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Of the 59% of respondents sure of an oncoming recession, almost 30% believe we are already experiencing a recession, and 26% expect a recession to begin as early as the end of this year. Respondents are C-suite executives from all over the world, and although their sentiments on an impending recession are similar, depending on geographic location, their responses slightly differ. SEE: Nearly half of small business owners fear recession before the end of 2022: Survey Executives from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East have strong opinions on the matter: three-quarters of these respondents believe a recession is on its way as early as the end of this year, while the rest don’t see a recession happening until early 2023....

The company said the magnetic stripe will start to disappear in newly-issued Mastercard credit and debit cards in Europe, while banks in the United States will no longer be required to issue chip cards with a magnetic stripe starting in 2027. By 2029, no new Mastercard credit or debit cards will be issued with a magnetic stripe, except for prepaid cards in the US and Canada, and Mastercard expects that none of its credit or debit cards will have a magnetic stripe by 2033....

Of course, Web3 will be a success. Everyone will want it. Because every VC and tech company will want everyone to want it. Sometimes, though, human life decides to twist in a different direction and tech luminaries lose a touch of their (self-administered) shine. It seems like but a few short years ago that technology was taking food beneath its metallic wing and turning it into something very different. Plant-based was the thing, and who were you to argue?...

“We have been in contact with the government of Ukraine. At their request, we have restricted access to several accounts in Ukraine, including those belonging to some Russian state media organisations,” Meta VP global affairs Nick Clegg wrote in a tweet. “We are also reviewing other government requests to restrict Russian state-controlled media.” The steps taken by the social media giant are in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began four days ago....

Reality Labs hardware costs are expected to grow in the coming months, Meta said in a statement attributed to CFO David Wehner, “driven by the launch of our next generation of our consumer Quest headset later next year.” The confirmation comes a couple weeks after Meta unveiled the Quest Pro – a version of the headset targeted at business and enterprise users. That device’s capabilities have been tailored for “collaboration and productivity,” with full-color AR to power virtual workspaces, conference rooms and collaborative design projects....

The ‘powerdir’ bug, which Apple fixed in its December 13 update for macOS up to Monterey, lets an attacker bypass TCC to gain access to a user’s protected data. The bug was discovered by Microsoft security researcher Jonathan Bar Or. Microsoft is interested in macOS security because Defender for Endpoint can be used in an enterprise to protect non-Windows devices. Microsoft’s 365 Defender Research Team noted in a blog post that Apple introduced a feature to protect TCC that “prevents unauthorized code execution and enforced a policy that restricts access to TCC to only apps with full disk access....

Cybercrime Is A Business “Cybercrime is a business”, Microsoft says in their 2020 Digital Defense Report. “Like any other business, there’s a need to innovate to be profitable and successful.” This means that some types of cybercrime persist over the years, while others are fueled by changes in the economic, political or social climate. The report also addresses opportunistic cybercriminals who capitalize on the Covid-19 pandemic and other disruptive events to lure users into clicking on malicious links and attachments....

From what I can tell, this option may have been around for three months or more. There is a LinkedIn Help article entitled “Choose if you want to see less political content in your LinkedIn feed,” which was updated three months ago. The article explains that users in the US can hide political content from their feeds as an option. It defines “political content” this way: “Currently, political content includes content such as political parties and candidates, election outcomes, and ballot initiatives....

The key change in this month’s Patch Tuesday update for the bug CVE-2021-34481, aka PrintNightmare, is that users will need admin rights to install print drivers. The bug, stemming from a flaw in the Windows Print Spooler service, allows a local attacker to escalate privileges to the level of ‘system’ – an outcome that lets them install malware and create new accounts on Windows 10 machines. SEE: HP patches vulnerable driver lurking in printers for 16 years The patch arrived with Microsoft’s August 2021 Patch Tuesday update, which included a patch for CVE-2021-36936, a distinct Windows Print Spooler remote code execution vulnerability....

The hardware requirements for Windows 10 are 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor or SoC; 1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM for 32-bit or 2 GB of RAM for 64-bit: and 16 GB of disk space for 32-bit OS or 20 GB for 64-bit OS. From today’s blog post: “Now that we are moving Dev Channel forward with newer Windows 11 builds than what will be released to customers on October 5th, those PCs have been opted out of flighting and likely see the message below in the Windows Insider Program settings page....

Also: Microsoft just blew up the only reason you can’t use a Linux desktop Windows 365 will be available in Business and Enterprise flavors, Microsoft officials said this week. Derek Gabriel (@dsghi on Twitter) shared a screen capture of one of the Windows 365 Business SKUs that showed it would cost $31 per user per month. This is for the 2vCPU, 4GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage version for customers with up to 300 users....

The additional phishing protection in Teams is available for organizations using Defender for Office 365 to guard against phishing attacks that use weaponized URLs. While email is the standard medium for delivering phishing links, Teams usage exploded during the pandemic, making it an attractive target for phishing. As Microsoft outlined earlier this year as part of its ‘hybrid work messaging’, time spent in Teams meetings grew 2.5 times globally between February 2020 and February 2021....

The company said 80 million people are using Microsoft Teams Phone and it said calls originating from chats are occurring 50% more frequently than this time last year. Microsoft expects the new Teams Phone features to help make the phone an easier part of workflows. For example, Teams Phone now lets users transfer between different endpoints without interrupting a call. Users need to open the Teams app on the device the call will be transferred to and then tap it to move the call....

I feel equally sure that, after I tell you what’s coming, you’ll be more reluctant even to put the whistle in your mouth. It may be that you think your employer is doing evil, unspeakable or merely unpleasant or illegal things. But it may equally be that you’re less a whistleblower and more tending toward the unpleasant, untrustworthy or even illegal yourself. Also: There’s been a big rise in monitoring workers at home....

However, according to Motorola, the Moto G Stylus is the best-selling Moto G phone since launching the series. And, today, it’s getting a respectable upgrade. So, what’s new? For starters, the Moto G Stylus now includes 5G connectivity courtesy of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G processor. It comes with 4GB or 6GB of memory, 128GB/256GB of storage, all of which powers a 6.8-inch FHD+ display. Also tucked inside the housing is a 5,000mAh battery that Motorola claims will last for two full days on a single charge....

The shows and movies available on Netflix vary depending on where you’re streaming from. Netflix uses geo-restrictions to limit the content you can access to the shows available in your country. A premium VPN hides your real IP address and routes your traffic through a secure server in a location of your choice. If you want to binge-watch all 14 episodes of Mr. Bean, all you need to do is connect to a server in the UK....

The Samsung Galaxy MWC Event 2022 will take place on Sunday, Feb. 27 at 1 pm ET. Just like Unpacked earlier this month, the MWC Event will be all virtual with Samsung streaming the keynote on its YouTube channel. Originally it wasn’t clear what Samsung would announce at the event, but the company has since published a blog post confirming that the company will unveil the next generation of its Galaxy Book laptops....

The best part is you will be able to watch as the spacecraft makes its way through space, approaches the asteroid, and then bangs into it. Before you become alarmed, the asteroid does not pose any threat to Earth. Rather, the DART mission is meant to test the technology that could defend Earth from being struck by potential asteroid or comet hazards in the future – basically to avoid the sort of collision that is now generally agreed to have doomed the dinosaurs from repeating itself any time soon....

WhatsApp announced the new time limit for the “delete for everyone” option via its Twitter account. “Rethinking your message? Now you’ll have a little over 2 days to delete your messages from your chats after you hit send,” WhatsApp wrote. The previous time limit for deleting a message for everyone was 1 hour, 8 minutes and 16 seconds. Per WABeta, Meta-owned WhatsApp has been testing the extended 2.5 day time limit since July though its beta program....

Not so fast Sifting through the iPhone SE’s spec sheet, it appears that while the new iPhone supports sub-6 GHz 5G, it doesn’t support any mmWave bands. For the unacquainted, 5G networks fall under two umbrellas: sub-6 GHz (low and mid-band) and mmWave (high-band). More: What is 5G? ZDNet’s guide to the fifth-generation network With sub-6 GHz, smartphones can access download speeds that are mere seconds faster than on 4G LTE, which isn’t as ultra-fast as TV commercials and carrier ads make 5G out to be....