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• Microsoft lays off nearly 1,000 staffers: Reports

  18-10-2022 21:18
  From reportedly committing to nearly double its budget for salary increments in May in order to retain employees, Microsoft has laid off close to nearly 1,000 employees in the US, according to reports from Axios, Business Insider, and other news organizations.A report by The Washington Post said that Microsoft employee and industry veteran Greg Chapman had confirmed the dismissal of some of the employees in his Studio Alpha team on Twitter before making the account private. Studio Alpha develop
  
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• Why America’s oldest bank launched a crypto custody service

  18-10-2022 19:45
  The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY Mellon) has gone live with an electronic platform that stores and protects cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and ether.The 238-year-old bank’s new Digital Asset Custody platform currently allows its US clients to store and transfer blockchain-based cryptocurrency with the same assurances the bank offers to protect traditional assets.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• Apple updates the iPad Pro and entry-level iPad

  18-10-2022 19:28
  As had been rumored, Apple today updated the iPad Pro, which now uses an M2 chip, and improved its entry-level iPad, which gains a landscape camera and faster processor.What’s new in iPad Pro?
  The new M2-powered iPad Pro (in space gray and silver with storage ranging from 128GB to 2TB) also boasts fast Wi-Fi 6E support, ProRes video capture, and a new Apple Pencil feature the company calls “hover." Both models use a Liquid Retina XDR display (we had expected the 12.9-in. model
  
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• Philip Morris SA Taps Standard Bank Executive As New Head Of IT To Transform Legacy Structures | TechFinan ... - Techfinancials.co.za

  18-10-2022 13:56 via news.google.com
  Philip Morris SA Taps Standard Bank Executive As New Head Of IT To Transform Legacy Structures | TechFinan ...  Techfinancials.co.za
  
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• Tableau re-engineers dashboards, adds new analytics tools for business analysts

  18-10-2022 13:30
  Tableau has announced the availability of Tableau 2022.3, a new version of the data visualization and analysis program designed to make it easier for business users to gain insights into their data via the use of capabilities including a Data Guide to help uncover business intelligence more quickly, and a new advanced analytics and predictions tool called Table Extension.Tableau has also added more dynamic dashboards to its offering, alongside capabilities that provide detailed event data and a
  
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• How to manage and customize Windows Terminal

  18-10-2022 12:00
  For both Windows 10 and 11, the Windows Terminal app offers powerful and interesting ways to run and interact with a variety of command line environments. Via a single interface, this tool offers access to multiple versions of PowerShell, the Command Prompt, Azure Cloud Shell, and a wide variety of Linux shells via the Windows Subsystem for Linux (bash, Z-shell, Korn Shell, and so forth).Working with Windows Terminal can involve nothing more than launching the command line environment of your c
  
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• 7 helpful hidden settings for your Google Pixel 7

  18-10-2022 12:00
  All right, Pixel pals: So you've given into temptation and picked up a Google Pixel 7 or Pixel 7 Pro. Maybe you upgraded from a previous Pixel, or maybe it was an entirely new path for you after years in the land o' Samsung or perhaps even (gasp!) that other smartphone operating system.However you got there, congratulations: You've now got the greatest Googley gadget on this girthy green Earth. I've been living with the Pixel 7 and its plus-sized Pixel 7 Pro sibling for a solid couple weeks now
  
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