In Italy, there have been several attempts to regulate the sector. In February, a Milan court fined food delivery platforms Foodinho-Glovo, Uber Eats Italy, Just Eat Italy and Deliveroo Italy €733m for violating employment safety laws. It also said that 60,000 riders that worked for the platform during the last four years should have been hired on a quasi-employee basis. Fast forward 10 months and little has changed. Among the largest platforms, only Just Eat has started to hire workers on a permanent basis....

SEE: Building the bionic brain (free PDF) (TechRepublic) It’s fashionable to say that no one could have predicted the impact of Facebook on Myanmar or the 2016 EU referendum and US presidential election, but in Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism Jillian C. York, citing Barbrook and Cameron, begs to differ. In this history of online censorship, York, the Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), has a simple explanation for our present mess: nothing was done to prevent it....

Three MOUs were signed Monday as part of US Vice President Kamala Harris’ three-day visit to the Asian nation this week. One of these involved an agreement between Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency (CSA) and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to deepen cooperation in cybersecurity beyond data sharing and exchanges. The two government agencies will look to include new areas of cooperation in critical technologies as well as research and development, amongst others....

To be held over four days from June 22 to 25 next year, the inaugural Olympic Esports Week marked a significant step towards the development of virtual sports within the Olympic ecosystem, said the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in a statement Wednesday. The esports event also would deepen engagement with competitive gamers. Held in partnership with Singapore’s Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, Sport Singapore, and Singapore National Olympic Committee, the 2023 Olympic Esports Week would showcase the latest technologies, panel discussions, education sessions, and show matches on virtual sports....

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said in a joint statement Monday that efforts to link their payment systems would be rolled out in stages, with the first phase to kick off in the fourth quarter of 2022. Apart from transferring funds using a mobile number, consumers in either countries would be able to pay for their purchases by scanning Singapore’s NETS or Malaysia’s DuitNow QR codes displayed at merchants’ stores....

We highlighted the most important facts that will help you make an informed decision about whether or not to open one of these credit cards. What does 0% APR mean? Annual percentage rate (APR) is the interest charged each year on the balance you hold on a credit card. Your standard APR on purchases can vary depending on your creditworthiness, but many credit cards have an introductory offer of 0% APR for a certain amount of time, usually around 12 months....

I purchased these earbuds last year because I wanted a noise-canceling feature that was stronger than my Samsung Galaxy Buds Live earbuds. Based on my experience with the Liberty 3 Pro earbuds, I’ll be working in the living room and won’t hear my cats begging for treats or even my partner speaking to me. The HearID works almost too well for those that need to focus or block out a noisy subway train....

The gang used “sob stories” as a lure to push women – including widows and divorcees – to give them money, as reported by the BBC. Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, the Secret Service, and Europol, estimate that over the course of the scam, victims suffered close to $7 million in losses. According to Cape Town police, the suspects were arrested in an organized raid at multiple locations in the early morning of October 19....

The research, led by Dr Euan Ashley, professor of medicine, genetics and biomedical data science at Stanford School of Medicine, in collaboration with Nvidia, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Google, Baylor College of Medicine, and the University of California, achieved sequencing in just five hours and two minutes. The study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, involved speeding up every step of genome sequencing workflow by relying on new technology....

The first beta version of Start11 is available for download from Stardock’s home page. The beta costs $4.99 but there’s an upgrade option for existing Start8 and Start10 customers.

CompTIA certifications are recognized in the tech industry worldwide, and you can find out everything you need to know to pass the exams for CompTIA Network+ N10-007, CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002), and CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601). If you’re interested in the well-paid field of cybersecurity, you may also want to take the Certified Cloud Security Professional – CCSP preparation course. Cisco is one of the biggest names in tech. So if your job includes working with Cisco technologies, or you would like a position that does, you’ll find two exam prep courses in this bundle extremely valuable: Cisco 200-301: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) and Cisco 350-401: Implementing Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR) (CCNP)....

Clearly, I needed a new headset. The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless Headset solved all of my aforementioned problems and became my go-to headphones for gaming, commuting, and traveling. Before I consolidated all of my audio into the Nova Pro, I had a library of tech for various needs: the Liberty Pro Buds 3 earphones the Samsung Buds Live and a pair of Anker Soundcore headphones. The Nova Pro’s audio and design made it easy for me to set all of these aside and cemented it as one of the greatest headphones I’ve ever had....

Recko’s payments reconciliation software will add to the growing list of tools Stripe is providing for internet businesses, continuing Stripe’s expansion beyond payments acceptance. Recko helps automate parts of payments reconciliation – an accounting process that compares two or more sets of records, such as a company’s internal sales log and their external bank statement. A retailer, for instance, would want to reconcile a $100 purchase on their website with a $100 payment reported by their payment processor and the $99 deposit (less a $1 processing fee) received in the bank....

With the growth of virtual work around the globe, demand continues to increase for expertise in the administration of virtual desktops. Azure is one of the leading cloud computing solutions for enterprise-level environments and is catching up with small businesses. If you’re not as satisfied as you expected to be with your fledgling networking career, you may want to consider specializing in Azure as a more profitable alternative. You don’t have to worry about going back to school or taking time away from your current job....

You can use SLE Micro as a single-node container host, Kubernetes cluster node, single-node KVM virtualization host, or, of course, in the public cloud. Since it’s built to scale, you can also use it at the edge or to support edge deployments with mainframes. This makes it easier to move your workloads designs from monolithic to microservices at your own pace. Customers seem to like this plan. “SLE Micro is rapidly becoming a critical foundation of customers’ digital transformation, as evidenced by a large U....

ZDNET recently spoke with Mary Jacques, executive director of global ESG and regulatory compliance at Lenovo, about how the company is contributing to the battle against climate change. Technology companies, including Lenovo, may well have historically contributed to global warming, but can you summarise the impetus for them to now become better – and even exemplary – environmental citizens? What are the key drivers here? That’s a great question, and this is not new for Lenovo as we’ve had climate change commitments in place for over a decade....

Whether it’s back to school, off to work or out to play, Target has become one of the favorite destinations for people seeking everyday items. Like most other big-box retailers, the store offers consumers a way to bag some extra savings through its credit card offering, the Target RedCard. If you’re a frequent Target shopper, either in-store or online, the card’s perks and benefits should hold appeal. Approval for the Target RedCard isn’t restrictive, as applicants with fair credit often qualify....

Seeing a computer in elementary school was a novelty for many who grew up pre-2000, and even then they were usually only used for learning particular skills, such as learning to type or putting numbers into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Things have come a long way since then, and many kids are now equipped with laptops, iPads and other pieces of technical kit both in the classroom and outside of it....

A young, growing city, Columbus also ranks as one of the most affordable major cities in the country. A mix of startups plus established companies make for a strong tech job market. Our guide looks at the city’s tech sector, average salaries, and the best ways to build a career in Columbus –– even if you’re working remotely. Columbus at a glance Tech employment in Columbus Ohio ranks among the top ten states with the most tech jobs....

The AU$106 million put into telehealth is part of a AU$309 million investment into Australia’s primary healthcare system. The remainder of that AU$309 million will be allocated towards supporting Australia’s mental health, improving health services in regional and rural Australia, improving access to Medicare, and supporting COVID-19 efforts. Minister for Health Greg Hunt explained that the AU$106 million telehealth investment would be spent over four years, and includes almost AU$32 million of additional funding to support general practices in their efforts to provide ongoing telehealth services....