Monthly Archives: July 2022

Why a credit card with an intro APR offer can be a great choice for buying an engagement ring

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The US military just awarded a $10 million contract for what could be special operators’ latest gadget: jet boots

A US Army Special Forces combat diver off the coast of Washington, August 14, 2014. US Army US special operators are investing in tech to give it an advantage against highly capable adversaries. US Special Operations Command recently awarded a $10 million contract for jet boots to give its divers that edge. With the US…

Republicans spread the conspiracy theory that Trump supporter Ray Epps was an undercover FBI agent who incited the Capitol riot. Epps says it ruined his life.

In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo rioters supporting President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington. John Minchillo/AP Ray Epps traveled to Washington D.C. to support President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021. He was later pegged to a conspiracy theory alleging the feds incited the Capitol riot. He told The New York Times…

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope imaged Jupiter’s rings and moons, in white-hot infrared

Jupiter and its moon Europa (left), are seen through the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument. NASA, ESA, CSA, and B. Holler and J. Stansberry (STScI) NASA released new images of Jupiter from its groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope Thursday. The infrared images are so clear that you can see Jupiter’s thin rings and some…

Apple Executives Discuss MacBook Air Redesign and Reflect on 12-Inch MacBook

Apple’s industrial design chief Evans Hankey and VP of hardware engineering Kate Bergeron recently spoke about the redesigned MacBook Air, the former 12-inch MacBook, and more in an interview with British GQ, spotted by 9to5Mac. Hankey has fully led Apple’s hardware design since Apple’s former design chief Jony Ive departed the company in 2019. Ive…

Podcast: Drs. Gary & Ruth Namie and the history of the Workplace Bullying Institute

Earlier this week, I had the privilege of interviewing Drs. Ruth and Gary Namie of the Workplace Bullying Institute about the history of their pioneering work to address workplace bullying, the latest addition to Gary’s Workplace Bullying Podcast series. The interview — a conversation, really — runs about 90 minutes. You can access it here…

Estimating impact of data breaches on brands across industries and defining a future-ready strategy

Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Vishal Salvi, CISO and head of cybersecurity at Infosys, and Ameya Kapnadak, chief growth officer and head of consulting at Interbrand, discuss with Bill Mew, digital ethics campaigner and CEO of CrisisTeam.co.uk, the steps that brands must take to safeguard themselves…

Low-code no-code applications will herald a revolution in app creativity and usability

Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Watch Himanshu Arora, global business head, low code/no code, automation, and integration practice at Infosys, speak with Avrohom Gottheil, founder of AsktheCEO Media, about how low code/no code is set to change the innovation agenda for most organizations. Click here to…

Cryptocurrency flowing into “mixers” hits an all-time high. Wanna guess why?

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The amount of cryptocurrency flowing into privacy-enhancing mixer services has reached an all-time high this year as funds from wallets belonging to government-sanctioned groups and criminal activity almost doubled, researchers reported on Thursday. Mixers, also known as tumblers, obfuscate cryptocurrency transactions by creating a disconnect between the funds a user deposits…