Full-time freelancers already know that the cliche is true: you are your own boss, and that’s both good and bad news. Of course, being your own boss means setting your own hours, but many freelancers aren’t as successful as they could be because they don’t know how to act like a boss. Whether learning how to file your taxes or drumming up those first few clients, it’s the little organizational hurdles that trip up first-time freelancers....

Quarantining People Based on Zones The Indian government has announced that public and private sector employees have to install the country’s Covid-19 app. Aarogya Setu (Health Bridge), as it is called, will also be mandatory for people living in highly contaminated ‘red’ zones. The app alerts users who may have come into contact with infected or at-risk residents. People in red zones cannot leave them except for medical emergencies and working in supplying essential goods and services....

Indonesia’s House of Representatives earlier this month approved the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, paving the way for its ratification on Tuesday. The country now joins other jurisdictions in Southeast Asia that have dedicated personal data protection laws, including Singapore and Thailand. Communications and Informatics Minister Johnny G. Plate had hailed the approval as a milestone and key to driving connectivity and advancements for the local digital sector. Plate said laws to safeguard personal data would help boost and facilitate the management of data security breaches, according to statutory board and state-owned news agency, Antara....

According to the Consumer Price Index Summary, other notable gains include the price of gas, up 11.2% for the year ended in June, and the price of food increased by 1%. In addition, according to real estate data firm Rent, the cost of renting a one-bedroom apartment increased by 25.5% in June compared to the same period last year, while the rent for a two-bedroom apartment increased by 26.8%. In addition, Wednesday’s BLS report stated that its energy index rose 7....

My primary ZDNet writing computer is an older Surface Book while my daily engineering computer is a Surface Pro 6. To connect these computers to the monitor, I simply swap the connection to my Microsoft Surface hub. With these Surface products, I enjoyed using two full size apps side-by-side to get work done. With the support for USB-C and my focus on mobile devices, I connected the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra with Samsung DeX with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse for a full PC experience....

Gelsinger revealed the planned investment at his keynote at Germany’s annual motor show, IAA Mobility in Munich. Auto industries in Europe and the US were sharply affected by the global chip shortage during the pandemic. “The world is well on its way to address the global chip shortage but it has shown the criticality of semiconductors and the impact of the global supply chain and the fragility of the supply chain,” Gelsinger told Germany’s auto industry....

Until now, there hasn’t been an easy way to gain access to a loved one’s account after they pass away. But with the release of iOS 15.2, Apple has added a feature that allows you to designate a friend or family member as a Legacy Contact. Should something happen to you in the future, your Legacy Contact(s) can easily access your account data, recovering your photos, notes, and similar items....

There’s a new App Privacy Report included in the update that shows how which apps are accessing your private data and how often that access is happening. For example, I can see that the Invoxia GPS app accessed my location 51 seconds ago, along with a long list of apps below it that access other parts of my private data. Another example is that the Mail app accessed my contacts six seconds ago, even though I wasn’t actively using the app....

The series of vulnerabilities have been discovered in Nexus Control Panel, which powers current models of Translogic’s pneumatic tube system (PTS) stations by Swisslog Healthcare. The tubes allow staff to send patient test samples and medication around the hospital and are a key part of providing care to patients. Dubbed PwnedPiper, the nine security vulnerabilities have been detailed by cybersecurity researchers at Armis ahead of a presentation on the findings at Black Hat USA....

Are you wondering which device is more secure? We’ve compared different aspects of the iPhone and Android extensively. These are our findings, including the better operation system on each front: Device and operating system security: iPhone App security: iPhone Updates and update frequency: iPhone Third-party security apps: Draw Threats: iPhone iPhones are generally more secure than Android smartphones, but they’re not impervious to malware, scammers, and other online threats. Whether you’re an iPhone or Android user, there are various ways to enhance the security of your smartphone....

Well, how secure are your passwords? There are a lot of hints and tips and tricks out there for creating and maintaining secure passwords. I’m pretty comfortable with tech and keeping my accounts secure, but I find most of these tips too complicated to follow. It’s better to keep things simple. And I’m going to simplify things for you. This is the 21st century, and people don’t need to create and remember their passwords....

Using the new JetBrains Gateway IDE launcher, the connection to the remote machine is via SSH and currently only supports Linux physical and virtual machines as servers. “The JetBrains Client runs locally and provides the user interface for the IDE backend. It’s based on the IntelliJ Platform and feels just like a full IntelliJ-based IDE – it has the same editor, code completion, navigation, inspections, and refactoring tools as a local IDE, but all of the files are hosted remotely and all of the language processing is done on the remote server,” the company said in a blog post....

In a blog post to cap off an almost two year saga, Ledger Donjon head of security research Jean-Baptiste Bédrune showed KPM was doing just that. “Kaspersky Password Manager used a complex method to generate its passwords. This method aimed to create passwords hard to break for standard password crackers. However, such method lowers the strength of the generated passwords against dedicated tools,” Bédrune wrote. One of the techniques used by KPM was to make letters that are not often used appear more frequently, which Bédrune said was probably an attempt to trick password cracking tools....

If you want to dabble with torrenting, make sure the content you download is safe and legal. To protect yourself and to stay completely anonymous online, we recommend you always use a VPN such as NordVPN. Is Kickass Torrents Available Today? Although the main site of Kickass Torrents was shut down several years ago, there is a copycat site going around. It looks exactly the same as the original Kickass Torrents and even has the same name....

You can start off with the “Programming Fundamentals” course, which will teach you the basic tenets of programming. Then move on into Python specifically with “Introduction to Programming Using Python”. You will learn all of the most basic Python skills that you’ll need to move into more advanced courses. “Python Programming” will teach you more of the basic concepts of the language. Next up are two courses that cover the Python library....

This is a trend story that’s bound to impact consumer technology drastically. If augmented reality is going to outgrow its current awkward niche, the technology needs to get smaller and last longer on a single charge. That’s why micro-light emitting diodes (“μLED”) are such a big deal and are seen as a potential watershed. “Being in the semiconductor industry specializing on LEDs and microdisplays for all these years, we have created countless solutions that have advanced the state-of-the-art; from the fundamentals of heterojunction physics to advanced displays in the LCoS and OLED fields,” boast Atomistic founders Jonathan Sachs, PhD, and Jerry Woodall, PhD....

The device that Microsoft introduced is the 300e, a 2-in-1 system that includes pen support for the Windows version. However, Lenovo is also offering the 300e in a Chromebook edition for the same $279 starting price. The Chrome-running version lacks pen support and relies on a MediaTek MTK 8173C processor instead of the Intel Apollo Lake CPUs that the Windows 300e will ship with. Lenovo has an even cheaper option in the 100e, which has a traditional clam-shell design, an Intel Celeron N3350 processor, and a $219 price point whether you choose the Windows or Chromebook flavor....

Currently, the Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 2 convertible laptop is on sale for $675.35, a saving of 35% ($363.65) from the device’s typical retail price of $1,039. This laptop is geared toward professional use and would suit those who need a solid workhorse. With so many of us now either working from home permanently or only traveling to the office a few times a week, it could be the right time to consider refreshing your gear – especially as this device can be used as either a traditional laptop, tablet, or tent....

Confused? As well as 14-inch laptops like my review model, there are also 16-inch versions. UK pricing is unclear at the time of writing, but in the US the 14-inch Lenovo Slim 7i starts at $1,199, while the 16-inch version starts at $1,599. Despite the ‘Yoga’ in its (UK) name, this is a conventional clamshell laptop, without a touch screen. The screen will rotate far enough to sit flat on a desk, but no further....

Unless you’re a Java developer, chances are you haven’t heard of Akka. It’s open-source middleware for building Java Virtual Machine (JVM) highly concurrent, distributed, and fault-tolerant systems. It offers Scala and Java APIs to developers to easily build scalable and fault-tolerant software that can scale from PC to cloud applications. You have heard of the companies that use it, however. They include Apple, Disney, GM, HPE, Starbucks, and Tesla. But, Jonas Bonér, the company’s CEO and project founder, claims those big companies haven’t been paying their fair share....