Steve Ranger
@steveranger
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Writer, journalist and editor. High concept enthusiast.
London-over-the-Water
Joined February 2010
New in C&I - Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest threats to humanity. Now AI is helping to identify promising antimicrobial compounds from unusual sources – including the genomes of extinct organisms like the woolly mammoth and giant elk.
soci.org
AI is speeding the discovery of much-needed new antibiotics and helping to identify promising antimicrobial compounds from some unusual sources – including the genomes of extinct organisms. Jasmin Fox
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First global inventory of plastic pollution details environmental impact
soci.org
Researchers at University of Leeds produce first global inventory of plastic waste.
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The Great Resignation is back: Workers are underpaid, overworked, and fed up – and they're ready to quit all over again > by me at @ITPro
itpro.com
After the disruption of the first Great Resignation, job hunting is high on the agenda for many – can AI help persuade them to stay?
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Generative AI is seeping into businesses whether they like it or not. That's a challenge and an opportunity for the tech chief. By me at @ComputerWeekly > Why AI could finally get CIOs a seat at the table https://t.co/77mDaeXQ5v via @computerweekly
computerweekly.com
Companies are looking for an exec to lead their corporate artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. The CIO is the obvious choice - but there are some challenges ahead.
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This was interesting to write (and hopefully to read). When see how many GPUs it take to train an LLM - 24,000 Nvidia H100s for Llama 3 - then you can understand how AI is driving the chip giant's revenues. How Nvidia took the world by storm by me @ITPro
itpro.com
Riding the AI wave has turned Nvidia into a technology industry behemoth
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How BT is using Amazon’s generative AI coding tool to give its developers wings. https://t.co/cr3pg1H0yk by me at @computerweekly
computerweekly.com
Amazon Q Developer tool has helped the telecoms giant write 200,000 lines of code.
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It’s time to face the open source security problem. Software companies have built on open source for decades. Now they need to give back. > by me at @ITPro
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Software companies have built on open source for decades. Now they need to give back
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I took a look at why AI matters so much for where networking Cisco goes next. I think it maybe tells a different story about who is going to really win in the generative AI world.
itpro.com
Cisco has big plans for AI and is building a new strategy to match
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This new hacker group is targeting software developers with phony job offers and fake projects. Interesting dive into how these groups are building their own ecosystems of attacks > by me at @ITPro
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Exclusive: Splunk will play a key role in Cisco's AI plans, claims former CEO > by me at @ITPro
itpro.com
Former Splunk CEO Gary Steele, who has continued on at the firm post-acquisition, says the company will play a critical role in Cisco's AI roadmap
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Generative AI is everywhere – but policy is still missing (and your staff are using it more than you realise) https://t.co/g3O5uxf3ix by me at @computerweekly
computerweekly.com
Use of artificial intelligence technologies is outpacing organisations’ ability to govern it, warns ISACA research.
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And also Amtix! for those of us stuck with an Amstrad…The 15 (ish) greatest UK video game magazines of all time
theguardian.com
Part newspapers, part fanzines, these titles were a lifeline to information-starved gamers and generated a sense of community to rival any YouTube streamer
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Most developers will soon use an AI pair programmer — but don���t expect giant leaps in productivity. “The coding, that’s just the typing. The bottleneck on productivity was never keystrokes, it’s problem solving.” By me @ITPro
https://t.co/FZnaLDL7Sw
itpro.com
Generative AI coding tools can help developers work smarter, even if huge productivity gains may prove elusive
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Tech isn’t ever going to be a vote winner (unless your platform involves free iPhones or something). But that’s a symptom of a wider problem. The political classes have consistently underestimated the potential impact of technology: that needs to change.
itpro.com
Opinion: Tech policy is never a vote winner, but having a solid plan for the UK tech sector is going to be critical for the next parliament
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AI is narrowing the performance gap between high and low skilled workers, but beware of trusting AI too much: by me at ITPro
itpro.com
Stanford University's Annual AI Index reveals the extent to which AI has influenced modern workplaces, and how it may shape business in the years to come
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Python extends its lead as the most popular programming language — but why does it have such widespread appeal? By me at @ITPro
itpro.com
Enthusiasm for the Python programming language continues to grow and outpaces rivals, according to the Tiobe index
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10 cloud security tips every IT leader should know | ITPro
itpro.com
Cloud security threats have increased dramatically in recent years - these steps could help keep threat actors at bay
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For @TFinitive I had a look at Amazon Bedrock and spoke to some of the people using it to build generative AI apps
techfinitive.com
Thinking about building a generative AI app? With its range of foundation models, Amazon Bedrock is one option worth considering.
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