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• Biden: Get federal workers back in the office

  07-08-2023 20:02
  
  US President Joe Biden is telling his Cabinet members to get federal employees back into the office beginning this fall, according to a White House email obtained last week by Axios."We are returning to in-person work because it is critical to the well-being of our teams and will enable us to deliver better results for the American people," Biden wrote in an email.The email from White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients said that with the end of the COVID-19 health emergency and with fal
  
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• Has Microsoft cut security corners once too often?

  07-08-2023 19:00
  
  As Microsoft revealed tidbits of its post-mortem investigation into a Chinese attack against US government agencies via Microsoft, two details stand out: the company violated its own policy and did not store security keys within a Hardware Security Module (HSM) — and the keys were successfully used by attackers even though they had expired years earlier. This is simply the latest example of Microsoft quietly cutting corners on cybersecurity and then only telling anyone when it gets c
  
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• Is Apple now the world’s biggest fintech disruptor?

  07-08-2023 18:50
  
  Since the introduction of Apple Pay in 2014, Apple has expanded its range of financial products. The services it offers now extend beyond payments, and include both long and short term (BNPL) credit, savings, identification, credit rebates, and tools for merchants to take card payments.For a service that doesn't get a lot of attention, Apple Pay is a strategically important element to the company’s future plans. That’s clear.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• BrandPost: How to turn a necessity into a business advantage

  07-08-2023 18:40
  
  Expenditure for cyber security continues to rank very high in IT budgets. This year’s expenditure is expected to rise by 11% to around 188 billion dollars. While CISOs are purchasing more and more technology, the return on this – i.e., a satisfactory business advantage – remains unclear and elusive. As a result, top management is increasingly demanding an alignment of cyber security costs with business benefits – “outcome-based security” is the keyword that h
  
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• Zoom requires employees to get back to the office

  07-08-2023 16:51
  
  Zoom, the company whose videoconferencing tool allowed millions of employees to work from home during the global COVID pandemic, is mandating that its workers return to the office.“We believe that a structured hybrid approach – meaning a set number of days employees that live near an office need to be onsite– is most effective for Zoom,” the company said in a statement, adding that Zoom will “continue to leverage the entire Zoom platform to keep our employees and d
  
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• BodyShop Business Executive of the Year: It's Not Too Late to ... - BodyShop Business

  07-08-2023 15:11
  
  BodyShop Business Executive of the Year: It's Not Too Late to ...  BodyShop Business
  
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• Kamal Goel returns to Anand Rathi Group as Executive VP of IT - TechCircle

  07-08-2023 12:04
  
  Kamal Goel returns to Anand Rathi Group as Executive VP of IT  TechCircle
  
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• Gamers: Corporate America wants you

  07-08-2023 12:00
  
  Lazy slackers, nerds, basement dwellers.Gamer stereotypes have been around nearly as long as the games they play. But the soft skills developed playing Call of Duty, Fortnite, NBA 2K and other games are now making experienced players desirable to headhunters and job recruiters.With the overall US unemployment rate hovering around 3.5%, and the unemployment rate in the tech industry at 2.3%, employers are struggling to fill tech jobs. So they've begun looking outside traditional venues for
  
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• 'It is traumatic': Former Eskom executive contacted by hitman hired to ... - Radio 702

  07-08-2023 11:04
  
  'It is traumatic': Former Eskom executive contacted by hitman hired to ...  Radio 702
  
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• 'It is traumatic': Former Eskom executive contacted by hitman hired to ... - CapeTalk 567

  07-08-2023 11:04
  
  'It is traumatic': Former Eskom executive contacted by hitman hired to ...  CapeTalk 567
  
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• What is generative AI? Artificial intelligence that creates

  07-08-2023 09:00
  
  Generative AI models can carry on conversations, answer questions, write stories, produce source code, and create images and videos of almost any description. Here's how generative AI works, how it's being used, and why it’s more limited than you might think.
  
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• The NIH ices a research project. Is it self-censorship? - GovExec.com

  07-08-2023 09:00
  
  The NIH ices a research project. Is it self-censorship?  GovExec.com
  
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