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An Update on the Fourth Industrial Revolution 2021-03-01 07:00:00We are in the midst of what many are calling the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This is a time of disruption, massive change, opportunities, and signif

Successful Phishers Make Slim Gains in 2020 2021-02-24 13:25:47Catastrophic events, like a pandemic, coupled with hasty technological change such as many people forced to work from home immediately, have been a ri

Lessons Learned From the SolarWinds Supply Chain Hack 2021-02-23 18:10:15In a recent Linux Foundation blog post titled "Preventing Supply Chain Attacks like SolarWinds," the foundation's Director of Open Source Supply Ch

Silver Sparrow Malware Hatched on 30,000 Macs 2021-02-23 07:00:00Nearly 30,000 Macs have been infected with a new malware strain. Discovered by researchers at Red Canary, the malware has been sitting on it hosts wai

It's Time to Consider 3D Printed Homes 2021-02-22 07:00:00This emerging building method is far less wasteful, far faster, and far cheaper to build much sturdier homes. The only real downside is that the skill

Researchers Repurpose Drugs to Fight COVID in Elderly 2021-02-18 12:41:22Researchers have discovered a way to identify existing drugs that can be potentially repurposed to fight COVID-19 in the elderly. The researchers said

How Biometric Authentication Methods Will Revamp the Commerce 2021-02-17 08:00:00As they become more prominent, consumers will enjoy shopping experiences that no longer rely on payments from a piece of plastic with a four-digit pin

A New Twist to Virtual Desktop Cloud Computing 2021-02-16 10:00:00Desktop as a Service provider Shells offers a new component to virtual cloud computing. It brings Linux distros and Windows 10 to any computer, mobile

The Future of Cybersecurity in 2021 and Beyond 2021-02-16 08:00:00Cybersecurity experts predict that in 2021 there will be a cyberattack incident every 11 seconds. This is nearly twice what it was in 2019, and four t

The Evolving Future of the Office 2021-02-15 07:00:00I participated in a group analyst event several weeks ago about companies converting their offices into collections of meeting rooms. We couldn't pic

Wearable Device Aims to Diminish Distractions, Sharpen Focus 2021-02-11 07:00:00Foci is a "Focus Wearable" device by U.K.-based company Tinylogics that combines cognitive biometrics with artificial intelligence and machine learn

Hacker Attempts to Poison Florida City's Water Supply 2021-02-10 07:06:00A cyber intruder broke into the computer network of the water treatment system of Oldsmar, Fla. and attempted to poison it with lye. News of the attac

PCWorld

GPU sales spike by 20 percent, fueled by 2021-03-05 15:22:00GPU sales grew an astounding 20 percent at the end of 2020, spurred by pandemic-induced gaming, a new mining craze, and huge demand for laptops, accor

How to see how much memory is in 2021-03-05 11:30:00How much memory is in your computer, and how fast is it? It’s an important thing to know. Having too little memory in your PC can result in perf

AceVPN.com Ultimate review: No desktop app, but that's 2021-03-05 10:04:00AceVPN.com in brief: P2P allowed: Yes (Ultimate plan only) Business location: United States (unconfirmed) Number of servers: Unknown Number

How do I get a PC for cheap? 2021-03-05 06:30:00Q: How can I get a PC for cheap?A: The best times to buy a new PC for cheap are during major sale events like Black Friday, Prime Day, and back-to-sch

Netatmo Smart Video Doorbell review: Posh design, privacy, 2021-03-05 06:00:00You’ll also get partial HomeKit support, but some other features are missing from this premium-priced smart home device.

How to avoid going over your broadband data 2021-03-05 06:00:00Managing broadband data caps can be aggravating, frustrating, and—if you go over and incur a penalty—expensive. But there's hope: You can

Tronsmart Mega Pro Bluetooth speaker review: Big bass, 2021-03-05 06:00:00This powerful Bluetooth speaker isn't much to look at it, but it delivers a knock-out performance.

Sonos will show off new audio hardware on 2021-03-04 14:46:00A new, smaller Move speaker could become a reality at an upcoming Sonos product event.

Vertical tabs arrive in Microsoft Edge 2021-03-04 13:48:00Microsoft Edge is finally getting vertical tabs, a feature that was promised a year ago. Announced Thursday, the rollout also includes a History featu

An Amazon Alexa app is headed for the 2021-03-04 13:03:00Microsoft and Amazon have posted a "Coming Soon" sign for an official Amazon Alexa app for your Xbox.

The best SSDs of 2021 2021-03-04 11:14:00Switching to a solid-state drive is the best upgrade you can make for your PC. These wondrous devices obliterate long boot times, speed up how fast yo

Razer Book 13 review: A slick laptop with 2021-03-04 10:59:00The Razer Book 13 is a classic example of why you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.This is a gorgeous laptop to behold—a sharp-edged sl

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Romance scams raked in hundreds of millions in 2021-02-20 10:00:06For the last three years more money has been lost to romance scams than any other fraud, reaching a record $304 million in 2020.

Ranked: Best browsers for privacy 2021-02-20 08:13:37A browser is your gateway to the web and the cybercriminals looking to take advantage of you.

US government an ‘easy target’ for scammers amid 2021-02-18 13:28:11The “Scam Me if You Can” author, whose autobiography inspired the Hollywood film “Catch Me if You Can," predicted pandemic relief f

Ron DeSantis pushes bill aimed to take power 2021-02-16 02:01:45Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said he will support legislation to shift the balance of power back to consumers in the state and away from Big Te

5 ways to a strong password and better 2021-02-13 11:43:01A compilation of more than 3.2 billion unique pairs of emails and passwords was recently leaked on a popular hacking forum according to a report last

Quick tech fix: Stop annoying notifications for good 2021-02-13 10:47:25Remember the days before our gadgets were buzzing and beeping at us all day long? Yeah, me neither. Maybe your issue is email.

Privacy tip: How to delete cookies from your 2021-02-13 10:31:43Make no mistake: You’re being tracked.

Political divide forms social media relationships, says MIT 2021-02-13 10:07:24Researchers at MIT Sloan School of Management found that politics is the tie that binds strangers on social media.

Local West Virginia newspaper slams Big Tech for 2021-02-11 16:34:23Doug Reynolds of the Charleston Gazette-Mail, a Pulitzer-Prize winning paper, filed a lawsuit claiming companies like Facebook and Google are allegedl

Texas faces difficult road with bill to go 2021-02-09 10:06:18Texas' has a huge mountain to climb to curtail Big Tech's power on squelching free speech, Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy argued on Tuesd

True or false: You should reboot your computer 2021-02-06 10:13:17There are few certainties in life: Death, taxes, and turning your computer off and on when there’s a problem.

Iranian cyber groups continue to masquerade as American 2021-02-06 09:31:49Iranian cyber actors are likely behind the creation of an inflammatory website called Enemies of the People and continue to be active despit

TechCrunch

A first look at Coursera’s S-1 filing 2021-03-05 18:07:37After TechCrunch broke the news yesterday that Coursera was planning to file its S-1 today, the edtech company officially dropped the document Friday

Snowflake latest enterprise company to feel Wall Street’s 2021-03-05 17:29:19Snowflake reported earnings this week, and the results look strong with revenue more than doubling year-over-year. However, while the company’s

The owner of Anki’s assets plans to relaunch 2021-03-05 17:20:56Good robots don’t die — they just have their assets sold off to the highest bidder. Digital Dream Labs was there to sweep up IP in the wak

Deep Science: AI adventures in arts and letters 2021-03-05 16:31:02There's more AI news out there than anyone can possibly keep up with, but you can stay tolerably up to date on the most interesting developments with

How the Biden administration is approaching crypto regulations 2021-03-05 16:25:54Given the chaos created by the Trump administration, bitcoin fans are anxiously optimistic about how regulators will approach the cryptocurrency space

Tesla has closed its forums to launch a 2021-03-05 15:58:23Tesla plans to shut down the forums section on its website as it launches a new social platform called the Tesla Engagement Platform, a move that&rsqu

California bill would require all self-driving vehicles to 2021-03-05 15:08:31California might be the first state to give self-driving cars a deadline to electrify. In mid-February, a bill was quietly introduced into the Califor

How and when to hire your first product 2021-03-05 14:30:19In the world of early-stage startups, job titles are often a formality. In reality, each employee may handle a dozen responsibilities outside their jo

UK’s MHRA says it has ‘concerns’ about Babylon 2021-03-05 14:14:04The U.K.’s medical device regulator has admitted it has concerns about VC-backed AI chatbot maker Babylon Health. It made the admission in a let

Dan Siroker’s new startup Scribe automates Zoom note-taking 2021-03-05 14:03:04Optimizely co-founder Dan Siroker said the idea for his new startup Scribe goes back to a couple of personal experiences — and although Scribe&r

How Rani Therapeutics’ robotic pill could change subcutaneous 2021-03-05 13:21:51A new auto-injecting pill might soon become a replacement for subcutaneous injection treatments. The idea for this so-called robotic pill came out of

Address cybersecurity challenges before rolling out robotic process 2021-03-05 13:05:50The security aspect of RPA isn’t implemented in the early stages of development — leaving organizations vulnerable to cybercriminals.

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The SEC is dragging AT&T to court for 2021-03-05 18:54:50

How to run a battery life report on 2021-03-05 17:49:39

Here’s a first look at Mark Cuban’s podcasting 2021-03-05 17:31:07

Ford recalls some of the first Mustang Mach-E 2021-03-05 16:51:08

YouTube has terminated five Myanmar military-run channels as 2021-03-05 15:43:20

A Silicon Valley school is using virtual escape 2021-03-05 15:24:37

Lo-fi remixes of video game music is my 2021-03-05 14:44:30

Hades almost starred its worst character 2021-03-05 14:38:31

Paramount Plus is a powerful nostalgia machine, but 2021-03-05 13:03:22

What’s on your desk, Jay Peters? 2021-03-05 12:51:04

Tom Cruise deepfake creator says public shouldn’t be 2021-03-05 10:00:00

Unannounced Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti GPU appears on 2021-03-05 09:30:29

Electrek

How EVs were a lifeline for 3 families 2021-03-05 18:13:26 Electrek‘s Michelle Lewis spoke with three electric car owners in Texas. They each explained how their EVs helped them get through February&rsq

Canada announces $2.75 billion investment in zero-emissions buses 2021-03-05 17:30:09 The recently announced investment from the Government of Canada includes zero-emissions public transit and school buses. The full $2.75 billion will

Podcast: Tesla Solar Roof, Chevy Bolt EV/EUV, Porsche 2021-03-05 15:44:58 This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including a new Tesla Sola

Chevy Bolt EUV First Drive: The best value 2021-03-05 13:54:50 If you’ve driven the Bolt EV from any of the past five years, you’ve got a pretty good idea of what it is like to drive the 6-inches-long

Tesla launches new social media platform to ‘engage’ 2021-03-05 13:22:51 Tesla is launching today a new social media platform called “Engage Tesla” to serve as a “home base” for owners’ clubs

Green Deals: This 250Wh portable power station runs 2021-03-05 12:52:52 BigBlue-US (98% positive lifetime feedback) via Amazon is offering its 250Wh Portable Power Station for $144.99 shipped when you clip the on-page cou

Tesla (TSLA) erased $100 billion in value, but 2021-03-05 12:27:49 Tesla (TSLA) saw its valuation crashed by over $100 billion in a matter of days, but one top Wall Street analyst says that the electric automaker cou

VW accelerates shift to electric cars and will 2021-03-05 10:44:46 VW has announced that it is accelerating its shift to electric vehicles. While it is one of the most aggressive plans to date, we expect that they wi

EGEB: US energy storage market shattered records in 2021-03-05 10:25:18 The US installed more battery storage in 2020 than between 2013 and 2019, says a new study. Representative Deb Haaland’s nomination for US

Tesla takes part in deal to take over 2021-03-05 06:11:14 Tesla is listed as a “technical partner” in a deal to take over a very large and controversial nickel mine in New Caledonia. more&hellip

PXcycle e-bike launched with throttle-enabled 850W mid-drive motor 2021-03-05 02:40:57 Portland-based pXcycle has just launched the latest version of its urban electric mountain bike. They call the new pXcycle EX-C+ the “world&rsq

Electric vehicle (EV) charging standards and how they 2021-03-05 02:00:00 As more and more consumers make the green decision to forego their combustion engines for electric vehicles, they may not be as in tune with charging