Burnout from lack of time off takes a toll on your employees, hampers their productivity and erodes your ability to retain strong IT team members. Nobody wins. Image: pathdoc – stockadobe.com Dealing with burnout is a problem regardless of your industry, but IT seems to get hit especially hard. Developers operate under tight deadlines, racking […]
Archives for 2020
Uber forecasts first-ever quarterly profit by end of year
By Lizette Chapman Uber Technologies Inc. said it will deliver a first-ever quarterly profit by the end of the year, signaling that cost-cutting measures are exceeding even the company’s own recent expectations. The company will become profitable, on an adjusted basis, by the fourth quarter of 2020, Dara Khosrowshahi, the chief executive officer, said on […]
Breaking tradition: Why collaborative solutions trump siloed working
Technology experts are increasingly working together to solve customer problems, Here Rob Lamb, client principal and CTO Officer at Dell Technologies, explores the benefits of breaking down siloes – and moving away from traditional practices – by delving in to the telco and manufacturing industries. The digital revolution has blown traditional business mindsets out of the water […]
Onus of content not generated by users on social media platforms
The government has added a clause to the proposed IT intermediary guidelines, making social media companies responsible for all nonuser generated content — including sponsored content — published on their platforms, according to senior government officials. The change is in line with practices in the US and Europe, and will impact platforms such as Twitter, […]
Digital payments index to assess industry potential
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will issue periodic scores to assess the performance of the digital payments industry on key operating parameters such as rural penetration and innovation in existing modes and channels. Called the Digital Payments Index (DPI), the ‘composite’ scoring system will allow both consumers and stakeholders to better gauge local area […]
The iconic Motorola Razr phone is back, this time with a screen that folds in half
Motorola Razr with folding display Motorola Verizon on Thursday officially launched the Moto Razr. It’s a new twist on the popular Motorola Razr V3 that first launched in 2004 and quickly became one of the most popular flip phones of the early 2000s. The latest version has a foldable screen, similar to the one introduced […]
IoT is a gold mine for hackers using fileless malware for cyberattacks
Data exposure is one of the biggest threats from attacks on IoT devices. A new report recommends a shift to perimeter-less security strategies. In 2019, security teams made progress in the adoption of perimeter-less security while hackers increased the use of fileless malware and IoT malware. The 2020 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report highlights tactics […]
EU watchdog clashes with Britain over financial market rules
LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union’s markets watchdog asked its British counterpart on Thursday to ensure that ICE Futures Europe and the London Metal Exchange fully comply with the bloc’s market transparency rules for commodity derivatives. The clash comes less than a week after Britain left the EU, though it has undertaken to apply all […]
Engineering Tiny Machine Learning for the Edge
As developers face the challenge of making complex AI and machine learning applications work on edge-computing devices, options to support Tiny ML are emerging. Edge is all about intelligence, but those smarts must be squeezed into ever tinier form factors. Developers of artificial intelligence (AI) applications must make sure that each new machine learning (ML) […]
Dropbox Passes $1M Milestone for Bug-Bounty Payouts
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