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• For December, an exceptionally light Patch Tuesday

  15-12-2023 21:31
  Over the past year, we've seen Microsoft make radical improvements in its browser stability and significant positive changes to its Windows update communication and telemetry strategies.  And this month's Patch Tuesday release brings with it an incredibly light set of updates — maybe the fewest number of updates I have ever seen.There are no zero-days, which is a great finish to 2023, though Windows gets three critical updates and Visual Studio will require immediate attention due to
  
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• New EU rules mean every tech firm will want to impress Mother Earth

  15-12-2023 18:34
  While it will be affected, Apple might mind less than others that the European Union has agreed to new rules to regulate corporate supply chains — in part, because the company is already moving in a similar direction.That’s not to say it doesn’t have, hasn’t had, and likely will experience problems in its supply chain. But its annual supplier transparency, environmental responsibility, and other corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives do at least promise the co
  
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• Andreessen Horowitz will pay politicians to deregulate AI and crypto

  15-12-2023 13:40
  Prominent venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)’s co-founder, Ben Horowitz, has announced that the company would start lobbying in the US to ensure that the growth of new technologies, including AI and crypto, is not obstructed by regulations and policies.“If a candidate supports an optimistic technology-enabled future, we are for them. If they want to choke off important technologies, we are against them,” Ben Horowitz said in a recent blog post.While Horowitz
  
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• Why do companies do holiday layoffs?

  15-12-2023 12:00
  What do Twilio, Spotify, and Bending Spoons have in common? They're all tech companies that laid off employees right before the holidays. Simultaneously, many of those people were going into debt to pay for their holiday gifts.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• Calvert Technology Services Director Honored As County IT Executive Of The Year - Bay Net

  15-12-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Calvert Technology Services Director Honored As County IT Executive Of The Year  Bay Net
  
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