Staples has some hidden gems in its Black Friday sale this year. Among the deals for printer paper and, um, staples are a bunch of computer-related discounts, including the handful we are highlighting below.

Costs range from $33 up to $125, so choose a new Bluetooth audio device based on your budget and preferences, and enjoy your sounds. Furthermore, this speaker can connect with up to two devices simultaneously. It has an XBass button to deepen bass sounds and make its surface vibrate. It has a long battery life too, with two 5,000mAh batteries. Charged with a USB-C cable, this speaker will operate at maximum volume for over 14 hours (and up to 24 hours on mid volume)....

“Russia could conduct malicious cyber activity against the United States, including as a response to the unprecedented economic costs we’ve imposed on Russia alongside our allies and partners. It’s part of Russia’s playbook,” Biden said in a statement. “My administration is reiterating those warnings based on evolving intelligence that the Russian government is exploring options for potential cyber attacks.” In light of this intelligence, Biden has called for the US private sector to act immediately to up their cyber defences....

Also: Best Black Friday 2022 gaming deals HP includes an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 GPU and a screen capable of 178-degree wide-viewing to make sure the screen looks just as good to you as it does if people watch you play. Additionally, this laptop uses and advanced technique for cooling the computer as hot air is blown out of the bottom of the laptop to ensure the computer maintains a good temperature while you game....

There are three courses, designed for all skills levels, so no previous knowledge or experience is required. Get started with the “Enterprise Blockchain Bootcamp” course to learn how to use blockchain to drive increased revenue. This course will be particularly helpful for sales execs, technical account managers, or anyone else who needs to know how to speak blockchain as a customer-facing expert. You’ll learn all of the basics, find out where the demand is, compare the various enterprise blockchains, and cover Blockchains as a Service (BaaS) for Azure, AWS, IBM, and more....

While I have an old solid bike I purchased in 1994 when I want to exercise by cycling, I prefer not to sweat in my office clothes when I go to work. An electric bike provides me with a form of commuting that lets me leave the car behind and have a blast flying along the road outdoors. For the past month, I’ve been testing the black and tan Bluejay Sport electric bike....

The facility will be tasked with furthering Booz’s exploration of 5G integration and deployment for both public and private customers. On-site capabilities include a 5G Standalone (SA) carrier-grade network, a SA mobile core, and Radio Access Network (RAN) hardware, as well support for edge computing multi-band testing. Booz Allen plans to combine the lab’s assets with its existing cloud, network, and security offerings to provide a “testbed for cyber resiliency, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) modeling, and integrated internet-of-things (IoT), immersive, and emerging applications development....

The Open Banking implementation started in Brazil in February 2021 as part of a broader modernization agenda for the financial services industry. Under the model, consumers have the right to access their financial data held by institutions via application programming interfaces (APIs) and consent to use that data by third parties for their benefit. Announced today (9), the scope of the fourth stage of the Open Banking roll-out covers data on financial services such as foreign exchange, investments, accreditation, insurance and pensions....

Conducted by the Regional Center for Studies for the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br) of the Information and Coordination Center of Ponto BR (NIC.br), the survey presents the latest indicators on the access and use of information technologies and communication (ICT) in the country. According to the research, the use of the Internet in remote locations in Brazil grew from 53% of individuals aged 10 years and over in 2019 to 73% in 2021....

Introduced this week for pilots and flight attendants working for airlines Azul, Gol, and Latam, the technology is aimed at speeding up boarding processes by removing the requirement to show ID to access the departure lounge and aircraft. Procured by the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Special Secretariat for Management and Digital Government of the Ministry of Economy, the new functionality is part of the ongoing Safer Boarding programme. The initiative has seen a number of trials taking place with approximately 5,000 passengers in airports serving the cities of Florianópolis, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, as well as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro....

The new broadband maps will be an improvement in accuracy of broadband availability compared to the census block level data the FCC previously collected. The public can view the maps at the FCC’s broadband map page where users can search by address or zoom into the maps and click a location. The maps also show which providers are available in each location, while users can download the map data. “Today is an important milestone in our effort to help everyone, everywhere get specific information about what broadband options are available for their homes, and pinpointing places in the country where communities do not have the service they need,” said FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel....

JavaScript makes the web go around and Google has had to patch multiple zero-day or previously unknown flaws in Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine this year. In April, Google admitted a high severity bug in V8 tracked as CVE-2021-21224 was being exploited in the wild. Chrome has over two billion users, so when zero-day exploits strike Chrome, it’s a big deal. V8, an open source Google project, is a powerful JavaScript engine for Chrome that’s helped advance the web and web applications....

January sales often sees people looking for new personal computing devices while those who’ve received an upgrade over Christmas could be looking to sell their own model. Buying and selling second-hand devices can provide benefits to users, but the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned that if these devices are not properly secured, valuable personal information could be exploited. Users who sell their devices without wiping them first could be handing their personal information and passwords on to others who might be unscrupulous when dealing with that data....

The earnings landed shortly after C3 AI outlined a strategic alliance with Google Cloud to co-sell and service the company’s AI applications. C3 AI reported first quarter revenue of $52.4 million, up 29% from a year ago, with a net loss of $37.46 million, or 37 cents a share. C3 AI ended the quarter with 98 customers, up 85% from a year ago. Primers: What is AI? | What is machine learning?...

Update: Ram’s first battery-electric pickup truck makes its debut at CES May’s keynote address will be the first time an agriculture tech company executive will take the mainstage for a keynote at CES, underscoring the way tech innovations have become integral to every industry. The keynote address will take place at the Venetian Expo in Las Vegas at 8:30 am PT and will be livestreamed here. There are plenty of major events to follow, including an afternoon keynote address from Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares....

On Chromebooks with Chrome OS 100, users can press the ‘Everything’ button on the left corner of the screen to open the Chrome OS launcher, which, like macOS Spotlight and Windows start menu, helps users search for apps, files and system settings. Launcher will now open on the side of your screen instead of from the bottom. For web search results, the Chrome OS launcher now shows more information within the launcher that looks similar to Snippets in Google Search results....

Epsagon’s technology is focused on distributed tracing systems for application environments including containers and serverless. Cisco said the deal will play a key role in helping the company ramp up its full-stack observability strategy. Cisco’s full-stack observability platform is comprised of AppDynamics, ThousandEyes, and Intersight, providing observability observability across applications, network infrastructure and security. Cisco said Epsagon’s technology and talent will complement its own observability vision and roadmap. “Epsagon’s technology and talent align well with Cisco’s vision to enable enterprises to deliver unmatched application experiences through industry-leading solutions with deep business context,” Liz Centoni, Cisco’s Chief Strategy Officer and GM of Applications, write in a blog post....

One of the best things about this e-learning bundle is the way the training is delivered. Not only can you cover it all without taking any time off from your regular job, but everything is taught through videos so that it’s almost like watching an informative talk show. With such high production values, engaging content, virtual labs, and practice tests, it’s hard to imagine how this training could be made any easier....

The company, which makes cloud-based spend management software, saw total sales grow 42% year-over-year to reach $179.2 million. Non-GAAP net income per diluted share was 26 cents. Analysts were expecting a net loss of 6 cents per share on revenue of $162.96 million. “We are proud to report another fantastic quarter where we delivered record revenue, strong, calculated billings growth, and our third year of consecutive quarterly non-GAAP profitability,” CEO Rob Bernshteyn said in a statement....

“Starting today, developers from healthcare organizations, government agencies and organizations authorized by public health authorities to distribute COVID vaccines and/or tests will have access to these APIs to create a digital version of COVID vaccination or test information,” the search giant said. The functionality is available in the US, and available on Android devices running version 5 or greater that are Play Protect certified, and have a lock screen enabled....