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Cybersecurity awareness is not just a necessity for businesses and internet-facing organizations. Consumers, especially lonely hearts experiencing life's so-called golden years, are prime targets for romance scams and fraud assaults Research shows that romance scams are at an all-time high. Even younger folks who share too much about their affairs ...

Linux patents are getting more defensive as the Open Invention Network expands its licensing options. Meanwhile, are you ready for mandated options for a software bill of materials (SOBM)? Government and industry support is growing for this requirement One of the newest free Linux options for enterprise use has a successful first. Read on to learn ...

Remote workers have higher anxiety levels about security and privacy than other types of employees, according to an international study released Tuesday by a cybersecurity software maker In a survey by F-Secure of 7,200 people from nine countries, more than two-thirds (67 percent) of remote workers acknowledged they worried about security and pri...

Google has launched a new Chromebook repair program designed to help students and school systems get their broken laptops up and running again On the website supporting the program, schools can find which Chromebooks have commonly repaired components, like the keyboard, display and palm rest....

Last week both AMD and Facebook released financial results. The one similarity I see between the two companies is that their stocks are undervalued AMD got there by massively overachieving expectations, while Facebook got there by blowing out costs and tanking growth, causing the stock to drop by over 25 percent. Mark Zuckerberg is estimated to hav...

Many vendors are missing a goldmine in personalizing customer experience because they are not thinking "inside the box." A proprietary combination of software and on-demand printers from marketing automation firm UnDigital personalizes the unboxing experience This relatively new technology is turning e-commerce delivery packages into a marketing ...

Many businesses rely heavily on organic search engine traffic for business, perhaps in many cases too heavily or even exclusively With the majority of searches happening on Google, updates to how Google is serving results could put a complete halt to new customer acquisition, leads, sales, and ultimately revenue....

The widespread belief is that finger, face, and voice authentication are the epitome of security. But those technologies are not as safe as we think, according to nVIAsoft officials, who point out that conventional biometric systems like face, voice, and fingerprint recognition have easily exploitable security loopholes The New York-based startup...

During the holiday season, an estimated US$120 billion in merchandise is expected to be returned to retailers, a jump of seven percent over 2020, driven by supply chain concerns, inflation, and robust online sales Returns during a typical holiday season are around 13.3 percent of total sales, with returns from online sales some three to five times ...

Intel this month announced a US$20 billion plan tied to the CHIPS for America Act that promised to build in Ohio the largest semiconductor factory (fab) in the U.S. This is the single largest investment in Ohio's history, and the result will be like an arcology, a self-contained city This deal will be crucial to the United States' ability to both ...

CRM has become big enough to generate a significant shadow. When an idea like putting customers in the center of our universe takes hold, we see ripple effects everywhere in the culture. Nobody wants to be in favor of something else But other times, CRM gets blowback from new trends. Such is the case with the ongoing Great Resignation in which mill...

Brace yourself; 2022 promises to bring expanded cyber confrontations as ransomware attacks gain the high ground A dangerous increase in ransomware attacks last year caused devastating compromises to government organizations, critical infrastructure, and businesses. Much of the increase resulted from cybercriminals becoming increasingly innovative a...

The need to allure younger shoppers today is redefining marketing strategies for retailers who know that growing a youthful base of loyal customers is an essential process for long-term success. However, the digital road to converting younger shoppers to adopt a new brand or favorite merchandise depot is often marred with bumps and detours Some of ...

Nearly half a million Covid-related domains have been created over the last two years, many of them being used by online fraudsters and hucksters The pandemic has created an environment in which bad actors make use of a range of Covid-related "hooks" to commit cybercrime and fraud, impacting consumers and brands, explained CSC, a domain registrar ...

Canonical is pushing the limits on its MLOps platform to automate the full lifecycle of feature engineering, training, and release workflows for machine learning (ML) models The Canonical Data Platform team on Tuesday announced the release of its MLOps platform Charmed Kubeflow 1.4. The new free release enables data science teams to securely colla...

The average salary for a tech worker reached US$104,566 in 2021, yet nearly half still feel they're underpaid Forced to digitize operations and move to virtual work because of a worldwide pandemic, as well as address increased security concerns raised by those developments, organizations were hungry for tech talent in 2021 and willing to pay for it...

The automotive market is moving rapidly to make and sell autonomous vehicles, but the studies I've seen suggest that two out of three drivers don't want them I've seen this resistance to new technology several times over the years. In cars, we had the early voice technology that replaced idiot lights, automatic seatbelts that wrapped around your ne...

Cybersecurity researchers uncovered a vicious new threat that disguises itself as legitimate system software. Cyber experts must exhaust rigorous analysis to find it in action With Linux kernel 5.12, you can update firmware without rebooting. The last refinement in the LibreOffice 7 series paves the way for a new set of features when Series 8 arriv...

The marketing technique called clienteling is used by retail workers to establish long-term relationships with key customers. When applied to e-commerce, the practice is based on having access to data about their preferences, behaviors, and purchases A relatively new variation of this concept is digital clienteling. It follows many of the establish...

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian raised some eyebrows in the gaming world recently when he predicted on the "Where It Happens" podcast that play-to-earn gaming would take over 90 percent of the gaming market in five years "Ninety percent of people will not play a game unless they are being properly valued for that time," Ohanian declared in the pod...