The Scam an April Fools’ Joke On April 1, Deliveroo decided to play an April Fools’ day prank on its French customers. The company sent fake confirmation emails to thousands of its app users. The confirmation email included the customers’ first name. And stated that they had ordered 38 anchovy pizzas at a total price of €466.40. It also stated that Deliveroo would throw in 50 sachets of spicy sauce for free as a loyalty bonus....

“Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus before 11306, ServiceDesk Plus MSP before 10530, and SupportCenter Plus before 11014 are vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution. This is related to /RestAPI URLs in a servlet, and ImportTechnicians in the Struts configuration,” CISA and the FBI note about the vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-44077. CISA and FBI’s alert warns that organizations that didn’t apply Zoho patches for Zoho ServiceDesk Plus versions 11306 and above are vulnerable to attackers who install web shells, which are dangerous because they persist on a system even after applying security updates....

1. Carbon capture, removal, and storage The IPCC’s Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change report noted that continued high rates of emissions mean that excess CO2 removal is now required to reach net zero emissions in the required timeframe. According to the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, at least 26 commercial-scale carbon capture projects were operating around the world as of 2020, with 21 more in early development and 13 in advanced development....

“I’ve got at least 40 anecdotal issues, but I’d say that there’s least 150 of them that have been debanked over time,” Rebecca Schot-Guppy told the Select Committee on Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre on Wednesday. “I would say at least 100 of them are fintech businesses, given that the highest amount of debanking occurs probably in that payments space … but this is also an issue for our wealth tech businesses....

And they blow away the competition. The M1 Pro brings more performance to the table, while the M1 Max brings even more. The M1 Pro chips are built using 5-nanometer architecture and feature a CPU with up to 10-cores, and a GPU with up to 16-cores, along with a 16-core neural engine capable of 11 trillion operations per second. Backing this up is up to 32GB of unified memory with 200GB/s memory bandwidth....

According to a September 2022 report by the World Economic Forum (WEF), more than half of quantum computer companies are currently hiring. This poses a challenge for the industry. Governments and businesses are funnelling tens of billions of dollars into quantum computing, and yet progress in the industry will remain elusive unless the industry can recruit the people to make that happen. One of the issues is that the sector typically requires academic specializations – quantum physics, for example – and PhDs, setting a high barrier to entry straight out of the gate....

Anthony Finn, University of South Australia Professor of Autonomous Systems, says that insect vision systems have been mapped for some time now to improve camera-based detections. But applying the same method to acoustic data represents a major innovation. “Bio-vision processing has been shown to greatly increase the detection range of drones in both visual and infrared data. However, we have now shown we can pick up clear and crisp acoustic signatures of drones, including very small and quiet ones, using an algorithm based on the hover fly’s visual system,” Finn says....

Blue Oval City will be a 6-square mile site in west Tennessee designed to construct electric F-Series pickups and advanced batteries while BlueOvalSK Battery Park in central Kentucky will have two battery plants building tech for a new line of Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles. The effort will see Ford invest $11.4 billion to create about 6,000 jobs in Stanton, Tennessee and 5,000 in Glendale, Kentucky. Ford is partnering with SK Innovation on the effort and said work on the electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries will begin in 2025....

Under the MoU, Vedanta will hold the majority in the JV, while Foxconn will be a minority shareholder. Vendanta chairman Anil Agarwal will also be the chairman of the new joint venture, the companies said. “This first-of-its-kind joint venture between the two companies will support Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to create an ecosystem for semiconductor manufacturing in India,” the companies added. The location for the new chip plant is still being finalised with a number of state governments in India, according to the companies....

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He tells ZDNet how the finance and data giant uses a range of software development techniques – from sharing knowledge to creating ‘guilds’ and onto embracing open source – to meet the needs of its customers in the global financial markets. Bloomberg’s workflows span the gamut of financial services capabilities, from real-time market data and analytics to income, equities, foreign exchange and commodities. “Trying to do all this requires us to be efficient, but also requires us to be lean,” says Wolf....

Samsung’s latest entry is the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro, while Google joined in on the fun with the Pixel Buds Pro, and Apple has long had the AirPods Pro. Each pair of wireless earbuds has its own features that sets it apart. For instance, the Buds 2 Pro have a voice detect feature that automatically lowers the volume of what you’re listening to once they detect that you’re talking. After a few seconds of silence from you, the volume reverts back to where it was....

While yes, I wear an Apple Watch on my wrist some days, if Apple’s smartwatch looked this good I would be making sure it’s on my wrist every day. This watch features stainless steel casing and the ability to change your watch band so it will work for any occasion. This watch features an obviously elegant design, and ECG monitoring, auto workout technology, and wellness management are all built into this smartwatch, so it’s hard for other brands to compete....

If you’ve always wished you could have a career in the lucrative tech industry but thought the training would be too long, complex, or expensive, you can cheer up now. Stone River is offering a lifetime membership to its e-learning platform to reinvest in your education for just $89 during our Back to Education sale. But the sale ends on August 24, so don’t hesitate too long! You’ll get lifetime access to over 800 tech training courses that cover a wide variety of topics at all skill levels....

With the sophistication of today’s hackers, everyone should be using a VPN, even at home. But if you’re running a business, constantly tuning in to international radio, or have some other reason to feel that you need maximum security, you’ll be pleased to hear that you can purchase a light, powerful, and unique cybersecurity device with a Deeper Connect Pico. With an integrated enterprise-grade 7-layer firewall, the Pico is billed as the only decentralized VPN (DPN) globally....

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If you’ve always thought programming might be too difficult to learn, you could not be more mistaken. Python is famously user-friendly, and not only is it incredibly versatile, but it’s also a valuable skill for ethical hacking. The “Ethical Hacking With Python” course will teach you both Python and ethical hacking in just 23 lectures across four hours of content. Or you can jump right in with “Ethical Hacker Bootcamp” to learn all about intrusion detection, penetration testing, and more during 25 hours of training....

Anyone who’s been through high school knows that taking notes is a necessary evil. They help organize our thoughts and highlight critical takeaways of any meeting or class. But, unfortunately, they’re also a significant time sink. It turns out there’s a better way to record this information. Agenda Premium 14 is a productivity platform that lets you take notes and turn them into a game plan more effectively. From that first germ of an idea to the final launch of a finished project, you can manage it all inside this highly-rated tool (it boasts 4....

Ransomware Attack Details In a statement published yesterday, Toll Group confirmed that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack. Toll Group is an Australian transportation and logistics company operating in more than 1,200 locations across 50 countries. It has operations in road, rail, sea, air and warehousing and has over 44,000 employees. The attack occurred Friday last week and caused major disruptions to their services. Since then, Toll has discovered that the ransomware involved in Friday’s attack was a new variant of the Mailto ransomware....