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Previously, there were no hard-and-fast rules governing space junk. However, guidelines suggested that satellites should be deorbited after around 25 years post-mission. “Twenty-five years is a long time,” FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement. “There is no reason to wait that long anymore… The second space age is here. For it to continue to grow, we need to do more to clean up after ourselves so space innovation can continue to respond....

The deal integrates the Salesforce Commerce Cloud and Salesforce Order Management with capabilities from FedEx and ShopRunner, its e-commerce platform and subsidiary. The two companies will offer different joint solutions, beginning in the spring of 2022. “Commerce Cloud and Order Management let companies sell wherever their customers shop and fulfill on any channel,” Lidiane Jones, Salesforce EVP & GM of Commerce Cloud, said in a statement. “Pairing that with FedEx’s logistics capabilities lets us deliver an even faster, easier, and cost-efficient experience for our customers....

As it is, companies are on edge that they may face litigation from customers when a security incident occurs. More were moving to keep things under wrap over concerns about class action lawsuits or any other potential legal action, said Forrester’s senior analyst Jess Burn, who specialises in incident response and crisis management as well as security training. Insurance and attorney-client privilege often got in the way of full transparency from these companies, particularly in North America where the society was perceived to be highly litigious, Burn said in a video interview with ZDNet....

At the time of writing, the Flightradar24 website displays a “canceled” message and it is not possible to access the service. Flightradar24 is a popular tracker to monitor flights in real-time, including commercial trips, freight, repatriation flights, and, now, potentially military aircraft. On Thursday, as Russian forces invaded Ukraine, Flightradar24 has experienced traffic rates 10 - 20 times higher than normal. “Due to extremely heavy load, some users may experience slowness or temporary connection issues accessing Flightradar24,” the organization says....

BetterMe Home Workout & Diet: 1-Yr Subscription For a limited time only, get the BetterMe Home Workout & Diet: 1-Yr Subscription for $19.99 (reg. $240). BetterMe Home Workout & Diet: 3-Yr Subscription If you are looking for a little more of a long-term solution for a healthy lifestyle, then look no further. Tools like a step-counter and water tracker are included. But this is actually a whole course. You get quizzes and self-assessment questions....

We know we need to back up the files on our computer because losing them would cause chaos. Degoo makes that effortless by backing up your data automatically, encrypting it and even replicating it at the same time. Degoo’s Premium Plan also gives you a generous 10TB of cloud storage, which you can access for life. Users are very happy with what Degoo offers. It’s earned an average rating of 4....

If you’ve been finding it difficult to get interviews for the positions you want – even though you’re well-qualified – the problem may be your resume. While there are undoubtedly many resume specialists you could hire, you could also create a more effective resume built with artificial intelligence with the Complete Resoume AI Assistant Resumé Writer. Resoume makes it easy for you to create resumes, cover letters, and portfolios that highlight your skills....

If your laptop is on its last legs, it may finally be time to retire it. However, new laptops don’t come cheap, but you could potentiallysave hundreds of dollars by buying refurbished. Take this Apple MacBook Air, for example. The model is reported to be quite reliable, and this particular one is on sale for over 60% off its original price. Plus, you can take an extra $20 with code SPRING20, thanks to our Spring Refresh sale....

The company will now gradually start updating consumer and non-managed PCs running the Home and Pro editions to Windows 11, version 21H2. This has been standard practice since Windows 10, but this timeline marks an earlier than usual start, and coincides with Microsoft deeming it “broadly available” for devices that meet Windows 11 minimum requirements. Also: How to change your username in Windows 11 “Windows 11, version 22H2 is now broadly available to all users with eligible devices who check for updates....

The Toybox was specifically designed to be as easy to use as possible, only a simple touch is required to control it. And unlike most other 3D printers, a knife is not required to remove prints, which makes it much safer for kids to use it. The printer comes with biodegradable non-toxic printer food, in eight colors, to make 100 to 300 toys. There’s everything you need to get started right out of the box – particularly since there’s also a companion app that allows you to choose from a constantly expanding catalog of existing designs....

And it’s a really nice mini PC, perfect wherever you need a tiny computer, and with the current deals (including an on-page coupon), it can be yours for as little as $150. Also: Upgrading with the fastest small business and residential firewall Blackview MP60 Mini PC tech specs Processor: Quad-core Intel Celeron Jasper Lake N5095 (four cores/four threads, 4MB L3 Cache, base frequency 2.0GHz, up to 2.9GHz)GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 450MHz (Burst frequency 750MHz)RAM: Offered with 8GB or 16GB DDR4 Storage: Offered with 215GB or 512GB M....

GitHub has admitted that its service hasn’t been holding up for developers over the past week due to issues affecting the “health of our database”, resulting in a degraded experience for developers. “We know this impacts many of our customers’ productivity and we take that very seriously,” GitHub’s senior vice president of engineering, Keith Ballinger, said in a blogpost. “The underlying theme of our issues over the past few weeks has been due to resource contention in our mysql1 cluster, which impacted the performance of a large number of our services and features during periods of peak load,” he explained....

On Wednesday, the Microsoft-owned code repository said that changes will be made to existing authentication rules as “part of a platform-wide effort to secure the software ecosystem through improving account security.” According to Mike Hanley, GitHub’s Chief Security Officer (CSO), GitHub will require any developer contributing code to the platform to enable at least one form of 2FA by the end of 2023. Open source projects are popular and widely used, valuable resources for individuals and the enterprise alike....

Slated to be up and running in 2023, the new Singapore fab would be built with co-investments from customers, GlobalFoundries said in a statement Tuesday. The chip manufacturer is owned by United Arab Emirates state-owned wealth fund, Mubadala Investment Company. Global semiconductor revenue climbed 10.8% year-on-year to hit $464 billion in 2020, according to IDC, which projected the market would continue to grow, at 12.5%, this year to reach $522 billion....

Mirantis Flow is a cloud-native datacenter-as-a-service. It’s meant for two audiences. First, there are the businesses already using public cloud infrastructure technology, which discovered just how hard it is actually to put together a working system from cloud-native components. Mirantis Flow is also designed to make it easy for businesses just beginning their cloud journey to get onboard. This isn’t just to get you started on a cloud. Endless products and services promise that....

But are these really the results you want? How do we know if they are trusted sources? How do we know how these content providers are financed? Are they ad-supported, have a political bias, or provide authoritative information as the original information providers or sources of genuine expertise? If you’re using one of the major search engines such as Google or Bing, you won’t be provided with that information. Neeva, a new search engine being developed by ex-Google executive Sridhar Ramaswamy – who once ran the company’s $115B advertising business – wants to return context and control of the search engine experience back to the end-user....

Google’s Compute Optimized VMs offer the highest consistent performance per core to support real-time application performance. They’re ideal for most performance-intensive workloads. The new AMD-powered C2D instances provide the largest VM sizes within the Compute Optimized VM family. They’re best-suited for memory-bound workloads like high-performance databases, gaming, and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads, such as electronic design automation (EDA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The new instances are configurable with up to 112 vCPUs (56 cores), 896 GB of memory, and 3 TB of Local SSD....

Apple supports iPhones for years. Take iOS 15, which is due out later this year. This update will run on hardware going back all the way to 2015. That’s impressive. But it seems that Google could be planning something similar for its new Pixel 6. Must read: The best browser to replace Google Chrome on Windows, Mac, iPhone, and Android For me, the most interesting bit of Jon Prosser’s Pixel 6 exclusive wasn’t the 50MP camera, the 12GB of RAM, or the 5000mAh battery, but the mention of 5 years of software updates....

According to Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers Benoit Sevens and Clement Lecigne, as well as Project Zero, a distinct government and enterprise-grade iOS and Android spyware variant is now in active circulation. Victims have been located in Italy and Kazakhstan. The spyware, dubbed Hermit, is modular surveillanceware. After analyzing 16 out of 25 known modules, Lookout cybersecurity researchers said the malware will try to root devices and has features including: recording audio, redirecting or making phone calls, stealing swathes of information such as SMS messages, call logs, contact lists, photos, and exfiltrating GPS location data....

After canceling the major event in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Google made the conference virtual in 2021. This year, there will be a limited in-person audience at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, primarily comprised of Googlers and some partners. Content this year will be provided on demand and in different languages, with some translated content such as captioned videos available shortly after the event. The event gives developers a chance to network, talk to Google experts and get a first look at Google’s latest developer products....