Also: Zoom’s new AI tools will soon summarize your meetings for you On Friday, Zoom announced that it is acquiring Workvivo, an employee engagement and communication platform founded in 2017 and used by many brands including Lululemon, Ryanair, and Liberty Mutual. Workvivo is an app that functions as a central hub employees can use for workplace engagement and communication tools such as polls, surveys, shout-outs, email digests, community groups, organization charts, shared calendars, and more....

[This article was first published on The Simple Dollar in 2020. It was updated in March 2022.] Also: The best starter credit cards for no credit Rather than using your credit card to buy things you can’t afford, just treat it as a convenience that helps keep your identity and bank account safe while also giving you some rewards. If you don’t have that cash sitting in your checking account right now, don’t buy whatever it is you have in mind....

The 2023 research from ARK suggests that the market value of disruptive innovation platforms could scale 40% at an annual rate during this business cycle, from $13 trillion today to $200 trillion by 2030. To enlighten investors on the long-term impact of innovation, ARK Invest began publishing Big Ideas in 2017. The annual research report seeks to highlight the technological breakthroughs evolving today and creating the potential for super-exponential growth tomorrow....

Today we pick up from where we started with part one of our review, to cover AI and knowledge graphs. The many faces of AI: Hardware, the edge, MLOps, language models, future architectures and ethics In principle, we try to approach AI holistically. To take into account positives and negatives, from the shiny to the mundane, and from hardware to software. Hardware has been an ongoing story within the broader story of AI for the last few years, and we feel it’s a good place to start our tour....

Currently, Apple has 21 special service programs in place to cover issues resulting from manufacturing issues. Here’s a current list as of the time of writing: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro Service Program for No Sound Issues Apple has determined that some iPhone 12 or iPhone 12 Pro handsets manufactured between October 2020 and April 2021 suffer from a manufacturing issue that means that there’s no sound emitted from the receiver when you make or receive call....

To help you find the best sales and deals, we’ve rounded up the best Cyber Monday gaming deals still available below. You can keep reading to save big on gaming laptops, components, and accessories. Latest Cyber Monday gaming deals The last time this page received an update, these were the latest Cyber Monday gaming deals worth checking out: Gaming accessories JBL QuantumSphere 360 $150 (save $150) at WalmartRosewill Neon K90 for $59 (save $40) at NeweggRosewill Neon K91 for $89 (save $40) at NeweggRazer Kiyo Pro for $93 (save $107) at NeweggCorsair K65 RGB Mini for $85 (save $25) at NeweggAudio-Technica AT2020USB+ for $69 (save $80) at B&H PhotoRode NT-USB Mini for $99 (save $60) at B&H PhotoMSI Clutch MG41 for $40 (save $15) at B&H Photo...

Microsoft Excel is such a powerful program that it can practically power an entire business. It’s long been relied upon for accounting, inventory, and more. But it has lesser-known features, large and small, that can help to streamline your workflow. Here are six ways Excel can send your productivity skyrocketing, from eliminating minor frustrations to reducing costly errors. Familiarizing yourself with just one of them could lead to an income boost....

The secret to success, he says, is putting fame in its proper context. And Jeff’s perspective about fame is unique, as he shared during his first conversation with Karen Mangia, VP of Customer and Market Insights at Salesforce. Anyone can find FAME following Jeff’s model: F: Think like a Free Agent.A: Train like an Athlete.M: Prepare like a Marketer.E: Engage like an Entrepreneur. After FAME and fortune, then what? A question Jeff asked himself repeatedly in the post-Monster....

While Adobe is a behemoth in the design world, Figma over the past 10 years pioneered product design on the web. Along the way, it amassed millions of users, including a loyal student following, as Adobe noted. Once the deal closes, Figma co-founder and CEO Dylan Field will continue to lead the Figma team. He’ll report to David Wadhwani, president of Adobe’s Digital Media business. SEE: The 7 best photo editing apps: From beginners to pros “Adobe is deeply committed to keeping Figma operating autonomously,” Field wrote in a blog post, adding that he will collaborate with Wadhwani on how to continue growing Figma’s business....

Called Deloitte-Alibaba Cloud Auto Industry Center, the new site will develop applications that include autonomous driving, smart manufacturing, and digital marketing, the two partners said in a joint statement Tuesday. The centre will be supported by Deloitte China’s automotive cloud services team that specialises in products and and services that encompass digital supply chain, intelligent network connectivity, and cybersecurity. Alibaba’s cloud computing resources spanning artificial intelligence (AI) and networking also will be tapped....

While the bonus is lower than what other lenders offer (you receive a $500 bonus with the Capital One Spark card when you charge $4500 within the first 90 days), you are also not under any obligation to make any purchases within a narrow window either. It makes the reward more universal for businesses. 5% cashback rewards at select retailers American Express also incentivizes other purchases made by companies. You receive 2% cashback on all expenses related to restaurants, cell phone suppliers, and gas stations....

There’s a lot to unpack about the new Kindle Fire HD 8 models, which range from the standard Fire HD 8 to a Fire HD 8 Kids Pro for older kids. There’s even a Disney Design Bundle this year with Disney Mickey or Disney Princess cases. All of the new Fire HD 8 tablets have the same core features, such as an 8-inch HD display, a 30% increase in performance, up to 13 hours of total battery life, and a USB-C charging port....

The issue affects Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems with Firmware Trusted Platform Module (fTPM) enabled. The TPM crypto-processor handles cryptographic operations and is one of several minimum hardware requirements for a Windows 11 system to be considered in a supported state. As Microsoft discussed last year, in an “unsupported state,” a PC won’t be entitled to receive updates via Windows Update. Users can turn on fTPM in their machine to get a machine compliant with the TPM side of Microsoft’s Windows 11 requirements....

The credit card giant initially rolled out the Digital Receipts feature in February, giving all card holders in the US more information about the things they bought from certain merchants, including store name, logo, order number, date of order, items purchased, details of cost and merchant description. Ramesh Devaraj, vice president of global merchant processing and policy at American Express, explained that the company commissioned a number of surveys that found consumers are shopping online more than ever and want digital receipts, with 81% saying it would help them differentiate between fraudulent charges and legitimate ones....

The proposed laws in question are the American Innovation and Choice Online Act and the Open App Markets Act. Both pieces of legislation are set to be considered this week, and each threatens to force the two tech giants to comply with changes in US law surrounding app store exclusivity. Specifically, the bills contain language that would force Apple and Google to allow third-party alternatives into their respective walled garden mobile operating systems....

Arlo, which makes a range of cameras and other security devices for connected smart homes and sold millions of devices has confirmed that support will end for the two products from April 1 2023 in an end-of-life policy effective as of January 1 which has been sent to users. The affected models are the Arlo VMC3030 Gen 3, which was first released in November 2014 and last shipped in January 2019, and the Arlo VMC4030 Pro, which was released in October 2016 and ceased production in December 2018....

With the Continuity Camera feature in the latest version of macOS Ventura, you can attach your iPhone to your computer and use it as a webcam. When Apple announced the Continuity Camera feature at its WWDC event back in June, it also announced that Belkin would make the companion accessory. In October, Belkin debuted the MagSafe mounts for MacBook laptops. The MagSafe mount magnetically attaches to the top of your Mac or your display with no other add-ons required....

Last week, NBN floated the prospect of a soft cap on overage CVC charges to limit the amount Australian telcos have to pay for increases in traffic. For the soft cap to kick in, total NBN costs before rebates for any telco would need to rise 7% across a three-month rolling average, and the telco would need to keep customer churn below a threshold of 10% on top of its yearly historical churn....

Making good on its statement in its recent results that the company expected to make one acquisition in the first half of FY22, the company said the money would be used to “support growth by M&A, new business product and technology development, and/or further fibre and network build.” “We are very encouraged by the strong level of support from new and existing institutional, sophisticated, and professional investors. We greatly appreciate the backing of existing shareholders who participated in the placement and welcome new shareholders that have joined the register as part of the equity raise,” Aussie Broadband managing director Phillip Britt said....

Part of carrying out the research involves employing an amperometric biosensor to detect TDP-43, a protein that is commonly linked to the development of ALS. “The reason we wanted to do this is because there are very few handles to hold on to for ALS; it’s a really heterogenous disease in terms of clinical presentation and the molecular pathways that are involved,” GenieUS research associate Sam Brennan told ZDNet. “Luckily, we do have TDP-43 as one common element in all types of ALS … and what it is, is a protein that becomes stuck together or aggregated in various confirmations....