After the sudden death of her husband, she became the fourth president of Nagaoka, which holds the world's top market share in record needles. Despite having no management experience, she revitalized the company and grew sales to three times what they were before she became president. What is the management skill of President Kae Nagaoka, who revived the long-established company as "Nagaoka of Sound"? Source: 日経ビジネス電子版　最新記事 ｜ Oct 5 05:00

If no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a run-off on 25 October. Source: BBC News ｜ Oct 5 08:45

"Dell Pro Essential" is a business notebook PC for small businesses that follows the lineage of the former "Vostro." It eliminates the "sacrifice of quality and performance for cost reduction" common in general entry models, featuring AI support by NPU, MIL-spec compliant robustness, and portability suitable for carrying… Source: PC Watch ｜ Oct 5 06:30

On October 1, NTT Data Corporation, as an adopted business for the "Cybersecurity Help Squad Service (New Type) Demonstration Project," announced that it will continuously support the security measures of small and medium-sized enterprises in collaboration with regional financial institutions and chambers of commerce, as part of a regional co-creation cybersecurity support model demonstration… Source: INTERNET Watch ｜ Oct 5 08:00

Bottom-up AI utilization is actually difficult to succeed. Why does field-led AI utilization not work? What causes such situations? Source: ITmedia NEWS 最新記事一覧 ｜ Oct 5 07:30

Cats love high places. On top of shelves, refrigerators, curtain rails. The reason is unclear, but they aim for higher places. "GLIDE" is a game that seems to embody this feline instinct. Source: 4Gamer.net − 最新記事 ｜ Oct 5 08:30

John Ternus, who became the CEO of Apple, appears to be personally leading the design team. He is deeply involved in both the hardware appearance and software interface design. This was reported by Mark Gurman of Bloomberg. Source: ゴリミー ｜ Oct 5 08:11

OM Digital Solutions' mirrorless camera will be released in late October. It features an EVF for the first time in about 10 years since the PEN-F, a lightweight body of about 393g, a 20.37-megapixel Live MOS sensor, 121-point all-cross phase-detection AF, and AI subject recognition AF. It also includes a movable monitor for easy selfies and cinema-style video… Source: ライフハッカー・ジャパン ｜ Oct 5 08:45

The Fair Trade Commission investigated whether small and medium-sized enterprises, which are in a weaker position, are able to appropriately pass on the increased costs of oil-related expenses due to the Middle East situation to transaction prices, and published the results.

More than half of the businesses reported that they were able to pass on some of the price increases… Source: NHKONEニュース|経済 ｜ Oct 5 07:00

Tokyo Gas has started a demonstration to synthesize "e-methane" using CO2 derived from sewage and green hydrogen. It aims to develop corporate demand as a local production and consumption type of decarbonized energy that can utilize existing facilities. Source: 日経ビジネス電子版　最新記事 ｜ Oct 5 05:00

Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson says he felt Israel were "trying to intimidate" his team amid allegations of spitting during Sunday's Nations League draw. Source: BBC News ｜ Oct 5 07:51

This time, I would like to discuss NPUs. In episode 87 of this column, I introduced how to utilize AMD's NPU on Ubuntu. Although it was an article from about half a year ago, the current situation is slightly different. In fact, the situation has improved significantly, and it has become readily usable. Source: PC Watch ｜ Oct 5 06:07

The non-profit organization LPI-Japan released the "Linux Network Standard Textbook" Ver.1.0.0 for free on October 1 as a new addition to the "Standard Textbook Series." It is available in PDF and EPUB formats. Source: INTERNET Watch ｜ Oct 5 07:30

Google announced a review of the models available for personal Gemini according to contract plans. Free users will be limited to the "Flash-Lite" model, while "Flash" requires an "AI Plus" or higher contract, and "Pro" requires an "AI Pro" or higher contract. This will be applied sequentially to the free tier, and individual users… Source: ITmedia NEWS 最新記事一覧 ｜ Oct 4 11:27

The weekly series "This Week's Motivation" is for those who often think, "What? Was that released this week!?" This week, the heartwarming MMORPG "Mabinogi Mobile," redesigned for mobile, and the open-world MMORPG "AION 2," centered on free flight, will be released. Source: 4Gamer.net − 最新記事 ｜ Oct 5 08:00