As I walked the halls of the massive Boston Convention Center this week for AWS re:Inforce, the division’s annual security event, I spoke to a number of vendors, and one theme was clear: Cloud security really is a shared responsibility. That idea has been around for some time, but it particularly hit home this week […]
Daily Archives: July 30, 2022
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During a 10-day spree in March 2013, Joanna Dennehy killed two of her roommates and her landlord before attempting to butcher two more men she randomly encountered walking their dogs. West Mercia PoliceIn March 2013, 30-year-old Joanna Dennehy went on a 10-day killing spree in Peterborough, England. Joanna Dennehy killed because she liked how it […]
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Human rights groups say Facebook approved English and Swahili ads instigating ethnic violence in Kenya, after claiming to foster "safe and secure" elections (Dell Cameron/Gizmodo)
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Dell Cameron / Gizmodo: Human rights groups say Facebook approved English and Swahili ads instigating ethnic violence in Kenya, after claiming to foster “safe and secure” elections — Kenya’s national cohesion watchdog has threatened to suspend the social network from the country in a week if it doesn’t mitigate hate speech.
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Amazon Prime Day is back, baby! OK, maybe not technically speaking, but so many Amazon devices are currently discounted at Best Buy and other retailers that it’s giving us a major sense of deja vu. Right now, for example, you can buy Amazon’s excellent Smart Thermostat at Best Buy and Target for just $41.99 ($18 […]
Image: Adult Swim Every new season of Adult Swim’s Rick & Morty is a big deal, and the same holds true for the upcoming sixth season. The sci-fi animated comedy’s future has been set in stone for years—having a multi-season renewal offers some degree of safety—but there’s still a degree of unpredictability from the show […]
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Salesforce, whose logo appeared on Helium’s website, also says it is not a Helium partner; Helium has removed both Lime and Salesforce logos from its website (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)
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4 Shopify sales analytics reports to grow your online store — There are many benefits to selling on Shopify—a full-fledged website builder, easy set up, a customized online store, and an extensive marketplace to cater to any Shopify store needs.
Photo: T. Schneider (Shutterstock) Babel Finance, the Hong Kong-based crypto lender, apparently had other designs when its worldwide user base handed over their crypto to the company than just borrowing and lending. It seems to have been doing what everyone else does with crypto, rapidly speculating and trying to make “line go up.” Of course, […]
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I spent a week with the Lenovo Smart Clock Essential with Alexa on my bedside table, and I’m still unsure why this product exists. A digital alarm clock you can control with your voice, the $69.99 Essential is a smart speaker combined with a traditional LED alarm clock. But it’s not a particularly “smart” smart […]
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Unlike Apple CarPlay, Android Auto locks the Google Map app on your connected phone while using navigation inside your car. So to set a destination address, you must mandatorily use your car’s infotainment system instead of easily setting it through your phone. If you’re annoyed at it, we have a few effective workarounds to fix […]
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Figuring out the right text prompts to yield the best results with AI systems like OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 has become a science in its own right. Now a startup is looking to let “prompt engineers” cash in with an online marketplace that sells these finely tuned phrases. PromptBase, launched in June, allows users to sell […]