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• Microsoft finally ends Windows 7 and 8.x support

  12-01-2023 22:34
  This week signals the end of the line for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 support. After years of extended security updates, no more bugs or security holes will be patched in the venerable operating systems.Windows 7 had a good run. When it launched in 2009, it helped Microsoft bounce back from the disastrous Windows Vista era. Windows 8, by contrast, was almost as big of a disaster as Vista but for a different reason. Whereas Vista was bloated and slow, Windows 8 was simply marred by a very bad in
  
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• Is It Worth It to Upgrade to a Costco Executive Membership? We Do ... - CNET

  12-01-2023 21:15
  Is It Worth It to Upgrade to a Costco Executive Membership? We Do ...  CNET
  
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• Database error, not cyberattack, led to air travel stoppage, FAA says

  12-01-2023 20:32
  The FAA said Wednesday evening that a “damaged database file” was the root cause of a systemwide failure in its NOTAM safety information database, which grounded flights across the US for several hours that morning. There was “no evidence of a cyberattack,” according to the agency.The ground stop was issued early Wednesday morning, shortly after the NOTAM — or Notice to Air Missions — system crashed, halting departures nationwide even as the airways recover f
  
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• Amazon to face off with workers, government on staff reduction in India

  12-01-2023 20:16
  As Amazon looks to shed staff around the world, it is heading for a showdown with worker and government representatives over its hotly contested Voluntary Separation Program (VSP) in India.Workers say that the program has not been truly voluntary, but rather a way of enacting layoffs without going through legally sanctioned procedures. On its part, Amazon has said that none of the workers who have left the company in the last few months have been laid off, but rather have participated voluntari
  
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• Is that an iPad in your fire truck or am I seeing things?

  12-01-2023 19:48
  In one frequently mocked Apple iPad ad, a small child asked, “What’s a computer?” Critics continue to claim the tablet isn’t a real computer, and while that may be true sometimes, that's not always the case.Just ask the fire service.Your iPad does emergency calls
  An article from Fire Apparatus Magazine offers insights into how iPads are evolving to fill the spaces mobile teams rely on.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• PC sales fell hard in 2022

  12-01-2023 17:45
  PC sales dropped by more than 25% year-over-year in the last quarter of 2022, as did the prices for the hardware that did sell, according to several reports from industry research groups.Every major PC vendor saw the heavy declines in PC sales, with Dell Technologies hardest hit in the fourth quarter; it experienced as much as a 37% drop in sales. Apple was the least affected, with as little as a 2.1% decline. (The figures vary somewhat depending on reports from IDC, Gartner and Canalys.)The sa
  
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• Microsoft launches new 365 Basic tier, overhauls its Office app

  12-01-2023 15:36
  Microsoft has announced it will be introducing a new, low-cost subscription tier to its Microsoft 365 product bundle.Called Microsoft 365 Basic, the new tier will be priced at $1.99 per month, or $19.99 per year, and will be globally available on January 30. Initially, users will have access to 100GB of cloud storage, an ad-free Outlook web and mobile experience, with enhanced security features like ransomware recovery and password-protected sharing links in OneDrive being rolled out in the com
  
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• Doug Blush ('The Elephant Whisperers' executive producer): 'It's a ... - news.com.au

  12-01-2023 15:01
  Doug Blush ('The Elephant Whisperers' executive producer): 'It's a ...  news.com.au
  
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• Alphabet-owned Verily cuts 15% workforce to simplify operating model

  12-01-2023 13:50
  Alphabet-owned life sciences firm Verily is downsizing 15% of its workforce to simplify its operating model, according to a company blog post. The move comes just months after the company raised $1 billion.The blog post, which contains the email sent by Chief Executive Stephen Gillert to all its employees, notes that the downsizing is part of the company’s One Verily program, which aims to reduce redundancy and simplify operational aspects within the company.To read this article in full,
  
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• Your next job recruiter might be an AI bot

  12-01-2023 12:00
  Amid a recent spate of high-profile layoffs and a recognition many companies rushed to hire to fill pandemic-driven business needs, organizations are now refocusing on quality of hiring — and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to aid in those efforts.From 35% to 45% of companies are expected to use AI-based talent acquisition software and services to help select and interview job prospects in the coming year, according to two recent studies.Nearly three in four organizations boosted
  
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• Companies are inventing silly executive, CEO titles but it's a trick - Business Insider

  12-01-2023 09:03
  Companies are inventing silly executive, CEO titles but it's a trick  Business Insider
  
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• Is It Worth It to Upgrade to a Costco Executive Membership? We Do the Math - CNET

  12-01-2023 09:00
  Is It Worth It to Upgrade to a Costco Executive Membership? We Do the Math  CNET
  
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• Red Diamond Executive hires headhunter from Australia as it targets ... - Huddersfield Hub

  12-01-2023 01:38
  Red Diamond Executive hires headhunter from Australia as it targets ...  Huddersfield Hub
  
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