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Prime Big Deal Days, or October Prime Day, ended yesterday, Oct. 9. Every Prime Day, the retailer offers major discounts on home accessories, tech, clothing, and more. However, if you missed out on this week’s sale, there are still great deals on fitness trackers and smartwatches. But hurry; most of these deals end soon.  Also: Amazon Prime Day: Best 160+ deals live for October’s Big Deal Days sale Smartwatches and fitness trackers are becoming harder to categorize. Most smartwatches…

 Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days may be over, but there are still plenty of great deals available on some of the best TVs from brands like Samsung, LG, Hisense, and TCL. Whether you’re looking for a premium-grade OLED TV for exceptional picture quality, or just looking for an affordable upgrade to your home theater, there are plenty of discounts to be had in order to let you get the TV of your dreams without having to…

“The reservable instances can be all yours for up to 4 days with the small caveat that it takes about 60 minutes to have all the components of the sandbox come online. They are currently running version 2.3.7.4 of Catalyst Center and there is also a Cisco ISE server available if you want to deploy [software defined access] fabrics.” New CI/CD pipeline sandbox One new sandbox from Cisco is dedicated to building and testing automation…

Kayla Solino/ZDNET Apple may have recently unveiled the new Apple Pencil Pro, but the older Apple Pencil (2nd Gen) is still compatible with new iPad models, and Amazon is discounting the Apple Pencil (2nd Gen) 38% off as a remaining October Prime Day deal. Also: The best October Prime Day Apple deals still available The Apple Pencil (2nd Gen) was first launched in 2018 and has remained one of the best iPad stylus options ever since….

“Organizations should leverage AI to empower DevOps teams, enhance mainframe operations, and infuse AI into business transactions,” wrote Tina Tarquinio, vice president of product management, IBM Z and LinuxONE, in a blog about the study. “This can be achieved by equipping developers with gen AI-assisted tools that accelerate application discovery, analysis, and modernization; improving operational functions with smart aids and next-generation chatbot assistants; and leveraging AI for in-transaction insights to enhance business use cases,” Tarquinio…

The P series fabric switch is designed to optimize data transfer between various components of an AI server. “The biggest use case is NIC-to-GPU data ingest,” Danesh said. “How do you get from the scale-out network into the GPU so you can maximize GPU utilization, keep the GPU fed with data, as well as getting it back out?” Danesh explained that the fundamental job of the P series Scorpio is being able to provide high…

Adam Breeden/ZDNET Samsung’s latest offering, the QN90C Series Neo QLED, has all the ingredients of a great deal for a premium TV: cutting-edge technology, impressive features, and an irresistible price (at the moment). Currently $1,310 off after Amazon’s October Prime Day event, which ended on Oct. 9, this 75-inch behemoth delivers stunning picture quality with exceptional brightness and contrast. Its Quantum Mini LEDs provide precise local dimming to control individual zones of light, resulting in…

The product has been in preview since June and is publicly available now, Ricky says. “We already have a massive amount of customers, including a tier-one bank, a large manufacturer, and a large oil and gas company.” However, Cloudera could not disclose customer names at this time. For enterprises not using open-source models but proprietary AI from OpenAI or Anthropic or other providers, Cloudera has connectors to those services as well, Ricky said. “We have…