Also: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3: How to pre-order and get the best deal It feels like it was just a few months ago when Samsung debuted the original Galaxy Fold – its first smartphone with a display that actually folds and bends. And now the company has seemingly killed off the Note line in favor of two smartphones, each of which with a unique approach to the foldable phone market....
The new PM1731a comes in a 2.5-inch form factor, features dual ports, and will be available with either 2TB or 4TB storage. The SSD was built with the company’s sixth-generation V-NAND. Its biggest differentiating point compared to other SSDs is it uses ZNS technology based on the specification set by the NVMe organisation. ZNS separates the storage space into independent “zones”. Data with similar usage and access frequency are grouped together and stored in the same zone....
The aim of the joint offering is to help companies design travel programs and bolster spend management and employee retention. Concur Experience Optimizer includes the listening and analysis tools in Qualtrics EmployeeXM and the operational data in SAP’s Concur platform. Qualtrics is majority owned by SAP. Qualtrics launches Experience ID, eyes personalized customer journeysQualtrics shares jump 7%: Q3 results top expectations, forecast higher; ‘We’re on a roll,’ says CEO SerafinQualtrics launches new tool to help businesses design hybrid work plans...
Speaking of which, if school or work requires you to take notes, you’re probably doing it inefficiently. But with the Scanmarker Air, you can overhaul the way you work with text so you can commit more information to memory with less time and effort. This innovative scanning pen uses Smart OCR and Bluetooth technology to scan text accurately and digitize it on your device. Just slide the pen across print text and it will instantly appear on your paired computer or smartphone screen for easy storage in some of your favorite apps....
If you’re looking for a working laptop or just want to upgrade the computer you use during travel, now is a great time to take advantage of Acer’s sale. We compiled a list of their best deals, taking into account the specs for the price. Be sure to take advantage of the best Acer deals during its Memorial Day sale. This is the lowest price we’ve seen on this laptop, and you can save $130....
Some $1.1 billion of the $7.7 billion in losses were attributed to a single scheme which allegedly targeted Russia and Ukraine, it said. “As the largest form of cryptocurrency-based crime and one uniquely targeted toward new users, scamming poses one of the biggest threats to cryptocurrency’s continued adoption,” said Chainalysis. SEE: Hackers are turning to this simple technique to install their malware on PCs At the same time though, the number of deposits to scam addresses fell from just under 10....
Announced on Tuesday, the settlement will see the case closed in return for a $487,616 penalty and adherence to a cease-and-desist order. The SEC’s complaints relate to the disclosure of roughly 885 million financial records associated with mortgage deals as far back as 2003 and until 2019. Cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs reported the issue to the US real estate giant on May 24, 2019, noting that the leak contained bank account numbers, mortgage records, tax data, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license scans, among other information....
The description of the new vulnerability, CVE 2021-45046, says the fix to address CVE-2021-44228 in Apache Log4j 2.15.0 was “incomplete in certain non-default configurations.” “This could allow attackers… to craft malicious input data using a JNDI Lookup pattern resulting in a denial of service (DOS) attack,” the CVE description says. Apache has already released a patch, Log4j 2.16.0, for this issue. The CVE says Log4j 2.16.0 fixes the problem by removing support for message lookup patterns and disabling JNDI functionality by default....
“We are the fastest growing geography in ServiceNow globally,” he told ZDNet. Despite being the fastest growing, the geography still only represents about 10% of ServiceNow’s global business. Young is optimistic, however, that this number will change quickly, detailing the company’s growth plans for the year will be targeted at “helping to do larger, more enterprise, transformational type engagements”. He continued to explain that the region’s growth so far has been underpinned by companies, particularly those in banking, public sector, telco, media, and manufacturing sectors, turning to ServiceNow at the “engagement layer, so very much on CRM, big data and analytics, sales, [and] omni-channel”....
Now I can do that with a smartphone. The above is a handheld shot taken in Snowdonia, North Wales, UK. Here’s another of a roundhouse, again taken in North Wales. How do you hold your smartphone to take photos? If you’re like the majority, it’s something like this, pinched between index finger and thumb on one hand, and middle finger and thumb on the other. This isn’t the best ways to hold a smartphone....
The e-commerce platform company reported second quarter revenue of $1.12 billion with net income of $879.1 billion, or $6.90 a share. Net income for the second quarter included a $778 million unrealized net gain on equity investments. Non-GAAP earnings for the second quarter were $284.6 million, or $2.24 a share. Wall Street was expecting Shopify to report second quarter revenue of $1.04 billion with non-GAAP earnings of 97 cents a share....
The Sembcorp Tengeh Floating Solar Farm will be able generate enough energy to power five local water treatment plants, according to a joint statement released Wednesday by Sembcorp Industries’ subsidiary SembCorp Floating Solar and national water agency PUB. This would offset 7% of PUB’s energy requirements annually, slashing carbon emissions by some 32 kilotonnes each year. This was equivalent to removing 7,000 cars from the roads and sufficient to power 16,000 four-room apartments, Sembcorp said....
The government also has set up a task force to develop policies and capabilities to bolster efforts to combat ransomware attacks, which are a growing concern for local businesses. Singapore laid out its cyber defence strategy, which it said spanned five key areas including the need for individuals to arm up on cyber awareness and be capable of protecting themselves. “Individuals have a responsibility to adopt good cybersecurity practices and protect the systems and devices they use,” Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security, Teo Chee Hean, said Wednesday at the Singapore International Cyber Week conference....
The report sent Snap shares surging by over 13% in late trading. CEO and founder Evan Spiegel remarked that the results of the quarter “reflect the broad-based strength of our business, as we grew both revenue and daily active users at the highest rates we have achieved in the past four years.” Added Spiegel, “We are pleased by the progress our team is making with the development of our augmented reality platform, and we are energized by the many opportunities to grow our community and business around the world....
The people behind the attack were able to mint several NFTs for free thanks to the vulnerability. Blockchain analysis firm PeckShield said more than 100 NFTs were stolen from several collections in the Treasure marketplace. The situation began on Tuesday, when reports emerged that the Treasure marketplace was being exploited. Treasure did not respond to requests for comment, but co-founder John Patten took to Twitter to confirm that the platform was facing a spate of thefts....
The WH-CH720N are wireless, over-ear headphones that include Sony’s Integrated Processor V1 chip, found in the WH-1000XM5. The V1 chip is Sony’s latest in providing headphones with improved noise-canceling and processing capabilities. Also: How to connect Bluetooth headphones to an Xbox Over-ear headphones like the WH-CH720N provide listeners with an insulated listening experience, blocking out most ambient noise. The headphone cups cover the entire ear, making over-ear headphones great for listening in public....
Sometimes, the evidence of my own eyes and life experience – subjective data, you might call it – will always triumph over a spreadsheet, a graph, or a trumpeting startup founder. I wonder, then, what you might think of a site for sore eyes that desperately wants to make your life more beautiful. When I first saw DataScalp – I know, the name doesn’t resonate with prettiness – I wondered whether the creator’s own eyes and life experience hadn’t been quite what they could have been....
On October 15, the chief executive officer of the digital payments provider Jack Dorsey said in a Twitter thread that the mining system would be based on custom silicon and open source technologies, in which the miner would be built “in the open in collaboration with the community.” Mining is the way cryptocurrency enters circulation. Computational, cryptographic puzzles are solved by machines to ’earn’ coins in return for verifying transactions on a blockchain, with the exchange being the PC power and resources required....
Graphiant, a 2-year-old startup that is taking most of those channels and providing a single service that options them all, claims to be the rescuer here. The Milpitas, Calif.-based company emerged from stealth mode today and launched its Graphiant Network Edge service at the same time. Graphiant says its solution provides connectivity between the enterprise WAN, hybrid cloud, network edge, customers, and partners – all delivered as a single SaaS service....
Healthcare is one of the leading growth markets for 3D printing companies. 3D Systems has also ramped its efforts in healthcare and Desktop Metal has formed Desktop Health. Stratasys Direct Manufacturing, a Stratasys subsidiary, has created a Healthcare Print Center in Eden Prairie, Minn. that includes Stratasys J750 Digital Anatomy printers. That 3D printer is used to create 3D printed medical and anatomical models for medical device manufacturers and healthcare providers....
