One of the most unpleasant aspects of having a computer is that it will eventually be unable to keep up with the demands of your applications. There are a plethora of jokes about a consumer purchasing the quickest equipment on the market only to discover that it has been left behind by the time he …
When compared to using the mouse or browsing a menu, a single keyboard shortcut saves you time. This may not seem like much, but add all of those saved minutes up to over a week or a month, and you’ve gained a significant amount of time. That is why it is critical to be familiar …
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The race is on to capitalize on the excitement surrounding the metaverse. Last week, Microsoft described its $68.7 billion acquisition of gaming studio Activision Blizzard—a move that would normally be interpreted as the Xbox maker simply expanding in the gaming sector—as a way to create the “building blocks for the metaverse.” Meta—which was rebranded from Facebook to …
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Engineers at Northwestern University have created a new smart sensor platform for face masks that they describe as a “Fitbit for the face.” The lightweight, quarter-sized sensor, dubbed “FaceBit,” attaches to any N95, cloth, or surgical face mask using a small magnet. It could not only detect the user’s real-time breathing rate, heart rate, and …
Global smartphone shipments had already begun to decline ahead of 2020, despite the fact that two years of a pandemic, as well as the related supply chain and chip bottlenecks, did not assist the overall results. However, according to a pair of Counterpoint Research and IDC surveys, the industry actually enjoyed improvement last year for …
For the first time since 2017, smartphone shipments increased last year Read More »
According to Gartner, Inc., by 2022, 75 percent of all databases will be installed or transferred to a cloud platform, with just 5 percent evaluated for repatriation to on-premises. This trend will be driven mostly by analytics databases and the SaaS model. “According to inquiries with Gartner clients, organizations are developing and deploying new applications …
Microsoft announced today that it is investigating a significant new phishing campaign that employs a “novel technique,” rendering them “traditional phishing remediation playbook” inadequate. The corporation stressed that the campaign was most successful against targets that did not use multifactor authentication (MFA). The new method involves device registration — “joining an attacker-operated device to an …
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Following a number of recent reports highlighting how Apple’s AirTags are being exploited for stalking, the firm has now updated its current “Personal Safety User Guide” with additional advice on what customers should do if they find an unfamiliar AirTag in their vicinity or hear one make a sound. The book explains in detail what …
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According to venture capitalist Bill Tai, company shares and property investment will be one of the many items that will be converted into non-fungible currencies in the future. On Wednesday, the tech entrepreneur told CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal that “it’s going to happen” and that it’s “not even a question.” Tai stated at the Crypto Finance …
According to a new Camunda survey, more than nine out of ten (92%) IT decision-makers see process automation as a critical component of digital transformation. The same proportion believes that process automation is crucial to attaining corporate optimization and efficiency, as well as freeing up personnel to concentrate on more complicated, strategic tasks. They support …
Process automation is seen as ‘important’ by 92% of IT decision-makers Read More »