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Musk said he would abide by the result of the poll, which he posted on Twitter at 6:20 pm ET Sunday, shortly after tweeting the result of Argentina’s World Cup victory in Qatar over France. More than 17.5 million people had voted by Monday as the poll closed, with the end result being that 57.5% voted for him to step down as CEO of Twitter. It’s not clear whether Musk will step down from the role he assumed in late October after acquiring Twitter for $44 billion....

Referred to as “participants”, those on the Cashless Debit Card (CDC) labelled as “racist” by senators previously, had access to their funds interrupted on two occasions in December. For just under two hours on 22 December 2020, an outage saw 10 individuals not have their correct account balance displayed; and on 31 December 2020, a two-hour outage saw funds being dispersed into accounts while account balances were not updated, affecting 20 customers....

The IVAS contract, which Microsoft said was worth $21.88 billion over ten years (five-year base and five-year option) called for the Army to take shipment of 120,000 of the headsets. In March, Microsoft issued a blog post saying the Army had moved from prototyping to production of IVAS headsets. The headsets are based on Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented-reality goggles technology, augmented with Azure cloud services. The IVAS system is meant to help provide enhanced situational awareness that will enable soldiers to fight, rehearse and train using a single platform, according to the Army’s press release on the deal....

There may be a simpler way. In a paper posted on arXiv Wednesday by scholars at the University of California at Berkeley, a wheeled robot is able to travel kilometers over suburban terrain. The droid sticks to paths and dodges previously unseen obstacles. Essential is that it doesn’t map its environment, as some other approaches have done, such as in autonomous driving AI programs. Instead, it relies on heuristics picked up from thirty hours of video of previous runs and some overhead maps of the terrain to create an improved schematic of the way stations along the way relate to one another, without a full map....

Additional research on the seven trends shaping digital transformation in 2023 highlights the growing importance of CIOs and IT departments in terms of delivering value at the speed of stakeholder needs. Investments in hyper automation, composable architectures that drive innovation agility, adoption of low-code/no-code tools, advocacy and development of for total experience strategies, improved data-driven decision intelligence and cybersecurity defenses are all key priorities. In addition, sustainability will continue to drive IT investments....

Earlier this week, Apple published iOS 14.7.1, iPadOS 14.7.1, and macOS Big Sur 11.5.1. While this update contains bug fixes, the main part of this update is a security fix for a vulnerability that Apple says “may have been actively exploited.” In other words, the bad guys are already using it. Must read: Don’t make this common, fatal iPhone or Android mistake Here’s how Apple describes the vulnerability in relation to iOS and iPadOS: It’s unclear if this is the vulnerability used for jailbreaking iOS devices, or whether it is linked to the NSO Group spyware tool hack used to target journalists, activists, and government figures....

The Ping Identity Consumer Survey queried more than 3,400 consumers across the US, UK, Germany, France and Australia about their experiences with signing up for websites and their attitudes toward online privacy. The survey found that 77% of respondents have already abandoned or stopped creating an online account for any number of reasons, which included demands for too much personal information (40%) and too many security steps (29%). More than half of respondents have outright abandoned an online service if they found logging in too frustrating and 63% said they were likely to jump ship for a competitor if they made it easier to authenticate their identity....

Virgin Galactic’s motherships are responsible for carrying spaceships to their release altitude of about 50,000 feet. The two new motherships are expected to support 400 flights per year. The first new mothership is expected to enter service in 2025. By that time, Virgin Galactic’s commercial spaceflight business – carrying well-heeled customers on a 90-minute journey to micro-gravity and back – should be well under way. The company says its commercial missions are expected to start in the first quarter of 2023....

The latest update for VS Code version 1.43 includes Search Editors, a Settings Sync preview, and support for the Orca screen reader on Linux. It also offers a macOS build that has been notarized by Apple, eliminating a macOS security warning about the software. The new Search Editors feature allows for search results to be displayed in a tab instead of the sidebar. It displays results in a full-sized editor with syntax highlighting and contextual lines....

Why? Because they not only protect your passwords within an encrypted, password-protected vault, but they also include features that can help you create strong, random passwords and even share those entries with other people. Bitwarden is no stranger to such features. Built into this open-source password manager is a feature that makes it very easy to share vault items with teams or family members. That feature is called Organizations. Also: You’re definitely not making the most of your password manager With Bitwarden you create an organization, add members to the organization, and then add vault items that can be viewed by any member....

“6G must deliver an outcome that is aligned with real needs,” remarked David Lister, Head of 6G Research and Development Technology at Europe’s Vodafone Group, “and deliver outcomes that are sustainable and commercially driven.” Lister was speaking at an annual conference called the 6G Symposium. Yes, there is already an annual 6G Symposium. Why 6G is not a standard yet And yet there isn’t quite a 6G. Back in 1998, the leading stakeholders in global telecommunications formed the 3GPP consortium, to officially designate which technologies belong to a “G” and which don’t....

System administrators, help desk staff, and network administrators — or anyone who wants to work in a role providing tech support for Mac users — may benefit from this certification. According to software company Jamf, 23% of enterprise clients (organizations with more than 1,000 people) used macOS devices in 2020. That’s up from 17% in the previous year. In addition, iPhones represented 49% of all smartphones used by enterprise customers....

Graduates can qualify for leadership roles with an online bachelor’s degree in engineering management. Possible jobs include management consultant, engineering project manager, and operations manager. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, much of the projected demand for engineering managers stems from a push for innovation and new technologies, revitalized infrastructure, and renewable energies. Here, we explore this discipline and what the training may look like. What is engineering management?...

You’ve scribbled words, drawn pictures, and connected dots in order to help bring those moments of brilliance to fruition. For many, a whiteboard is a crucial tool for collaboration (if you’re not in Apple’s ecosystem, here’s how to use Google Jamboard). Apple knows this and has finally integrated such a feature into its three operating systems. That feature is called Freeform and is built into the latest releases of MacOS, iOS, and iPadOS....

The following information from each provider is intended to be as up to date as possible, and will be changed when we know more. Optus As of noon on Friday, Optus has 38 sites down in Queensland and 26 mobile sites down in New South Wales. The total number of sites impacted is decreasing, and the telco said 55 of the sites are individual sites. It does have 8 sites on generators....

In the mailbag this week: What’s the best way to securely erase your PC before selling it or giving it away? How can you fix your weak passwords easily? And why is it so hard to find a laptop with a large display and a touchscreen? If you’ve got a question about any of the topics ZDNet covers, one of our team of editors and contributors probably has an answer....

But, the biggest benefit of vacation rentals applies when it’s time to go to sleep. If you’re traveling with children or extended family and don’t want to share sleeping space, you can book a vacation rental with more than one bedroom. Many properties you can rent through Vrbo or HomeAway offer much lower rates than you’d find if you tried to book a similarly-sized hotel room. And you may even get the amenities of a big resort, such as a pool, hot tub, gym, or on-site restaurant....

The online ordering system went down at 7.30am AEST and was back up and running by 10.30am AEST, which left customers unable to place any new online orders between that time. “Our website and apps are now back up and running for our customers to place online orders,” a Woolworths spokesperson said a statement. “We know our online services are playing a key role supporting the essential needs of many customers across the country right now....

If you need access to significant computing power on the go, but don’t want to have to drag a laptop around, an Apple iPad Air is an excellent alternative. You can accomplish major tasks with this one-pound device. Of course, they tend to be pretty expensive when first released, but you can get all the same features that made the original great in this Apple iPad Air 16GB - Space Gray (Grade B Refurbished: Wi-Fi Only) Bundle....

Problem is, it’s not all that restful for a device to spend a third of a day on charge when it can be fully charged in a couple of hours. So, I’ve changed the way I charge all my smartphones and other small devices. A couple of months ago, I became very aware of how daft it was to leave something on charge overnight, especially when that device recharge as rapidly as the new smartphones can....