A gift card seems too impersonal for a partner, but you don’t have to make a grand gesture to express how you feel, either. If you’re shopping for something special this February, don’t fret. I found the best tech gifts to show your significant other how much you care this Valentine’s Day. Must read: The best cheap tech gifts for under $100The best cheap tech gifts under $75The best cheap tech gifts under $50The best cheap tech gifts under $25...
I’m not here to tell you that the future of personal computing is Apple Silicon Macs. But what you are going to see develop over the next several years is a systems architecture that looks very Mac-like, regardless of which operating system you end up running. And it won’t matter if it’s on chips of Apple’s own design, or chips designed by Qualcomm, NVIDIA, Samsung, Microsoft, or even Google....
This second generation headset features 7.1 surround sound alongside object based tracking, so even if you’re taking a day off from League of Legends, you can hop on to some top games and know where your enemies are approaching. 50mm drivers deliver high quality audio straight to your ears. And, if you download the Logitech G HUB software, you can set up EQ profiles for specific games. The microphone offers Blue Voice technology that’s designed to reduce outside noise and help others hear your voice with crisp commands....
— Alan Turing, Computing Machinery and Intelligence, 1950 Buried in the controversy this summer about Google’s LaMDA language model, which an engineer claimed was sentient, is a hint about a big change that’s come over artificial intelligence since Alan Turing defined the idea of the “Turing Test” in an essay in 1950. Turing, a British mathematician who laid the groundwork for computing, offered what he called the “Imitation Game.” Two entities, one a person, one a digital computer, are asked questions by a third entity, a human interrogator....
Since 2009, Google has announced the number of content removal requests it receives from governments around the world in its annual Transparency Report – and there are some interesting trends in the report. Netherlands-based VPN company Surfshark has analysed these files to see which countries have asked Google to remove the most content and the most common reasons for those requests. It filtered the data from the Transparency Report by location, the volume of requests between 2011 - 2020, the volume of requests in 2020 alone, and the top reason for requests in each country and globally....
The DHS’s new recruitment system, dubbed the Cybersecurity Talent Management System (CTMS), launches amid a tight labor market for cybersecurity professionals who are in extremely high demand and can therefore command big salaries. DHS is just one federal department, but it plays a special role in responding to major cyberattacks on US critical infrastructure. It hopes the new system will help it hunt for and can keep talent for mission critical-critical roles, with the aim of hiring 150 priority roles across 2022....
As cryptocurrencies are being slowly integrated into day-to-day lives, and El Salvador makes bitcoin legal tender, which other countries are the most prepared to use digital currencies in their daily lives? A recent study by London, UK-based business information website Small Business Prices looked at the top 25 countries that are most prepared for digital currency adoption. The study looked at the top 66 countries based on population. It analysed a series of factors from January 2018 to March 2021 that relate to the adoption of cryptocurrencies in a number of countries, including uptake, crypto ATMs, internet speeds, and search volume of popular cryptocurrencies....
The two-day series of meetings aimed to find an answer to ransomware and followed calls from US president Joe Biden for the Kremlin to hold Russia-based ransomware gangs accountable for their file-encrypting attacks, rather than turning a blind eye to them so long as they don’t attack Russian organizations. Notably absent from the White House-led group was Russia itself, which was not invited. In June, Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin that 16 US critical infrastructure entities should be off-limits from ransomware attackers operating from Russia....
Also: This $17 headlamp is as close to perfection as lights get However, their faces fall when I reveal my trusty, unassuming weapon of choice: a slim, metal pry tool, affectionately known as a spudger. But this isn’t just any spudger, it’s the iconic DotterPod iSesamo spudger, the unsung hero of the repair world. First and foremost, it’s important that you always use the right tool for any repairs. if you’re using screwdrivers or knives to pry open devices, just stop!...
This is exactly what iVerify does. Must read: I just found my lost AirTag… you’ll never guess where it went iVerify is a brilliant app that gets regular updates to keep the information fresh and up to date. Within days of a new version of iOS being released, the app has been updated with now tips, tricks, and information about that new release. It can be very hard to spot if an iPhone has been hacked, so having a tool installed that keeps an eye out for the telltale signs of intrusion offers piece of mind....
If you are familiar with the satisfying feeling of sliding the last piece into a jigsaw puzzle, imagine how much more exciting it would be knowing you might win $1 million by completing it. That’s exactly what you can experience with The 2 Million Dollar Puzzle. Best of all, you can get it for just $24.99 during our Deal Days sale — no coupon necessary! MSCHF, who brought you The One Million Dollar Puzzle, is bringing you another chance for a big win....
The downloader has been detailed by cybersecurity researchers at HP Wolf Security, who’ve called it RATDispenser. The initial entry point for attacks is a phishing email that claims to contain a text file about a product order. Clicking the malicious file will run the process for installing RATDispenser malware. In order to avoid detection, the initial JavaScript download is obfuscated with the aid of long strings of code to help hide the malicious intent....
Best of all, for a very limited time during the Labor Day sale, you can get this bundle for only $15. So you can dive right into “Unreal Engine Game Development for Beginners” and find out all you need to about game development using the Unreal Engine and actually begin creating games of your own during the class. Follow that up with the hugely popular “Develop a First-Person Shooter in Unreal Engine” because it garnered an incredible 4....
This is why I like bone conduction headphones. Also: The best bone conduction headphones (and how they work) Bone conduction headphones are a type of headphones that don’t need to cover the ears or insert into the ear canal like traditional headphones or earbuds. Instead, bone conduction headphones place small transducers on the earpiece that rest on the bones in front of your ear. When these transducers vibrate, they transmit sound waves directly into your skull and inner ear, bypassing your outer and middle ear....
As we look ahead to 2022, I thought it might be helpful to CIOs if I summarized several patterns or themes that emerged from all these discussions. I’m aware that the list below is woefully incomplete. It’s a short list, so I had to leave out topics such as talent management and building teams, diversity and inclusion, managing technical debt, cloud migration, and other profoundly important issues. With that apology, here are three strategic imperatives to which CIOs should pay particular attention in 2022....
Kim Salem-Jackson is the executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Akamai. Salem-Jackson leads global marketing for Akamai. She is passionate about building and leading high-performing, purpose-driven teams driven by innovation and speed to market. Kim has the proven ability to work with senior management to envision, develop and implement corporate strategy and integrated initiatives that accelerate revenue growth. Salem-Jackson reminds us that we have all witnessed over the past two years that the world is changing rapidly....
At the peak of the outage, a third-party service-monitoring website reported that there were problems at TikTok with server connections, the app and user profiles, and over 92,000 reports of problems. As of 2:30 PM ET, that number had subsided to 2,000 reports. During the outage, users everywhere took to Twitter to react to the TikTok outage and question what to do with their time without their favorite procrastination tool....
Windows 11 may get a boost in coming days as users still on the Home and Pro editions of Windows 10 versions 20H2 and 1909 upgrade to supported versions of Windows 10 and 11. “As of May 10, 2022, theHome and Pro editions ofWindows 10, version 20H2, and all editions of Windows 10, version 1909 have reached end of servicing. The May 2022 security update, released on May 10, is the last update available for these versions....
Microsoft’s Surface laptop business ran a survey with YouGov in the UK and found that 66% of workers with company-owned laptops or tablets are still using the same device they had when the COVID-19 lockdowns started last March. Microsoft’s Surface teams say the finding in the UK “raises concerns that the lack of device refreshes is hitting productivity” as businesses adopt hybrid working. SEE: Tech skills: Four ways you can get the right mix “More than a third (35%) of employees who received new devices since the onset of COVID-19 reported a resulting increase in their productivity....
Agrawal said Twitter Spaces as well as newsletter features and expanded monetization tools for creators were just a few of their efforts to evolve the platform. He also explained how his leadership style differed from former CEO Jack Dorsey, who resigned in November. “Strategy is not enough. In my first 10 weeks on the job, I have been focused on improving execution, using faster decision-making, and focusing on doing fewer things,” Agrawal said during the Q4 earnings call....
