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• Could the EU’s USB-C edict push Apple to cut the cord altogether?

  09-06-2022 23:09
  
  The European Union (EU) mandate that makers of most mobile devices use USB-C by fall 2024 has turned up the heat on speculation Apple might just go all wireless in future models of its iPhone and AirPods.While the directive from an EU Parliament committee applies to all manufacturers of mobile electronics, the unprecedented requirement is expected to directly affect Apple, whose products — including the popular iPhone — use the company's proprietary Lightning connector pro
  
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• WWDC 2022 wrap-up

  09-06-2022 20:49
  
  On today's episode, it's a WWDC wrap-up party! We'll talk all about the new iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS updates and which features you'll be most excited to try. And of course we'll have a lot of thoughts about the new M2 processor and MacBook Air.
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• Salesforce announces NFT Cloud platform amid crypto concerns

  09-06-2022 20:17
  
  Salesforce announced Wednesday that it has rolled out a closed pilot program for a new service called NFT Cloud, allowing users to mint and manage NFTs for brand engagement and marketing purposes, even as the wider crypto market continues to spiral.NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are best understood as a method of fingerprinting a particular piece of art, code or almost anything else stored digitally, using the same fundamental blockchain technology as cryptocurrency to create a unique copy of th
  
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• Bitrise announces virtualized Apple Silicon M1 CI/CD dev environment

  09-06-2022 15:23
  
  For developers working on enterprise applications who need to develop for both Intel and Apple Silicon platforms, Bitrise now has a cloud-based option offering the world’s first virtualized M1 CI/CD environment.Easing the transition to Apple Silicon
  “The M1 chip provides many benefits, but to take advantage of them today, developers need to be able to seamlessly switch between Apple Silicon and Intel-based build options,” Bitrise CEO Barnabas Birmacher said.The company, w
  
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• The productivity advantages of Microsoft Azure: vertical focus

  09-06-2022 14:08
  
  Disclosure: Microsoft is a client of the author.This week Microsoft offered up a presentation on its “Microsoft Cloud For Sustainability” effort, which should benefit companies trying to wrap their arms around efforts to reverse climate change and pollution. Companies are looking to do more in this area because customers increasingly favor vendors with a strong focus on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) values. The environmental part is currently getting the most focus bec
  
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• Why Elon Musk's back-to-office mandate will backfire

  09-06-2022 13:30
  
  Last week, Elon Musk said in a leaked email to Tesla executives that Tesla workers need to stop working from home and spend at least 40 hours per week in the office. "If you don't show up, we will assume you have resigned," Musk wrote. When challenged on Twitter about the email, he replied: "They should pretend to work somewhere else."The decree felt shockingly out of touch with what we've learned over the last two years about remote work and the employees who now insist upon it. To read this a
  
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• Microsoft commits to ban non-competes and increase pay transparency in the US

  09-06-2022 13:21
  
  Microsoft has launched four new employee workforce initiatives aimed at creating a more transparent workplace culture, including the banning of non-compete clauses in contracts and a commitment to improved pay transparency.The four commitments have been categorized by Microsoft as:
  Empowering employee mobility
  Fostering a safe space for concerns
  Increasing pay transparency
  Conducting a civil rights auditThe new policies aim to address concerns raised by employees that current non-compete obliga
  
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• How AI can give companies a DEI boost

  09-06-2022 12:00
  
  As artificial intelligence (AI) makes inroads into the enterprise, the adopters who’ve seen the most success are taking a holistic approach to AI, according to PwC’s 2022 AI Business Survey. Comprising 36% of survey respondents, these “AI leaders,” as PwC calls them, are using AI to target business transformation, enhanced decision-making, and systems modernization simultaneously rather than addressing one area at a time.These and other organizations are also beginning t
  
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• Europe gives Apple a smack in the chops on USB-C power standardization

  09-06-2022 12:00
  
  One of the many ways Apple makes its billions is by only offering proprietary software and hardware. This is not just the obvious products such as macOS or iPhones. Everything that Apple can slap a claim on — such as the shape of a tablet — so it can charge you more, it will. So it is that an official Apple 1-meter USB-C to Lightning cable will run you $19, while the best USB-C cable that PC World found in a recent round-up cost $13.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• "I'm very nervous about it" - AEW executive gets honest about CM Punk undergoing major surgery - Sportskeeda

  09-06-2022 00:36 via sportskeeda.com
  
  "I'm very nervous about it" - AEW executive gets honest about CM Punk undergoing major surgery  Sportskeeda
  
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