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Platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, HireVue, WebEx and Hireflix have made the video interviewing process straightforward and accessible. Still, confining your presence to an online stage is a difficult shift for candidates who are used to shining in in-person interviews. Here are a few tips to make sure your virtual interview is a success. 1. Familiarize yourself with the technology There’s nothing worse than preparing for an interview, clicking on the video chat link and realizing you need to figure out how to download and use a new app – in a very limited amount of time....

Offering higher salaries and a more generous benefits package is all well and good, but to really attract the digital talent they need, companies will need to stand out from the crowd. We already know there is a disconnect between businesses and younger workers, which might be partly to blame for discouraging young people from pursuing tech careers. To bridge this gap, organizations need to start connecting with the younger workers they’re trying to attract....

Thanks to trackers, I’ve experienced some rather disturbing behavior on mobile devices. I’ve witnessed someone just pause over an ad on Facebook, only to get that product pushed to their email account and even via SMS. It’s not just disturbing; it could be dangerous to the wellbeing of your data and privacy. Unfortunately, neither Android nor iOS is very successful when preventing trackers on a global scale. There is hope for you, however, hope that comes in the form of the DuckDuckGo web browser....

Harvard Business Review says you won’t find a course on listening at many business schools, but it’s an essential skill for IT and business professionals who want to counteract the multiple forces that can lull them into believing they know everything about what’s happening already and what’s likely to come next. To stop becoming trapped in what HBR refers to as “information bubbles”, workers at all levels must make sure they’re open to new ideas and the concerns of people they collaborate with....

The card comes with no annual fee and the ability to earn rewards on business spending. Our Business Platinum card review weighs the card’s main features to help you determine whether it’s worth a spot in your wallet. Pros No annual, employee card or foreign transaction feesYour choice of cashback or pointsGet 10% more points during online redemptionA lucrative bonus of $300 or 30,000 pointsAutomatic cashback redemptions transferred to your bank account or applied as statement credits...

Despite the uptick in online sales, combined Kmart and Target sales declined 10% year-on-year for the first half and 5% on a two-year basis. Wesfarmers said retail conditions and the performance of Kmart Group – which is made up of Kmart, Target, and Catch – have continued to be impacted by COVID-related disruptions and costs. “Kmart and Target trading performance through the first half of the 2022 financial year was significantly impacted by COVID-19 restrictions, with almost 25% of store trading days lost due to government-mandated store closures,” the company stated on Monday....

Also: ChatGPT just became the fastest-growing ‘app’ of all time ChatGPT has become extremely popular, accumulating more than one million users a week after launching. Seeing this success, many other companies have decided to compete in the generative AI space, including Google, Microsoft’s Bing, and Opera. The buzz around generative AI is sure to keep on growing as more companies race to join in and find new use cases. Also: What is machine learning?...

Also: The best cashback credit cards for business But, should you pay all of your regular bills with credit? At the end of the day, it depends on an array of factors only you know. Plus, some bills are more suitable to be paid with credit than others. Here are some times when credit makes sense and when it doesn’t. [This article was first published on The Simple Dollar in 2020....

Not only do they reduce how much waste goes into landfill (or, if it’s being handled properly, what goes into the recycling plant), but they’re also a lot more convenient. Rather than make a trip to the store to get a pack of batteries, just pop the dead battery on the charger, and in a few hours, it’s ready to go again. Look after rechargeable lithium-ion batteries well, and they’ll last literally years (assuming you buy decent ones – it really is false economy to cheap out on them....

The reception to Windows Vista, another Microsoft operating system delayed to the point that even the waits for its betas became contentious, was not as warm. And after years of pursuing a macOS overhaul codenamed Copland, Apple retreated to the far less ambitious Mac OS 8 in 1997. That was the same year it acquired NeXT, laying the foundation for a true overhaul, macOS X, in 2001. The pain of engineering massive OS revisions in part led both Apple and Microsoft to transition to less impactful, more frequent updates....

One of those companies is Withings, a company that’s been making health and fitness gadgets such as smart scales, health monitors, and fitness trackers for over a decade. The ScanWatch Horizon is the company’s latest smartwatch, and it really is smart. Review: Withings ScanWatch Horizon: Luxury looks, clinically validated health data Not just smart as in technologically clever, but smart as is a smart-looking design. With its 43mm diameter 316L stainless-steel case, blue or green dial, rotating bezel, and luminous indexes, the ScanWatch Horizon has a design that’s based on the iconic dive watch....

Among the findings are that roughly three-quarters of a billion women face economic exclusion; women who are economically excluded are the most difficult to reach and have limited access to mobile phones; and the gender gap in bank account ownership between men and women has fallen from 8% to 6%. However, Women’s World Banking says the data needs to be examined more closely, as some of the factors that went into it might not be as clear-cut as they seem....

In addition to displaying basic notifications such as incoming calls and texts, the Smart Glasses can also independently – through its integrated XiaoAI voice assistant system – complete functions such as navigation, take photos, photo translations, and transcribe audio into text with translations in real-time. While it sports an ordinary glasses design, the Smart Glasses features a 5MP camera on the front of the glasses, in-built microphone, quad-core ARM processor, and a display chip roughly the size of a grain of rice....

Maybe it’s relentless ransomware attacks, with cyber criminals encrypting networks and demanding vast sums for a decryption key – even from hospitals. Or maybe it’s a sneaky malware attack, which lets hackers hide inside the network for months on end, stealing everything from usernames and passwords to bank details. Both of these are on the list, for sure. These are awful attacks to experience and can cause terrible damage. But there’s another much simpler form of cyber crime that makes scammers the most money by far – and doesn’t get much attention....

The Jackery Explorer 1000 had a battery capacity of 1002Wh and was capable of 1000W of output and 2000W surge. I thought that was huge. The SuperBase Pro 2000 dwarfs it. Physically, the thing is enormous. Like a small suitcase. Design Weighing in at over 46 pounds, Zendure has kitted the SuperBase Pro 2000 with wheels, a telescopic drag handle, and a suitcase handle to make it easier to move....

Despite the upbeat report, ZoomInfo shares dropped 9% in late trading. CEO and founder Henry Schuck remarked, ‘In 2021 we delivered a leading combination of growth and profitability, significantly expanded our platform, added more new customers than ever before, and drove record customer retention." Added Schuck, “2021 was a transformative year for ZoomInfo, and we continue to execute our vision to deliver a comprehensive revenue operating system that reimagines how businesses go-to-market....

Separately, the company announced private equity firm Silver Lake agreed to invest $400 million in Zuora. The report sent Zuora shares higher by 4% in late trading. In a conversation with ZDNet by phone following the report, CEO and founder Tien Tzuo said that the infusion from Silver Lake will make possible acquisitions that will boost growth for the company. “M&A is top of mind for us,” said Tzuo. The cash infusion, $250 million of which becomes available immediately, will substantially boost the balance sheet....

You’ve probably come across the phrase ‘quiet quitting’ recently, which has been trending since a TikTok user took to the platform to discuss hustle culture and why they decided to opt out of it. “You’re not outright quitting your job but you’re quitting the idea of going above and beyond,” the user explains in the now-viral post. “You’re still performing your duties but you’re no longer subscribing to the hustle culture mentality that work has to be your life....

The new platforms leverage 5GHz and 6GHz bands with support for 240MHz and 320Mhz channels, which translates into more spectrum available for Wi-Fi 7 devices. Qualcomm claims its Wi-Fi 7 platforms will have a total capacity of 20 Gbps, a number that sounds large, but as we continue to stream video, play video games online and with the eventual (maybe?) wide adoption of AR/VR devices, that capacity will be required in order to provide a low latency experience....

The company, which produced a hefty 50 million tons of steel in 2019 (that is, 40% of the total production in Japan) has partnered with Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) and Honeywell to find out whether quantum computers have the potential to boost efficiencies in the supply chain. And after over a year of testing and trying new algorithms, the company has concluded that, despite the current hardware limitations of quantum computers, the technology holds a lot of promise when it comes to optimizing complex problems....