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Under the restructure, the Chinese internet giant has split its global and domestic e-commerce business into two separate units. During the restructure announcement, Alibaba said it would focus its investment on the “two strategic pillars” to better drive synergies across its consumer and wholesale commerce platforms in China as well as internationally. Starting this quarter, the company has updated its segment reporting to reflect this restructure, which now includes China commerce, international commerce, local consumer services, Cainaio, cloud, digital media and entertainment, and innovation initiatives and others....

In a statement, Poly Network – a “DeFi” platform that works across blockchains – said the unknown culprit behind the attack has so far returned $256 million in BSC, $1 million from Polygon and $3.3 million in Ethereum. Poly Network noted that there is still $269 million in Ethereum as well as $84 million in Polygon that needs to be returned. The company attributed the attack to a vulnerability that was exploited concerning contract calls....

At the same time, Jean-Louis Gassée left Apple to create a company called Be Inc., who developed BeOS, which focused on creating the fastest disk I/O, rendering, and kernel on the market. Instead of competing with Jobs’ other company, Apple bought NeXT and then modified the OS to become the new OS X and iPhone OS 1. But what happened to BeOS? It now lives on as the Haiku Project....

Also: Best under-desk treadmills you can buy Although I find it far more conducive to the way I work (as well as much better for my overall health), my legs do get tired. This is especially exaggerated when I’m training for a marathon. To ease that fatigue, I use a couple of different things, one of which is a small, curved, and padded balance board made by Fezibo. The Fezibo balance board does two things for me: It gives me some extra padding to help my feet, and it allows me to rock or balance as I stand to ease tension and help build core muscles....

SimpliSafe vs. Vivint *Data as of 07/22/20 Pros: Affordable and cost-effective home security option No contracts, so you can pause or cancel your service at any timeEasy setup doesn’t require any special toolsSecret alerts notify you without triggering an alarm Cons: Mixed reviews from customersOnly connects with a few smart home devicesNo mobile app access with the Standard plan Pros: Wide range of smart device products, including locks, a thermostat, and garage door openersMobile app access provides important alerts and controls even while you’re awayInteractive cameras let you see and hear what’s going on in your homeCar Guard alerts you to car thieves and tracks a stolen car Cons: Requires professional installation, which costs between $49 and $199Expensive plans that are nearly double the cost of SimpliSafeLong contracts for 42 or 60 months...

Danny Gonzalez, chief digital and innovation officer (CDIO) at London North Eastern Railway (LNER), says the answer is to place technology at the heart of everything your business does. “We firmly believe that digital is absolutely crucial,” he says. “We must deliver the experiences that meet or exceed customers’ expectations.” Delivering to that agenda is no easy task. Gonzalez says the rail journey is “absolutely full” of elements that can go wrong for a passenger, from buying a ticket, to getting to the train station, to experiencing delays on-board, and onto struggling to get away from the station when they reach their destination....

But it does have its limits. For one thing, while it has a TPM, its processor isn’t supported for Windows 11. So how do you squeeze more life out of a device that will drop out of support in a couple of years, as Microsoft winds down Windows 10? The answer is a simple one: run Linux on it. Of course, some things are easier said than done. Microsoft uses a lot of custom hardware in its Surface devices....

That’s because back then all I was working with was text and even that was limited to 25 lines with 80 columns per line. It’s a different story now. Today, I do video conferencing, watch 4K TV shows and movies, and pour gigabytes of data across the net. I really can use a Gbps connection. But what about you? Ready to look for another, better ISP or at least a better connection?...

In fact, one big area of focus for his team this year has been building the foundations for scalable machine learning. To tackle that challenge, Capital One has taken a threefold approach; Bose explained: “Building foundational platforms, ensuring it builds responsible and well-managed AIand hiring the right talent.” Here’s more of what Bose had to say on each of these themes: Building an adaptable, foundational platform “First, we need to build first-class machine learning platforms that can scale, and that can be adaptive to the recent trends – this space moves really fast....

More: Best Galaxy S23 features you should know When will Samsung release the Galaxy S23? Pre-orders are underway right now, and you can add the Galaxy S23 models to your cart at Samsung’s website, third-party retailers, and from carriers. However, you will have to wait until February 17 before they start shipping. You can also head over to a Samsung store near you to pick it up in person the same day they begin shipping....

But who determines what is a high priority? Google. That’s right, Google determines if an incoming missive is a High Priority message or not. Of course, users are able to mark a message as either Important or Not Important, but you have to remember to do that on a case-by-case basis. That happens to be the best route to take (I’ll explain later). But if you find you’re missing too many notifications for incoming Gmail, it’s time to take action....

Why? Simple. Encrypting an email prevents a third party from intercepting a communication and accessing the information within. An unencrypted email could be very easy to view by a bad actor. The more sensitive the information, the more you should protect it, and there’s no better way (when working with email) than to make use of encryption. Also: The best encryption software: Protect your data Here’s how encryption works: When you do this, only the recipient can read the email because they have the private key that matches the public key....

Also: Phishing attacks are getting scarily sophisticated. What to watch for But it can be extremely difficult to detect or remove spyware once it’s implanted in a device. This guide will run through different forms of malicious software that could end up on your iOS or Android handset, what the warning signs of infection are, and how to remove such pestilence from your mobile devices if it is possible to do so....

I’m not sure if it’s similar to decision fatigue, but I’ve got so many balls in the air right now that learning different routes from my daily ones sounds exhausting. Considering that more than a billion people use Google Maps each month, I’m not alone. Waze, available for iOS or Android, is my go-to because of all the extra perks: proactive route recalculation, warnings for sightings of stopped cars, crashes, or animals reported by other drivers, and user interface....

You don’t want that… especially when it comes to personal or professional information that you don’t want falling into the wrong hands. One of the complexities of using encryption in Thunderbird (or most email clients) is that you have to track down the recipient’s public GPG key and add it to the client. Without that key, you can’t send encrypted emails to the owner of the key, thereby rendering GPG useless....

Since many people have at least one way to connect with Alexa, Google, or Siri within their homes, it’s only logical that smart voice assistants adapt to sound more like the people using them. How to make Alexa bilingual Alexa has the option to listen and respond in English and other languages, or a combination of two languages. This feature is available on 3rd Generation Echo speakers, 2nd Generation Echo Shows and the newer generations of both devices....

One LibreOffice feature I’ve been using for some time makes it easy to password-protect a document so that only those with the set password can open it. This is a must-have feature for anyone who creates documents that contain sensitive information. Whether it’s a business plan, client information, or your diary, you can protect the contents of that document without having to use a third-party application to encrypt your file....

Also: This free utility is so simple and useful, it should be shipped with every Mac It was the fact that, for years, I had gotten so used to reaching over to the bottom-left corner of the keyboard for the Control key in order to select all (Ctrl+A,) copy (Ctrl+C,) paste (Ctrl+V,) and do all the other useful Windows-based shortcuts, that by the time I was presented with the MacBook’s repositioned Control key alternative, the Command key, my muscle memory was beginning to question itself....

As fellow minions beholden to remote IT overlords, we sympathize. In fairness to your IT department, their primary concern is keeping the network safe. The most effective way to achieve that goal is to minimize random web browsing and prevent the use of unauthorized software while keeping you connected to HQ on a virtual private network. As you’ve discovered, though, that makes even the simplest non-work-related computing tasks a pain to accomplish....

Also: How to record a call on your iPhone When your iPhone is plugged into a charger, Clean Energy Charging measures your local energy grid and throttles the phone’s charging speed so that it only pulls electricity during times of cleaner energy production. That means that during peak hours – usually between 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. – your iPhone won’t charge as fast as you may need, if at all....