Believe it or not, free options are available. Here are three methods you can use to access the Office suite at no cost. What’s the catch? You may be asking yourself, “If I can access all of these apps and programs for free, why should I even pay for Microsoft Office?” While these cloud-based methods on the web and mobile come at no cost, they do require you to be connected to the internet at all times, the amount of storage that Microsoft provides is capped, and there are several software tools and features from the paid versions that are unavailable....

The leader in the space is Swiss company Climeworks, which operates a Direct Air Capture plant and actually performs the process of CO₂ removal and underground storage based on your purchase. Read on for instructions on giving carbon removals, plus other great environmentally friendly gift ideas this holiday season. First things first, what exactly are we talking about here? Carbon removal is such a mainstay of media coverage and corporate talking points that it can be easy to lose track of what exactly the various technologies are, and why they’re being deployed as a tool in the climate change fight....

As long as you earn at least $1 in rewards throughout the year, you get an annual credit card reward certificate. This Costco credit card rewards certificate can be redeemed throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, but there are limitations on redemption you should know about. Unlike most other rewards credit cards, the Costco Anywhere Visa® Card can’t be redeemed whenever you want. You can only redeem it once per year in February for the prior years earned rewards....

I’ve been using SSH for a very long time, and that habit is pretty much ingrained in me. However, when I’m on my MacBook or iMac, those usernames don’t tend to be the same as my Linux servers. This means that command then turns into something like this, where Username is the username on the remote server: Okay, that’s not a huge difference, and adding a username to the command doesn’t take that much extra time....

One thing I appreciate about Fedora is how easy it makes sharing folders across a network. This comes in very handy whether you’re on a company or home network, so you can share files with co-workers or family members, without having to email them or set up an FTP server on your network. Also: The best Linux laptops Now, the work that went into simplifying this process doesn’t just come by way of the Fedora team but also thanks to those who’ve worked hard on making the GNOME desktop as user-friendly and rock-solid as it is....

Just picture, “Where are you?” “Where do I park?” “What side of the building are you on?” “I can’t see you, where are we meeting?” All while holding a phone to your ear and walking around the building. It’s 2022, folks. We’re still some time away from living among robots, but we certainly have better ways to share our locations and easily meet up with people without walking in circles....

Is your MacBook charger charging, and if so, is it charging fast or slow? Now, if you’re a tech, then chances are that you have a USB-C power meter that you can use to test the input. But the average home or office user isn’t going to want to spend money on a power meter that they’re only going to use once or twice. Also: Test your USB-C charger with the MakerHawk Type-C meter Fortunately, Apple offers users a way to tell how much power is getting into a MacBook....

Opera has somehow managed to throw a large number of features into its browser without bogging the app down at all. Recently the developers have added a media player to the sidebar, which allows you to control such services as Spotify without having to use up a new tab or open yet another app. Opera also added a new beta feature, called Pinboards. Opera Pinboards are exactly what you think they are – a place to pin items, so you can keep track of ideas, things of interest, or content you might want to view later on....

Huawei is expanding the P50 Pro and P50 Pocket to markets in Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Latin America. For specific countries, you’ll need to check Huawei’s website. The new markets don’t include North America, which isn’t a surprise given the restrictions placed on Huawei when it comes to doing business in the US. The P50 Pro is a device I’d love to test out myself. It’s a stunning phone with promising features on paper, and, given my experience with previous Huawei phones, the camera is sure to be fantastic....

As you prepare, this comprehensive income guide for 2022 can provide the basics you need to know from tax forms to credits to deductions for the 2021 tax year. Plus, dig deep into topics like what you can do if you can’t pay your taxes by the deadline and what happens if you don’t file on time. It can be hard to navigate through the many pages of the tax code or IRS website so here you have all you need to know in one convenient place....

I think of her every time a privacy advocate friend takes a job with a huge data-guzzling firm, always ardently believing their hiring proves that their new employer really cares about privacy. From there, either they become assimilated into defending practices they used to excoriate, or they quit in frustration. Usually, the latter. It is this experience that Northeastern University professor Ari Ezra Waldman documents in Industry Unbound: The Inside Story of Privacy, Data, and Corporate Power, for which he embedded himself in three (unnamed) companies in order to document how privacy laws play out in real-world practice....

The survey, conducted by Zoho-owned ManageEngine, found that 41% of IT leaders report having been consulted inadequately or not at all in organizational decisions around hybrid working. For instance, the report found that non-IT departments have the final say when it comes to decisions around purchasing apps and IT software for the company (54%), facilitating IT audits (52%), purchasing devices (45%) and hiring tech talent (48%). Tech decision makers also feel unappreciated by senior company leadership in the transition to remote- and hybrid-working models: 81% of IT decision makers felt that they should have had more support from their employer over the past two years....

I’m still alright with that and roll along my way as best I can. So I confess I don’t leap on every male bandwagon, rousing the horses with a hee-haw and a giddyup. Also: Look what Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot can do now But I do feel an urge to mention a particular class of male-oriented gadgets that I’ve resisted for perhaps too long – the personal shaving machine. I feel sure it’s a good idea....

After a short but expected delay, you’re invited to a Skype interview. You take a shower, put on your best shirt and tie, comb your hair, and prepare for the meeting. At the appointed time, you join the interview and speak for some time to Jennifer and Antonio. The interview goes well. Also: HTTPS threats grow more than 314% through 2021 You spend a day or so hoping that this will be the one....

You’ve likely been smiling at it, stroking it, and talking to it. You have to hope, however, that you never drop it in such a way that its screen breaks and you have to get it repaired. With the 13, this isn’t going to be a cheap affair. Review: iPhone 13 Pro is a trifecta of meaningful upgrades Perhaps you’ll be heartened, then, to discover a slightly different approach. This, from a carrier....

It may be time to focus on quality rather than just quantity. “There’s a very fundamental problem that a lot of AI faces,” said Andrew Ng, founder and CEO of Landing AI, a startup working to perfect the technology for industrial uses, in an interview with ZDNet this week. “A lot of AI is focused on maximizing the number of calories, which works up to a certain point,” he said....

The NASDAQ-listed company disclosed the incident in an 8-K filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, noting that part of its source code had been subject to unauthorized access, exposing user data. The report did not specify when the incident took place, but the firm said it has activated its security protocols and is “conducting an exhaustive analysis”. The company did not provide details about where exactly in Latin America the issue originated....

Insider School has churned through thousands of books on personal development, distilling all of that content into actionable information provided in the form of online courses. It covers everything from how you can read a hundred books every year to finally beating procrastination. More than 420,000 people have taken these courses from 187 countries on various online platforms. This subscription will grant you access to 26 courses spread across 670 lectures, and every class comes with a cheat sheet that you can print out for easy reference....

Guidelines for the creation of public policies relating to the technology are outlined in the proposal, as well as principles to be followed by private sector organizations in relation to the development of AI systems. The scope includes machine learning systems, including supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning platforms. The Brazilian project for a legal AI framework is inspired by the concepts and guidelines proposed in the recommendations on artificial intelligence by the Organization of States for Economic Development (OECD)....

The OLED panel in the LG C2 allows the TV to create billions of colors as well as true blacks and brighter whites. This means that detailing, color, and contrast are enhanced for more lifelike images, which is great for movie and TV show buffs as well as console gamers. Console gamers will also love the C2’s compatibility with both Nivida G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium VRR technology to help prevent annoying screen tearing and stuttering that can ruin your gaming session....