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More than 25 million work-from-home jobs could be created in non-technology industries in the coming years, according to the operator of a global marketplace for freelance workers "For the first time, companies in industries like manufacturing, agriculture and mining recognized that many of their professional services jobs did not need to be done o...

Organizations, regardless of industry, must do a better job maintaining open source components given their critical nature in software, according to this year's risk analysis report by cybersecurity firm Synopsys Open-source software is now the foundation for the vast majority of applications across all industries. However, many of those industries...

At Microsoft Build last week, Satya Nadella, Microsoft's CEO, opened with the benefits of collaboration and cooperation, how developers are now growing faster at non-tech companies than inside tech companies, how companies will need to advance, and how every person will need to begin preparing for a very different future Pretty much the entire even...

I have that same feeling I had when I started my career in the mini-computer era because what was old is becoming new again In the 1980s, the discussion was all about hardware and which company would be the first to build a processor capable of one million instructions per second -- or one MIP as it was called. Data and software weren't significant...

Most businesses today that want an app have an app. But having one is not the entire process. The app maker and the business behind the mobile application still need to get it to actually work effectively. Because more people are using apps, many businesses are focusing on the bells and whistles to help them stand out -- instead of designing the a...

Amazon and Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) on Wednesday announced a definitive merger agreement for Amazon to acquire MGM for $8.45 billion. Completion of this transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions MGM primarily made feature films and TV shows since it turned on its studio cameras in 1924. Now, MGM will com...

A Russian-language dark web marketplace called Hydra, which is known to facilitate the illegal sale of narcotics, has seen cryptocurrency transactions soar over the last five years from US$9.4 million in 2016 to $1.37 billion in 2020 According to a report released Tuesday by Flashpoint and Chainalysis, Hydra's crypto business began accelerating in ...

Researchers at the University College London are giving new meaning to the expression "all thumbs." They've taken an award-winning graduate project from the Royal College of Art in London and are using it to test the brain's reaction to coping with additional body parts....

Establishing a customer experience (CX) program's ROI is one of the greatest challenges that CX practitioners and the organizations they serve face in the modern experience landscape Across all businesses, the entire C-suite leadership team is looking to validate an experience management program by asking one question: what is the financial impact ...

Emerging from the pandemic, people are more concerned than ever before about their health and well-being. As a result, increasingly, they're turning to digital and e-commerce solutions to address their needs In response, e-commerce companies marketing everything from personalized eating plans to immune-boosting supplements to mindfulness practices ...

ARM and x86 have been doing battle for the last decade. ARM tried to move into the server market and failed; Intel, which carries most of the x86 burden, tried to move on cellphones and failed. The battle for tablets is ongoing, with ARM in the lead, and the battle for notebooks continues with Intel mainly in the lead Up until recently, Qualcomm ha...

That old adage about crime never pays could not be more false, at least when it comes to modern-day cybercriminals. For those bad actors using ransomware as their weapon, crime is paying more than ever Cybersecurity company Emisoft estimates that the true global cost of ransomware, including business interruption and ransom payments in 2020, was a...

The Linux operating system is many things to many users. It is not a one-size-must-fit-all computing platform like Microsoft and Apple provide A prime example of Linux's wide range of functionalities is easily found in Garuda Linux. Not typically available in mainstream distributions, its large assortment of desktop offerings will challenge your co...

Important as it is to continually acquire new customers, it's every bit as vital for businesses to nurture existing clientele The E-Commerce Times talked with several experts in customer engagement to get their thoughts about why it's critical to cultivate current customers -- and how to encourage them to stick around....

IT experts at the hacked Colonial Pipeline did a good job in mitigating the May 7 cyberattack and successfully stopped it when discovered by shutting down the network. But the attack was mostly invisible in the weeks-long initial stages, according to a briefing NTT Security executives conducted Tuesday "It's very difficult to say what they could ha...

New research by a threat detection and response firm shows that the most common threats to corporate networks remain consistent throughout all companies -- no matter their size Vectra AI on Wednesday released its 2021 Q2 Spotlight Report, "Vision and Visibility: Top 10 Threat Detections for Microsoft Azure AD and Office 365." These top threat detec...

Claims of losses from cryptocurrency scams skyrocketed from October 2020 to March 2021, according to a report released Monday by the Federal Trade Commission In its Consumer Protection Data Spotlight newsletter, the FTC revealed that during the October to March period, nearly 7,000 consumers reported losing US$80 million. That compares to only 570 ...

Mobile phishing exposure doubled among financial services and insurance organizations between 2019 and 2020. Cyberattackers are deliberately targeting phones, tablets, and Chromebooks to increase their odds of finding a vulnerable entry point A single successful phishing or mobile ransomware attack can give attackers access to proprietary market re...

Twitter is adding some new powerful features to its repertoire that users will be able to access for a price The new premium offering, called Twitter Blue, will cost $2.99 a month and allow users to "undo" tweets, as well as create collections of their favorite tweets, according to independent researcher Jane Manchun Wong....

Various CRM vendors have been issuing interesting survey results from the pandemic that purport to show the "new normal" in full flower. Salesforce did so recently, and now Oracle is getting into the act While the data generated from these and many other surveys is interesting and drives much discussion, the information content we intuit may not be...