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Roughly a year-and-a-half after Facebook renamed itself Meta and said it would go all-in on building a future version of the internet dubbed the metaverse, the tech giant now says its top investment priority will be advancing artificial intelligence.In a letter to staff Tuesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to lay off another 10,000 employees in the coming months, and doubled down on his new focus of efficiency for the company.

Apple released new updates for most of its software platforms today, including macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, tvOS 16.4, and watchOS 9.4.These are all feature updates, meaning they actually add new functionality in addition to fixing bugs or addressing security vulnerabilities.iOS and iPadOS 16.4 add a number of minor features.

The Salesforce Spring '23 Release Notes are out, with hundreds of new features.Sounds overwhelming, right?This two-part guide summarizes the 630 pages and the most notable updates.Part 1 covers commerce and content management features, specifically the new Lighting Web Runtime template and enhancements to Salesforce Payments and CMS.

Liberated Syndication Inc. ("Libsyn"), the leading "Podcasting As A Service" platform, announced the rollout of enhancements to the Libsyn platform that delivers the most intuitive, user-friendly, and innovative experience for podcasters.Among the features are the integration of Studio into Libsyn, allowing creators to record their podcast inside the Libsyn toolset, as well as a brand-new navigation and user experience.

PyCharm 2023.1 is out!The first major release of the year brings support for remote Jupyter notebooks, enhancements to the new UI, improved type inference for generics, and much more.See the new features in action!Join our YouTube stream on April 3 at 17:00 CEST (15:00 UTC).Your questions are welcome!

The rapid adoption of generative AI has increased the excitement volume to 11 for martech professionals.AI-enabled enhancements to the core uses of marketing automation platforms - data management, campaign/lead management and workflows/integrations - are being introduced by Salesforce, HubSpot and other market leaders.

In my all in with Nuitka post and my first post Python 3.11 and Nuitka and then progress post Python 3.11 and Nuitka Progress , I promised to give you more updates on Python 3.11 and in general.So this is where 3.11 is at, and the TLDR is, experimental support has arrives with Nuitka 1.5 release, follow develop branch for best support, and 1.6 is expected to support new 3.11 features.

Rejoice!You can now stop using Apple's shonky Mail app.Microsoft just made Outlook for Mac completely free - here's everything you need to know...Outlook For Mac is Now FREE...After years and years of making users pay for Outlook, Microsoft has now done a complete 180 and is offering its excellent email client, Outlook, free to all Mac users.

The release of the WhatsApp integration, which promises to increase contact engagement and user efficiency, highlights HubSpot's November releases.Also, last month:


     Marketing emails can now be prevented from sending without approval first.Campaign reporting is enhanced by an improved "influenced contacts" metric.

Sharethrough, one of the top global independent omnichannel ad exchanges, andAdelaide, a leader in attention-based media quality measurement, announced a partnership to offer attention-based curated inventory.This initiative further demonstrates Sharethrough's focus on improving the attentive quality of all ads through research, enhancements, and technology integrations.

Song In The Smoke: Rekindled is a PSVR 2 survival adventure that has already won numerous awards on PSVR and Oculus.With enhancements for PlayStation VR2, including haptic feedback and improved textures, it's never been better.But is it enough in 2023?Crouching in the bushes, I loose an arrow that finally takes down the feathered beast I've been tracking, taking care to recover the arrow shafts as they're too precious to waste.

(Image credit: Joseph Foley using Midjourney)
AI image generators have become a source of huge controversy in the creative world, but until now those suspicious of, or directly opposed to, the technology could take solace in one thing.Despite impressive advances, AI was rubbish at accurately rendering human hands.

The Department for Health and Social Care has launched a cyber security programme designed to enhance cyber resilience across the NHS and the social care sector in England over the next seven years, supposedly protecting vital services and the patients who rely on them.The Cyber Security Strategy for Health and Adult Social Care, which forms part of a wider programme of work centred on building a "stronger, more sustainable NHS", is built on five core pillars that the government hopes will both minimise the risk of cyber security incidents in the first place, and improve response and recovery should one occur.

Enhancements to Tableau for Slack focuses on sharing, search and insights with automated workflows for tools like Accelerator.The goal: empower decision makers and CRM teams to put big data to work."Data-driven" is a mantra for countless organizations, but it's a back-seat driver, useful only to the extent that decision-makers can parse and interpret it and comprehend its implications.

Nhat V. Meyer/AP The man accused of killing seven people and injuring one in shootings at two farms in the Northern California town of Half Moon Bay on Monday faces multiple felonies, the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday.Chunli Zhao, a 66-year-old farmworker, was found and arrested at a sheriff's Half Moon Bay substation shortly after the shooting rampage.

Another strong year for Realme has come and gone as the company delivered attention-grabbing devices in multiple price classes.The one clear gap in the lineup is the lack of a proper flagship as the absence of the X-series continues to be felt.The company is headed in the right direction with its software and might establish itself as a maker of good tablets, if only it brings its slates to more markets.

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Thursday, December 22, 2022 by Chad Swiatecki
After completing her fourth year in office, City Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison wishes she'd known from her first day roughly as much as she knows now about the workings of city government.Her thinking: There should be an apparatus that teaches basic process and procedures to residents who want to know more about their city, as well as a more robust orientation and education track for newly elected Council members.

All-in-one Online Video Platform Blue Billywig announces the launch of its brand new, hypermodern video player.Being low-code, leaner, faster and greener were the main driving forces behind this update.The new player comes hot on the heels of the company launching its new brand identity, blending two key aspects: a one-stop-shop video technology that can be relied upon, backed up by a support promise from its people that is delivered upon.

This week, enterprise data collaboration company Habu announced enhancements to its platform and key partnerships with the likes of Snowflake and Amazon that support the platform's interoperability."Our goal is to empower organizations across the ecosystem to execute data collaboration at scale, without the need for ongoing technical resources or the need to move the data," said Matt Kilmartin, Habu co-founder and CEO, in a company release.

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Quali today announced enhancements to its Torque automated infrastructure platform to add support for security scans and Open Policy Agent (OPA) software being advanced under the auspices of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).OPA enables organizations to implement cybersecurity policies as code.

A possible Chinese attack campaign on compromised unpatched SonicWall SMA edge devices stayed undetected since 2021 and could persist even through firmware updates.As reported by a new Mandiant research document, a new malware is made of several bash scripts and a single Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) binary file identified as a TinyShell backdoor variant.

Threat actors with a connection to the Chinese government are infecting a widely used security appliance from SonicWall with malware that remains active even after the device receives firmware updates, researchers said.SonicWall's Secure Mobile Access 100 is a secure remote access appliance that helps organizations securely deploy remote workforces.

Non-QM lender Deephaven Mortgage, owned by alternate investment firm Pretium, has appointed Aaron Drago as its chief operating officer."Aaron combines a depth of operational experience with a focused and disciplined approach to process optimization.This will serve Deephaven well as we scale operations to meet strong demand for our products," said Deephaven president and CEO John Keratsis in a statement.

We typically publish a set of goals for the upcoming year and let you know the current year's achievements at the end of every year via a blog post.For example, we published the "Neutralinojs 2022 Roadmap" article on December 2021.Similarly, we are publishing this article for the year 2023.

ZTE has taken the basic design of the Axon 40 SE and retooled it into a more capable mid-ranger dubbed the ZTE Voyage 40 Pro+.This version adds 5G, improves the cameras, boosts charging and it even has a van Gogh-inspired special edition (similar to the Nubia Z40S Pro Starry Night edition).ZTE Voyage 40 Pro+ in Twilight Gray and Sky Blue
The basic design is the same as the Axon with a two circular camera islands and a split look on the back.

The city's Department of Transportation has failed to deliver on a five-year-old plan to upgrade cycling infrastructure in high-risk areas of Brooklyn, according to the commuter advocacy group Transportation Alternatives.Ten community board districts were classified as high priority due to the comparatively high numbers of cyclists killed or severely injured in those areas, according to a 2017 DOT report on bicycle ridership and safety.

Apple released iOS and iPadOS 16.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, and watchOS 9.3 today.The updates focus primarily on bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements, but there is one notable addition: Apple ID got support for hardware security keys.Once they've updated to the new software, a user can opt to make a device like a YubiKey a required part of the two-factor authentication process for their account.

impact.com, the world's leading partnership management platform, today (7th December) announced the company's will end 2022 with strong momentum, driven by new client and agency partner growth, strategic investment in its business, expansion in Europe and Asia, new partnerships and integrations with Adobe Commerce and BigCommerce, and trailblazing initiatives with leading brands.

Apple released a minor software update for iPhones today.Unlike many of its other iOS updates, the new iOS 16.1.2was not released in tandem with updates to Apple's other operating systems like macOS or watchOS.iOS 16.1.2primarily does two things, per Apple's release notes: it improves compatibility with unspecified wireless carriers, and it optimizes the Crash Detection feature on the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max.

Next.js employs server-side rendering, which speeds up the loading of your application's pages.It also makes indexing and crawling content easier for search engines because the content is rendered before the web page is loaded, which improves the application's SEO ranking.Furthermore, Next.js accelerates the development server, allowing you to see changes faster.

PrimeVue is a UI component Library built by Primefaces for Vue.js.Contains 50+ fully customizable components you can use in your Vue 2 and Vue 3 applications.The PrimeVue team just release PrimeVue 3.19.0.ChangeLog
Implemented New Features and Enhancements:


     Update PrimeFlex 3.3.0Improve OverlayPanel Implementation for Accessibility
     Improve Tooltip Implementation for Accessibility
     Improve ConfirmPopup implementation for Accessibility
     Improve Sidebar implementation for Accessibility
     Improve ConfirmDialog implementation for Accessibility
     Improve Dialog implementation for Accessibility
     FocusTrap Directive
     Splitter: Emit Resize Start event


Fixed bugs:


     PrimeVue Radiobutton - Mobile - scroll to top
     Calendar: Inline Calendar is jumping when selected mode is range and number of months is more then 1
     Slider: Range feature not working correctly
     Chips | Cannot remove p-focus
     Menubar: should accept empty items
     Menu: TypeError with only disabled menuitems
     Menubar: Menu Icon in mobile view problem
     DataTable: groupRowsBy has wrong type
     TieredMenu (and SplitButton): Jumps to the top of the page


You can read more on their changelog from their official Github Documentation.

Building on its acquisition last year of the contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform Parley Pro, LexisNexis is today announcing the integration of Parley Pro's CLM capabilities to its cloud-based CounselLink enterprise legal management solution for corporate legal departments.CounselLink is also today introducing work intake features designed to facilitate the submission and management of legal requests coming in to the legal department from anyone within the company.

Two suspects were taken into custody, one after a shootout, in a cartel-style massacre last month that left six people dead in central California, including a young mother and her 10-month-old son, authorities announced Friday.The suspects, identified in charging documents as Angel Uriarte, 35, and Noah Beard, 25, are known members of the Norteno gang, Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said during a news conference.

London City Airport has submitted a planning application as it bids to increase its annual passenger cap by 2.5million and allow planes to fly to and from it for longer on Saturdays.The airport, based in the Royal Docks in Newham, said its proposals would create almost 2,200 new jobs by 2031 and generate an extra 700million to the capital's economy.

2023 is fast approaching, and we're taking a break these last few weeks of 2022.As a result, this will be the last Nom News of the year.We'll be back with a new edition on January 6.Want to be included in our next roundup?Shoot us an email at bark@miamifoodpug.com.Late Night Wine & Dine at Fiola MiamiKlaw Launches New BrunchNew Cocktail Menu at HutongVerde Debuts Winter Menu
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Holiday Splurge Gifts 2022
It's the most wonderful time of year...the holidays!We've scoped out some of the season's ultimate holiday toys for those extra special presents.The holiday season would not be complete without kindness, love, and giving back so consider donating a toy or ten to those in need as well.

Q: When we were homebuyers, we hired roof, termite, home and chimney inspectors.And we're glad we did, too.The chimney had a crack at the roofline, so the chimney was rebuilt during escrow at the seller's cost with a building permit.Now, years later, our seller's agent insists we hire inspectors to incentivize homebuyers into making purchase offers.

"On TV & Video" is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.Dramatic shifts in consumer viewing habits during the pandemic have led, predictably, to an intense focus on the corresponding connected TV (CTV) advertising opportunity.Some pundits went so far as to declare 2020 (or 2021, depending on the source) to be "the year of CTV."

Fifteen months ago, the following words appeared in this column:
"USC needs to remove Clay Helton right here, right now."A few days ago, Clay Helton genially answered a phone call from that same columnist."Good to hear your voice, my friend!" he said.Fifteen months ago, Helton was fired from his job as football coach at USC in an ugly conclusion to a protracted drama highlighted by constant criticism and punctuated by a stark termination statement.

Enhancements to England's motorways and major A roads will cost billions of pounds more than planned, a report has found.Public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) said delays and inflation mean Government-owned company National Highways will not be able to deliver dozens of projects within budget.