Yes, of course you should do that. But don’t stop there. Every one of these incidents is an opportunity to assess your current online security and tighten it up as needed. The goal is to make sure you’re at minimal risk when (not if) another, similar data breach occurs. The best way to do that is to follow three ironclad rules: If you followed those rules, you wouldn’t have been particularly worried about today’s password breach....

With new censorship legislation coming into effect in 2022, Turkey is on a dark path towards growing oppression. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of websites, social media apps and news outlets have been blocked. Moreover, in times of political unrest, the Turkish authorities have been found to instigate national blackouts. If you’re located in Turkey and looking for ways to bypass censorship, a VPN is your best bet. We recommend NordVPN for its excellent security and obfuscation technology that hides your VPN use....

On a GAAP basis, Charter reported net income for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021, of $1.6 billion, or $8.93 a share, on revenue of $13.2 billion. Net income increased nearly 30% compared to the same period a year ago. On a non-GAAP basis, the company reported earnings of $5.4 billion, up 7.7% from the same period last year. The Stamford, Conn.-based broadband cable operator handily beat Wall Street estimates on its adjusted earnings-per-share, by $2....

Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and University College London pitted OpenAI’s ChatGPT against “standard automated program repair techniques” and two deep-learning approaches to program repairs: CoCoNut, from researchers at the University of Waterloo, Canada; and Codex, OpenAI’s GPT-3-based model that underpins GitHub’s Copilot paired programming auto code-completion service. Also: How to get started using ChatGPT “We find that ChatGPT’s bug fixing performance is competitive to the common deep learning approaches CoCoNut and Codex and notably better than the results reported for the standard program repair approaches,” the researchers write in a new arXiv paper, first spotted by New Scientist....

First up, via MacRumors, Chrome for iOS now lets users lock their incognito tabs with Touch ID, FaceID, and a passcode. This can be enabled in Settings > Privacy > Lock Incognito tabs. Once locked, Incognito tabs won’t be visible after leaving and reopening Chrome until the user authenticates. SEE: Managing and troubleshooting Android devices checklist (TechRepublic Premium) Google is also making it easier to control which sites can access hardware features such as the microphone, location and camera, Google noted in a blogpost....

Overall, the worldwide PC market posted a growth in shipments of 10% to 121.7 million units, according to Canalys data. Growth in the tablet market waned in Q2, with a total increase of just 4% year-on-year to 39.1 million units. Vendors of Chromebook invested further into the product category after the Q2 success. HP also had a successful quarter with shipments of 4.3 million units and growth of 116% in Q2....

The two vulnerabilities – CVE-2022-24086 and CVE-2022-0609 – relate to Adobe Commerce and Magento as well as Google Chrome. Adobe released an emergency patch on Monday to tackle CVE-2022-24086, which security companies have confirmed is being exploited in the wild. The tech giant said that the vulnerability impacts Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source. It is being weaponized “in very limited attacks targeting Adobe Commerce merchants,” according to Adobe. The bug impacts Adobe Commerce (2....

Easterly unveiled the initiative in an interview with the Wall Street Journal before speaking about it further at the Black Hat convention on Thursday. The newly-appointed head of CISA told the newspaper that the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) will “uniquely bring people together in peacetime, so that we can plan for how we’re going to respond in wartime.” Easterly explained on Twitter that the JCDC will “share insight to shape our understanding of cyber defense challenges and opportunities, design whole-of-nation cyber defense plans to address risks, support joint exercises to improve cyber defense operations and implement coordinated defensive cyber operations....

Azure Automation lets customers automate cloud management tasks or jobs, update Windows and Linux systems, and automate other repetitive tasks. According to security firm Orca, the bug, which it reported to Microsoft on December 6, allowed a potential attacker on the service to “gain full control over resources and data of a targeted account, depending on the permissions of the account.” SEE: What is cloud computing? Everything you need to know about the cloud explained Orca researcher Yanir Tsarimi says the flaw he found allowed him to interact with an internal Azure server that manages the sandboxes of other customers....

As a trained computer engineering professional, you’ll have the skills to excel in many positions. Jobs in the field include computer programmer, computer systems analyst, database administrator, data scientist, forensic computer analyst, and web developer. Computer engineering pays well, too. Annual median salaries for computer engineering professions range from $84,810 to $151,150, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Read on to learn how to get started in computer engineering....

The company reported a revenue of $109.9 million for Q3 alongside a non-GAAP gross profit of $68.2 million and a non-GAAP loss per share of 6 cents. The figures beat Wall Street estimates of a -$0.09 EPS and a revenue estimate of $108.4 million. Consumer revenue for Coursera in Q3 was $66.5 million as the company added 5.5 million new registered learners during the quarter for a total of 92 million....

Complete beginners can dive right into “CompTIA IT Fundamentals+ (FC0-U61)”, which will take you from computer basics all the way to actual IT entry-level skills. But if you have even the slightest computer experience, you can start with “CompTIA A+ (220-1001/220-1002)” and get a certification that will qualify you for lucrative tech jobs all by itself. Experienced project managers can also get one with the skills learned in “CompTIA Project+ (PK0-004)”....

There are five tools in this kit: DCD771 Cordless Drill/Driver has a high-performance motor that delivers 300 unit watts out (UWO) of power for completing a wide range of applicationsDCF885 Cordless Impact Driver features a compact design (5.55-inch front to back) to fit into tight areasDCS381 Cordless Reciprocating Saw has a keyless blade clamp for quick blade changes without touching the blade or reciprocating shaftDCS393 Cordless Circular Saw with 6-1/2-inch carbide blade can cut 2x4s at a 45-degree angle in a single passDCS356 Oscillating Multi-Tool has a 3-speed selector that allows users to choose their speed setting based on application...

Infected computers and devices in a cyber criminal-controlled botnet can be used to send phishing emails or malware to even more devices. It’s common for botnet operators to lease out their collection of unwittingly controlled machines – which can number in the thousands – to other cyber criminals. For example, TrickBot malware ropes machines into a botnet, providing the attacker with a backdoor into them. That access is often sold to cyber criminals who can then use them to deploy ransomware, using that access to encrypt files and demand a significant ransom payment....

While I couldn’t include all of them, I’ve rounded up many of this year’s prognostications, from over 30 companies, in this article. The roster includes numerous well-known data/analytics players, including Cloudera, Databricks, Micro Focus, Qlik, SAS, and Snowflake, to name a few. Thoughts from execs at Andreessen Horowitz, the Deloitte AI Institute and O’Reilly are in the mix as well, as are those from executives at smaller but still important industry players....

(A screenshot from the Dell and Intel video) Its sheer speed and ubiquity can magnify difficulties and damage relationships. And that’s before Elon Musk buys it. Perhaps it’s worth, then, spending a tiny moment considering a technology that actually perpetrated undoubted good. This week, thousands of poorly, expensively dressed people have been congregating in the French seaside town of Cannes to celebrate, well, themselves mostly. It’s the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, a place where ad agencies and PR executives pretend they care about their clients while, in truth, they’re desperate to feed their egos by winning an award....

In a blog post, Dell Technologies CTO John Roese outlined the emulation platform, which used Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd and IBM’s Qiskit Runtime, an open-source container service for quantum computers. What is quantum computing? Everything you need to know about the strange world of quantum computers With technology teams exploring quantum computing for operations in the future, Roese said simulators and emulators will be needed. Dell Technologies is betting that the quantum computer won’t replace all classical computing....

Radar was late to the game in autonomous vehicles, early developers of which preferred lidar and visual camera sensing suites. But radar has distinct advantages. For one, it’s a fantastic sensor for collision avoidance, particularly when used in concert with other sensing modalities. One disadvantage, however, has been its weight and form factor. Uhnder believes it has solved this with its radar-on-a-chip solution, a compelling example of how ADAS and autonomous vehicle development is helping drive evolution in sensing....

According to the DOJ, Koshkin ran Crypt4U.com, Crypt4U.net, fud.bz and fud.re, websites that helped hackers evade “nearly every major provider of antivirus software.” The tools allegedly enabled malware like Kelihos and others to be undetectable. Koshkin was arrested in California in September 2019 and transported to Connecticut for his trial before being convicted in June on one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse and one count of computer fraud and abuse....

The latest evidence is an exceptionally broad waiver granted by the agency Wednesday to a prominent drone service provider for a wide variety of commercial applications. The approval comes in the form of a new exemption issued by the FAA to Ondas Holdings’ American Robotics removing the limitations set on its previous exemption, which had restricted operations to “research and development, crew training, and market surveys.” The new exemption, along with American Robotics’ waiver for fully automated beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations, provides the company with the authority to operate its autonomous Scout System drone commercially without limitations on use....