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April 2018 was a dark time. From a Mac power user perspective, it was pretty desolate. As I said, the Mac Mini had gone four years without an upgrade. The Mac Pro had gone five years without an upgrade, and that five-year-old upgrade was the “trash can” Mac Pro. The MacBook Pro, Apple’s most popular Mac, had been upgraded the previous year, but the much-maligned butterfly keyboard was still gnarling everyone’s fingers while the lack of ports was causing teeth to gnash....

The updates across Apple’s hardware lineup add new features along with important bug and security fixes. One of the more notable new features you can find in iOS 15.4 on the iPhone is the addition of an option to train Face ID to work with a face mask or facial covering. This is in addition to the ability to unlock your iPhone using Face ID while wearing an Apple Watch, using the watch as an authorization tool if it’s nearby your iPhone....

I’m not surprised. Why? Because this always happens. It’s more predictable than Apple launching a new iPhone every fall. Here’s the deal. We can break the battery drain complaints into two categories: First, heavy battery drain while installing iOS 15. “Whoa Apple, my battery life has been terrible since installing iOS 15!” It’s a heavy process. The iPhone has to download several gigabytes, unpack it, and then update the iPhone....

Late Monday evening Engadget stoked the fire with a post claiming that the new iPad burns 10 degrees hotter than its predecessor accompanied by thermal imaging photos of the iPad 3 and 2 side-by-side: One of the loudest complaints came from the venerable Consumer Reports which claimed that the iPad 3 hits 116 degrees while running games – again using thermal images to support its case. Cue the #heatgate hashtag!...

What are APT Groups? Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups are typically nation state or state-sponsored groups. They are stealthy cybercriminal groups that gain unauthorized access to computer networks and stay undetected for an extended period. APT groups’ motivations are generally political or economic. The aim of APT groups’ attacks is to steal, disrupt or spy on worldwide government organizations and major corporations. The Iranian Campaign’s Discovery The Iranian offensive campaign, which has been ongoing for 3 years, was discovered by researchers at Clearsky Cyber Security....

First up, iRobot has added a new type of command that allows Roombas to target a specific area for cleaning. This can include any designated object within a mapped room, such as a couch, countertop, or table. The company suggests this will be particularly useful for high-traffic zones that may get messy far quicker than their surrounding areas. For whole-room jobs, Alexa can now also create regular cleaning schedules using commands like “Alexa, tell Roomba to clean the living room every weekday at 1 pm,” or “Alexa, tell Braava to mop the bathroom every Saturday morning....

A human resources career involves serving as an arbitrator, a supervisor, a coordinator, and a teacher. Human resource professionals interview and hire new employees, oversee benefits programs, manage payroll, and facilitate communication between management and staff. To find out if a career in human resources is right for you, keep reading. Advice from a human resources professional Tina Hawk’s HR career has spanned industries over 25 years. She currently oversees the people and talent teams for Inflection, parent company of GoodHire, a provider of background checks for small and mid-size businesses....

New Uranium Enrichment Centrifuges in Natanz The Natanz nuclear facility is part of Iran’s nuclear program. The site, located close to a town of the same name at the foot of the Karkas mountain chain (population of approx. 15,000) is used for uranium enrichment. Iran halted operations at the facility in 2004 following negotiations with Europe. However, Iran resumed operations just a couple of years later, under close monitoring from the UN’s nuclear watchdog....

I spent a few years in operating engine rooms of ships and am nearing my mid-50s, so I am starting to experience some hearing loss when compared to my younger years. Potential customers must visit a Jabra Enhance center facility in order to assess their hearing and determine if the Jabra Enhance Plus is right for them. Jabra sent a sample for us to test out without visiting one of these centers, but they are present across the U....

iPads have become increasingly useful for pilots, who use them for operational tracking apps, hosting system maintenance checks, checking real-time weather patterns to avoid turbulence, and accessing procedures and manuals, according to JetBlue. Apple has been on a run with enterprise deals in the last two weeks, signing pacts with dozens of universities, grade schools and even mapping companies that will see iPads and other Apple products used widely. JetBlue said it was one of the first domestic airlines to begin using digital documentation in cockpits and added that iPads provide “safety-critical functions for all JetBlue crewmembers....

It appears that the attackers carried out a supply chain ransomware attack by leveraging a vulnerability in Kaseya’s VSA software against multiple managed service providers (MSP) – and their customers. “To date, we are aware of fewer than 60 Kaseya customers, all of whom were using the VSA on-premises product, who were directly compromised by this attack. While many of these customers provide IT services to multiple other companies, we understand the total impact thus far has been to fewer than 1,500 downstream businesses....

Kaseya, a well-known enterprise IT firm, is at the centre of the latest data encryption attack by REvil. The FBI attributed last month’s ransomware attack on US meatpacker JBS to REvil. Kaseya on Saturday confirmed it and its customers were the victim of an attack on its VSA product, software for remotely monitoring PCs, servers, printers, networks, and point-of-sale systems. “Kaseya’s VSA product has unfortunately been the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack....

It started with the marriage of two different programs. The first was the Hyper.sh container platform. This enabled containers to run in the runV container runtime. It was then married to Intel’s Intel Clear Containers, and their child is Kata Containers. Although it’s only five years old, Kata Containers has seen a lot of changes. The most important came with Kata 2.0.0., which migrated Kata to the Rust language. The basic concept, however, remains the same....

If you’re a regular Kroger customer and you’re thinking about signing up, keep reading to learn what the Kroger Rewards World Elite Mastercard’s biggest strengths are, and which alternatives might let you earn more rewards over time. An ok rewards card for Kroger shoppers Before we dig into the nitty-gritty details, let’s start with the positives of the Kroger Rewards World Elite Mastercard. First, this card earns one of the highest rates of cash back for a card with no annual fee, albeit with a low spending cap....

So, it’s not really a surprise that Maersk is joining the Open Invention Network (OIN), which safeguards Linux and open-source software patents. Maersk relies on open-source software for its supply chain management platforms. As Simone Frattasi, Maersk’s Head of Global IP, explained, “As we continue our digital transformation, we remain focused on building and integrating the best technologies for our logistics platforms, delivering services that our customers value and trust....

“Lenovo continued to embrace the opportunities driven by accelerated digital and intelligent transformation, and our new IT architecture prepared us well with ‘client-edge-cloud-network intelligence’ capabilities,” said Yuanqing Yang, Lenovo chairman and CEO. The $640 million net income figure, representing a 62% year-on-year improvement, also came alongside Lenovo earning its highest ever quarterly revenue – $20 billion. Of the $20 billion in revenue earned by Lenovo, the lion’s share –$17.6 billion – came from the company’s PC, smartphone, and smart devices business....

Now available for only $949 in comparison to an estimated retail value of $2,879, this hybrid tablet should be considered if you are looking for a future-proof machine suitable for remote work, travel, and entertainment. However, this is not the only deal worth considering while the Lenovo sale is active. The technology giant is offering substantial discounts on products, including tablets, laptops, headphones, smartphones, backpacks, microphones, and more. Students and teachers can enjoy an extra $100 off by using the code BTS2022....

Aimed primarily at students, Lenovo’s Smart Paper is a 10.3-inch e-ink tablet, complete with a stylus and a folio case, that’s designed for note-taking, document creation and e-book reading. You can record audio – a teacher or lecturer, for example – while taking notes, and use your notes to recall audio clips. Lenovo’s Smart Paper app also allows you to transcribe audio recordings. The Smart Paper pen has a felt tip, and with 23ms latency, 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity and tilt detection you get a natural writing experience on the e-ink screen....

Also: This wireless TV ditches the remote and can stick to any wall without a mount The first consumer TV to offer wireless technology, the CES 2023 Innovation Awards winner offers external ports for HDMI devices like cable, satellite, and console connections. Its claim to fame rests in the wireless connection, replacing the wiring with a wireless Zero Connect box that will transmit the picture and audio in real time....

But that’s precisely the challenge that’s facing LinkedIn: the world’s largest professional network has over 875 million members, ranging from entry-level employees, all the way up to high-level executives, who all use it to network with colleagues and peers, discuss ideas, and find new jobs. With hundreds of millions of users, LinkedIn needs to ensure its systems are secure against a range of ever-evolving cyber threats, a task that falls to LinkedIn’s Threat Detection and Incident Response team....