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• Chrome, Edge kick off faster release cadence; enterprises can skip versions

  28-09-2021 19:29
  
  Google's Chrome and Microsoft's Edge began their every-four-weeks release cadence with the launch last week of version 94 of each browser.Google released Chrome 94 on Sept. 21, while Microsoft issued Edge 94 three days later, on Sept. 24.From those dates, Chrome and Edge will upgrade every four weeks. Chrome 95 and Edge 95, for example, will debut Oct. 19 and Oct. 21, respectively. There will be exceptions to that pace for holidays, however. For instance, Chrome 96, the final version of 2021, w
  
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• Apple, 1Password, and Cloudflare all move to protect email

  28-09-2021 17:25
  
  Apple’s new Hide My Email feature, designed to protect users against phishing attacks and unwanted marketing spam, has swiftly become but one of a variety of options now available.The river becomes a flood
  For a very long time, the daily ritual of checking email accounts has been one in which many of us must first delete the majority of messages received because our addresses have been sold all over the place. Spam filters help, but in my experience plenty gets through — and you can
  
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• It's time to enact reforms to curb executive branch abuses | TheHill - The Hill

  28-09-2021 16:30
  
  It's time to enact reforms to curb executive branch abuses | TheHill  The Hill
  
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• Bad boss! Get your nose out of employees' business

  28-09-2021 13:00
  
  Do you know what I hate? I hate someone always watching me when I'm at work. I'm betting you do, too. In fact, I know of no one who likes having a boss spying on their work.So, why in the world would you think this is a good idea? (Apparently, many of you do. As The Guardian recently reported, in April 2020 Google queries for “remote monitoring” were up 212% year on year; by April 2021, that had surged by another 243%.)To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• On app tracking, both Android and iOS have to do better

  28-09-2021 12:00
  
  Mobile app use continues to climb in enterprises worldwide, and it won’t be long before almost all employee/contractor communications take place over mobile devices. That’s why it’s such a threat to security and compliance that mobile apps have extensive access to everything on a device — and few limitations on what those apps can share.Apple argues that it’s already doing something about this in iOS with its app tracking transparency push. But a report in The
  
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• It’s time to enact reforms to curb executive branch abuses - The Hill

  28-09-2021 09:00
  
  It’s time to enact reforms to curb executive branch abuses  The Hill
  
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