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It’s had generally pleasant reviews. But what are you really, really supposed to do with the Samsung Galaxy S22 range of phones? They’re just new phones, right? You keep them with you. You disappear into them. And, before you know it, a whole day has gone by. Ah, no. Such a simplistic view. You must pay attention to how the people who made it want you to use it. In recent days, Samsung has released a couple of ads to help you understand the true Galaxy S22 ethos....

Summer travel is at its peak, but with prices going up on everything, it’s more important than ever to score the best deals you can on plane fares. Fortunately, the price of a Dollar Flight Club Premium Plus+ Lifetime Subscription has gone way down to just $69.99, but only until July 14, allowing you to save as much as $2,000 on airfares regardless of whether you’re flying Business Class, Premium Economy or Economy....

Last week, NFT marketplace OpenSea announced the rollout of contract migrations and an upgrade to make sure inactive, old NFT listings on Ethereum expire safely and to allow OpenSea to “offer new safety features in the future.” The contract migration timeline was set from February 18 to February 25. NFT holders are required to make the change, and OpenSea published a guide to assist them. After the deadline, any listings that were not migrated would expire, although they could be re-listed after this window without further fees....

Two Democrats – Gary Peters and Mark Warner – worked alongside two Republicans – Rob Portman and Susan Collins – to push the amendment, which they said was based on Peters and Portman’s Cyber Incident Reporting Act and Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2021. The amendment only covers confirmed cyberattacks and not ones that are suspected. But it forces all federal contractors to report attacks. There is no fine component in the amendment, one of the many provisions senators had been fighting over for months....

Yes, we can avoid going to businesses that let us down, but technology forces us into certain behaviors and just won’t let us go. When, for example, did we ever agree that Square would keep on recognizing us until we die, as soon as we were forced to use the service just once? This brings me to the glorious subject of self-checkout in supermarkets. I thought it was just me, but I now realize there are many people all over the world who find it deeply offensive....

Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) said Thursday it signed the agreement with Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) to mutually recognise cybersecurity labels issued by both countries. Under the pact, products issued with BSI’s label would be deemed to have fulfilled Level 2 of CSA’s cybersecurity labelling scheme. Singapore’s labelling model assesses and rates smart devices into four levels based on the number of asterisks, each indicating an additional tier of testing and assessment the product has gone through....

Called Singapore Trade Data Exchange (SGTraDex), the common data platform was first introduced in November 2020 as a pilot that aimed to improve data efficiencies in container flow and financial processes. The project is led by Alliance for Action (AFA) on Supply Chain Digitalisation, one of seven industry groups the government had established to identify and prototype new ideas to drive the local economy. The other alliances focus on key growth areas such as robotics, e-commerce, and environmental sustainability....

Both Singtel and Medco Power will be minority shareholders of the hyperscale data centre, to be located in Kabil Industrial Estate along Batam’s eastern seaboard. To be developed in three phases on a site spanning eight hectares, the data centre would have a total capacity of 51MW (megawatts) when fully completed, Singtel said in a statement Wednesday. The initial phase would see the campus operating at 20MW, the telco said....

Revenue dropped 7% from a year ago but operating income dipped by 60% over the same time period. SK Hynix said it experienced low demand for its DRAM and NAND memory chips amid the worsening global economy. Earlier this month, compatriot Samsung said it expected operating profit to drop 31.73% from a year ago, its first profit drop in nearly three years. The South Korean tech giant’s profit drop is also expected to have been caused by low demand for memory chips by analysts after years of high demand during the pandemic....

Under the legislation, titled the Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2021, tech companies would be classified as publishers of any comments posted on a social media platform if they are posted on a page run by an Australian, according to an exposure draft of the Bill. The tech companies referred to in the Bill, and that fall under its ambit, are those that run social media platforms with over 250,000 Australian accounts....

Business travel is (allegedly) back, and Southwest Airlines has finally committed itself to giving customers the basic technology they expect on a flight. The airline is spending $2 billion on enhanced – and even free – wifi on its planes. It’s finally installing power ports, too. Yes, Southwest planes were always known for having no outlets and now, voilá, USB-A and USB-C ports. Now there’ll be more entertainment options, new “self-service capabilities,” and even free iPads....

Spigen offers six case options for the Z Fold 3 and another three options for the Z Flip 3. We tested four of the Z Fold 3 options and two of the Z Flip 3 options. Spigen also offers watch, tablet, and power options for your mobile devices. Also: Best foldable phone 2021: Samsung leads the pack Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 Spigen’s six case options for the Z Fold 3 range in price from $54....

The Theodore standing desk comes with the traditional standing desk features, including height adjustable from as low as 29.5-inches all the way up to 49.2-inches. All you have to do is press a button and it will move to your desired height. It has a weight capacity of 99 pounds, making it able to handle heavy monitors for gaming, working, and more. With a width of nearly two feet, you can store a lot of different working tools on top as well as in the handy desk drawer that accompanies the design....

Now, however, a host of startups are gearing up to turn some of the most familiar game design form factors into platforms for a new generation of games. Digital Dice One need not even tap the ever-spewing fountain of app stores to access virtual dice. Simply enter the phrase into Google and you’re provided with a simple web app that will suffice for many tasks. But the German developers of Unidice have ambitions far beyond replacing the spotted cube....

Here’s that promise on Apple’s support page: Note that “for a period of time.” Over on the iOS 15 features page, Apple still claims that users can “continue on iOS 14 and still get important security updates.” Well, ZDNet can confirm that that “period of time” has come to an end. To be honest, I’d expected Apple to offer iOS 14 updates for a year, but I also realized that by offering to allow people to stick on an older version, the company was setting up users to expect this....

Problem is, Zendure products are premium products commanding a premium price. But for the holiday period, Zendure is offering you a chance to pick up some great accessories – even the amazing SuperTank – at a massively discounted price. These deals will be running at specific times over the holiday period, so if you want to grab one, I suggest setting an alarm or making a note in your calendar....

For those of you who haven’t met it yet, Harvester is a modern Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution. It’s built for bare metal servers using enterprise-grade open source technologies including Kubernetes; Kubevirt, a virtualization Application Programming Interface (API) for Kubernetes; and Longhorn, distributed block storage for Kubernetes. Besides letting you deploy VMs and containers with one set of programs, Harvester enables you to put VM workloads on the edge, close to your Internet of Things (IoT) devices while being integrated into your cloud infrastructure....

In cases like this, human intervention is needed. Someone has to unplug a gateway device, such as a broadband/Wi-Fi router, a cable modem, or other broadband access devices like optical network terminal (ONT), and potentially access points and switches. In many cases, it may even be a sequence in which this has to be done – such as the cable modem or ONT booting up first before the gateway device....

Experts recognise that training and development can be key to keeping existing employees happy, yet they also know that upskilling workers is easier said than done. Research from IDC and Salesforce suggests one in six UK workers have either low or no digital skills. So how can digital leaders make sure their employees receive the skills they need? Four tech chiefs give us their best-practice tips for upskilling staff....

Information technology budgets among Brazilian banks have seen an 8% increase in 2020 in relation to 2018, reaching 25.7 billion Brazilian reais ($5.1 billion) last year, according to the yearly survey from the Brazilian Banking Association (FEBRABAN) carried out by Deloitte and released yesterday (24). Of the total amount spent in IT by banks in Brazil last year, 10% went towards cybersecurity, the study has found. This is the 29th edition of the study, which has polled 21 banking institutions, the equivalent of 87% of the sector....