Another hurricane is coming. If you’re in the path – or surrounding areas, please do not be complacent because the maps and charts show you to be outside the worst of things – then here are some tips on how to get your tech ready for what Mother Nature has in store. Charge all your gadgets in advance Do it now, while you can! This is especially important if you live somewhere where the power is likely to go out....
If you’re considering an IT career, use this list of top jobs to learn more about the earning potential, duties, and educational requirements for each. Information technology job outlook IT professionals benefit from a strong career outlook. Computer and information technology jobs continue to outperform other fields in terms of IT salaries and growth. In May 2021, tech professionals earned a median salary of $97,430 per year, according to the U....
There is a lot that analytics and AI-based applications can do to clear up supply chains, which have been rocked by pandemics and after-effects, never mind run-of-the-mill shipping challenges. A recent study of 788 business leaders by Unsupervised is finding business intelligence approaches are proving to be instrumental in helping many organizations grapple with supply chain woes, but 40% still are not on board yet. The other 60% are reported to be using business intelligence – which the survey’s authors define as the practice of combining data mining and visualization, analytics, and data infrastructure – to navigate current supply chain issues, and 29% implemented business intelligence into their business specifically for supply chain efficiency....
These videos will be accessible through a new Video tab on people’s profiles. Each video can run up to 60 seconds long, a length that was only previously reserved for IGTV videos, unless the video is eligible for ads, in which case, Instagram said the preview will remain at 15 seconds. “We love that our creator community has embraced video as a key format to tell their stories, entertain, and connect with their audiences, and that’s why we want to make it even simpler to create and discover videos on Instagram,” the Facebook-owned company said in a blog post....
The report comes as Intel has pledged to spend heavily to catch up in manufacturing after years of stumbles with its own manufacturing efforts, as well as to become a foundry for other chip designers. 29-year-old Tower, based in Migdal Haemek, Israel, makes chips for customers that don’t have their own factories, at multiple factories in Israel, Italy and the U.S. Tower’s capabilities focus on older, trailing-edge process technology, parts measuring from 0....
The cash and stock deal lands shortly after the acquisition of CreditKarma. According to Intuit, the acquisition of Mailchimp will enable it to build an “end-to-end customer growth platform” for SMBs. Intuit added that its SMB platform will enable businesses to go online, market, manage customer relationships and get analytics while managing cash flow. In addition, Mailchimp and QuickBooks will integrate data to better target customers. Mailchimp has 13 million users global, 2....
But the four new phones also have another feature that’s going to change how you transfer your phone number over to the iPhone 14. Instead of a small plastic SIM card, Apple has gone all in on using an eSIM. There isn’t even a SIM card tray on the iPhone 14 at all; it just doesn’t exist. Also: eSIM vs SIM: What’s the difference? If you upgrade to the new iPhone 14, the process for converting your SIM card to an eSIM will vary, but in my early experience, the process is straightforward and simple....
Getting to grips with SnapGrip The most obvious member of the Snap family is the SnapGrip. This mixes a battery, a Qi wireless charger, and a Bluetooth shutter button in one device that adds a good-quality handhold to your phone. Getting started is easy enough. First, charge the battery using the USB connector, then press the shutter button to start Bluetooth pairing with your phone. Once paired, simply line the grip up with an iPhone’s MagSafe magnetic ring and you’re ready to go....
The new option in the agency’s authentication system is now available as a short-term solution for this year’s tax filing system, the IRS said. The agency received significant criticism for previously requiring taxpayers to authenticate their identity by providing a selfie. The IRS used facial recognition software from ID.me to analyze the selfies after signing an $86 million contract with the company. Civil rights groups and members of Congress from both parties questioned how the IRS could begin the use of facial recognition without advance warning....
A test of consumer knowledge was performed as part of the study in which respondents were asked to select one of seven definitions of what constitutes a fully automated vehicle (AV), per the parameters set down by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Of the seven available definitions, only two were accurate. In J.D. Power’s testing, just 37% of respondents selected one of the two correct answers, while 55% selected descriptions of what would be considered “driver assist technology,” a lower level of automation that can currently be found in capabilities like lane assist, active cruise control, and automated parallel parking....
With all that intricacy and customization going into an integrated digital business network, device management can’t be piecemealed. It has to be managed and managed effectively, which is where software like Jamf Now becomes unbelievably important for small to medium-sized companies. Jamf Now streamlines remote device oversight, making it easier for even one person to handle and manage the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV devices, apps, and corporate resources for every employee company-wide....
Due to the low-Earth orbit of the satellite, KDDI claimed it would offer “an urban mobile connectivity experience” to those in the country. The backhaul is set to be operational some time in 2022. Starlink currently has an experimental licence in Japan for its ground station installed at KDDI’s Yamaguchi Satellite Communication Center, with both companies involved in conducting tests on the solution. Last month, Elon Musk announced that Starlink had shipped 100,000 terminals to customers....
“[We] immediately notified our on-premises customers via email, in-product notices, and phone to shut down their VSA servers to prevent them from being compromised. We then followed our established incident response process to determine the scope of the incident and the extent that our customers were affected,” Voccola said. “We engaged our internal incident response team and leading industry experts in forensic investigations to help us determine the root cause of the issue....
The battery inside your Mac notebook is a consumable component. What that means is that over time and with usage, it will chemically age, affecting how much power it can store (which translates in the real world into how long your notebook will run for) and how much peak power it can output. While age is a key factor in this aging, factors such as temperature and charging history also play a part....
You don’t need to know anything except how to use a computer to start with “Track the Vehicle in Real-Time Using ESP32 2022”. You’ll learn how to build a system for tracking vehicles in real-time from scratch. Or, if you’ve really been wanting to learn about Raspberry Pi, “Build Your Own GPS Tracking System with Raspberry Pi Zero 2022” will take you from novice to expert. “Build Your Own Smart Dustbin Using Raspberry Pi” gives you more practice with Raspberry Pi....
With over 10 million paid subscribers, Babbel is the highest-grossing language learning platform globally. With a lifetime membership, users can sink into any of Babbel’s 14 core languages and learn at their own pace using Babbel’s expert teaching tactics, crafted by a team of more than 150 linguistic experts and teaching professionals. Babbel’s mission: Get each and every user up to speed and conversant in their new language in as little as three weeks....
The company released a report about cybercriminals using display name spoofing and stylized HTML templates to socially engineer victims into clicking on phishing links in Outlook 365 and then entering their credentials into fraudulent websites. Many people have become accustomed to seeing emails from LinkedIn saying things like “You appeared in 4 searches this week,” “You have 1 new message,” and “Your profile matches this job.” But now, cybercriminals are using webmail addresses with a LinkedIn display names to send fake emails with the same subject lines....
This new camp will provide students with the knowledge and skills to design, build, and deploy cloud-native applications in as little as six months. This bootcamp starts with an introduction to open-source software development, git, and Linux. From there, it moves into DevOps principles and practices and site reliability engineering (SRE). Once you’ve picked up those skills, you’ll be ready to dig into Kubernetes and containers for developers. You’ll then finish with the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certification and advanced training in using GitOps for continuous delivery (CD) on Kubernetes with Flux....
And then there’s Feren OS. Feren OS isn’t just a pretty face, it’s a face that you’ll find much comfort and familiarity in. It’s both immediately familiar and new at the same time. What is Feren OS? Feren OS is a version of the Linux operating system that leans heavily into the KDE Plasma desktop with plenty of tweaks, such as substituting the Nemo file manager in place of Dolphin, to make it as elegant as it is user-friendly....
Must read: Apple releases massive mystery bug fix update for Macs It’s the Anker 7-in-1 USB-C hub. On the connectivity front, the hub comes with a single 4K 30Hz HDMI, a 100W Power Delivery USB-C port, a USB-C data port, microSD/SD card reader slots, and two USB 3.0 ports. It also comes with a 20cm USB-C cable attached. Initially, I thought this to be a weak link because if this broke the hub is trash, but after over a year of hard use, it’s still like new....
