More and more companies are using Azure for their cloud services lately, which makes sense on many levels. Other Microsoft platforms like Office have been the standard around the workplace for decades, after all. With all this new tech comes new demand for IT workers that can set it up. The road to Microsoft certification can be long, but the Complete 2021 Microsoft 365, Windows and Azure Bundle is a great resource that can smooth out the path for budding admins....

Engineers, electronics hobbyists, manufacturers and designers can now relax. Printed circuit board design just got a lot easier thanks to the KiCad Like a Pro 3rd Edition eBook + Course Bundle. This training takes a practical approach to KiCad, an open-source PCB design software industry favorite. The lessons consist of a video course and e-book combo that are fully updated for KiCad 6 and covers everything from KiCad 5.0 and up....

If you’re looking for a fast track into the tech industry, you couldn’t make a better choice than learning Python first. It’s one of the easiest languages to learn and also one of the most in-demand, with entry-level salaries averaging about $80,000. The Python Foundations course can introduce you to this language with no coding experience necessary. Meanwhile, you can learn the basics of web development in the HTML and CSS course, which will show you how to add HTML tags, links, images, gorgeous fonts, forms and tables....

Under the agreement, Google Cloud will assist the multinational group with migrating its mission-critical enterprise workloads, including its CAD platforms, in-house “project excellence” platform Oli, and its Oracle-based e-finance system, which currently reside in eight on-premise data centres located across four continents, onto the cloud. The two organisations will also work together to integrate artificial intelligence, machine learning, and smart data analytics capabilities from Google Cloud into Lendlease’s Podium building software platform, which is used by firms to plan construction projects....

Today, Lexar has unveiled its latest addition to its SSD lineup – the Lexar Professional NM800 M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD. The Professional NM800 offers maximum read/write speeds of 7400/5800MB/s, which is more than twelve times the speed of SATA-based SSDs Combined with a 12nm controller, the Professional NM800 brings with it lower power consumption for better battery life on mobile devices. Superior speed PCIe Gen4x4 interface: 7400MB/s read and 5800MB/s write – NVMe 1....

The funds will go into expanding and building new battery production facilities at the Ochang industrial zone located in Cheongju, the capital city of North Chungcheong Province southeast of Seoul. LG Energy Solution already operates a cylindrical battery production facility at Ochang, Additional production lines to be built there will adopt the latest smart factory solutions such as logistics automation, remote support, and intelligent manufacturing, the South Korean battery maker said....

Analysis from cybersecurity researchers at VMware warns that malware targeting Linux-based systems is increasing in volume and complexity, while there’s also a lack of focus on managing and detecting threats against them. This comes after an increase in the use of enterprises relying on cloud-based services because of the rise of hybrid working, with Linux the most common operating system in these environments. That rise has opened new avenues that cyber criminals can exploit to compromise enterprise networks, as detailed by the research paper, including ransomware and cryptojacking attacks tailored to target Linux servers in environments that might not be as strictly monitored as those running Windows....

Nor is it a company making money off of people with a little blue check mark, separating those who pay and those who don’t. No, the great impediment to the internet is that people have no autonomy in the increasing number of ways that they are herded like cattle on social media and even in crypto projects such as NFTs. Whether it’s a monopoly of giant firms such as what’s now Elon Musk’s Twitter and Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, or an oligarchy of a small handful of crypto pioneers, neither will give people freedom....

The breach came to light in August this year following a press release from Continental AG, though at the time, the company did not say that any data was stolen in the incident. However, LockBit has threatened to publish “all available data” on its data leak site today at 3:45 PM (UTC). The group has not revealed any details regarding the kind of data it claims was pried away from Continental AG....

LockBit shared images of stolen HACLA data on its website. The group is threatening to leak the stolen data on the dark web on January 12 if the agency refuses to meet its ransom demands. The HACLA website is still functional. However, the agency says it’s experiencing some “technical difficulties.” “The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (“HACLA”) is experiencing technical difficulties. We are working to investigate the source of disruption and restore full functionality to our systems....

Also: How I used a Raspberry Pi to automate birdwatching One of the activities that seems to be sticking around is birding, which has never been easier thanks to technology that replaces the field kit with a smartphone. Sales of bird feed and backyard bird feeders saw bumps of 45% and 50% following the onset of the pandemic, as one metric of the huge rise in popularity. Now comes the launch of Birda, a free birdwatching app aimed at curious people who want to deepen their connection with nature....

On a conference call Tuesday, co-founder and CEO Logan Green struck an optimistic note. “In the last week of January, we saw a pickup in ride share rides that we see as a positive signal,” he said. “The demand rebound is a matter of when, not if.” All told, Lyft’s non-GAAP adjusted net earnings per share came to 9 cents. Revenue in Q4 was $969.9 million, an increase of 70% year-over-year and an increase of 12% from Q3 2021....

Michael: From a performance perspective, the issues are piling up. Cloud computing, for example, presents a big challenge. The communication demands are growing at a very fast pace, and because the internet was designed in a very different era, we are seeing suboptimal performance. We are left having to catch up, to accelerate the internet and make it more secure. One of the biggest issues we face is that we cannot shut down the internet and replace it, as might be the best solution; a single solution that we can all adhere to....

The BWI Airport Marriott in Maryland, USA, appears to be the source of the stolen data. DataBreaches.net broke the news after learning about the breach directly from the threat actor. A Marriott representative confirmed the breach to the website. Threat Actor Emailed Several Marriott Employees In a blog post, DataBreaches said it received a message from the threat actor on June 28, claiming they have siphoned 20 GB of files from a BWI Airport Marriott server....

The U.S. government actually designed the Risk Management Framework (RMF). Its purpose is to provide an efficient process for integrating security and privacy while managing cyber supply chain activities. It is amazingly effective to navigate because of the coordination with a variety of laws, regulations, executive orders, and directives. The NIST Cybersecurity & Risk Management Frameworks course offers over 21 hours of instruction, which includes 57 lectures. You can access these courses on mobile devices as well as on laptops and desktop computers....

Development of the RSC is ongoing, but once the second phase is completed by the second half of this year, the system will deliver nearly 5 exaflops of mixed-precision compute. Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is already using the supercomputer to train large models in natural language processing (NLP) and computer vision for research. The company uses large-scale AI models for ongoing priorities, such as detecting harmful content on its social platforms....

U.S. PIRG Education Fund aims to provide US consumers with a single report covering multiple devices and 10 manufacturers using information from France’s repairability index. The French repairability index is available via web pages for smartphones and laptops, in similar format to iFixit’s repairability scores. “U.S. PIRG Education Fund, with assistance from iFixit.com, has accumulated French repair scores across 187 devices from ten prominent manufacturers,” U.S. PIRG Education Fund said in an announcement....

It isn’t just the oppression of a world gone to dung. It isn’t even the notion that technology is making it harder to be ethical. It’s more that tech companies want to nag and nag and nag until you do precisely what they want you to do. I regret that Microsoft is one of the bigger – but certainly not the only – culprits in my life. It may, at least in some ways, be an adorable company....

On Monday, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) said a judge in the Eastern District of Virginia issued a court order that requires domain registrars to disable websites “used to impersonate Microsoft customers and commit fraud.” The complaint (.PDF), filed to pursue a preliminary injunction and restraining order, has been issued against “John Does,” terminology used to describe anonymous or unknown plaintiffs facing legal action. According to the DCU, Microsoft filed the case to try and clamp down on imposter domains, also known as homoglyph-based web addresses....