1 in 3 Employees Will Quit if WFH Ends, According to New Survey
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage, many companies are still operating remotely to contain the spread of the disease. Nevertheless, as vaccination efforts continue to ramp up, some organizations are now bringing back employees to the traditional office. Last March 27, a Blind user conducted a pop-up poll asking people if they would quit […]
Google Rolls Out Chrome For iOS Update
After going without updates for the past four months, a new version of Chrome for iPhone and iPad is now coming out. While Google began releasing new app updates on iOS back in February, Google has been a little behind and skipped version 88 January and March 89. Also, while the most recent update remains […]
Kansas Water Utility Hacking Leads to Federal Indictment
A federal grand jury is reported to be indicting 22-year-old Wyatt Travnichek for allegedly tampering with a public water system and negligently damaging a protected computer during unauthorized access. Travnichek reportedly worked in the Water District, which serves more than 1,500 retail and 10 wholesale customers in eight Kansas counties, from January 2018 to January […]
Best Buy Tackles Amazon Prime with Best Buy Beta
Best Buy is launching a new membership program called Best Buy Beta. Similar to Walmart + and Amazon Prime, Best Buy Beta focuses on its own business strengths and free shipping. For $200 per year or $180 for Best Buy credit card holders, Beta members will receive unlimited Geek Squad technical support, two-year extended coverage […]
Twitter Fails to Acquire Clubhouse with Reputed 4 Billion Offer
Twitter held talks with Clubhouse about a possible $4 billion takeover of the live audio networking platform, but talks on the deal eventually collapsed. The issues discussed during the failed takeover talks have largely remained private, though $4 billion for the social network appears to be an exorbitant price to pay for the audio app, […]
Twitch Will Ban Users for Offline Misconduct
Twitch, a live-streaming platform for gamers and other lifestyle producers that helps build communities around a shared and streamable interest, will begin taking disciplinary action for misconduct that takes place either offline or even on other platforms. The company can ban people for misconduct off-duty under its expanded harassment and conduct policies. These acts include […]
Massive Growth In US IT Jobs Despite Losses During Pandemic
During the low point of the COVID 19 pandemic in 2020, more than 100,000 IT jobs were lost, and while two-thirds of these jobs returned during the year, 2020 ended with 33,200 fewer IT jobs in the US than in 2019. Despite the large loss in the IT sector in 2020, almost all IT jobs […]
Okta Adds Privileged Access And Identity Governance
Identity and access management company, Okta recently announced plans to expand its platform to two key areas: privileged access and identity management. The company is known for its identity access management product, which allows companies the ability to sign on to multiple cloud products with a single sign-on. While the first area, privileged access, gives […]
T-Mobile Announces New 5G Home Internet Service
T-Mobile, the second-largest wireless carrier in the United States, announced plans to launch its home Internet service product for consumers. At its Un-carrier Next event on Wednesday, T-Mobile unveiled detailed plans to acquire Comcast, Charter, rural broadband providers as well as AT & T and Verizon in the home broadband sector. According to T-Mobile, the […]
What Was the Real Cause of Facebook’s Data Leak?
A very large trove of Facebook data has circulated publicly, revealing information from roughly 533 million Facebook users which include profile names, Facebook ID numbers, email addresses, and phone numbers. Facebook, explaining in its Tuesday blog, said that the data hack was made possible after an attacker exploited a flaw in a Facebook address book […]
