It’s too easy to be mean. It’s too easy to be anonymously venomous. And then there’s government. When has that ever been a vehicle for happiness? Well, except for when it does things we like, or that benefit us. Therefore, I am risen to rapture that a government has taken it upon itself to do citizens an actual favor. Naturally, this gesture of generosity is being enacted in San Francisco....
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) proposed measures, outlined in a discussion paper [PDF], are aimed at providing new tools to cover anti-competitive conduct, barriers to entry, bargaining imbalances, and insufficient consumer and business user protections. Outgoing ACCC chair Rod Sims said last week the core proposals would take the form of a new code of conduct, comprised of upfront rules, that seek to “prevent the worst abuses of dominance and protect consumers”....
Relying on a strong digital core to adapt and innovate at lighting speed, leaders are growing revenues 5x faster than laggards today, versus only 2x faster between 2015 to 2018, according to Accenture research. The result is a wave of companies racing to reinvent themselves and use technology innovations to shape the new realities they face. The Accenture Technology Vision 2021 report identifies five key trends that companies will need to address over next three years to accelerate and master change in all parts of the business: Here are very interesting and powerful research finding from the Accenture Tech Vision 2021 report that validate the five technology trends which will shape the future: A recent study revealed that digital leaders (the top 10% of companies leading technology innovation) achieve 2-3x revenue growth as compared to their competitors – a widening divide that Accenture calls the “Digital Achievement Gap....
As the technology improves, enterprise investment will surely follow. According to Gartner, AI chip revenue totaled more than $34 billion in 2021 and is expected to grow to $86 billion by 2026. Additionally, the research firm said, less than 3% of data center servers in 2020 included workload accelerators, while more than 15% are expected to by 2026. IBM Research, for its part, just unveiled the Artificial Intelligence Unit (AIU), a prototype chip specialized for AI....
“AMD is at the forefront of innovation in the PC industry, delivering unmatched experiences for creators, professionals, and gamers,” Saeid Moshkelani, SVP and GM of AMD’s client business unit, said in a statement. “The new AMD Ryzen 6000 Series processors bring remarkable efficiency for impressive battery life, unbeatable built-in graphics and optimized performance to deliver the best AMD has to offer to every type of notebook user.” AMD announced the Ryzen 5000 series last year at CES....
FLYR Labs, makers of the data and AI-driven Revenue Operating System for airlines, travel, and transportation, today announced it has secured $150 million in Series C. ZDNet caught up with Mans to find out more about the investment and FLYR’s product and growth. Software as a Service for the aviation industry “Growth” and “airlines” are hard to use in the same sentence these days. As a recent McKinsey report put it, it’s difficult to overstate just how much COVID-19 has devastated airlines....
Google last September introduced Live Caption, Now Playing and Smart Reply as features within Android’s Private Compute Core (PCC), which lives in an isolated virtual sandbox within Android 12 and onwards, shielding PCC and its features from the OS and apps. It also introduced and more recently open-sourced Private Compute Services (PCS), a “private path” to update and improve machine-learning models without trampling on user privacy. Data handled in PCC goes via PCS to Google’s cloud....
Now get this – going forward, the Apache Cassandra project is planning to commit to 6-month release cycles. Hold that thought. The 4.0 release was positioned by the community as a fairly boring release – in that the brunt of the effort was in locking things down to make this the most stable dot zero release in Cassandra history. Pre-4.0, dot zero Cassandra releases would have bugs that would have wound up being patched in subsequent dot releases....
According to a security advisory dated October 5, the bug is known to be actively exploited in the wild. Apache HTTP Server is a popular open source project focused on the development of HTTP server software suitable for operating systems including UNIX and Windows. The release of Apache HTTP Server version 2.4.49 fixed a slew of security flaws including a validation bypass bug, NULL pointer dereference, a denial-of-service issue, and a severe Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability....
This makes it easy to stay objective about the products I cover, but it also has its downsides. It’s an expensive habit to buy all these Apple products on a yearly basis, although I see it as the cost of doing (my) business. But paying my own way also means that I get to experience every hiccup of being a regular Apple customer on the rare occasions that it happens....
Bloomberg reports that Apple sent a memo to staff on Thursday advising them of the new timetable, which has shifted from early September to October, and now to January 2022. Apple’s plan, once workers are required to return to offices, demands that employees are present at the office Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, according to Bloomberg. Remote work will be permitted on Wednesday and Friday. The memo from Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s head of retail and people, urged employees to get vaccinated – however, vaccination and testing are not currently mandatory....
How much is a coding bootcamp? Are bootcamps worth it? Do coding bootcamps work? The good news is that coding bootcamps do work. In fact, bootcamp grads see a median salary increase of $22,000 over their pre-bootcamp jobs. Considering that the average cost of a coding bootcamp is $13,579, that’s a pretty good return on investment (ROI). What is a coding bootcamp? What are coding bootcamps? Coding bootcamps are intensive training programs designed to quickly prepare students for careers in tech....
That’s the word from GitLab, which released a survey of 5,001 technology managers and professionals that finds significant growth in DevOps practices over just the past 12 months. In 2022, a sizeable slice of respondents (47%) indicated DevOps or DevSecOps was their methodology of choice, a five percentage point increase over 2021. Also: DevOps Nirvana is still a distant goal for many, survey suggests With this rise in DevOps comes an increased cadence in software delivery, the survey shows....
According to Sophos cybersecurity researchers Sean Gallagher and Vikas Singh, the new threat actors, dubbed Atom Silo, are taking advantage of the flaw in the hopes that Confluence server owners are yet to apply the required security updates to resolve the bug. Atlassian Confluence is a web-based virtual workplace for the enterprise, allowing teams to communicate and collaborate on projects. Sophos described a recent attack conducted by Atom Silo over a period of two days....
Capturing high-definition images and videos with the latest smartphones and drones is a double-edged sword. The content is sharp, but it takes much more storage space than your laptops and mobile devices can handle. And no one wants to constantly decide which files to delete. Fortunately, you can ditch that chore forever with 1TB of affordable cloud storage from Koofr. This lifetime subscription is just $139.99 during our Back to Education event, which ends August 24....
For some, this has unfortunately led to staff furloughs and redundancies in order to cut costs. For others, businesses are working on a limited basis with as many employees as possible being asked to work from home to adhere to social distancing measures implemented worldwide. Lockdowns are slowly being eased, and with the loosening of restrictions on travel and non-essential employees being allowed to return to work, it is still possible that social distancing will be recommended – alongside improved standards of hygiene – before offices fully reopen....
There had yet to emerge an effective way to implement general-purpose digital identity and without which, the metaverse could not function. This currently was the missing ingredient in the equation, said advisor on digital financial services David G.W. Birch, who was speaking at Huawei’s Intelligent Finance Summit 2022 held this week in Singapore. Citing The Financial Times’ definition, Birch said the metaverse was a collection of shared virtual worlds in which people could navigate via their digital assets and digital identity–or" economic avatars", as coined by virtual reality specialist Jaron Lanier....
But now we have Google’s entrant, Bard. Google granted me access to the beta release, so I decided to subject it to the same tests I’ve given to ChatGPT. Also: ChatGPT vs. Bing Chat: Which AI chatbot should you use? Unfortunately, I may not get the same solid B-level work ChatGPT has been able to produce. ZDNET’s Associate Editor Sabrina Ortiz conducted a broad range of tests as soon as Bard was available, and found disappointing results....
Before choosing a 5G phone, it is important to understand not only your own device priorities, but also the different ways 5G networks are built. At the bottom of this guide, we explain 5G networks in the US and what benefits they offer to real-world users like you. From the outside, the iPhone 13 Pro Max looks almost identical to its direct predecessor. However, as is often the case with Apple’s flagship, the real improvements all happen behind or, in this case, within the display....
Online colleges in the Centennial State emphasize programs that feed into the state’s leading industries. These include bioscience, technology and information, and defense and homeland security. Here, we take a look at the best online colleges in Colorado, the programs they offer, and what prospective students can expect from the schools. Top 5 online schools in Colorado: Quick facts The 10 best online colleges in Colorado To create fair and reliable program information, ZDNet’s ranking methodology pulls data from reputable publicly available sources and relies on expert insight....
