Not for COVID-19. But for not writing as much as I intended or wanted. I love writing and analysis and being opinionated and trying to at least explain existing ground – if not break new ground. And, while I don’t think that my opinion is much more than that, I owe it to myself to put it out there. So, my No. 1 New Year’s Resolution is to write a lot more....
When you run a Web site, an application, or a service on GCP, Google keeps track of all of the resources it uses – specifically, how much processing power, data storage, database queries, and network connectivity it consumes. Rather than lease a server or a DNS address by the month (which is what you would do with an ordinary Web site provider), you pay for each of these resources on a per-minute or even per-second basis, with discounts that apply when your services are used heavily by your customers on the Web....
Industries seeing significant jumps in employment include leisure and hospitality (likely as a continuing response to pent-up demand from the early COVID era), health care (also echoes of COVID), and construction. These numbers, of course, reflect broad and general employment, from knowledge workers to bricklayers. There are implications for technology professionals, suggesting there will be no letup in skills shortages in specialized areas. Even if companies opt to either cut back or compensate for their skills shortages with artificial intelligence, robots, and digital business flows, this means even more work for the people needed to design, build, program, and maintain such systems....
The first major update is the ability to leave a WhatsApp group chat without having to notify the entire group. The only person that will be notified of your departure will be the admin of the group which is a big change from its current model which, awkwardly, notifies the whole group chat of your departure. Another new feature is being able to control who sees when you are online....
I also sit at a desk for work. I don’t expose my devices to harsh conditions, let alone need a watch housing made of titanium that can take a beating. Also: This is the best use of your Apple Watch Ultra’s Action button Because of how the Apple Watch Ultra was first announced and marketed, in combination with the $799 price, I didn’t preorder it. But, on the same morning Apple Watch Ultra deliveries were set to arrive and in-store availability kicked off, I checked the stock of my local Apple Store and they had a couple of watches in stock....
Jason Perlow, ZDNet Sr. Technology Editor, searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all Linux operating systems have. Then an accidental overdose of half-baked user interface interferes with his unique mental state. And now, when Jason Perlow grows angry or outraged, a startling metamorphosis occurs. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Ah, Ubuntu. You’re my favorite Linux-based operating system. When you work. When you don’t raise my blood pressure to explosive levels and I don’t want to smash everything around me....
For example, if you do not get your COVID-19 vaccine, and you do not wear a mask in public places, with this new Delta variant, you stand a very good chance of becoming infected, possibly very ill with long-standing effects, and maybe become hospitalized and even die. And at the very least, even if you don’t become ill, even if you are asymptomatic, you can become an active spreader of something that can potentially harm many other people, possibly those who are close to you....
The feature update is due out in the fall, but despite the new look, could it be security rather than design that is going to drive businesses to upgrade? Dave Weston, director of enterprise and operating system security at Microsoft, says he’s confident the added security of Windows 11 will drive faster uptake. Weston points out that, according to tech analyst Gartner, security was the number one driver for enterprises upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 7....
Passkeys can better protect your accounts from phishing scams or unauthorized access because they are encrypted, unlike passwords which can be cracked with specialized software or easily guessed with just a few extra bits of personal information. Apple also claims that Passkeys cannot be phished or leaked since they never leave the device they were created on. This means that hackers and scammers can’t trick you into sharing your Passkey with a fake log in portal or scrape your information from a remote server....
The design isn’t to my taste: the long protruding stems and shiny plastic build material of my Gloss White review units just don’t appeal visually, and I find the plastic is more slippery in my ears than buds that rest entirely in the ear. None of the four provided tip sizes resolved this issue completely. It looks as though the Carbon Black alternative has a more matte finish that might prove more tactile and grippy....
“Specifically, content that falsely alleges that approved vaccines are dangerous and cause chronic health effects, claims that vaccines do not reduce transmission or contraction of disease, or contains misinformation on the substances contained in vaccines will be removed,” the platform said in a blog post. “This would include content that falsely says that approved vaccines cause autism, cancer or infertility, or that substances in vaccines can track those who receive them....
“As soon as the war broke out, we realised this was an incredibly important time for us to get it right with regard to our responsibility,” said Wojcicki. The CEO explained the company had updated its policies to remove Russian state media from its platform, as well as other content, in an effort to stem misinformation that sought to deny or trivialise the war in Ukraine. Read: YouTube moves to block Russian state-funded media globally Wojcicki added the YouTube platform had been used for “all kinds of humanitarian reasons” throughout the conflict, such as aiding medical professionals on the battlefield and educating children isolated from school as a result of the war....
Occasionally, those same videos show cars being gone through, belongings being taken – or even worse, a stolen vehicle disappearing out of the frame. Also: The two smart devices I will never install in my house My wife and I park our cars inside a garage, so while we were unsettled by the videos and posts, we weren’t concerned for our personal property. That is, until a video was posted that showed a home invasion just a few blocks from where we live....
Travel between Victoria and NSW was originally slated for December 1, but this has now been brought forward to November 5, based on Victoria’s reopening plans. Qantas added it would ramp up regional flights within NSW from October 25 to around 40% of pre-COVID levels, in line with the NSW government’s roadmap out of lockdown. The flag carrier also assured it was still on track to gradually resume international flights from December 18, when Australia is expected to reach its 80% vaccination threshold....
After all, the first classical computers built in the middle of the 20th century were gigantic systems that were seen at the time as the pinnacle of technology, only to be accessed by white-coated researchers in secretive labs. For most people, the idea of using a computer for day-to-day applications seemed simply ludicrous. But with the mass production of powerful microprocessors on semiconductor chips in the 1970s, hobbyists were suddenly able to own a personal computer....
BT experimented with QKD over a six-kilometer-long cable of hollow core fiber, a technology that it has been working on for the past few months as an alternative to traditional fiber optic cables. Optical fiber is typically made of solid strands of glass that carry information by channeling light signals emitted by laser transmitters. Hollow core fiber, on the other hand, has a hollow center filled with air, which runs the entire length of the cable and is encased in a ring of glass....
As part of the Ipswich Connected Vehicle Pilot (ICVP), 350 participants had their cars retrofitted with cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS) technology, including an antenna mounted on a roof-rack, in-vehicle communications box placed under the driver’s seat, and a display on the dashboard that signalled safety warnings to the driver. The equipment enabled each vehicle’s position, speed, and other data, to be shared, while it also received data from traffic signals and traffic management systems related to traffic lights, speed limits, road works, and road hazards....
The company warns in its 2022 report covering 600 incident response (IR) cases that attackers typically start scanning for vulnerabilities within 15 minutes of one being announced. Among this group are 2021’s most significant flaws, including the Exchange Server ProxyShell and ProxyLogon sets of flaws, the persistent Apache Log4j flaws aka Log4Shell, the SonicWall zero-day flaws, and Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus. “Anytime a new vulnerability is publicized, our threat intelligence team observes widespread scanning for vulnerable systems,” the company says in its 2022 Incident Response Report....
Police said assets have been seized including $375,000 in cash, two luxury cars and $1.3 million in cryptocurrencies. Authorities haven’t disclosed which ransomware syndicate the two people arrested are involved with, only that the organised cybercrime group is suspected of carrying out a string of coordinated attacks against “very large industrial groups” across Europe and North America. Ukrainian cyber police have said they believe the ransomware operation has targeted more than 100 organisations....
In an update on Friday morning, the company said the “vast majority” of its sites are back up and running on the front end, but many systems are still facing a variety of issues. They urged their customers – which include thousands of schools across 115 different countries – to limit “software usage to critical information updates for your front-end” until they have confirmed that all functionality is working fully....
