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The new suite responds to customer demand for more digitized and more automated processes, so teams don’t have to spend time on things like manually processing vendor payments. “Ultimately, our customers are saying, ‘I want to get paid faster,’” Jason Maynard, NetSuite’s SVP of Global Field Operations, said to ZDNet. “Small businesses live and die by cash flow. We’ve taken a view of how do we accelerate their cash collection processes, how do we help them spend more wisely....

For $330, you get a wellness tracking Smart Sock, a 2k resolution camera,, a charger and an app to track everything – and no monthly subscription fee for accessing your data. The star of the show is the S340 Smart Sock which keeps track of your baby’s sleep data including heart rate, sleep status and movements. The Smart Sock uses a Fresnel lens, providing more accurate readings that you can access on the eufy Baby app at no additional cost....

The research team, made up by Hui Peng from Purdue University and Mathias Payer from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, said all the bugs were discovered with a new tool they created, named USBFuzz. The tool is what security experts call a fuzzer. Fuzzers are applications that let security researchers send large quantities of invalid, unexpected, or random data as inputs to other programs. Security researchers then analyze how the tested software behaves to discover new bugs, some of which may be exploited in a malicious way....

He would return to the station, print his shots, then make multiple copies of the best quality image that would be distributed to police officers, among dozens of other shots, with hopes of finding out the identity of the individual talking to a known criminal. “I would zoom in, crop, print off 50 copies of that, and I would stick those in the internal dispatch system and I would send them out to every detective agency in the state and say, ‘Right, we need to know who this is’,” Chadwick told ZDNet....

Google Meet, like Microsoft Teams and Zoom, has seen a massive uptick in use throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Meet is the last of the Google Workspace apps to end support for IE 11, while Microsoft is itself also phasing out support for it on Microsoft 365/Office 365 apps like Outlook for the web and Teams for the web. Google Workspace apps, such as Docs, Sheets and Slides, stopped working on IE 11 on March 15, but Google gave Meet a slightly longer IE 11 support window....

Asus highlighted six new devices in the premium Zenbook range, headed by the flagship 16-inch Zenbook Pro 16X OLED. Two of the new Zenbooks are thin-and-light 13-inch Zenbook S-series laptops. The more mainstream Vivobook range gets multiple new models, including high-performance Pro systems and thin/light S series devices. There are also two limited-edition artist versions of the existing Vivobook 13 Slate OLED 2-in-1 detachable. 2022 Zenbooks The 2022 Zenbooks feature a new look that Asus calls ‘modern Zen’ and run on 12th-generation Intel Core H-series processors or AMD Ryzen 6000-series chips....

A few years ago, the phrase digital wallet would also be a mystery to most of us. Digital wallets, such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay, are rapidly replacing credit cards and cash for purchases both in the real world and online. Digital wallets aren’t just about contactless payment, though. They’re also replacing driver’s licenses, boarding passes, and even library cards. Everything you used to do from the wallet in your back pocket can be done now from digital wallets....

The Oppo Find X5 Pro has a distinctive design with the camera array at the back sitting in an irregularly shaped, raised area that looks like it has been moulded out of the rest of the chassis rather than, as is more usual, inserted into a cut-out. You may remember this moulded approach from the review of last year’s Oppo Find X3 Pro. The X5 Pro is that handset’s successor, as Oppo has omitted an X4 range....

The changes imposed by the crisis meant that 68% of the companies surveyed in the the IDC Latin America IT Investment Trends 2021 study want to increase productivity by 2022, following by reducing costs (50%), retaining customers (41%) and introduce new products/services (36%). “Between 2008 and 2015, increased productivity and customer loyalty were not on the priority list of companies that were led by cost reduction, but this has changed in recent years”, said IDC Brazil’s research and consulting manager Luciano Saboia....

In fact, it seems like it’s quite a widespread problem, and the exact cause is unclear. It’s certainly not a lack of storage space. Some affected users report having tens of gigabytes free. So, if you’re affected by this ‘iPhone storage almost full’ bug, what should you do? Do nothing. Wait it out for a fix from Apple. What you shouldn’t do is start deleting stuff because: I’ve spoken to an Apple support agent contact who tells me that Apple is aware of this bug, there’s nothing that support techs can do about it, and that it’s something that Apple will need to fix as part of the iOS 15....

1Password’s developers at AgileBits Inc have delivered a new home screen for 1Password 8 that lets users customize the screen with favorites and add quick actions. Users can pin fields from items, such as bank account details, a passport number or one-time codes, to the homescreen for quick access. The mobile versions of 1Password 8 for Android, iPhone and iPad today follow the 1Password 8 release for Windows and macOS, which were both released in the past year....

Soft skills, also called people skills, enable workers to effectively and harmoniously work with others. Essential soft skills for tech jobs include teamwork, adaptability, and communication. Read on to learn what soft skills are vital to creating a successful career in tech, and which careers they matter in most. 5 people skills for tech jobs The following are among the most important soft skills for tech careers. Each skill can help you better work collaboratively, use your intellectual and creative strengths, and maintain mental discipline....

A statement by Ukranian police says cyber attackers left “provocative messages” on the main pages of government websites, which have been taken offline – but no personal data has been altered or stolen. The country’s cyber-police department is working with the State Special Communications Service and Ukraine’s security service to investigate the attacks. As of Friday morning, some of the websites have been restored, while others remain offline. SEE: A winning strategy for cybersecurity (ZDNet special report) “As a result of a massive cyber attack, the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of other government agencies are temporarily down....

Well, Doogee is back again with another rugged Android smartphone, the S96 GT, a revamped S96 Pro. Is it any good? Let’s take a look, shall we. Also: The 6 best rugged phones Doogee S96 GT tech specs Display: 6.22-inch Corning Gorilla Glass IPS Waterdrop displayResolution: 1520x720 pixelCPU: MTK Helio G95 Octa Core；2 x Cortex A76 2.1GHz + 6 x Cortex A55 2.0GHzGPU: ARM Mali-G76 Up to 900MHzRAM: 8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Rear camera array: AI Quad camera (48MP+20MP+8MP+2MP)Front camera: 32MPOS: Android 12Battery: 6350mAhCharging: 24W (15W wireless charging)SIM tray: Dual SIM + microSDSatellite navigation: GPS, Galileo, Glonass, BeidouProtection rating: IP68 / IP69K / MIL-STD-810HBiometrics: Fingerprint readerWeight: 310gDimensions: 167 x 81....

Got it? Good. Now, let’s move on. This week marks a pretty big anniversary for me. I’ve closed my Apple Watch exercise rings every day for a year now, with only two missed workouts. Otherwise, I’ve exercised for 30 minutes or more each and every day for more than 365 days. I credit the Apple Watch. I’ve had a Series 2 Apple Watch for about four years, but I upgraded last year to a Series 4 for the fall notification, ECG, and phone....

Consider the concept of margin, for example. Designers will leave a margin for error when they place circuits on a chip, to anticipate errors in manufacturing that could, for example, throw off the timing of a signal making its way around the chip. A human wants to leave as wide a margin for error as possible. A machine will be bolder. “Margin is essentially a risk calculation, and that is a sheer impossible thing to do for a human,” explains Aart de Geus, chief executive of chip-design software maker Synopsys....

Sivasubramanian lead off with a talk about machine learning being “one of the most transformative” technologies in a generation. He cited a stat that more than 100 papers in machine learning are published each day. “Machine learning is going mainstream,” said Sivasubramanian. More than 100,000 customers use AWS for machine learning, said Sivasubramanian, citing examples such as pharma giant Roche and The New York Times. Sivasubramanian offered examples of “working backward from the customer” in the development of ML....

“The decision relating to how we show customers relevant advertising relies on subjective and untested interpretations of European privacy law, and the proposed fine is entirely out of proportion with even that interpretation,” the company added. The GDPR has been in effect across the EU since 2018 and has made quick work of fining hundreds of companies for data privacy violations. “It is the targeted advertising system itself that our complaints intend to wipe out as a whole, and not a few occasional security breaches....

Of those jobs, 40,000 will be based in the United States, company CEO Andy Jassy said in a statement. The other 15,000 roles will primarily be based in India, Germany, and Japan. The hiring plans were first disclosed to Reuters, which reported the total hiring spree would be for roles in the areas of engineering, research science, and robotics. Related Coverage

Alexa.com’s primary products have always been its global traffic and ranking indexes, tracking various stats for more than 30 million websites. Tracking was accomplished via a combination of allied browser extensions and an installable Alexa script that site admins could add to their pages to support tracking. Alexa.com was a well-known tool for keeping track of a particular site’s performance long before search engine rankings became prevalent. Its modern catalogue of services includes options for viewing factors like bounce rates, duration of average visits to a given site, comparisons of the relative popularity of two or more tracked sites, and more....