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I first experienced spatial audio with the Apple AirPods Pro and loved it even more on the Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro. Dolby Head Tracking is a similar head-tracking sound feature and the LG Tone FREE T90Q is the world’s first Dolby Atmos earbuds to have it. That said, I’ve been quite impressed by the earbuds’ comfortability, long battery life, and bacteria-killing UV light. But are they worth the $229 asking price?...

But if you’re a hobbyist, then you don’t really want to be dropping over $100 on an all-singing, all-dancing USB power meter that does it all. For most folks, a power meter that shows the basics is all that’s needed. Also: This powerful, pocket-sized gadget is perfect for all your USB troubleshooting needs And this is what the ChargerLAB Power-Z AK001 offers. ChargerLAB Power-Z AK001 tech specs Length: 1.5 m/5 ft....

If you live in any cities delineated on the map, you may spot these electric vans delivering your holiday goodies to your doorstep. Also: The best early Black Friday deals under $30

Yesterday it said it had no set date for a return to the office and also outlined a slew of new features for Teams that would support hybrid-working arrangements, including: AI-enabled third-party cameras for Teams Rooms where workers are present and remote; a PowerPoint feature dubbed ‘Cameo’ that uses a Teams camera to create a talking head next to slides in a presentation; richer in-room features for Companion Mode in Teams mobile and quicker controls for mute and disabling cameras; better hotdesking support for Teams displays; and Teams support for Apple CarPlay for hands-free meetings using Siri....

Consider this: Every time you sign up for a site/service or make an online purchase, you use an email address. That email address can be used by trackers to keep tabs on your behavior. No one wants that, which is why DuckDuckGo has released the beta of its email protection service to the public at large. What is DuckDuckGo’s email protection? Simply put, the DuckDuckGo email protection allows you to define your actual email address with the service, and then, when you need to use an email address online, you then use DuckDuckGo to create either a personal or private “Duck” address for the website in question....

Here are the four key findings of the report: To better understand the impact on business based on these key trends, I connected with one of the world’s top customer service and support experts in the world. Michael Maoz is senior vice president, of Innovation Strategy at Salesforce. Prior to joining Salesforce, Maoz was Research Vice President and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, serving as the research leader for the customer service and support strategies area....

Total novices can dive right in with the “AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Course.” It teaches you how to design secure solutions with AWS, so you can pass the certification exam to become a Solutions Architect Associate. Get a twofer with “AWS Machine Learning Using Python 2022” and learn Python programming, as well as AWS Rekognition machine learning, with lots of hands-on instruction. Companies are actively searching for AWS professionals who can help them move into the cloud, and “AWS Cloud Migration for IT Professionals” teaches you how to do that....

The earbuds operate at a Bluetooth frequency range of 2.402-2.480GHz and a maximum output power of –6 to +4dBm. Upon opening the case I was concerned that the battery was low. Both Flybuds have an LED that flashes red as soon as I opened the case. The case however has a four-bar indicator that showed that the case was fully charged. Connecting to Bluetooth is really quick – I did not have time to put them fully in my ears before I heard the ‘connected’ voice prompt....

Trickbot began its journey as a relatively simple Banking Trojan alongside the likes of Zeus, Agent Tesla, Dridex, and DanaBot. However, after the Dyre botnet was retired in 2016 and the infrastructure supporting the prolific Emotet botnet was disrupted by Europol and the FBI last year, more attention has been paid to Trickbot activities. The malware is modular, which means that users can adapt the software to conduct a wide range of attacks – and these assaults can be tailored depending on the desired victims....

According to the new report, a total of 46.7 million reviews were submitted to the service during 2021, representing a quarter of all reviews ever submitted to it since its 2007 launch. As the number of reviews submitted to Trustpilot surged, so too did the number of fake review removals. The service counted some 2.7 million fraudulent reviews it removed over the course of 2021. Of this total, Trustpilot claims 1....

Australia’s Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk on Friday said US-based Uber Technologies Inc and Dutch-based Uber B.V. failed to appropriately protect the personal data of an estimated 1.2 million Australian customers and drivers, when it was accessed from a breach in October and November 2016. It came to light in late 2017 that hackers had stolen data pertaining to 57 million Uber riders worldwide, as well data on more than 600,000 drivers....

Naturally in 2022, the flaws in the system stem from a combination of bad TLS implementation and being able to be controlled through a cloud-based system in newer devices. “Since the TLS attack vector can originate from the internet, these vulnerabilities can act as a gateway to the internal corporate network. Bad actors can use the TLS state confusion to identify themselves as the Schneider Electric cloud and collect information about the UPS behind the corporate firewall,” Armis said....

“FBI and CISA have observed this Iranian government-sponsored APT group exploit Fortinet vulnerabilities since at least March 2021, and a Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell vulnerability since at least October 2021 to gain initial access to systems in advance of follow-on operations, which include deploying ransomware,” a joint release stated. “ACSC is also aware this APT group has used the same Microsoft Exchange vulnerability in Australia.” Rather than going after a certain sector of the economy, the authorities said the attackers were simply focused on exploiting the vulnerabilities where possible and, following operation, they then tried to turn that initial access into data exfiltration, a ransomware attack, or extortion....

Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Treasury Department was planning some sort of ransomware-related sanctions but US officials explained its plans in detail on Tuesday. The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) said Suex was being sanctioned for its role in facilitating “transactions involving illicit proceeds from at least eight ransomware variants.” Data showed that more than 40% of Suex’s transactions involved “illicit actors” according to the Treasury Department, which added that virtual currency exchanges like Suex are “critical to the profitability of ransomware attacks, which help fund additional cybercriminal activity....

The VA said cybercriminals have long sought access to veterans’ data for a variety of scams and exploitation, prompting the department to make changes to its security. In 2006, the organization faced a massive data breach affecting the sensitive information of 26.5 million veterans as well as their spouses and family members. Just last month, the Justice Department sentenced a former medical records technician for the US Army after he was caught accessing personal information from US veterans and using the data to steal millions from benefits sites....

NBN said the money would be held in trust by it under the Victorian NBN State Program Fund label, with the first project to be 11 new business fibre zones that cover 10,000 businesses in Benalla, Colac, Cranbourne South, Dromana, Hamilton, Lara, Pakenham North, Pakenham South, Portland, Warragul, and Wonthaggi-Inverloch. With the addition of the new zones, NBN said it has 295 zones that cover 860,000 businesses around the country....

Leading the way with a CVSS score of 9.9 is CVE-2022-20777 and relates to a bug in next generation input/output feature that allowed an authenticated remote attacker to jump out of the guest VM and run commands as root on the host machines via an API call. Cisco obviously points out that such access could compromise the host completely. For unauthenticated remote attackers, CVE-2022-20779 with a CVSS score of 8....

Voltz Protocol said Wednesday that it has launched DeFi’s first synthetic, capital-efficient interest rate swap AMM, which will now provide the means for DeFi to compete with the interest rate swap marketplace in traditional finance, unleashing new possibilities for decentralized applications (DApps) to serve the financial needs of the world, especially for those in parts of the world with no access to traditional finance. Automated Market Makers, or AMMs, are smart contracts that create liquidity pools of Ethereum ERC20-based tokens, which are then traded automatically by using an algorithm rather than an order book....

Cyber crimes continue to increase in frequency and severity, so the demand for cyber security skills will keep growing. And now, you can study for certified ethical hacking certifications, even with no tech background, with this 10-course cybersecurity training collection for $34.99. You can access these courses on your computer, tablet, and phone. Total novices should start with “Learn Ethical Hacking: Beginner to Advanced,” as it’s designed specifically for those without IT experience....