Google Cloud outage crashes major sites including Snapchat, Spotify[Google Cloud.]Google says it's not sure when it will have a full resolution.Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesA sweeping Google Cloud outage on Tuesday briefly crashed popular websites, including Snapchat, Spotify, Discord and Etsy, and while the issue has been partially resolved, Google says it’s not sure when it will have a full resolution.Google Cloud’s status dashboard shows that the...
Yet another consumer is disturbed by the sketchy algorithms deployed by Facebook. Here's how the app knows what you're talking about and what to do about it.[Facebook : Illustration]This past weekend, my mother-in-law came for a visit. During her stay, something happened to cause her great concern.A problem with a solution no business wantsThis is where the real issue comes into play. The business of such deep algorithmic tracking is hurting and helping businesses. It's...
Windows 10 is a security disaster waiting to happen. How will Microsoft clean up its mess?When Windows 10 hits its end-of-support date in 2025, hundreds of millions of PC owners will have four options, none of them good.In less than four years, Microsoft will draw the final curtain on Windows 10 That news shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. The end date is defined as part of Microsoft's Modern Lifecycle Policy, and it's documented on the Microsoft Lifecycle page: "Microsoft...
That's bad for everyone.We know that tech employees are getting ready to quit. And yet, business and IT leaders don't seem to be paying much attention.Business leaders and their employees are not on the same page when it comes to working conditions. A poll of more than 1,000 IT and business leaders had found that fewer than one in five rank employee satisfaction and retention as a top priority – despite resignation rates in many industries hitting record highs.Research...
[Android and Google]I'm going to be honest here, I don't use a web browser very often on Android. Most often I stick with specific applications. Now, I get that some of those applications are Single Page Web apps that are probably using bits of Chrome under the hood. But as far as using a full-fledged web browser, it's only sporadic on my phone. Until probably a year ago, I didn't mind using Chrome on Android. It was built in, offered seamless functionality and didn't really cause...
During the 2020–21 financial year, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) received over 67,500 cybercrime reports – one every 8 minutes. The ACSC Small Business Cyber Security Guide has been specifically designed for small businesses to understand, take action, and increase their cyber security resilience against ever-evolving cyber security threats. More information is available at cyber.gov.au
into 2022Qualtrics recommends that companies "throw out the old playbook and never look back" to improve in-person and remote work environments.A survey of 14,000 workers from around the world found that offering superficial benefits such as wellness apps is not enough to solve burnout among employees.Individual contributors and middle managers are burned out and even more likely to look for a new job in the coming year, according to a new Qualtrics survey. The third annual...
Without Any NeedlesLife after 2020 has been crazy. Firstly, dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and then vaccinating everyone against the contagious disease has been on top of the list for health care centers around the globe. It goes without saying that a lot of people are getting vaccinated nowadays and this process will be a part of our lives for a while now. To help make the health care workers’ lives easier, a new robot has been designed to help streamline the vaccination process by...
Brain Implant Translates Paralyzed Man's Thoughts Into Text With 94% AccuracyA man paralysed from the neck down due to a spinal cord injury he sustained in 2007 has shown he can communicate his thoughts, thanks to a brain implant system that translates his imagined handwriting into actual text.The device – part of a longstanding research collaboration called BrainGate – is a brain-computer interface (BCI), that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to interpret signals of neural activity...
IoT (Internet of Things) tech will help reduce emissions, satellite internet will challenge 5G, the chip shortage will continue and more will happen in 2022 as pandemic recovery continues to move slowly forward.Forrester has released a set of five predictions for the IoT, edge computing and networking markets in 2022 that are based on "specific, observable changes" to those industries. Several of the predictions it makes are ones that have the potential to shape not only the IoT, edge...
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