“We’re very focused on providing elasticity for customers without having to rewrite applications,” Oracle Cloud Infrastructure VP Leo Leung told ZDNet. “A lot of the premise of the cloud is that you have to be cloud-native to get optimization of resources, and we don’t think that’s true.” Oracle gained a foothold in the cloud market by focusing on the needs of enterprise customers, most of which have legacy technology to contend with....
In September 2019, Oracle launched its Oracle Cloud Free Tier and “Always Free” services including compute, storage and autonomous database. Oracle also offers a 30-day free trial with $300 of free credits. With the addition of the new Always Free services, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has 20 free services in infrastructure, networking, database, observability and management and security. According to Oracle, the Always Free services will enable developers to deploy apps instead of just Hello World demos....
IT security company F-Secure analyzed over 200,000 emails that were flagged by employees from organizations across the globe in the first half of 2021, and found that 33% of the reports could be classified as phishing. Phishing is a common technique used by cyber criminals to lure victims into doing what the hacker wants, whether that is providing personal information or downloading malware. It typically occurs via email, thanks to messages designed to look genuine, and which usually require the recipient to take some form of action....
The factors contributing to lawlessness are complex and difficult to parse, but one issue is strictly logistical. The ocean is big and dangerous and it’s not an easy place to monitor. Two UAV technology companies are joining forces to demonstrate that drones can be part of the solution. SwissDrones, a company that develops, manufactures and operates long-range unmanned helicopter systems for commercial and public safety applications, and CLS, which specializes in satellite-based monitoring and surveillance, recently completed a demonstration in the open ocean utilizing a SwissDrones unmanned helicopter....
The next five years things changed all that. The IBM PC legitimized microcomputers. Seagate shipped a 5MB 5.25-inch hard drive. Intel, DEC, and Xerox introduced Ethernet. Visicalc drove PC adoption across enterprises. And boffins were using a fledgling ARPAnet, often running a rickety OS called UNIX. I never would have predicted that 40 years later I’d be wearing more power on my wrist than you could buy then, with a better display and a wider range of applications....
The commission said there were concerns raised about the difficulties that were being faced by third-party repairers in obtaining supplies and information needed to repair mobile phones and tablets. The commission detailed this preliminary finding as part of its draft report [PDF] into consumers’ ability to repair faulty goods at reasonable prices in Australia. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg had requested for the review, citing that the Competition and Consumer Act was not capturing right to repair issues, and thereby only allowing “limited rights or protections” to repair....
Read more: Notion app review: Why (and how) I rely on this powerful productivity toolNotion app tips and hacks and how to make columns Since then, I’ve gotten quite a few questions from readers. Among the most common questions are “how do I create a new project?” and “what else can I do with Notion?” In today’s article, I’m going to answer both of those questions by showing how to create a Notion project that’s part of my everyday management kit....
The advisory from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has detailed the growing risk posed by ransomware and has urged businesses to take action to protect themselves from attacks. The NCSC describes ransomware as “the biggest cyber threat facing the United Kingdom”, with education one of the top targets of ransomware gangs, alongside businesses, charities, local government and the health sectors....
For the 2020-21 fiscal year, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) responded to 1,630 incidents, which works out to around 31 a week. Compared to the previous financial year, the total number of cybersecurity incidents in the 2020–21 financial year decreased by 28%. Other good news included ACSC not having to respond to any incidents in the top third of its six incident grading categories. In the year prior, it reported a single category 1 incident and four category 2 incidents....
While creators of the Raspberry Pi had modest hopes – they thought they might sell just 1,000 units or 10,000 at most – it had sold over 700,000 units within a year. And now the Raspberry Pi has reached the 10th anniversary of its first device and its chief, Eben Upton, says that 45 million units have been sold to students, hobbyists and increasingly to companies that make internet-connected devices....
Researchers behind the the National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, Time Savings When Working from Home, estimate that people who work from home use 40% of their commute-time savings on working on primary and secondary jobs. A further 34% goes to leisure, and 11% goes to caregiving. “These results suggest that much of the time savings flow back to employers, and that children and other caregiving recipients also benefit,” the researchers write....
Among the extensive list of possible destinations that they could head off to, the likes of Madrid, Toronto and Auckland could be among the top picks, according to new research, while traditional business hotspots like London or New York are dropping down to the bottom of the list. Remote, an HR startup that helps companies employ remote staff, has analyzed different aspects that are key to the life of a remote worker in cities and regions all over the world to determine its list of the top 100 destinations for those who are keen to leave office life firmly in the past....
Working from the company’s R&D lab in Cambridge in the UK, the scientists demonstrated that they could transmit quantum bits (or qubits) over hundreds of kilometers of optical fiber without scrambling the fragile quantum data encoded in the particles, thanks to a new technology that stabilizes the environmental fluctuations occurring in the fiber. This could go a long way in helping to create a next-generation quantum internet that scientists hope will one day span global distances....
Recorded Future security expert Dmitry Smilyanets shared multiple messages on Twitter from ‘0_neday’ – a known REvil operator – discussing what happened on the cybercriminal forum XSS. He claimed someone took control of the group’s Tor payment portal and data leak website. In the messages, 0_neday explains that he and “Unknown” – a leading representative of the group – were the only two members of the gang who had REvil’s domain keys....
To start with the basics, these are all open-source Linux distributions. That means anyone – yes, even you – can take RHEL’s source code and make your own RHEL-based distro. Mind you, that’s much easier said than done. You see, you can’t simply pull the code from a Git repository and compile it. That would be way too easy. Instead, starting in 2011, Red Hat incorporated its own patches directly into its kernel tree....
Built around a magnesium alloy chassis and carrying the requisite rugged credentials – IP66 rating for dust/water resistance, MIL-STD-810H temperature, humidity and vibration testing, and 1.8m drop tests – the 14-inch Toughbook 40 has a modular clamshell design with no fewer than seven expansion areas that allow for a total of 70 different configurations, Panasonic says. SEE: The hybrid work divide: Managers think tech is the answer - but staff disagree As well as the ability to swap out the main battery, RAM and SSD drives, there are four areas – left and right sides, rear and palm-rest – that can accept a variety of options....
This isn’t your parents’ IoT. Heck, this isn’t even the IoT you know. Smart home systems have hit wall after wall in interoperability since their inception. Having a smart home used to mean paying thousands of dollars for someone to professionally install devices around your house and then leave you paying a monthly subscription to actually use them. Until consumers took control. Now, you can have one brand of smart bulbs and different brands of smart plugs and security cameras – all installed and controlled by you from your smartphone....
According to Samsung, the board cited the current uncertain global business environment and the “pressing need for stronger accountability and business stability” in approving the recommendation by board chairman Kim Han-jo to name Lee as executive chairman. Samsung also said that there will be no ceremony or inaugural speech to mark the appointment. This is a denial of some media reports that claimed there was going to be an inaugural ceremony on November 1, which Samsung considers as the founding date of Samsung Electronics, its flagship company....
This is a huge discount for any kind of storage, and you’ll get both a USB-C and USB-A insert for whatever kind of device you’re working on. Both are retractable, giving you a device that can tuck away in the pocket of your jeans or a work bag. It’s also compatible with a wide range of devices, be it a computer, phone, or tablet, and you can easily transfer data between them....
The announcements, launched at SAP’s Sapphire conference, highlight two core priorities for the company. First, SAP is aggressively shifting customers to the cloud. In addition, SAP sees itself as a supply chain and trade enabler as it extends its ERP footprint. During his keynote, SAP CEO Christian Klein said SAP is positioning itself as a digital process enabler as well as a community hub for supply chain transactions as well as sustainability....
