In 86 questions and answers, the IRS in Notice 2021-31 gave employers, health care plans, and insurers background and clarifications on how to provide premium assistance for COBRA health care continuation benefits to affected employees and other beneficiaries and claim a corresponding tax credit. The temporary premium assistance and credit are available under the American […]
Archives for May 2021
Get a handle on building WebAssembly microservices with this free Linux Foundation course
Designed for developers who have “a high degree of friction in cloud native application development,” the course is currently free for the next seven weeks. Getty Images/iStockphoto The Linux Foundation has announced a new online course designed to help developers learn to use WebAssembly modules “from the cloud to the edge,” and it’s currently free […]
Restaurant Revitalization Fund to stop accepting applications Monday
The Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) will officially stop accepting applications Monday, May 24, at 8 p.m. ET, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced. While the application window won’t close until Monday, it realistically remains open only to the smallest providers of on-site food and drink. The SBA revealed last week that the RRF had […]
Formula One, NFL, and NHL Work on Their Hustle with AWS
Panel of major league sports at the AWS Summit Online discussed how they use machine learning to crunch fast-paced data into digestible content. Three major sports leagues spoke at last week’s AWS Summit Online about ways they leverage machine learning for internal efficiency as well as improved connections to fans. Charlotte Carey, director of broadcasting […]
Chief Data Officers Help Steer Digital Transformations
Chief Data Officers are prioritizing data quality, ROI from data and analytics investments, and data sharing. momius via Adobe Stock The pandemic and a year of work-from-anywhere initiatives at companies made it clear that cloud computing is not only here to stay but also represents the future of IT. Digital transformation accelerated during this past […]
Diverse faculty attracts diverse students
Having diversity in the front of the classroom benefits all students, especially the students of color who may not be used to seeing people like themselves in that position, said Mark Dawkins, CPA, Ph.D., professor of accounting at the University of North Florida and the first Black CPA, Ph.D., president-elect of the American Accounting Association. […]
Ground processing with space data 5x faster with Azure
Over the past year, Microsoft has teamed with Ball Aerospace to develop the prototype for the Commercially Augmented Space Inter Networked Operations (CASINO) Program Office, facilitated by the Defense Innovation Unit, demonstrating agile cloud processing capabilities in support of the United States Space Force. The rising number of satellites proliferating in low earth orbit (LEO) […]
How nonfilers can claim advance child tax credit payments
In Rev. Proc. 2021-24, the IRS clarified how individuals who are not otherwise required to file 2020 federal income tax returns can claim advance child tax credit (CTC) payments as well as stimulus payments (i.e., third-round economic impact payments, 2020 recovery rebate credit payments, and additional 2020 recovery rebate credit payments). To process these payments, […]
It’s Time to Prepare for a Rise in Insider Threats
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Connected coffee machines bringing new business values across the supply chain
The COVID-19 pandemic kept people from going out to cafes, bars and bistros around the world, but it could not keep coffee lovers from their favorite beverage, says Kyle Okamoto, general manager of Ericsson IoT Americans drank coffee at the same rate (6 in 10 Americans drink it every day) and roughly the same amount […]