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Salesforce researched Canadian businesses, supporting a program called Path to Growth, to better understand the national story about building business resilience for Canada’s new normal and help businesses get back on the #PathToGrowth. The Salesforce national survey was developed to uncover Canadian’s perceptions of the pandemic’s impact on business resiliency and technology’s role in helping businesses recover. Over 1,500 survey respondents included 400-plus business owners/decision-makers across several industries representing small to medium size businesses and enterprises....

Crowdstrike’s total Q4 revenue was $431 million, a 63% increase over a year prior. Non-GAAP net income came to $70.4 million or 30 cents per share. The cybersecurity company added 1,638 net new subscription customers in the quarter for a total of 16,325 subscription customers as of January 31. That represents 65% year-over-year growth. Subscription revenue was $405.4 million, a 66% increase. Analysts were expecting earnings of 20 cents per share on revenue of $412....

On Monday, the company admitted that 483 users were affected by unauthorized cryptocurrency withdrawals on their accounts, costing a total of “4,836.26 ETH, 443.93 BTC, and approximately US$66,200 in other cryptocurrencies.” At the time of the attack, that amounted to about $31 million. Crypto.com said in a statement that it revoked all customer 2FA tokens and “added additional security hardening measures, which required all customers to re-login and set up their 2FA token to ensure only authorized activity would occur....

Also: Live blog: The best early Cyber Monday deals 2022 in real time Also: Three things I love about Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 4 (and two things I wish were better) This phone comes with five cameras. Five! There are three on the back, including a 50-megapixel wide-angle camera, a 12-megapixel ultrawide camera, and a 10-megapixel telephoto camera with up to 3x optical zoom. Optical zoom is a much better option than digital zoom because optical zoom lenses actually see far objects better, whereas digital zoom simply scales up the pixels....

Also: Live blog: The best early Cyber Monday deals 2022 in real time At the heart of the eero Pro 6E is speed, supporting fast speeds and the new 6 GHz band when using Wi-Fi 6E devices, which means lower latency across your network, even for non Wi-Fi 6E devices. But if you’re adding to an existing eero system then don’t worry, you won’t have to throw anything away because everything is backward-compatible with previous-generation eero devices....

Also: Live blog: The best early Cyber Monday deals 2022 in real time The deal features an unlocked smartphone and comes in four colors: green, pink gold, phantom black, and phantom white. Underneath the case you’ll get a long-lasting 3,700mAh battery that uses 25W fast-charging so when your battery gets low you can get back to being on the go faster. You’ll get a 50MP camera that also shoots imagery in stunning 8K video....

Organisations face potential cyber threats on a daily basis as criminals attempt to breach networks using various methods, including phishing, in an effort to gain usernames and passwords, or even to lay the foundations for a malware or ransomware attack. The nature of cyber defence means that an attacker only needs to be successful once in order to find an opening. Often, that opening can come in the form of an employee unintentionally falling victim to a phishing email, an incident that, if left undetected and unchecked, could have significant consequences for the organisation as a whole....

That’s a big issue as no one can afford to skimp on skilled IT security staff because of ever-growing macro-economic and geopolitical challenges that present fresh risks to the business. In fact, research from recruiter Nash Squared suggests managing cybersecurity has never been more challenging – and the bigger an organisation is, the more likely it is to be attacked. Therefore, it’s crucial that enterprises have a talented CISO in situ; someone who is responsible for overseeing cybersecurity and ensuring data and systems are safe and secure....

Not only that, but a third are planning to quit their jobs within the next six months. Cybersecurity firm BlackFog surveyed over 400 IT decision-makers at companies with 500+ employees in the US and UK, to understand the challenges they faced amid growing IT security threats and a shortage of skilled professionals in the industry. It found that many IT security leaders are struggling to keep up with evolving threats and new cybersecurity practices, while also reporting issues around recruitment, retention and work-life balance that are prompting many to turn away from the industry....

Gebert currently serving as the Energy and Water Ombudsman Victoria (EWOV), a position she has been in since 2012. Prior to that appointment, Gebert was EWOV general manager for investigations, and before that was the CEO of the Australian Commercial Dispute Centre. “The telecommunications industry is changing rapidly, and the last two years has reinforced the essentiality of phone and internet services in everyday life,” Gerbert said. “I’m very excited about the opportunity to work with the TIO team, telcos and stakeholders to improve outcomes for everyone in this complex and dynamic environment....

“The people part is probably the least well-understood aspect of this entire equation,” John Thompson, global head of advanced analytics & AI at CSL Behring, said during a virtual panel discussion on Thursday. As the head of analytics at one of the leading international biotechnology companies, Thompson oversees data science teams that tackle a wide range of initiatives. He and the experts in the virtual panel, hosted by MLOps firm Domino Data Lab, agreed that scaling data science requires more than just data scientists....

While not as bulky and powerful as its older brother, the Xbox Series X, the Series S is still a formidable gaming console that can run the best of next-gen titles, including Halo:Infinite and Forza Horizon 5. It’s also digital-only, meaning instead of buying physical discs, you’ll have to download all of your games. That said, the Xbox Series S comes with 512 GB of internal storage, which can be upgraded via expansion card....

Especially after the recent years we’ve all lived through. The recent summer, especially. Thousands of flights canceled, thousands of business trips wrecked, and thousands of passengers maddened by inferior technology, causing four-hour waits to reach customer service. You’d be forgiven, then, for thinking that flying over these holidays won’t be so easy. After all, airlines say they’ve never seen such strong demand. And when there’s strong demand, there’s a strong likelihood of packed planes, full schedules, and delays, always caused by the weather or, um, operational issues....

According to a report by software companies Qatalog and GitLab, inequalities in workplace hierarchies and an abundance of remote-working tools are creating a “pervasive culture of digital presenteeism” that is damaging productivity and leading staff to work longer hours. A survey of 2,000 knowledge workers found that 54% feel pressured to appear online and visible while working remotely. With work no longer taking place entirely in the office, employees are taking additional steps to ensure their work gets recognized, the survey found, which often means arbitrarily responding to emails and messages, attending additional meetings and adding comments and responses to shared work documents....

Recent months have been a catalyst for even swifter change, with CIOs and CTOs having to balance long-term transformation efforts alongside rapid changes made necessary by the sudden introduction of remote working, although the roots of these projects often go back much further. “What [businesses] started creating was these digital officers to kickstart digital transformation, to make sense of what it even was.” SEE: Digital transformation: Five ways to help your business boost customer experience Back then it was more common to have a chief digital officer acting as the change agent for organisation-wide transformation, whereas the CIO was more likely to be responsible for back-office outsourcing, procurement and standardisation....

First impressions Let’s start with a first impression. I pulled the machine out of its shipping carton, set it up on one of my tables in my workshop, and plugged it in. I hit the power button, and within about 30 seconds, it was blowing air in my face that was so cold that I was genuinely chilled. To be clear, air cooling isn’t just about whether cold air blows out of the front of the machine....

The new capability is underpinned by a fraud detection engine that uses AI and machine learning to predict individual behaviour in real time. The feature was developed as part of a partnership with UK-based financial crime prevention firm Featurespace. “The anti-fraud capability has widespread support from banks and fintechs across the country and will scale quickly in the Australian market next year to provide real benefits for merchants and consumers as Eftpos online market penetration grows,” Eftpos CEO Stephen Benton said....

I have my favorites for all of these. But that’s the movies. I mean, have you seen the videos from those Boston Dynamics demos? Who the heck would want one of those things running around the house, interacting with your children? My colleague, David Gewirtz, thinks it’s a bad idea. Also: How to binge watch some great classic sci-fi for free For most of us, a full-fledged autonomous robot is simply just a futuristic dream....

Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite broadband service, has been critical for Ukraine’s communications since the outset of Russia’s invasion in February and subsequent attacks on critical infrastructure, including internet networks. SpaceX donated thousands of terminals to Ukraine in February. The service usually costs $600 for the terminal and $110 a month for the connection. According to CNN, SpaceX’s director of government sales wrote a letter to the Pentagon in September requesting it to provide funds for Ukraine’s government and military use of Starlink....

Twitter has been in a state of turmoil since Musk, about a month ago, said he wanted to buy the social media platform and take it private. He lined up $46.5 billion in financing to back his unsolicited bid, relying on loans and $21 billion from his own equity. He later committed to providing an additional $6.25 billion in equity financing. He’s now committing another $6.25 billion. Musk has, however, recently suggested the deal is “on hold,” complaining about the number of fake accounts on the Twitter platform....