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Some 57% of businesses from the education, financial services, insurance, technology and telecommunications, healthcare, and retail sectors are targeted by cybercriminals frequently, according to a survey by Instituto Datafolha commissioned by Mastercard. On the other hand, the study has found that only 32% of the organizations polled have dedicated cybersecurity teams. While 80% of respondents claimed digital security matters are important to them and most have some kind of plan in place to deal with potential cyberattacks, it is not among the budgetary priorities for 39% of those polled....

The US space agency has hauled its huge Space Launch System (SLS) off the launch pad and back into the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) maintenance facility in advance of Hurricane Ian’s expected arrival in Florida on Wednesday. NASA hoped to keep SLS on the launch pad to preserve the October 3 backup launch date after cancelling its September 27 date – its third attempt to launch SLS and send the Orion spacecraft around the moon for a test run....

The consultation was kicked off at the start of 2020 as Australian enterprise telcos complained of NBN overbuilding existing networks. In an update posted last week, NBN after receiving quotes from six parties covering 31 sites as a proof of concept (PoC), and a mixture of fibre to the basement, fibre to the node, and fibre to the curb, said it was not impressed with any of them. “There is no evidence to suggest that an industry-wide procurement model for third party dark fibre connections to deliver wholesale enterprise services would be commercial or operationally feasible based on current NBN build costs, available third-party footprint, operational timelines and SLAs....

Educating buyers on what’s new can be difficult, but showing them how those things can be used can be even more difficult. The real-world uses cases are what I thought made the ad compelling. As an analyst and IT pro before that, I’ve been looking at collaboration tools since the days of the roll-around video carts. During that time, I do not remember a year in which there has been as much innovation as this past one....

Arcade, a DeFi marketplace and lending platform for loans backed by NFTs, officially launched today to the public, enabling NFT owners – from novice to high-net-worth – the ability to unlock liquidity on one or more of their NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain; providing the means for lenders and borrowers to come together to turn NFT holdings into liquid assets. According to the company’s announcement today, lenders that hold stablecoin or ERC 20 tokens can participate in a new source of decentralized finance yield by underwriting fixed-rate term loans collateralized by borrowers’ NFTs....

Nintendo has been a household name in the growth of the current generation and, if sales alone are any indication, it continues to own one of the top spots in the heart of the gaming community. Its top two models, the Nintendo Switch OLED vs the Nintendo Switch make it hard to choose the right one. As a run-of-the-mill millennial, some of my best core memories with my siblings happened around a Nintendo console in the early to mid nineties....

At its spring Graphics Technology Conference (GTC) this week, Nvidia demonstrated a new approach to inverse rendering – the process of reconstructing 3D scenes from a handful of 2D images. Inverse rendering uses AI to approximate how light behaves in the real world. With the approach developed by the Nvidia Research team, the whole process happens almost instantly. The method, Nvidia explained, could be applied to a wide range of use cases....

The Nvidia Omniverse platform gives 3D designers a shared virtual world from which they can collaborate across different software applications and from different geographic locations. Now, Omniverse is becoming more accessible. First, Nvidia announced Omniverse Cloud, which gives artists, designers and developers instant access to Omniverse, even if they don’t have an Nvidia RTX-based system. “This is an answer to a huge demand we’ve had from a number of customers who wanted access to this platform but were limited because of the platform they’re on,” Richard Kerris, Nvidia’s Omniverse VP, said to reporters this week....

Before you even consider specific variables like those, it’s important to understand the basic technology behind those numbers. While OLED displays and LED displays are often marketed side by side, they feature very different methods of providing video and backlighting. Also: The best last-minute tech gifts This variance plays a huge role in not just the quality of your picture, but also how big or heavy your display is. Read on to find out which of these technologies is best for which purpose, and to discover whether OLED or LED is better for your needs....

Coding Dojo bases its success on three pillars: Student potentialThe Coding Dojo curriculumLifetime support Coding Dojo looks for traits like curiosity, resilience, and dedication for the first pillar, student potential. The company claims these traits are more important than coding experience. For this reason, Coding Dojo’s bootcamps are open to applicants without any prior experience. Coding Dojo states thousands of hours of research on pedagogy, the labor force, and learning science went into building its curriculum – the second pillar....

The eye of the storm surfaced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and now, we are seeing the ripple effect this economic disease has had on the financial world. The stock market is in disarray, the Great Resignation (and so-called Great Reshuffle) is underway, and closer to home, we feel the sting of rising food and energy prices, with a general surge in the cost of living. Inflation is a reduction in purchasing power over a period of time, caused by factors including the rising prices of goods or services....

“Fully vaccinated Australians will not require an exemption to Australia from the first of November. This is the first stage of our international reopening,” Minister for Health and Aged Care Greg Hunt said at a press briefing on Wednesday morning. Prior to the announcement, fully vaccinated people living in Australia needed to apply for a travel exemption through the Department of Home Affairs. Australian citizens and permanent residents who want to travel outbound from Australia will need to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated with a government-approved or recognised vaccine, with the second dose occurring at least seven days prior to travel....

Cortana isn’t a star feature on Windows 10 but it’s still in the background, powering Microsoft 365 services on apps across platforms such as iOS and Android. Now Outlook users with an iPhone or iPad can rely on Cortana’s voice capabilities to schedule meetings, search for emails, and read out a reply to an email. SEE: Top 10 iPad tips (free PDF) (TechRepublic) Outlook users can hold down the Google-like plus sign icon on iOS (and soon Android), and then tap the microphone icon to “Use Voice” to tell Cortana what to do in Outlook....

Looking at the numbers, PayPal reported a net income of $1.47 billion. Non-GAAP earnings were $1.11 per share. Wall Street was looking for earnings of $1.08 per share on revenue of $6.24 billion. PayPal says it processed $310 billion in total payment volume during the quarter, a TPV growth of 26% year over year. The company added that it had 4.9 billion payment transactions in Q3. There were about 44 payment transactions per active account in Q3....

Backed by blue-chip investors and promoted relentlessly by its frequently bombastic CEO, Paytm was expected to clean house on its listing. In fact, it got pummelled. And it was no ordinary shellacking – Paytm became the worst performing IPO in Indian history. Its stock price debuted at Rs 2,150, fell 30% by the end of the day and since then has plummeted to a catastrophic Rs 522, around 75% below its opening....

Tech analyst firms have reported muted shipments in the third quarter of 2021, due primarily to problems with the semiconductor supply chain, which has also caused problems for car manufacturers and the broader tech industry. According to researcher IDC, supply chain issues are affecting shipments of PCs, which grew just 3.9% year-on-year in Q3 2021. SEE: Hunker down: The chip shortage and higher prices are set to linger for a while While that’s still growth in a category that was in decline for much of the 2010s due to booming smartphone sales, the growth was muted due to chip and other component shortages caused by the pandemic....

Python is now one of the most popular programming languages among developers and could soon overtake C++. But a much younger language, Julia – a possible alternative to Python – is catching on quickly, according to developer-focused analyst RedMonk. While developers have been using Python for nearly 30 years and is being spurred on by machine learning and data scientists, Julia has only been available since 2012 but is now showing up in numerous language popularity rankings....

Check this out: Extreme weather forecast? Essential gear for when the power goes out The Sport 25 is quite a bit bigger than other power banks of its capacity, but the ruggedization adds bulk, which is a trade-off I’m willing to make. 6700mAh/24.8Wh capacity5V/3A USB-C input and output5V/2.4A USB-AIP67 rated150 lumen flashlight with SOSRuggedized shellWeight: 187g4 LED battery level indicatorComes with 1m USB-A to USB-C cable and USB-C to microUSB adapter...

The Roomba i7+ blazes a trail of cleanliness wherever it goes, learning the layout of your home and automatically creating smart maps. This means that it will clean without bumping into things. It also works with Google Home and Alexa, so you can combine it with an enabled device for voice control instead of using the iRobot Home app. With the price now $763 instead of $1,000, you can afford to never vacuum again – and almost never empty out your vacuum bag either....

As Google explains, fuzz testing or ‘fuzzing’ is a means of testing the vulnerability of a piece of software by throwing arbitrary or invalid data at it to expose bugs and unknown errors. This adds an additional layer of security to Go’s code that will keep it protected as its functionality evolves – crucial as attacks on software continue to escalate both in frequency and complexity. SEE: Developer jobs and programming languages: What’s hot and what’s next “At Google we are committed to securing the online infrastructure and applications the world depends upon,” said Eric Brewer, VIP infrastructure at Google....