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On Thursday, the Tesla Charging account tweeted that it would be conducting a poll on Twitter in which people could vote for where the next location will be. To determine what locations will be on the poll, Tesla encouraged people to suggest locations in the replies, and the locations with the most likes will be included in the poll. Despite Tesla operating the largest global fast-charging network in the world, people are identifying locations that are almost or completely barren of Superchargers....

A choice screen is a setup page that presents consumers with a selection of search engines to use, rather than sending consumers to a preset default search engine. “Choice screens can give consumers the opportunity to make an informed choice about the search engine they use. Choice screens can also help reduce barriers to expansion for competitors to Google, who may offer consumers more options for alternative search engines around issues like privacy and how personal data is collected and used,” ACCC chair Rod Sims said....

Today, 88% of customers say the experience a company provides is as important as its products or services, and 94% say service influences repeat buying decisions. High performing service organizations use field service management to drive innovation and reduce costs. Research shows that 80% of high performing field service organizations use artificial intelligence (AI). Also: One bad experience is all it takes to lose a customer Here are three important field service trends based on Salesforce State of Service research: Here are 5 key takeaways regarding high performing filed service organizations: The field service management market is expected to grow to an estimated $8....

“We are making sustainability at the heart of the festival,” he told media during a virtual press event. “We believe that behavioural change is essential to ensuring a sustainable future, which is why as the creator and leader of the 11.11 festival, Alibaba aims to play an important role in driving those positive changes.” Arguably the world’s largest shopping event, the 11.11 event has more than 290,000 participating brands, over 14 million deals, and more than 900 million consumers in China....

Since Artemis I is an uncrewed mission, the Callisto demo also includes a virtual crew experience at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. This will allow operators to interact with Callisto from the Mission Control Center. Callisto will provide access to flight status and telemetry, as well as the ability to control connected devices onboard Orion. The idea is to test how voice and video collaboration technologies can help astronauts improve efficiency and situational awareness during their mission....

Many companies didn’t believe in it. After all, they had money. Money gave them power. Power gave them the ability to tell others how things were and what to do. They thought that if they told people about their product, those people would listen and, most importantly, believe. I understand it still happens today. Tech companies harangue their PR agencies about their woeful widgets and simply cannot understand why everyone doesn’t want to hear about them or doesn’t believe they’re any good....

“EC2-Classic has served us well, but we’re going to give it a gold watch and a well-deserved sendoff,” writes AWS evangelist Jeff Barr. With EC2-Classic, instances run in a single, flat network that is shared with other customers. EC2-Classic required public IP addresses made available at the time, or tunneling, to communicate with AWS resources in a VPC. There are some deadlines coming up for any business still on EC2-Classic, but Barr says the process will be gradual....

The Radeon RX 6600 feature: RDNA 2 gaming architecture (as found in the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S and X consoles)32MB of Infinity Cache8GB of GDDR6 memory28 compute units and ray acceleratorsClock speeds up to 2044 MHz The AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series cards (along with the Radeon RX 5000 Series) support Smart Access Memory (SAM), a technology that allows AMD Ryzen 5000 or select Ryzen 3000 Series desktop CPUs to access the entire high-speed GDDR6 GPU memory space when installed on an AMD 500-series motherboard....

That’s the impression you get if you listen to airlines’ third quarter declarations. Business travel is roaring back, they say, and one of the biggest drivers of business is the blended trip. You know, three days of meetings and a couple more days of rest to get over three days of meetings. Airlines are making a lot of money, because more people are prepared to pay more not to have the desperately substandard experience known as economy class....

Or are you somewhat more energized by the threat of Omicron? Those who are still attending – and, who knows, perhaps CES will suddenly get canceled – are likely to be flying. It might be wise, then, to consider the latest evidence on the safety of flying. At a Senate hearing last week, outgoing Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly declared that wearing masks on planes doesn’t do much. After all, he claimed, air filtration on planes is superior to that of most interior spaces....

Apple claims its system is more private because it doesn’t actively scan or monitor photos uploaded to its servers, unlike pretty much everyone else in the industry, but as the weeks go by, it looks increasingly like Apple has created a Rube Goldberg machine in order to differentiate itself. The consequences of this unilateral approach are far-reaching and will impact everyone, not just those in the Apple walled garden. Governments have been pushing for big tech to create decryption abilities for some time....

The company has been working on the service for SMBs as it builds out its subscription base. Apple is best known for its consumer services, but SMBs represent a big opportunity for the company to ride shotgun with its large enterprise success. For the three months ending Sept. 25, Apple’s services revenue was $18.3 billion, up from $14.55 billion a year ago. Services are Apple’s second-largest revenue stream behind iPhone....

Well, less than two years on and it’s already time for the second generation of Apple Silicon chips to make an appearance at WWDC 2022. Also: Are M1 Macs a bad buy now? Called the M2, this builds on what the M1 chip bought to the table with significant improvements across the board without compromising power efficiency. So, what does the M2 bring to the table? Apple Silicon M2 specs Second-generation 5-nanometer technologyUp to 8-core CPU (4× high-performance + 4× high-efficiency)Up to 10-core GPU16-core Neural Engine capable of up to 15....

With popularity at an all-time high, it’s safe to say the Apple Watch is leading the charge in the smartwatch business. But seeing all the available options can leave you easily overwhelmed when deciding which to buy. As their best watches right now, the Apple Watch Series 7 and the Apple Watch SE are two certain contenders in that fight. Both watches offer a variety of finishes and health features that make them attractive to consumers....

But brewing beneath the surface are signs that the party could be coming to an end. As business leaders brace for surging inflation and higher costs, hiring and salary freezes are likely to follow – leaving emboldened tech workers feeling markedly less buoyant, and perhaps with less options in job negotiations than they have recently become accustomed to. Until now, the tech industry has largely sailed through the economic turbulence that has impacted other industries....

One-third of respondents that FlexJobs surveyed said inflation is a huge factor in making their career decisions, while 46% said it is either a factor or a small factor. Only 17% of respondents said that inflation was not affecting their career decisions. SEE: As living costs continue to rise, more employees call for hybrid work Despite the desire to negotiate a salary and find a new job, the respondents’ confidence in their ability to do so is fairly low....

Following the circulation of screenshots by the Lapsus$ group on March 22, which appeared to show unauthorized access to Okta accounts and potentially privileged information, Okta launched an investigation. Sitel, an Okta subprocessor, was named as the third-party responsible for the security breach. Okta says that Lapsus$ may have impacted up to 366 customers in January 2022. Over five days, Lapsus$ had access to an Okta.com Superuser/Admin account reportedly owned by a Sitel customer support engineer....

Alexa-exclusive Prime Day deals work when you ask her to order these specific items, through your Echo device. These deals are even lower priced than the Prime Day deals, giving you access to even bigger savings. Deals that are exclusive through Alexa Note: Keep in mind these deals only apply if you ask Alexa to order them!

Nonetheless, Google’s own Pixelbook Go – featuring Intel Core processors and a starting price tag of $649 – continues to see periodic challengers to its upscale Chromebook supremacy. The latest comes from Asus, which has just launched a pair of new Chromebooks that features the latest hardware and a starting price more than the Pixelbook Go – and configurations that push that price over $1,000. Both the Chromebook CX9 and Flip CX5 are equipped with the latest 11th-generation Intel Core processors that make the 8th-generation CPUs in the Pixelbook Go look a little long in the tooth....

This may not be a sentence you’ve heard from too many people lately, but I’ve often found talking to those actually selling the phones to be an enlightening experience. So last week, mask in hand and anticipation in head and heart, I went to an AT&T store. My main goal was to see Samsung’s Galaxy Flip 3 and Galaxy Fold 3. I’ve been an AT&T customer for almost 20 years....