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Events like ransomware attacks against utilities and infrastructure providers, production facilities and hospitals have demonstrated that cyberattacks can have very real consequences for people, restricting access to vital goods and services for days, weeks and even months. But despite the risk posed by cyberattacks, many businesses and their boardrooms still don’t fully understand the threats they’re facing from cybercriminals and how to best defend their networks against them. See also: A winning strategy for cybersecurity (ZDNet special report)....

The higher costs and constraints come at a bad time for data centers. Server farms have already been built and expanded at record rates in 2020 and 2021, as cloud IT and cloud consumer services boom. And as the COVID-19 pandemiclockdowns boost the use of all types of online services. The rising energy costs and supply constraints facing data centers are further exacerbated by the high energy use from Bitcoin miners, who earlier this summer were banned from China as the government seeks to conserve power for critical industries....

According to its news release, Centaurus said that its platform “offers a golden opportunity for initial buyers with a bunch of rewards and cross-chain compatibility for all $CENT holders.” What that means is that Centaurus users can, with $CENT coins, buy, sell, trade, hold and stake a variety of NFTs, such as art, in-game collectibles, music, photos, and videos, and can do so across a variety of blockchain networks including Aave, Avalanche, Polygon, Solana, and Tezos....

As the first major announcement of the virtualized VMworld 2021, Dell on Oct. 5 introduced a new type of infrastructure-as-a-service, co-engineered with VMware, to connect its Apex Cloud Services platform with VMware’s cloud. The combination, loaded with potential benefits, is designed to automate and otherwise smooth out the management of hybrid and multi-cloud deployments for a large number of organizations that use both companies in their IT systems. Basically, Dell Technologies Apex Cloud Services with VMware Cloud, now in private beta testing, aims to provide secure and routine operations across multi-cloud environments....

I know some of you hate this idea. Too bad. With Microsoft and Google both backing their own distinct takes on DaaS, tomorrow’s desktop will be living mostly on the cloud and not on top of your desk. That said, the idea never really went away. After company, such as Sun and Oracle with the Sun Ray, company after company tried to keep remote desktops alive while Lantronix, Aten, and Raritan are all still producing keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) over IP that enables you to run multiple remote machines from your desktop....

Using a 4-level scale, where 1 is an organization that operates in an analog manner, 2 is considered “emergent” in terms of adoption, 3 is at an intermediate level of digitalization, and 4 is a digital leader, the Digitalization Map of Brazilian Micro, and Small Enterprises survey was carried out by the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (ABDI) and the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) with 2,572 companies nationwide. According to the research, 66% of companies in the segment are in the initial two stages of digital maturity, while 30% are in the intermediate stage (level 3), and only 3% can be considered digital leaders....

Sennheiser’s clout in the audiophile market is hard to overestimate, and the company’s entire lineup of non-gaming headphones is widely used among gamers for their incredible soundstage. This allows you to hear the exact direction even the quietest footsteps are coming from, and provides the rare ability to even detect verticality in the game space. Some of the best pro gamers in the world swear by the company’s $1,600+ HD800S headphones for this exact reason....

The European Commission said on Monday that it has sent a statement of objections to Apple, detailing its preliminary view that the company abused its dominant position to benefit its own payment solution, Apple Pay, and as a result, distorted competition. The statement of objections as sent to Apple does not, however, indicate the outcome of the investigation. European Commission executive vice-president Margrethe Vestager claimed in a press conference that Apple’s anti-competitive practices date back to 2015, when Apple Pay was first launched....

Linux creator Linus Torvalds told a kernel contributor on Sunday that he’s doing merges “very slowly” from one of his laptops as he waits for “new ECC memory DIMMS to arrive”. ECC refers to “Error-correcting code” memory that’s designed to prevent certain styles of attacks. Also: How to run websites as apps with ease in Linux As for Torvalds’ current obstacles to merging code for Linux kernel version 6.1, a kernel bug – which is the usual suspect – wasn’t the cause....

During a virtual briefing with media on Wednesday, the social media giant’s privacy and policy director Steve Satterfield said the company is on a “perpetual quest” to bust the myth that Facebook sells people’s data to advertisers or other third-parties. “It’s just false,” he said. “We do not sell people’s data. We never have.” In July 2019, the social media giant was hit with a $5 billion fine by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for violating user privacy....

On Sunday, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) named Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, of Annapolis, Maryland, as the suspects in a plot to sell information to a foreign government. According to the complaint, for close to a year, Jonathan – with the assistance of his wife – attempted to sell Restricted-class data in exchange for cryptocurrency. Jonathan served as a nuclear engineer for the US Navy. During his time with the Navy, the 42-year-old worked on the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and had secured high-level national security clearance....

In addition to two gigabit Ethernet ports on the Purple – a device that’s roughly the size of a Raspberry Pi – the Purple can also be used to create a short-range Wi-Fi network when you’re working in a coffee shop or a hotel while traveling. You can use the Purple as a router at home. You can also set it up between your modem and router to monitor your traffic, look for malicious websites, and send you alerts via the Firewalla iPhone or Android app....

About 1 million of the devices were sold across the US, with an additional 693,000 reaching customers elsewhere across the globe. From that pool of nearly 1.7 million devices, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) received reports of 115 domestic incidents (and 59 international incidents) of the Ionic’s battery overheating. The CPSC’s recall page notes that 78 of those reports included burn injuries to users. At least six of these injuries were quite severe, including four second-degree burns and two third-degree burns....

Saïd Business School, which is part of the University of Oxford, is employing a range of techniques to deliver on this reality, The school has upgraded its classrooms and lecture theatres during the past two years to support an immersive experience that uses video-conferencing technology, screens and whiteboards to bring offline and online students together. Saïd uses content platforms Canvas and Moodle and video-conferencing platform Zoom to support online education....

Barneson: As the world becomes increasingly digital, we’re seeing new career opportunities emerge and existing ones evolve. For instance, with more choices for managed database solutions in the cloud, the database administrator role has become more dynamic. As these roles become more software based and less about provisioning and managing on-premises hardware, today’s DBAs are now managing multiple cloud-based solutions, and can lean into opportunities to develop strategic business solutions with the development team....

He studied computer hardware engineering in college. He began his career as an IT consultant at IBM. And instead of jumping into management at Red Hat, Hicks started at the open-source software business in 2006 as a developer on the IT team. SEE: Red Hat names new CEO His on-the-ground experience, however, is one of his core assets as the company’s new leader, Hicks says. “The markets are changing really quickly,” he tells ZDNet....

That’s why I was thrilled when Garmin announced the Index BPM smart blood pressure monitor two months ago. So much so that I ordered mine for its $149 listing price as soon as I received the press release. The Index BPM is also an FDA-cleared medical device that you can use your FSA or HSA funds to purchase. Specifications A little bit about me While I have never exhibited any heart issues or feelings that might lead me to suspect a health issue, when I went for my physical last year, the doctor said I had elevated blood pressure and prescribed Losartan to take once per day....

Most of those notebooks have received a just-announced refresh (as did the brand’s signature cow mascot), though last year’s tablets didn’t make the cut nor did the Creator Series laptop with a un-Walmart-like starting price of $1,200. Instead eight budget and midrange portables – seven in the Ultra Slim family and the other a 2-in-1 – get spruced up with the latest 11th-generation Intel Core processors that replace the mix of AMD and older Intel CPUs in last year’s systems....

The GE robot is part of DARPA’s Underminer program. According to the agency: DARPA is also rounding third base on its SubT (Subterranean) Challenge, which “seeks novel approaches to rapidly map, navigate, and search underground environments during time-sensitive combat operations or disaster response scenarios.” The final events for the virtual and systems challenges will take place in late September of this year. GE’s earthworm robot is bio-inspired, drawing inspiration from the wriggly worm, and like its prototype its soft, putting it in a class of robots that don’t have hard exterior bodies....

While everyone is thrilled with multi-functional travel accessories, you’ll rarely see the trend cross over to home décor. And yet, furnishings offering more than one use can be absolute lifesavers, especially if you have limited living space. For instance, wouldn’t it be great to clear the clutter on your bedside table? A wireless charger built into a stylish lamp could certainly make a difference. That’s precisely what this LED Bedside Lamp offers....