If you are looking to upgrade your TV in the next few months, check out this deal we’ve found on the Hisense 65-inch Quantum ULED 4K UHD Smart Google TV. Right now, you can enjoy a $500 discount – or 41% off – on the TV at Best Buy for a limited time. The 2022 Hisense Quantum ULED 4K UHD Smart Google TV has a 65-inch display, which is ample screen space for most homes....
The first, as detailed in its submission [PDF] to the Senate Select Committee on Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre, is a safe harbour for crypto asset providers. “The government and relevant regulators should provide crypto asset providers a safe harbour until such a time that they introduce guidance or legislation. Any legislation should contain an appropriate transition period and not apply retrospectively,” it said. “Our companies cannot afford to wait years for regulatory clarity, and Australian consumers require confidence that they are able to access the products and services they desire at home, via legally regulated and compliant professionals, rather than by seeking out risky services in unregulated locations,” it adds....
Thursday’s trip was the 20th mission for New Shepard, Blue Origin’s reusable suborbital rocket system that’s named after astronaut Alan Shepard. Launching at 8:57:55 am CDT, the New Shepard reached a maximum ascent velocity of 2,236 mph. The crew capsule reached an apogee of 106 km AGL (above ground level), putting it just past the Kármán line, which is recognized as the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space. The crew included five paying customers, as well as Blue Origin Chief Architect Gary Lai....
Also: Buying a used Mac laptop: how to avoid scams and find the best deals If you’re willing to put in the work, you can also buy with confidence from sites like Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp, and Craigslist. Craigslist is the most difficult to work with, since listings don’t include photos of what’s being sold, just text descriptions; this means you have to be willing to exchange contact information with sellers in order to get photo and video proof of working condition....
These features are rolling out to everyone in the latest Chrome 110 update. I’ve been using these features since they were rolled out as experimental features in Chrome 108, and I have to say that I’m impressed by the improvements they bring. But I’m hearing from several users who aren’t seeing the settings for these features. Also: If you use Google Chrome, you need to install this feature now Don’t worry, here’s how to switch them on....
The Ministry of Public Security announced the operation on June 9, dubbed “Card Broken,” which aims to destroy criminal gangs that are conducting cybercriminal activities. In particular, Card Broken is focused on telecommunications network fraud, including the sale of phone, payment cards, and money laundering services over China and across borders. The department specifically notes “coin farmers” as being involved, in which accomplices or members of criminal groups facilitate money laundering through cryptocurrency to avoid the scrutiny of law enforcement in the country....
In psychiatric literature, gambling is considered a behavioral addiction. A 2017 report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics found adolescent online gambling has become an issue of international concern. In 2018, Fatherly reported the rate of gambling addiction in young people ages 14 to 19 can be up to seven times higher than in adults. And a 2018 report by The Guardian found the number of 11- to 16-year-olds classified as problem gamblers in Britain quadrupled in two years....
Research from the NHTSA has revealed that 80% of accidents are caused by distracted driving in the 3 seconds before the collision. Further research from AAA shows 21% of fatal collisions are caused by fatigue. Now Tel Aviv, Israel-based intelligent sensing solutions company Cipia has introduced its Driver Sense driver monitoring system (DMS). Formally known as Eyesight Technologies, the company focuses on automotive in-cabin environments with its occupancy and interior monitoring system called Cabin Sense....
The new suite incorporates hundreds of new features into the videoconferencing platform. It also comes with a new look and logo for Webex, reflecting the brand’s values, Cisco says. “We are unmistakably committed to inclusivity and making sure everyone has an equal voice and an equal seat at the table, no matter where the table is,” Jeetu Patel, Cisco’s SVP and GM Security and Collaboration, said to ZDNet. See also: Cisco Systems chasing Zoom with revamped Webex...
Revenue in Q4 rose 54%, year over year, to $193.6 million, yielding an EPS of $0.00. Analysts had been modeling $184.7 million and and a loss per share of -$0.01. The report sent Cloudflare shares up nearly 7% in late trading. For the full year, the company saw a revenue of $656.4 million, a 52% year-over-year increase, and a non-GAAP net loss of $15.1 million. “The full year represented a 52% year-over-year increase in revenue growth and a 71% year-over-year increase in large customer growth....
Labelled by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) as a digital trade strategy, the framework is scant on actionable details but provides three aspirational goals. The first of these goals is advocating for digital trade liberalisation, standards, and regulatory cooperation with international partners and through participation in international fora. The remaining two are negotiating liberalising and trade-facilitative digital trade rules and supporting the implementation of digital trade rules internationally....
iConstituent did not respond to requests for comment, but Punchbowl News reported that almost 60 members of Congress use the platform. Chief Administrative Officer of the House Catherine Szpindor told the news outlet that they were notified of a ransomware attack on iConstituent’s e-newsletter system, which House members buy access to. But Szpindor added that no data from the House had been taken or accessed and the network used by the House was not affected....
In addition to the update news, COROS is offering up to $200 for US customers who want to trade in an Apex, Apex Pro, or Vertix in order to purchase a new watch. I loved the Vertix 2 that I reviewed and may take the company up on this special offer to upgrade my original Vertix. The brighter, clearer display is a major reason I am considering the upgrade because as you can see in the details of the firmware update COROS is bringing features to the original Vertix that make it tough to distinguish from the new watch....
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), signed into US law decades ago, aims to protect intellectual property rights. However, IP laws can be abused by vendors to suppress research going public that could be damaging or embarrassing for a brand – and one area, in particular, Section 1201, has long caused cybersecurity professionals issues when it comes to research and disclosure. Section 1201 contains a number of anti-circumvention mandates, including the “circumvention of technological measures” to “descramble a scrambled work, to decrypt an encrypted work, or otherwise, to avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, or impair a technological measure, without the authority of the copyright owner....
Debian has always offered a choice of installation images that included proprietary software, but these were also labeled as experimental. This decision makes proprietary software officially part of Debian. The Debian community knows exactly what it’s doing. In September, the group voted on incorporating non-free firmware in Debian. This vote, like all Debian community decisions, was done with the Condorcet method. The winning option, Proposal E, Choice 5, clearly stated it superseded the Debian Social Contract....
Yes, the last couple of years have been dismal for air travel, but we’re emerging on the other side. Now, there’ll be joys. There’ll be real customer service. There might even be free food. Yes, of course I’m getting carried away, but some of the biggest airlines are generating some of the biggest excitements. For some of the people with bigger budgets. It’s new. It’s shiny. How much have you got?...
Technology has played a key role in the fight against COVID-19, with IT teams helping businesses to adapt to remote-working and digital-first operations. But this rapid adoption of technology has had a massive impact on those tasked with implementing it, with various reports highlighting the mental strain developers have faced over the past year as a result. SEE: The best programming languages to learn–and the worst (TechRepublic Premium) In a survey of nearly 260 UK developers by software company Haystack, 83% of respondents reported feelings of burnout, 81% of which cited the COVID-19 pandemic as the cause....
Our technology can’t work worth a darn if the Network Time Protocol (NTP) isn’t keeping our servers and PCs coordinated with one another. Without it, backups would fail, financial transactions would go awry, and many fundamental network services wouldn’t work. To help with these issues, Facebook started making its internet clocks more accurate in 2020. Now, the social media giant is open-sourcing its technology, Time Appliances Project (TAP), and enabling anyone to turn a commodity server into a reliable NTP time appliance....
The warning comes from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is developing a catalogue of “exceptionally risky” behaviours that can put critical infrastructure at extra risk of falling victim to cyberattacks. Use of single-factor authentication – where users only need to enter a username and password – is the latest risky behaviour to be added to the list, with CISA warning that single-factor authentication for remote or administrative access to systems supporting the operation of critical infrastructure “is dangerous and significantly elevates risk to national security”....
Kyle Sanders, US Drone Soccer vice president and former US Air Force combat pilot is seeking to do just that by educating students in robotics, coding, and aerospace. Drone Soccer, which according to a spokesperson looks a lot like Quidditch from the Harry Potter books, was introduced in South Korea in 2016 and has moved to the US as an educational and fun sport. So how do you play? “Drone Soccer is an educational sport where students must first learn how to build, program, fly, and repair high-performance drones,” Sanders tells me....
