When I asked what he planned to do next, de Icaza told me “I am going to rest while the kids are in school” and later vacation with them. “Living in this industry is like the kid at the candy store - too many things are happening and there are too many choices. So I want to spend some time sampling some of the candy, and then deciding which one I want to buy a pound of,” de Icaza said....

Fortinet delivered fourth quarter revenue of $963.6 million, up more than 28% from a year ago. For the fourth quarter, Fortinet’s non-GAAP earnings of $1.23 a share were above expectations. Wall Street was expecting Fortinet to report fourth quarter earnings of $1.15 a share on revenue of $960.2 million. For 2021, Fortinet reported a total revenue of $3.34 billion and a service revenue of $2.09 billion. Fortinet CEO Ken Xie said the company’s revenue gave them three straight years of revenue growth of 20% or more....

As Fujitsu executive officer, EVP, and global services business group head Tim White described during the ServiceNow Knowledge 22 Sydney event on Wednesday, the company may be a global organisation, but it did not necessarily build out like one. “We started as a product-based organisation and like many product-based global organisations, we expanded almost like a franchise [through] a country-based model, so we have regions and countries,” he said. “What basically happened was what each country had in common was this ability to basically build their own services portfolio around this, but those portfolios and the services behind that – the systems – were not connected....

Hacker Encrypts Data with Ransomware It remains unclear when exactly the cyberattack took place. In a tweet, CD Projekt explains that an unidentified actor gained unauthorized access to their internal network on Monday. Consequently, a number of their systems had been compromised. Once inside, the hacker stole confidential information belonging to CD Projekt and CD Projekts’ parent company, CD Projekt Capital Group. The attacker also left a ransomware note, giving the company 48 hours to respond....

Sam’s is often associated with great grocery bargains, but you will find amazing discounts, savings and prices on all kinds of premium products. Since it’s a warehouse membership with a limited-item business model, Sam’s can offer goods at prices traditional retailers can’t match. You’ll find everything from clothes and jewelry to electronics, baby products, furniture and so much more. Plus, a complimentary card for household items will get you additional savings on those products....

Another nice feature is that because it’s connected to Alexa, you can use the TV to order pizza when you’re hanging out with friends in the dorm room. There are also three HDMI ports, so if you want to game on your Xbox or PlayStation, you can hook the TV up for late-night gaming sessions. Otherwise, if you want to shop around for other options, be sure to check out our curated list of Best Buy TV deals, or even our best 32-inch TV deals....

“CISA has added 95 new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risk to the federal enterprise,” the agency said. The Windows flaw CVE-2021-41379 that joined CISA’s list was being used in attacks against customers in November. Cisco’s Talos researchers discovered malware that targeted the elevation of privilege flaw affecting Windows 11 and earlier....

Novices may want to start with the very basics of web development in the “HTML Web Development Crash Course.” You’ll learn all about HTML tags, JavaScript, and CSS. Next, find out how to design responsive websites in “Learn Bootstrap 4 Responsive Web Development.” You’ll get the full source code, which you may keep and use as often as you like afterwards. No wonder students awarded this course 4.4 out of 5 stars....

We’re looking at one of the most successful options: Glorious’ self-titled Glorious Panda switches. The little white and yellow components launched when Glorious was first making it clear that it intended to dive deep into mechanical keyboards and the modding thereof, and they remain one of the company’s most high-profile products. Sound and feel Tactile switches, like the Glorious Panda switch, provide a noticeable, tactile (hence the name) bump located at the point in their travel where they actuate....

Come December, Google plans to ramp up the availability of “permissions auto-reset”, an Android privacy feature that automatically winds back an app’s previously-granted permissions to access a device’s location, camera, microphone and so on. Google released the feature for Android 11 last year, but in December it will expand it to “billions more devices” via Google Play services on devices running Android 6.0 (API level 23) from 2015 and newer....

Google Currents was meant to improve office water cool chats by connecting superiors with subordinates. It also served as a replacement to Google+, the unpopular social network it shut down in 2018. Google will begin to “wind down” Currents in 2023 and move users’ content over to Spaces. It hasn’t specified an exact timeline for Currents’ end of life, but says it will beef up Spaces in the meantime. The improvements to Spaces “include support for larger communities and leadership communication, investments in advanced search, tools for content moderation, and more....

Additionally, the cloud business is aligning the two-year program with Google for Startups to ensure startup customers get a consistent experience across all of Google as they seek access to Google mentors, products, programs and best practices. All early-stage companies in the Google for Startups Cloud Program will also now have access to a dedicated Google Cloud point of contact during their two years in the program. “Startups have always been an incredibly important part of our customer base, and they continue to be so,” Ryan Kiskis, director of Google Cloud’s Startup Ecosystem, told ZDNet....

Google unveiled a slate of new partnerships, integrations, tools and more designed to make the company and the world more sustainable. The company will now provide every Google Cloud Platform customer with Carbon Footprint reporting. The initiative was designed with HSBC, Atos, Salesforce and L’Oreal. It will provide users with actionable reports on the gross carbon footprint associated with their Cloud usage. Nourdine Bihmane, head of the decarbonization business line at Atos, said knowledge and technology innovation plays a key role in responding to the climate crisis the world is facing....

Right now, you can save up to 33% on Google’s products, ranging from its signature Nest mesh system to $10 off its Pixel Buds A Series. If you’ve been eyeing the system for a while, it’s a good time to buy and set up a great smart home. Below, we’ve rounded up the best Google deals so you can save up to $50 now. Be sure to check out the list....

In business intelligence [BI], “there was always this idea of governing BI and of self-service, and there was no reconciliation of the degree of trust and the degree of flexibility,” Google’s Gerrit Kazmaier told reporters last week, ahead of the Google Cloud Next conference. “At Google, I think we have cracked that code to how you get trust and confidence of data with the flexibility and agility of self-service.” To accomplish that, Google Cloud is unifying its business intelligence products under the Looker umbrella, combining Looker and Data Studio to form Looker Studio....

We have a long hall that goes from the front to the back of the house. I’ve been wanting to automate the lighting in this hallway because it’s important to be able to see at night, but the bright light of the ceiling tends to be too much late at night. Lighting in that hall is controlled by three switches, and there are two light fixtures. That means that any one of those switches can turn on and off the lights....

Perhaps the most important update is to the display, which grows to 8 inches in size while retaining the 1,920x1,200 resolution and touchscreen features of its predecessor. It also ditches the traditional hinge for a 180-degree one that turns the Pocket 3 into a 2-in-1 model that supports tablet mode and allows input from the included stylus. Screen protection via Corning Gorilla Glass 5 and 500 nits of brightness round out the display upgrades....

“In the 2020s, Chinese economic espionage will likely increasingly steal data that could be used to feed quantum simulations,” the analysts write in the report Chinese Threats in the Quantum Era. At risk are data protected by the current algorithms underpinning public-key cryptography, which some fear may be rendered useless for protecting data once quantum computers become powerful enough. Also: Spy chief’s warning: Our foes are now ‘pouring money’ into quantum computing and AI The big question is when such a quantum computer might arrive....

After emerging from stealth in 2017, the San Francisco-based Harness now has a $1.7 billion valuation. The company’s customers include Kohl’s, McAfee, National Bank of Canada, UK Home Office, and Citigroup. While Harness has a number of competitors, like GitLab and CircleCI, the DevOps market is expected to grow quickly: IDC projects that the market will reach $15 billion in 2023, up from $5.2 billion in 2018. The new updates contribute to Harness’ overarching aim of providing a unified pipeline for software delivery, sped up with intelligent features....

While the chances of an iPhone being hacked is low, it’s not zero, and the more important data you have on it, the greater the chances are that someone will want it. Well, if you’re concerned, there’s an app for that. It’s called iVerify, and it’s available for both individuals and organizations. Must read: These three simple tips will keep your iPhone safe from hackers While I’m a huge fan of the in-depth protection guides contained in iVerify – these alone are worth the $2....