Cushion announced today that it raised $12 million in Series A financing to help expand the company’s plans to evolve from its current operation as an automated bank and credit card fee negotiation firm to a one-stop, single resource to track, pay and finance bills to help customers avoid overdraft and late fees imposed by banks. The proceeds from the $12 million financings will go toward hiring talent across its products, engineering, data analytics and marketing as it prepares to take its bill pay solution – which is in the beta-testing stages – to the general public....

Below, we rounded them up for you so you don’t have to scour the internet for them. Some of the prices are the lowest price we’ve seen to date. If you find a pair you like, the good news is we think you have a few days to score these low deals, so you can wait until that next payday to get that price tag. Jabra also dropped a bunch more deals that are equally good that we’ve rounded up below....

Review: Microsoft Surface Pro 8: Still in love The Brydge SP Max Plus provides a protective cover for the tablet portion of the Surface Pro 8 and a very capable keyboard with a large trackpad. If you are just looking for a keyboard alternative to the Type Cover, then this keyboard combo isn’t really for you. It is clearly built for those working outside the office or maybe inside an office where they walk around with the Surface Pro 8 in tablet mode....

The kit includes 18 authentic and new LEGO bricks, along with LED lights and a pre-assembled, flexible circuit board. The battery pack comes with an on and off switch, which makes it easier to conserve the three AA batteries that are required to get it up and running. There’s no reason to be daunted by the thought of circuit boards and wiring. The kit is easy to assemble, and it includes detailed instructions with illustrations to help you....

The report sent C3.ai shares down 6% in late trading. CEO and founder Tom Siebel remarked, “We achieved strong business and financial results in the fourth quarter and full fiscal year, as we advance our leadership position as the enterprise AI application software pure play.” Added Siebel. “The enterprise AI software market is rapidly growing, and we see accelerating interest in enterprise AI solutions across industries, geographies, and market segments....

Drones don’t have the best reputation when it comes to privacy, so it’s natural that the Always Home Cam has inspired skepticism. Stepping back, though, let’s consider the practicality of Ring’s ambitious sentry. For those who want to surveil their homes, the drone tackles the longstanding challenge of not only mounting security cameras but keeping them charged.

Now, however, there are forces at work to reign in the wreckage of fast fashion. Market conditions, including global supply chain disruptions, are pushing clothing manufacturers to consider more locally-based production. Consumers are becoming more socially conscious. And according to some in the business of technology, the hardware and software exist to clean up fast fashion truly. “Consumers are becoming aware that what they’re wearing is creating huge pollution on the other side of the world,” Ronen Samuel, CEO of Kornit Digital, said to ZDNet....

Another word that generates strong emotion is “retirement.” Unlike death and taxes, this word usually brings a smile to people’s faces. That is, until it is combined with the word “savings.” For some people, the idea of saving for retirement is a fantasy that slowly turns into a full-blown nightmare as they age. The reason is that, for many low- and moderate-income individuals and families, there are not enough dollars in a paycheck to be able to put some aside for retirement....

Think about a lung cancer patient, for instance, who might receive an early diagnosis through a screening program that produces a computed tomography (CT) image. As their diagnosis and treatment plan advances, their caretakers will bring in data sources like MR and molecular imaging, pathology data – which is increasingly digitized – and genomics information. Cloud computing: Here’s the security threat you should be most worried about “In oncology now, or in any any medical discipline, this matters because the treatment matters, the intervention matters,” Culot said....

Under the partnership, CBA has been able to design a crypto exchange and custody service that will be offered through a new feature on its Commbank app. CBA plans to provide customers access to up to 10 crypto assets including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin. The bank will also look to Chainalysis to assist its compliance teams to monitor and mitigate potential threat of crime through crypto asset exchanges....

Also: CES 2023 preview: 4 big questions that will shape the week On top of that, several major companies including Sony, Samsung and LG Electronics are holding news conferences on Wednesday. Both keynote addresses and all of the news conferences will be livestreamed from Las Vegas. Check out the full CES agenda here. Here’s a look at what to watch for: More processing power from AMD AMD’s Lisa Su delivers the CES Keynote on Wednesday at 6:30 pm PT....

Also: CES 2023 tech you can actually buy now Set to run through Sunday, Jan. 8, the weeklong conference is when most major tech companies announce new innovations for consumers. This year, while we’re still expecting announcements from many major companies, some have already begun their announcements. Also: CES 2023 Day 2: The biggest reveals Below, you’ll find today’s biggest announcements from major players like Samsung, Nvidia, and GE. Whether you’re still awaiting new drops from other major companies or just curious to see what’s in store during the rest of CES, stay tuned....

There currently are 173 high-tech zones nation-wide, with 84 established in the last decade alone. The target is to push this number to 220 by the end of the government’s 14th Five-Year Plan in 2025, said the Ministry of Science and Technology at a media conference held Wednesday. These sites will cover most of China’s eastern prefecture-level cities as well as major prefecture-level cities in the central and western parts....

The funding will go to NPower and CyberWarrior, two programs helping to train veterans, military spouses, women and people of color for cybersecurity positions. These are the first awards of their kind handed out by CISA. CISA Director Jen Easterly said addressing the cyber workforce shortage requires the agency to proactively seek out, find and foster prospective talent from nontraditional places. “CISA is dedicated to recruiting and training individuals from all areas and all backgrounds with the aptitude and attitude to succeed in this exciting field,” Easterly said....

The issue was patched on Friday, and developers explained that CVE-2021-41163 involved “a validation bug in the upstream aws-sdk-sns gem” that could “lead to RCE in Discourse via a maliciously crafted request.” Developers noted that to work around the issue without updating, “requests with a path starting /webhooks/aws could be blocked at an upstream proxy.” The popular open source discussion platform attracts millions of users every month, prompting the message from CISA urging updates to be pushed through....

Cisco has been dramatically revamping its Webex portfolio over the past year,the COVID-19 pandemic increased the need for virtual collaboration tools. Webex is a behemoth in the crowded collaboration market, but competitors like Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet – just to name a few – have helped the space quickly evolve. Earlier this year, Facebook introduced its own attempt at mixed reality collaboration with Oculus Horizon Workrooms. Facebook’s offering, however, presents participants as avatars rather than photorealistic holograms....

Also: CES 2023 tech you can actually buy now The power of the watch is found in the CZ Smart YouQ application, which allows individuals to understand and predict fatigue patterns as well as receive tips on how to improve those patterns for a healthier, more alert, and rested lifestyle. Wearers can take a customized Alert Monitor test daily on the CZ Smart YouQ application to determine their awareness. The test itself is a consumer iteration of NASA’s Psychomotor Vigilance Task Test (PVT+), which tests the mental acuity of astronauts....

According to a recent report by tech analyst Gartner, worldwide consumer spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 20.7% to $591.8 billion in 2023, up from $490.3 billion in 2022. That’s compared to the 18.8% growth forecast for 2022. Meanwhile, consultant KPMG’s 2022 Global Tech Report found that that nine in 10 businesses consider their adoption of cloud systems to be ‘advanced’, and almost three-quarters (73%) are in the process of migrating strategic workloads to the cloud....

F5 said it was eager to meld its application and API protection tools with Threat Stack’s cloud security solutions to “enhance visibility across application infrastructure and workloads.” Haiyan Song, executive vice president of Security at F5, said Threat Stack brings technology and talent “that will strengthen F5’s security capabilities” and further the company’s adaptive applications vision with broader cloud observability and actionable security insights for customers. “Applications are the backbone of today’s modern businesses, and protecting them is mission-critical for our customers,” Song said....

CloudLinux has announced it will provide updates and support for CentOS 8 through December 31, 2025. This gives CentOS 8 users a lifeline. For organizations running CentOS 8 systems, this provides more time to work out the right Linux distribution. Otherwise, they’d be forced into a hasty decision for systems migration. Of course, CloudLinux would prefer CentOS 8 users to migrate to its CloudLinux OS. This is a customized, business Linux based on CentOS and RHEL....