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• Ransomware attack knocks Rackspace’s Exchange servers offline

  06-12-2022 22:59
  Rackspace’s hosting for Exchange servers remained offline Tuesday after an outage Friday that the company now ascribes to a ransomware attack.
  
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• What you need to know about the UK’s Online Safety Bill

  06-12-2022 20:52
  Three years and four prime ministers after the UK government first published its Online Harms white paper—the basis for the current Online Safety Bill—the Conservative Party’s ambitious attempt at internet regulation has found its way back to Parliament after multiple amendments.If the bill becomes law, it will apply to any service or site that has users in the UK, or targets the UK as a market, even if it is not based in the country. Failure to comply with the proposed rules
  
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• Apple gives developers wider App Store price flexibility

  06-12-2022 19:01
  As we head toward the end of the year, Apple has responded to one of the more frequent requests its App Store developers make in the form of more flexibility when it comes to setting prices. Developers will also gain new flexibility to manage pricing globally and can expect additional tools, which Apple will begin rolling out today and throughout 2023.Developers gain better pricing controls
  The big change Apple made is to give developers 700 additional price points to use when setting pric
  
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• Stewart Butterfield announces he’s stepping down as Slack’s CEO

  06-12-2022 18:55
  Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield has announced he will be stepping down from the company in January. The news comes less than a week after Salesforce’s co-CEO, Bret Taylor, said he would be departing the company at the end of the fiscal quarter.Salesforce acquired Slack in 2020 for $27 billion, in a deal where Taylor played a key role.The news was first reported by Business Insider and later confirmed by Slack. In the internal message published by Insider, Butterfield said the two departures
  
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• UK set to mandate right to request flexible work from first day on the job

  06-12-2022 17:28
  The UK government is backing proposed legislation that would give workers the right to request flexible working arrangements from day one of their employment.In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw millions of workers start working from home as lockdown orders were enforced, most employees continued to have flexibility over how and when they work, with many organizations now practicing a hybrid work model.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• Instead of tech gifts, give updates and support

  06-12-2022 15:38
  Technology is typically not something I give as gifts at the holiday season.In a pinch, I will ask what a person wants, or offer them cash or a check towards a purchase — but to buy someone a tech gift outright? No. Because whatever I give might not work with what they already have.Instead, the holidays are a good time to review the health and condition of the family technology. You might be still on the hook for a present, but isn’t it the best gift of all to make sure what you hav
  
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• As reshoring brings chipmakers back to the US, Apple looks to jump on board

  06-12-2022 12:00
  Apple is expected to get about one-third of its future processors from a new semiconductor fabrication facility set to be in production in 2024, according to a report by Bloomberg.The new $12 billion fabrication plant, being built by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) in Phoenix, is among more than a half dozen projects by chip makers to re-shore the industry in America.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• As re-shoring brings chipmakers back to the US, Apple looks to jump on board

  06-12-2022 12:00
  Apple is expected to get about one-third of its future processors from a new semiconductor fabrication facility set to be in production in 2024, according to a report by Bloomberg.The new $12 billion fabrication plant, being built by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) in Phoenix, is among more than a half dozen projects by chip makers to re-shore the industry in America.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• New Sport Manawatū chief executive Kelly Shanks knows what it is like to be busy - New Zealand Herald

  06-12-2022 07:34 via news.google.com
  New Sport Manawatū chief executive Kelly Shanks knows what it is like to be busy  New Zealand Herald
  
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• New Sport Manawatū chief executive Kelly Shanks knows what it is like to be busy - Manawatu Guardian

  06-12-2022 07:34 via news.google.com
  New Sport Manawatū chief executive Kelly Shanks knows what it is like to be busy  Manawatu Guardian
  
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