Also: Live blog: The best early Cyber Monday deals 2022 in real time One stand-out deal we’ve spotted that isn’t a device: 23andMe’s DNA test kit. Right now, you can get one of the best DNA test kits on the market for 50% off its original price of $199. 23andMe’s three-step test kit can help you discover how the specific sequences in your DNA might impact your future. For example, the Health and Ancestry kit looks at how your DNA might affect your chances of certain health conditions, including diabetes, atrial fibrillation, high blood pressure, migraine, Alzheimer’s disease, and more....

Human rights activists, journalists, politicians, telecommunications engineers and medical doctors are among those who have been targeted by the group, which has been detailed by cybersecurity researchers at Trend Micro. They’ve dubbed it Void Balaur, after a multi-headed creature from Slavic folklore. The cyber-mercenary group has been advertising its services on Russian-language forums since 2018. The key services offered are breaking into email and social media accounts, as well as stealing and selling sensitive personal and financial information....

In the push towards a COVID-19 vaccine, understanding the process through which the medical industry works is paramount to establishing a more informed assessment of the situation. We continue the conversation with David Scales, Critica chief medical officer, assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, and a PhD in sociology. Critica is a small NGO aiming to revolutionize the role of science in making rational health decisions. The conversation with Scales touched upon evidence-based medicine (EBM) and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as the main means via which medical research is conducted, and Cochrane as the main access point for data generated via this process....

Also: Best Apple AirPods deals right now Interested in more tech deals and reviews? Subscribe to the ZDNet Recommends newsletter and let our expert reviewers scour the internet for only the top products, services, and deals for you. For a limited time, Best Buy is selling the Jabra Elite 75t for just $79 ($71 off). While the offer is only $3 shy of the all-time low for these earbuds, they remain a great value pickup for less than $80....

Once upon a time, I was one of the world’s greatest soccer players. Yes, it was only in my head, but I really, really believed it. Sadly, my parents couldn’t afford a video camera. They could barely afford any sort of camera, especially as developing costs were so high. Also: The 5 best vlogging cameras Ergo, you can’t disprove that I was, indeed, one of the world’s greatest soccer players, while I can’t prove it....

Starship Technologies has delivered 30 autonomous robots for food service to South Dakota State University in the latest example. The robots will deliver from three campus vendors – Grille Works, Papa Johns, and Starbucks – with additional locations added soon. “The one thing we have learned in recent years is that students and faculty like flexibility in their dining options,” said Doug Wermedal, associate vice president for student affairs at SDSU....

Cloud computing, its own kind of computer system when looked at in aggregate, is going to experience that renaissance just as other systems have, says John Roese, the chief technology officer, products and operations, of computer giant Dell Technologies. “If you look at the compute paradigm, and you look at a mainframe or supercomputing environment, there’s an interesting thing that happens: the system starts with a limited set of components and limited optionality so that you have manageable parameters to get to a system outcome,” explained Roese in an interview with ZDNet via Zoom....

On one side, the company plans to consolidate and modernise its current core business – PC, compute and networking, storage, and Apex – that is worth around $670 million as of a year ago, and on the other, it will “pursue logical new growth opportunities where we have a unique right to win”, Whitten said during a press briefing on Tuesday. Specifically, he noted areas where Dell sees opportunities for growth are in markets including the edge, telco, data management, multi-cloud service delivery, security, and AI and ML, claiming there are “over $650 billion of total addressable market”....

In contrast, the 14-inch Precision 5470 aims to provide a more portable option, with Dell claiming that it’s “the world’s thinnest and lightest 14-inch workstation”. In fact, at 1.48kg, the Precision 5470 is only slightly heavier than Apple’s recently upgraded 13-inch MacBook Pro (1.4kg), but it outguns the M2 MacBook Pro in terms of raw performance. That lightweight design comes with a heavyweight price, though, especially for the Core i7-based model reviewed here, and Dell also makes a few cost-cutting decisions that are disappointing for a laptop in this price range....

Terbium Labs’ digital risk platform leverages AI, machine learning, and patented data fingerprinting technologies to identify illicit use of sensitive data online. Deloitte said that adding the Terbium Labs business to its portfolio would enable the company to offer clients another way to continuously monitor for data exposed on the open, deep, or dark web. “Finding sensitive or proprietary data once it leaves an organization’s perimeter can be extremely challenging,” said Kieran Norton, Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory’s infrastructure solution leader, and principal....

(A screenshot from a Delta video.) There’s nothing to see here. You may have endured stresses, strife, delays of endless hours, flight cancellations and even ruined vacations, but everything is now going to be just fine. For the airlines, that is. For you, well, you may have gained travel vouchers or bags under your eyes, but you’re just the collateral damage of, well, what exactly? For the longest time this year, airlines insisted they were enduring staff shortages, bad weather and even alleged understaffing at air traffic control....

All this fresh interest means that IT professionals have a great opportunity to get boardroom backing for new projects. So how can digital leaders get their team’s new ideas noticed and funded? Four tech chief gives their best-practice tips for turning smart ideas into projects that change the business for the better. 1. Keep an open channel between IT and the business Jon Braithwaite, CIO at food and support services company Compass Group UK & Ireland, says the key to getting people to take notice of great ideas is the interaction between the board and the rest of the business ....

Brands like American Express, Discover, and Charles Schwab are at the top of J.D. Powers’ direct banking satisfaction ranking chart, outpacing both traditional banks and newer neobanks like SoFi, Chime, and Cash App. Discover and Charles Schwab are tied for the number one spot when it comes to checking account providers, and American Express holds the number one spot among savings account providers. J.D. Power defines direct banks as branchless, digital-only banking options with federal banking charters from either the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)....

Don’t let that fool you. Must read: These three simple tips will keep your iPhone safe from hackers. Here is a list of Apple products you shouldn’t buy right now. The entire iPhone 12 lineup: My ZDNet writing buddy David Gewirtz has done a fantastic job of explaining why. But put simply the yearly update cycle is pretty much fixed in stone, and we know new updates are coming in September/October....

Fortunately, in the year I live – which is in 2022 – I rarely need to print anything. When I do, I’m happy to pay a print shop or my library for the privilege of me not needing to give one space in my life. But some people do need a printer, and it seems that label printer maker Dymo is giving us yet another reason to hate printers. It’s building DRM directly into the printer paper....

You’ll get up to 40 minutes of runtime with this handy vacuum which is perfect for smaller apartments. The suction is perfect for picking up pet hair and works across all kinds of surfaces, from wood floors to carpeting. It also breaks down to store easily in a drawer or a closet, which also works really well if you need to clean up a car or upholstery. What also works great are the two separate vacuum heads that come with it, one specifically designed for said upholstery and the other designed for floors....

Fortnite was booted off the App Store and Google Play Store last year, after it introduced a new payment system aimed at sidestepping the tech giants’ payment systems and in-app purchase commissions. “Epic intends to re-release Fortnite on iOS in Korea offering both Epic payment and Apple payment side-by-side in compliance with the new Korean law,” Epic also said in the tweet. Epic’s request for Fortnite to rejoin the App Store, while maintaining its own payment system, comes shortly after South Korea approved legislation to ban app marketplaces like the App Store from removing apps for using payment systems that reside outside of Apple’s ecosystem....

Step-by-step guide to watch the EUFA 2024 European Championships: The 2024 European Championship will kick off on June 14 and the final match will likely take place on July 14. If you can’t see it live, or don’t know exactly where to find it online, this article has got you covered. To watch the UEFA European Championship Worldwide, most people just need to tune in to their designated broadcaster to stream the UEFA matches....

Stringer spoke about the incident in a television interview to Sky News. This is the first time a senior official, albeit retired, has spoken about the cyber attack. Defence Academy Incident Possibly a “Grey-Zone” Attack In 2021, Serco Group, the company that manages the Defence Academy’s network infrastructure, detected the breach and informed the Academy. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) was also made aware of the attack. Stringer said the academy was “immediately alert” to the possibility of a cyber attack by a nation-state....

“We don’t want to see hate on our platform, nor do our users or advertisers, and we are transparent about our work to remove it,” Rosen wrote in a blog post. “What these documents demonstrate is that our integrity work is a multi-year journey. While we will never be perfect, our teams continually work to develop our systems, identify issues and build solutions.” Rosen’s post was in response to a Wall Street Journal article that reported, based on leaked internal documents, the social media giant’s AI technology created to remove offensive content such as hate speech and violent images has had little success....