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Cybersecurity, Security

Making the Internet of Things more secure

March 30, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

With wearable fitness trackers, car key fobs and smart home devices, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become ubiquitous in our lives. Unfortunately, much of this flow of information is vulnerable to malicious activity and attacks, as securing the IoT […]


Apps & OS, Mobile

Apple Pay Later is here to stretch your finances

March 28, 2023

Via: Mashable

Apple is finally launching Apple Pay Later, making it that much easier to buy, buy, buy. On Tuesday, the tech giant announced(Opens in a new tab) that Apple Pay Later is now available in the U.S. The Buy Now Pay […]


Mobile, Smartphones

Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro+ review

March 28, 2023

Via: GSMArena.com

Four Redmi Note 12 models were given to the international markets. Three of them have 5G connectivity. Two of them bear the Pro moniker for premium features. One Note to rule them all – the most premium Redmi Note 12 […]


Cybersecurity, Security

Microsoft Introduces GPT-4 AI-Powered Security Copilot Tool to Empower Defenders

March 28, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled Security Copilot in limited preview, marking its continued quest to embed AI-oriented features in an attempt to offer “end-to-end defense at machine speed and scale.” Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4 generative AI and its own security-specific model, […]


Internet, Social Networking

Some of Twitter’s source code was apparently posted online

March 27, 2023

Via: Mashable

Twitter went public in a very unexpected way recently after company officials discovered a significant leak of the social media platform’s source code. A new report from The New York Times(Opens in a new tab) found that an unspecified part […]


Computing, Software & Applications

AI and the future of software development

March 27, 2023

Via: Info World

AI-driven software development is no longer a futuristic dream. With GitHub Copilot, more than 1.2 million developers already rely on artificial intelligence to generate code on their behalf, saving them time (and their companies money). But while we tend to […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Microsoft Teams now lets you transform into a 3D avatar during meetings

March 27, 2023

Via: The Verge

Microsoft is now allowing Teams users to create a 3D avatar to use in meetings instead of being on camera or even needing a webcam. Originally announced in 2021, Microsoft has been testing these 3D avatars over the past year […]


Internet, Wireless & Cloud

3 multicloud myths that need to be crushed

March 24, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

Hearing everyone’s opinion of the cost-efficiency and value of multicloud deployments is fun. Most people don’t get it right—more from misperceptions and groupthink than anything else. I’m sorry to be the guy who comes along and crushes these myths, but […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Spin 1.0 aims to simplify WebAssembly microservices

March 24, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

Fermyon Technologies has published Spin 1.0, the first stable release of the company’s open source framework for building event-driven microservice applications with WebAssembly. Spin 1.0 was formally introduced on March 22. With Spin, developers can build WebAssembly microservices and web […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Intel’s latest graphics drivers have cut down download size in half, from 1.2GB to 604MB

March 24, 2023

Via: TechSpot

Intel’s latest graphics driver chopped its download size from 1.6GB to 604MB. The optimization brings the GPU newcomer’s software closer to its competitors without compromising on features or performance. The company credits the accomplishment to improved compression, indicating that the […]


Mobile, Smartphones

2023 will be even worse than 2022 for the mobile phone industry if this report pans out

March 23, 2023

Via: PhoneArena

After suffering the largest ever decline in global shipments in Q4 2022 and ending last year with significantly lower volumes than in 2021, you might be wondering just how much worse things could possibly get for the smartphone market in […]


Mobile, Smartphones

What to expect from the 3nm A17 Bionic chipset powering the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Ultra

March 22, 2023

Via: PhoneArena

These are exciting times for those who design Apple’s chips including the A-series Application Processors used in the iPhone. The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Ultra will both be powered by the A17 Bionic which will be the first […]


Internet, Wireless & Cloud

SpaceX’s Starlink and other satellite internet providers are making light pollution worse for astronomers

March 21, 2023

Via: The Verge

The swift rise of internet satellites, forming megaconstellations, and accumulating space junk are already starting to mess with astronomers’ research. The problem is growing exponentially, scientists warn in a series of papers published recently in the journal Nature Astronomy. And […]


Computing, Hardware

Latest Windows 11 Update May Slow SSD Performance

March 20, 2023

Via: Tom's Hardware

Windows 11 users that have applied the latest feature / bug fix update are complaining about storage performance. The impact appears to be quite severe for those affected, with some talking about transfer performance being halved, others saying OS and […]


Computing, Data Management

Sovereign clouds are becoming a big deal again

March 17, 2023

Via: Info World

Cloud-using industries such as banking, insurance, healthcare, and the public sector face additional challenges complying with laws and requirements within specific regions. This has increased the demand for sovereign clouds. This cloud architecture approach seems to fly under everyone’s radar; […]


Hacking, Security

CISA says hackers had access to federal agency for months

March 16, 2023

Via: Techradar

An unnamed U.S. civilian executive branch has unintentionally been feeding intel to cybercriminals and state-sponsored threat actors for six months, a new report from the country’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies claims. Earlier this week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security […]


Computing, Hardware

AMD Rolls Out EPYC Embedded 9004 CPUs: Up to 96 Cores

March 15, 2023

Via: Tom's Hardware

AMD introduced its latest EPYC Embedded 9004-series processors featuring its Zen 4 microarchitecture at the Embedded World 2023 trade show. The new CPUs pack up to 96 cores and are aimed at storage, networking, firewall/security, and industrial applications. AMD’s lineup […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Tibco’s Spotfire 12.2 release adds streaming and data science tools

March 14, 2023

Via: Info World

Enterprise software provider Tibco is releasing a new version of its data visualization and analytics platform, Spotfire 12.2, with new features that focus on aiding developers and bolstering the software’s ability to act as an end-to-end system combining data science, […]


Data Science

Boosting Your Chances for Landing a Job as a Data Scientist

March 14, 2023

Via: SmartData Collective

Are you interested in getting a job as a data scientist? This is a very rapidly growing field. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there are 113,300 data scientists in the United States. The number of data science jobs […]


Computing, Hardware

ChatGPT was made possible thanks to tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs, which Microsoft is now upgrading

March 13, 2023

Via: TechSpot

According to Bloomberg, OpenAI trained ChatGPT on a supercomputer Microsoft built from tens of thousands of Nvidia A100 GPUs. Microsoft announced a new array utilizing Nvidia’s newer H100 GPUs this week. The challenge facing the companies started in 2019 after […]