Wednesday 17 November 2021

Tech News Flash for ebuka

Bugcrowd Reports Ethical Hackers Prevented $27B in Cybercrime
In its annual Inside the Mind of a Hacker report, Bugcrowd maintained that ethical hackers working on its platform were able to prevent those cybercrime losses to organizations by exposing vulnerabilities that would otherwise have gone undetected.
Job Shortages, Pandemic Drive Record-Breaking North American Robot Orders
Industrial robots are hot, with North American orders for the first nine months of 2021 valued at US$1.48 billion, breaking a record set in 2017. While increased sales of robots and use of automation is good news to robot makers and corporations, it could be a mixed bag for workers, according to the World Economic Forum.
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Nvidia Launches Earth 2 and Goes to War Against Climate Change
Nvidia is building a focused supercomputer tasked with creating Earth 2, a full-on global 3D metaverse simulation of the Earth to predict climate change more accurately. Let's talk about Earth 2 this week. We'll then close with the product of the week, a new workstation service from HP that potentially opens up metaverse development to everyone.
Computers Use Processes, So Should You
Writing about technology over the years I've produced many guides on how to do cool stuff with your computer. However, without the right foundation, even the most thorough guide can leave room for pesky variables to creep in. This made me realize how important it is to establish what firm footing for technical projects looks like.
OSS News: Enterprise Linux, Microsoft Replacements, Fuzzy Linux Solutions
Open-source innovations and the Linux operating system continue to set complacency aside. Here's a roundup of the latest developments from the Linux Foundation, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SoftMaker, and the Google Open Source Security Team.
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SMBs Report Sense of Security Despite Rise in Cyberattacks

Entrepreneurs might well be the latest heroes in cyberwarfare. Despite increasing odds of malicious attacks, SMB owners are forging ahead with a newfound sense of security. Untangle's fourth annual SMB IT Security Report shows that SMBs have...

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Study: Cyberattack Discrepancies Based on Race, Gender

Research by Malwarebytes, Digitunity and the Cybercrime Support Network based on a survey of 5,000 people in the U.S., U.K. and Germany found that Black people, Indigenous people, and People of Color are more likely to have their identities stolen

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Thursday 11 November 2021

Tech News Flash for ebuka

To all those who have served, and those who continue to serve...
Happy Veterans Day!
SMBs Report Sense of Security Despite Rise in Cyberattacks
Entrepreneurs might well be the latest heroes in cyberwarfare. Despite increasing odds of malicious attacks, SMB owners are forging ahead with a newfound sense of security. Untangle's fourth annual SMB IT Security Report shows that SMBs have adapted to a changing work environment, addressed an influx of cyberattacks, and defined their approach to IT Security.
Pandemic, Compliance Driving Increased Privacy Spending
The Privacy Governance Report for 2021 produced by the International Association of Privacy Professionals, EY and EY Law discovered through a survey of privacy professionals around the world that privacy spending has increased significantly over 2020, with the average privacy spend amounting to $873,000 and the median budget $330,000.
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Why Microsoft Again Became the World's Most Valuable Company
Microsoft on Oct. 29 once again surpassed Apple to take the top spot as the most valuable publicly traded company in the world. This week let's talk about why Microsoft is so well balanced and deserving of the top honors. Then we'll close with the product of the week, the AMD Radeon RX 6600 graphics card.
Apple Privacy Rule Cost Tech Titans Estimated $9.85 Billion in Revenue
During Facebook's most recent earnings call, Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Meta Platforms, which operates Facebook, acknowledged that Apple's actions had created some "headwinds" for the social network which, by some estimates, depends on targeted advertising for 98 percent of its revenue.
Microsoft Enters Metaverse With Mesh for Teams and Dynamics 365 Connected Spaces
Microsoft's announcement of its two new metaverse apps comes on the heels of Facebook announcing a name change to Meta, a sign that it sees building out the metaverse as the key to its future success.
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Facebook's Nervy Wrist Controller for AR Glasses and More

Creating a smooth functioning interface for smart glasses that allows its wearers to operate in an augmented reality world has proven to be a challenging task, but Facebook believes it may have a solution on the human wrist.

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How Qualcomm Can Seize the Smartwatch Market From Apple

Qualcomm, which owns the dominant hardware platform for non-Apple smartwatches, has articulated a plan to replace the Apple Watch at the top of the smartwatch segment. Let's talk about the Apple vs. Qualcomm smartwatch war for 2022.

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