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Microsoft’s custom backgrounds for Teams on the desktop has been around for a year. It came to iOS and Android this April and is now available on desk phones with video. The feature allows mobile users to pick one of Microsoft’s backgrounds during a video call to conceal their actual background and add a bit of color and privacy to a meeting. Microsoft only recently added real-time transcription to Teams but it was for the desktop application and could create transcriptions for multiple participants....

And that, the “notably or unexpectedly missing, absent” part, brings us to Tim Cook. In June of 2020, Apple announced its transition to Apple Silicon processors, saying the “first system ships by year’s end, beginning a two-year transition.” Every Mac model has transitioned to Apple Silicon, except for the Mac Pro and the 27-inch iMac. If Apple’s timeline is to be believed, the two year period would have expired last June....

As someone who’s experienced these nightmares, I was eager to try NexusLink’s Wireless Gaming Bridge. Not only does it promise a way to isolate and optimize your PC or VR gaming connection, it does so for a shockingly inexpensive price, relatively speaking. But could a $60 wireless bridge really replace the several-hundred-dollar mesh network I needed to keep wireless gaming viable in my home? Also: Mesh vs traditional Wi-Fi: What is best for your home office?...

You probably don’t have my hardware requirements, but even if you just have a laptop and a desktop and you’d like to switch between them with a single keyboard, display, and mouse, a simple KVM may be just what you need. And, if your computers can push out 4K video, you want IOGear’s latest 2-Port 4K KVM Switch, the GCS92HU. Take an inexpensive KVM, like IOGear’s newest 2-Port 4K KVM Switch....

Apple considers a product vintage when it has stopped selling them “more than 5 and less than 7 years ago”. Apple considers a product obsolete when it has stopped distributing them for sale more than seven years ago, and has just added the iPhone 6 to its list of vintage products. Apple unveiled the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus on September 14, 2014. They had 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch displays, respectively....

“I was going on my holidays. But I got a phone call at four o’clock in the morning, saying basically ‘I can’t log in, what’s going on?’” he says. Day got up and made the 30-minute drive to his office in Brisbane, Australia where the construction, building supplies and home-building company is based, all the while thinking about what the problem could be, perhaps a hardware failure or an unplanned outage?...

Air-gapped systems are isolated from the internet due to the nature of the information they handle. The idea is that by being completely removed from both the public-facing internet and the rest of the network, any information stored and processed within them remains secure from unauthorised access by outsiders. Typically, air-gapped systems are found in sensitive or high-risk environments – which are likely to be tempting targets for malicious hackers – including critical infrastructure, satellite and military networks....

They’re still dating, but the terms have changed. What’s she doing tonight when I don’t hear from her? Why didn’t he text me last night before he went to sleep? What are we talking about today? Why, remote work, of course. Many companies now want to cohabit again with their remote employees. Many remote employees have discovered they’re quite happy working remotely and eschewing the commute. And, well, the need to dress up and act as if they actually like their coworkers....

Detailed by cybersecurity researchers at Trend Micro, such as several other cryptomining campaigns, this one is secretly compromising Linux systems, using their computing power to mine for Monero. Cryptomining attacks are often distributed by exploiting common cybersecurity vulnerabilities or are hidden inside cracked software downloads, among other methods. Compromising one system with cryptomining malware is unlikely to generate much profit, but attackers infect a large network of infected systems and servers to generate as much cryptocurrency as possible – with the associated energy bill being unintentionally picked up by the victim....

This feature is an expansion of existing ‘smart chips’ integrations. Google earlier this year launched smart chips, a new @ tag tool for linking information from other Workspace apps to a Docs file. It’s Google’s bid to change the word-processing experience. Smart chips started with a people focus, but expanded to include smart chips for files and events. It gave Docs users the ability to add information from other Workspace apps, including Gmail/Workspace email address, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Calendar....

The charges, pressed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), accuse the five individuals of generating over $3 million in total profits by trading on confidential information about Netflix’s subscriber growth. According to the SEC’s complaint, Sung Mo Jun, who is a former Netflix software engineer, headed a long-running scheme to illegally trade on non-public information concerning the growth of Netflix’s subscriber base, a key metric Netflix reports for its quarterly earnings announcements....

In his new role, Shimada will also run the energy and infrastructure business after Toshiba’s split into two standalone companies, a move due to be completed by the second half of FY23. On Tuesday, the company also announced that Goro Yanase, Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems president and CEO, has been appointed as Toshiba COO. The company’s board also promoted Hiroyuki Sato, currently president and CEO of Toshiba Electronic Devices and Storage, to the role of Toshiba’s corporate executive vice president who will be responsible for the company’s electronic and storage business....

The deal will see TPG boost Qantas’ communications network thanks to new fibre to carry voice and data between the airline’s head offices, and airport terminals in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, and Darwin. TPG has already shifted the airline’s 1300/1800 inbound customer support numbers to its mobile network. TPG said it already handles 90% of the mobile services for Qantas. “TPG Telecom has proven its capability and experience in delivering large and complex infrastructure programs,” Qantas Group CIO Sam Charmand said....

In “Cisco Certified Network Associate: Practice Labs & Border Gateway Protocol”, you will learn the skills that will help you pass the Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT) and/or Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification exams. They include how to verify and configure IP addresses, create virtual local area networks (VLANs), and much more. If you already have even the most basic networking experience, you can really advance your career with the “Cisco Certified Network Associate IPv4 Course”....

GaN is an abbreviation for gallium nitride, a material used in some tiny electronic components within chargers and other devices. GaN is used as a semi-conductor in these parts, replacing the more traditional silicon. Essentially, it does a faster, more efficient job than silicon, allowing chargers to output the same power output while being smaller, less wasteful, and cooler. The resulting charger is both easier to carry and safer. These benefits can apply to everything from power bricks for ultra-premium laptops to tiny mobile device chargers....

(A screenshot from a United ad.) The promise, so it goes, is that once you buy this thing you’ll feel so uncontrollably good all over. The problem for airlines, especially over the last couple of years, is that every promise they’ve made has been entirely unbelievable. Promises such as the expected arrival time of your flight. Or the expected departure time. Or even the promise that your plane will actually take off....

Published in Nature, the research shows it was possible to achieve one-qubit operation fidelities of up to 99.9% accuracy, two-qubit fidelity of 99.3% accuracy, and a three-qubit system comprising of an electron and two phosphorous atoms introduced in silicon via ion implantation with a fidelity of 92.5%. “Today’s publication in Nature shows our operations were 99% error-free,” said UNSW professor Andrea Morello, who led the work in partnership with the University of Melbourne, University of Technology Sydney, and others based in the US, Japan, and Egypt....

The US now handles billions in crypto assets that are obtained through seizures or forfeitures. The DOJ announced in 2017 that it made $48,238,116 from the sale of 144 336 Bitcoins taken from Ross William Ulbricht, a wealthy crypto-investor implicated in a number of crimes connected to the Silk Road underground website. Since then, the Justice Department has raked in dozens of different kinds of crypto assets, and in 2019, the United States Marshals Service began the search for a partner to “handle the full lifecycle of seized digital assets....

Once your Prime account gains access to the new feature, that won’t be an issue at all. And better yet, if you’re on the receiving end of the gift, you have the option of accepting the gift, or converting it into a gift card – all without notifying the sender of your decision. The recipient will receive an email or text within 5 minutes of you placing the order. They’ll then have the option of accepting the gift, or exchanging it for a gift card....

The bill will head back to the Utah Senate, where it was passed earlier this year. Officials there need to decide whether they will accept the amendments added by House members before it heads to the desk of Utah Governor Spencer Cox. Cox did not respond to requests for comment about whether he will sign the bill if it makes it to his desk. The Utah Consumer Privacy Act applies to companies with an annual gross revenue of $25 million and those that conduct business in Utah or produce goods for Utah residents....