Uber launched Reserve at Airports in a couple of dozen US cities back in 2020. The feature lets you book a ride from the airport up to 30 days in advance. The feature adjusts your Uber reservation time based on your flight information so that your driver will arrive when you do – even if the flight is early or delayed. The driver will wait for 60 minutes, giving you time to take care of things like picking up luggage....
It’s also a clear signal that Uber is maneuvering aggressively to lock up autonomous delivery service providers, giving Uber Eats an edge right on the cusp of adoption. Also: Uber Eats to launch a fully autonomous delivery experience (in one major market) Uber Eats has entered into partnerships with other autonomous vehicle service providers as well. A source familiar with internal operations at Serve Robotics, an autonomous sidewalk delivery company, tells me that that partnership is about to grow....
It might seem insignificant, but it’s anything but. User interface and user experience is everything. Studies have found that when content is not optimized for the user, there is a 79% chance that people never return to it. On mobile, it is especially important, as people are five times more likely to abandon a website if it isn’t optimized for their device. Avoiding these outcomes is simply a matter of investing in good user experience, and the Prestige Adobe Suite UI/UX Certification Bundle has everything you need to provide exactly that....
Among the countries within the USTR investigation, and now subject to the suspended tariffs, are Austria, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and the UK. G20 nations floated the idea of a digital services tax in 2019 under a plan to levy more taxes from tech giants, most of which are headquartered in the US. SEE: Guide to Becoming a Digital Transformation Champion (TechRepublic Premium) On April 1 2020, the UK introduced a 2% tax on the revenues of search engines, social media services and online marketplaces if they make money from UK users....
Dwolla sent emails to customers that have recently made transactions between it and Mt Gox, informing them that it was “unable to move money to and from Mutum Sigillum LLC’s Dwolla account” due to orders it had received from DHS and the US District Court of Maryland. OkCupid co-founder Chris Coyne posted a photo of the email to Twitter this morning, and several forum users at BitcoinTalk.org have confirmed its legitimacy....
The company, which provides internet telephony services to businesses across the US and Canada, was hit by a DDoS attack on September 16, with the company confirming via Twitter: “At the moment we carry on with the labor of alleviating the effects caused by the massive DDoS directed at our infrastructure. We continue to work full-on re-establishing all of our services so we can have you connected.” SEE: Four months on from a sophisticated cyberattack, Alaska’s health department is still recovering As reported by BleepingComputer earlier this week, the attack also affected its domain name service (DNS) infrastructure....
To be doled out over four years, the fund is aimed at progressing the government’s digital transformation agenda and follows the same timeline as the state government’s 2021-25 digital strategy that was released back in June. According to WA Premier Mark McGowan, the fund was created off the back of a AU$5.6 billion budget surplus fuelled by high iron ore prices. Among the various IT upgrades that will be paid for by the fund are “future health sector ICT projects” and virtual offices for Legal Aid Western Australia to further improve access to justice in regional and remote areas....
That’s why the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has explained why it is still recommending users pick three random words for a password rather than meeting complex requirements, such as an alphanumeric string, that could permit the creation of bad passwords like “pa55word”. The NCSC’s past warnings against password complexity requirements have been aimed at admins responsible for protecting IT systems. NCSC has called on organizations previously to ditch password-expiry policies because they encourage users to pick slight variations on existing passwords; Microsoft in 2019 dropped its recommendation for expiring passwords on Windows 10 because the policy was obsolete and unhelpful....
The government of Western Australia published its 2021-2025 digital strategy last June centred on four priorities: Better services, informed decisions, safe and secure practices, and digital inclusivity. A fifth priority, supporting digital foundations, has also now been included, with the new priority being aimed at improving the government’s internal operations to ensure it can achieve its other four priorities. Taking account of those priority areas, the Digital Strategy Roadmap 2022 [PDF] details there are currently 22 initiatives across 12 government agencies that have already started or are scheduled to start....
Take it away, Mr. Spinley. Oh, we just love a good buzz term, don’t we? And there is probably no bigger buzz term right now than “frictionless experience.” Sounds grand. The problem is they are about as real a giant sea-bathing monster rocking a Scottish accent. No, they don’t exist. This error in thinking that they do (and I’ll explain why they don’t shortly) results from the lack of knowledge when it comes to experience economics....
But what if recording levels didn’t matter? What if you could forget about the problems automatic gain control (AGC) causes? What if you could start with a sound as soft as the flutter of a butterfly’s wings and end with the scream of a jet engine’s afterburner at full thrust, and not have to adjust gain – all while catching every detail in the full range of sound? Now you can....
Once upon a time, the only office suite I used was LibreOffice, which is a free, open-source application that can be installed on multiple operating systems (Linux, MacOS, and Windows). Also: How to limit spotlight search to improve privacy in MacOS The past few years have seen me relying more on Google Docs than anything, but that doesn’t mean I’ve abandoned LibreOffice. In fact, there are still tasks that I depend on LibreOffice for (such as formatting manuscripts before they are sent to my publisher)....
The new incumbent is Guilherme Horn, who will start next month and be based in São Paulo. Horn is a well-known innovation author, investor and entrepreneur, having founded investment firms Órama and Ágora, which was acquired by Brazilian banking giant Bradesco in 2008 and held senior-level roles at companies such as Accenture. In a statement, Will Cathcart, WhatsApp’s global head, said, “as a successful entrepreneur, Guilherme knows what it takes to build meaningful partnerships that can serve local communities and businesses across Brazil”....
Earlier this year, I shared my list of 11 big, important programs that I use day in and day out in Windows and Mac software: My 11 essential apps and services. But those superstars of software would not exist without an army of smaller, more nimble collections of code. These utilities are the workhorses of the PC and Mac world. My workday has been saved more times than I can remember by a small, highly focused app that helped me diagnose or solve a thorny problem....
Microsoft was expected to release Windows 11 22H2 in September or October but, according to Windows Central, it will drop on September 20, shipping as build 22621, which is currently in testing. Per The Verge, that date falls one week after that month’s Patch Tuesday. Microsoft has been testing Windows 11 22H2 for the past few months, but users on the current version in the Beta and Dev Channels may have gotten to try some of the new features, such as the Live Captions and Voice Access accessibility features, Suggested Actions, a redesigned Task Manager, tabbed File Explorer, OneDrive integration with File Explorer, and more....
The feature is based on Microsoft’s SmartScreen technology and caters to both consumers and enterprise users on the new Windows 11 2022 Update. If the user types their credentials on an untrustworthy site or app, Windows alerts the user as well as admins who get a record of when and where the password was used. Also: Windows 11 22H2: How to get Microsoft’s latest OS update and what’s coming next “When Windows 11 protects against one phishing attack, that threat intelligence cascades to protect other Windows users interacting with other apps and sites that are experiencing the same attack as well,” explains Microsoft’s Sinclaire Hamilton....
We received one for testing and will be spending a couple of weeks with it as we work on the full review. A business trip, and terrible Wi-Fi, have hampered our ability to set things up and get rolling, but stay tuned as we put the Wristcam and its new live video messaging functionality to the test. Also: Apple Watch Series 6 review: Outstanding smartwatch, but health software offers little guidance The Wristcam band accessory is available in the two Apple Watch sizes for $299....
This holiday season, major vendors across the board are wrestling against each other (and a supply chain crisis) to win your money. While the Black Friday extravaganza started weeks in advance – deals on our favorite tech products were listed as early as October – Cyber Monday promises to bring just as many promotions for those who missed the party. To keep you in front of the pack, the ZDNet team of expert reviewers has gathered the best deals available below, by store and category....
The report said that the advanced and persistent threat actor – which they have named “Praying Mantis” or “TG1021” – mostly used deserialization attacks to load a completely volatile, custom malware platform tailored for the Windows IIS environment. “TG1021 uses a custom-made malware framework, built around a common core, tailor-made for IIS servers. The toolset is completely volatile, reflectively loaded into an affected machine’s memory and leaves little-to-no trace on infected targets,” the researchers wrote....
Here, we highlight some of the best time management strategies available. In addition to giving your productivity a lift, these helpful practices may help reduce stress, boost your energy, and free up more of your time. Reflect on how you use your time Making the most of your time often starts with self-reflection. Use the following questions as a guide to better understand your current processes. You can use your answers to help you choose time management strategies....
