for one in three businesses appeared first on OODAloop.

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New Feature: Manage Your session.id in Honeycomb’s Web SDK

Honeycomb

The session.id field is special in Honeycomb for Frontend Observability. Its a default option for filtering and grouping, and its the basis for session timeline analysis (in Early Access). Now you can control how session.id is set. In prior releases (< 0.15.0) of the Honeycomb Web SDK , we used our own UUID generator for session.id , and it was not accessible outside of the Web SDK itself.

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ChatIDF: The Israeli Army’s New AI Tools, Set to Revolutionize Decision-making on the Battlefield

Ooda Loop

Rotem Bashi, a colonel in the Israel Defense Forces, says he just “can’t understand how this miracle was done.” Bashi is the commander of the IDF’s Matzpen software development unit, whose artificial intelligence system has greatly impressed him. “When I compare the quality of the answer from the system with the raw information it received, […] The post ChatIDF: The Israeli Army’s New AI Tools, Set to Revolutionize Decision-making on the Battlefield appe

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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I changed 10 Samsung phone settings to instantly improve the user experience

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Samsung phones are full of features - are you using them all? These settings could be the upgrade you didn't know you needed.

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Reclaiming America’s Biotech Edge Before It’s Too Late

Ooda Loop

Economic security and national security are almost directly related in the long run, said J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon last week on Fox Business. Hes right. We need to stop pretending our adversaries are business partners. The pharmaceutical sector is a cornerstone of Americas global competitiveness, but without a serious shift in how we treat […] The post Reclaiming Americas Biotech Edge Before Its Too Late appeared first on OODAloop.

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This 360-degree camera is my ultimate travel accessory - with AI features that creatives would want

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Insta360 continues to update its great 360-degree cameras offering an all-around great vlogging tool.

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AI economic gains likely to outweigh emissions cost, says IMF

Ooda Loop

Economic gains from artificial intelligence will boost global output by around 0.5% a year between 2025 and 2030, outweighing the costs of rising carbon emissions by the data centres needed to run AI models, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. An IMF report released at its annual spring meeting in Washington nonetheless noted that […] The post AI economic gains likely to outweigh emissions cost, says IMF appeared first on OODAloop.

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Revolutionize QA: GAPs AI-Driven Accelerators for Smarter, Faster Testing

GAP's AI-Driven QA Accelerators revolutionize software testing by automating repetitive tasks and enhancing test coverage. From generating test cases and Cypress code to AI-powered code reviews and detailed defect reports, our platform streamlines QA processes, saving time and resources. Accelerate API testing with Pytest-based cases and boost accuracy while reducing human error.

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Perficient Research Highlights the Path Forward for Connected Products

Perficient

Read our connected products research. Consumer and commercial demand for connected products has risen steadily by 15% since 2000 and is projected to grow another 14% by 2027 according to projections by IoT Analytics Gmbh. Features that were once considered nice to have or premium functionality are now table stakes. This trend indicates a time sensitive opportunity for manufacturers to forge new avenues of revenue generation.

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‘Elusive Comet’ Attackers Use Zoom to Swindle Victims 

Ooda Loop

Elusive Comet, a new hacking group, is using social engineering through Zoom to target cryptocurrency users. The campaign is being tracked by researchers at the Open Security Alliance. The attackers trick their victims into installing malware on their computers, enabling them to steal the victims cryptocurrency once they gain access to the device. The group […] The post ‘Elusive Comet’ Attackers Use Zoom to Swindle Victims appeared first on OODAloop.

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The Future of Enterprise AI: GCCs, Agent-to-Agent AI, and a People-First Vision

Coforge

If you caught our last blog, " Enterprise AI Done Right: A Practical, People-First Guide ," you know were all about making AI work for peopleemployees, customers, and stakeholders not just for the sake of tech itself. Since then, Ive considered whats next for enterprise AI, especially with Global Capability Centers (GCCs) becoming important and emerging agent-to-agent AI trends.