Sat.Dec 14, 2013 - Fri.Dec 20, 2013

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Facebook Must Win The Grownup Vote

John Battelle's Searchblog

'The post Facebook Must Win The Grownup Vote appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. It’s all over the media these days: Facebook is no longer cool , Facebook has lost its edge with teenagers , Facebook is now establishment. Well duh. Teenagers aren’t loyal to much of anything, especially Internet stuff. Tonight I had four of them at my table, ranging in age from 15 to 17.

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DB2 for z/OS: Monitoring Prefetch Read Activity

Robert's Db2

Not long ago, a colleague sent to me some DB2 for z/OS buffer pool activity data that a DB2-using organization had sent to him. The DB2 people at this site were alarmed by some of the prefetch-related numbers in the data, and they had requested a review of the information. My analysis of the figures suggested that the system administrators were concerned by numbers that were in fact positive in nature; however, I also saw prefetch items that really were troublesome, and I subsequently learned th

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French Data Protection Authority Issues Guidance on Cookie Consent and Expiration

Hunton Privacy

On December 16, 2013, the French Data Protection Authority (“CNIL”) released a set of practical FAQs (plus technical tools and relevant source code) providing guidance on how to obtain consent for the use of cookies and similar technologies in compliance with EU and French data protection requirements (the “CNIL’s Guidance”). Article 5.3 of the revised e-Privacy Directive 2002/58/EC imposes an obligation to obtain prior consent before placing or accessing cookies and similar technologies on web

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Meaningful Outcomes

CGI

Meaningful Outcomes. shobana.lv@cgi.com. Tue, 12/17/2013 - 05:45. It’s long been fashionable for us to knowingly advise each other to focus on outcomes. This is just common sense, so it’s hard to fault. But there’s an angle on outcomes which is usually overlooked. What constitutes an outcome to him, might not constitute one to her. It’s all down to our personal motivations.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Google’s Year End Zeitgeist: Once Again, Insights Lacking

John Battelle's Searchblog

'The post Google’s Year End Zeitgeist: Once Again, Insights Lacking appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Great photo, but not one we searched for… It’s become something of a ritual – every year Google publishes its year-end summary of what the world wants , and every year I complain about how shallow it is, given what Google *really* knows about what the world is up to.

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State Post Bureau of China Releases Draft Normative Rules Involving Personal Information Protection for Public Comment

Hunton Privacy

On November 27, 2013, the State Post Bureau of the People’s Republic of China (the “SPBC”) released five draft normative rules for solicitation of public comment. Three of these rules, respectively entitled Provisions on the Management of the Security of Personal Information of Postal and Delivery Service Users (the “Draft Provisions”), Provisions on the Reporting and Handling of Security Information in the Postal Sector (the “Reporting and Handling Provisions”), and Provisions on the Management

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else 12.16: “It’s not entirely rational”

John Battelle's Searchblog

'The post else 12.16: “It’s not entirely rational” appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. This week, Google is on our minds and in the news, cookies are used for surveillance, the ephemeral web isn’t so ephemeral, and we’ve got more friends thinking about our emerging Data Society. As always, if you want to keep up with what we’re reading/thinking about on a weekly basis, the best way is to subscribe to the “else” feed, either as an email newsletter or thr

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White House Publishes Report on Government Surveillance Programs

Hunton Privacy

On December 18, 2013, the White House published a report recommending reforms to the federal government’s wide-ranging surveillance programs. The voluminous report, entitled “Liberty and Security in a Changing World,” was authored by The Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies, an advisory panel that includes experts in national security, intelligence gathering and civil liberties.

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Federal District Judge Ruling Casts Cloud Over NSA Data Collection

Hunton Privacy

On December 16, 2013, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction barring the federal government from collecting and analyzing metadata related to two consumers’ mobile phone accounts. The court held that the two individual plaintiffs were entitled to a preliminary injunction because they had standing to challenge the government’s data collection practices and were substantially likely to succeed on the merits of their claim.

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.

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State “Ban the Box” Legislation Gains Momentum

Hunton Privacy

As reported in the Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives Blog , the “ban the box” movement continues to sweep through state legislatures. “Ban the box” laws, which vary in terms of scope and detail, generally prohibit employers from requesting information about job applicants’ criminal histories. Recent legislation in two states applies “ban the box” prohibitions to private employers in those states: On December 1, 2013, a new North Carolina law went into effect that prohibits employers fro