The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects a 10% decline in U.S. programmer employment between 2020 and 2030, due to global competition. However, the median annual programmer salary is more than double the median annual wage for all occupations. Despite the competitive landscape, high-quality opportunities exist for the right programmers. Here, we examine what these professionals do, what they make, and what they need to qualify for employment. What’s life like as a programmer?...

The app will also put a placeholder app icon on the iPhone’s home screen for all free apps that are found on the Android device, allowing the user to download the iOS version of the app with just a tap on the app’s icon without opening the App Store at all. It’s a simple, convenient, and streamlined process. For WhatsApp users, however, a sticking point has been the lack of a method to transfer conversation history, photos, videos, and audio clips from an Android device to an iPhone....

Red Hat surveyed 1,703 IT leaders to in an effort to discover where organizations are on their digital transformation journeys, funding priorities and the challenges faced. It found that investment in IT security was “by far” the most common overall funding priority during the next 12 months, with 44% of respondents placing it in their top three priorities alongside cloud infrastructure (36%) and IT/cloud management (35%). Security was cited as a priority across a variety of technology categories, including cloud infrastructure (42%), big data and analytics (45%), and automation (35%)....

I’ve written a number of articles on VPNs, as well as ZDNET’s list of the best VPN services of 2022, and so I get lots of interesting questions. Over time, I’ll try to answer most of them. This week, we’re looking at why a proxy server can’t protect you like a VPN can. To understand that, you need to understand the difference between a proxy server and a VPN. Let’s start with proxy servers....

Despite this, the iPad Mini 6 is not only the most exciting product Apple has launched this year, but it is one of the most exciting new products that Apple has released in years, period. It belongs in a class of other groundbreaking Apple products, such as the current-generation M1 iPad Pro and the Apple Silicon M1 chip itself that powers its new Macbook and Mac Mini line. Why is it the most exciting new product in years?...

iPads, MacBooks, and iPhones suddenly stop charging, and the owners try different chargers and cables with no success. They start pointing fingers at the battery and think it’s time for a replacement (battery or device). Also: How to build a winter emergency kit (and why you should) And then, later in the day, the device suddenly starts charging again, and everything seems fine. It’s like the problem just fixed itself....

All of these were successful releases, but we’ve also had some real clunkers as well. Some of these were early versions of technologies that were to be exploited in more refined iterations, later on, not yet ready for prime time. But some of these were just plain… bad. We’ve presented these OS disasters chronologically – not in the order of how much they suck. Did we miss anything? And if we were to sort these by reputation – from bad to worst – what would the correct sort order be?...

Also: Best Windows 10 laptop in 2021 With Windows 11, Microsoft is shifting servicing gears yet again. But this time, in a way that IT will likely find much more palatable. Microsoft is moving to a single annual update per year for Windows 11. The Home and Pro editions will get 24 months of support. Enterprise and Education will get 36 months of support. Microsoft will continue to make available regular cumulative updates with patches and fixes throughout the year for all Windows 11 users....

No. It’s a bad time to buy a Windows PC. The utter confusion coming from the Microsoft camp as to what the final system requirements will be means that it’s hard to plan a safe upgrade path. After all, you could go out today and drop almost $5,000 for a Surface Studio 2 PC – a Microsoft Surface Studio 2 – and find yourself unable to upgrade to Windows 11 in a few months....

Well, I just happened to have an old system lying about, so I decided to install Windows 10 on it just to see what would happen. First, a little bit of history about the system in question. This is a PC that I built back in January of 2008. For its time, this was a pretty high-end system, featuring a 3.0GHz quad-core Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 processor, an Asus Maximus Formula board, and 8GB of Crucial RAM....

Scratch that. There’s a big problem in the mobile industry. When was the last time you used your smartphone to film a movie? Never? Well, that makes two of us. But phone makers are continuing to promote their smartphone cameras with award-winning film directors, which, from a marketing standpoint, makes more sense than either of us shooting a movie with a smartphone. People see how capable these smartphones are. People pay the big bucks to reap the advertised benefits....

With these new services, Zoom is one step closer to ensuring you never have to leave the Zoom app to get your work done. “We’re taking a big step forward to help users access the tools they need every day,” Zoom’s Cari Dick told reporters ahead of the Zoomtopia conference. “Wasted time switching between apps really adds up. So we’re helping to eliminate this ’toggle tax’ by bringing critical productivity tools right into the Zoom app, front and center....

In a statement, CRTC chief compliance and enforcement officer Steven Harroun said Canadian HeadQuarters, also known and Canadian HQ, was “one of the largest Dark Web marketplaces in the world and significantly contributed to harmful cyber activity in Canada.” CRTC staff executed warrants in the greater Montreal area through 2020 and 2021 that led to the marketplace being taken offline. They also issued fines to Chris Tyrone Dracos, Marc Anthony Younes, Souial Amarak and Moustapha Sabir....

“The committee feels strongly that the current arrangements, conditions, and pay rates for gig workers are not acceptable and do not provide them with sufficient income and other protections to provide for themselves and their families,” the Select Committee on Job Security outlined in its first interim report [PDF] that examines the current state on-demand platform work in Australia. “The committee considers that it is essential for gig workers – and all workers for that matter – to be paid at a rate that rightly recognises the value of the work that they do, that they are provided with other conditions that ensure they do not have to work when they are sick, they are safe at work and their families are not left destitute when they are injured or killed, that they are paid superannuation to underpin a financially stable future, and that they can access other labour protections providing dispute resolution and mechanisms for addressing discrimination and harassment....

Here are some of the key findings from Salesforce 600 CIO and IT leadership automation survey research: 91% of organizations say that demand for automation from business teams has increased over the last two years.The highest demand for automation came from research and development (39%), administrative/operations (38%), customer service (33%), and marketing (26%) teams. Nearly all (96%) of respondents said that modifying and rebuilding automation is a challenge as systems and business requirements change....

In 2019, Lake was re-elected to a fifth term, receiving the highest vote total out of all candidates, from all parties, across of Canada. He currently serves as the Shadow Minister for International Development. Prior to entering federal politics, Lake worked for 10 years with the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club. Lake and his family have been active supporters of autism organizations, families and individuals across the country, and around the world, while sharing their story of life with Jaden, Mike’s 24-year-old son who has autism....

In tech, some things stayed the same – Microsoft treating its customers badly, for example – and some things offered dazzling new dawns. You’re surely into crypto, right? How could you not be? It’s the future of, well, money and finance. Or, at least, of speculation. It surely wasn’t surprising, then, that the home of a thousand facelifts – and the Los Angeles Lakers – recently decided to lay down with a crypto company....

“We do not consider that the merger of these parties will substantially lessen competition in any payments market, after taking into account the court-enforceable undertaking,” ACCC chair Rod Sims said. Eftpos, BPay, and NPPA announced plans in December to amalgamate. Eftpos operates a network of payment terminals, Bpay is an electronic bill payments system, while NPPA is the company charged with the oversight of all of the transactions moving through Australia’s updated payments system, the NPP....

Indian firm Unimobile will act as the messaging broker between Singapore Airlines and 400 mobile phone operators in 130 countries. The application which powers the service was developed by Bothell, Washington-based Matsushita Avionics Systems. 

Specifications How’s the design? While the Fire HD 8 Plus wasn’t designed to withstand the ruthlessness of kids – that’s what the Kids Edition is for – it can certainly take a hit or two. Instead of the usual mix of glass and aluminum that’s found on pricier tablets, the $120 Fire HD 8 Plus is decorated with texturized plastic and an 8-inch display that scratches more easily than it cracks....