Microsoft’s Windows 11: How to get it now (or later)

As the clock turns to 12:01 a.m. in Australia and New Zealand, Microsoft's October 5 rollout of Windows 11 to mainstream users is commencing. Here's…

Facebook goes down, along with Instagram and WhatsApp

October 4th got off to a bad start for Facebook. The world's most popular social network went down at about 11:44 EDT. It wasn't just Facebook though.…

iOS 15.0.1: Bugfixes galore | ZDNet

Apple was in such a rush to get iOS 15 out based on its self-imposed timeline that it tripped over its shoelaces and fell flat onto its face in front…

Open source: Google is going to pay developers to make projects more secure

Google is backing a new project from the Linux Foundation to the tune of $1 million that aims to bolster the security of critical open-source projects. …

How Uber manages anomalies in its machine learning models, IT News, ET CIO

Uber said it would contribute 3% of a driver's earnings into a pension plan, while drivers can choose to contribute a minimum of 5% of their qualifying earnings.AI models are as good as the data they are fed with. But what if the data that’s…

Weird but useful iOS 15 trick that allows you to download multiple images from your browser (and much more)

Several readers sent me a link to a tweet by TopTechGeek showing a really weird, really odd, but actually quite useful iOS 15 trick.The trick allows…

Internet safety guide for college students

Corporations invest billions into protecting private data. Globally, the cybersecurity services market brought in $173 billion in 2020. However, cybersecurity…

Hunker down: The chip shortage and higher prices are set to linger for a while

With recent murmurings of chip shortages easing through to 2022, one could be forgiven for imagining some sort of promised land where prices return…