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It's a tentative time for the tech industry. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, tech sector employment fell by 11,184 positions in February. Overall, this can be viewed as a modest reduction of 0.2% of the total tech industry workforce, which numbers more than 5.5 million. Unemployment is creeping upwards, rising from 1.5% in January to 2.2% in February. While we're not facing a critical situation, there are signs that things are slowly but surely starting to take a downturn. However, we know that during times of uncertainty or even recession, not all tech jobs are affected equally. In fact, many tech roles are predicted to grow over the next decade, including fields such as data science (36%), information security (35%), and web development (30%). With this in mind, it helps to stay on top of the latest industry trends and needs. By continuously upskilling and growing your skillset, you can safeguard your career long into the future. Discover 2023's most in-demand … [Read more...] about These are the three most in-demand tech skills this year

Siemens has launched an investigation after Der Spiegel reported a former programmer from Russian IT company NTC Vulkan - which has reported links to Russian security services - worked for the German engineering and tech company. The German news magazine said the worker was now employed by Siemens in Munich . "We take this seriously and we are looking into this. We cannot reveal any information about the identity of the person due to data protection laws," Siemens said on Friday. Der Spiegel reported on Friday that more than 90 former staff from NTC Vulkan worked for a several other European companies. The magazine said NTC Vulkan maintains close ties to all three major Russian intelligence services: FSB, GRU and SWR . Its so-called "Vulkan Files" said the company builds cyber programmes for the security services aimed at attacking critical infrastructure facilities. NTC Vulkan did not respond to requests for comment. An ex-chief … [Read more...] about siemens: Siemens investigating report employee worked for Russian hacking firm

If you’ve ever wondered what an Android-powered iPhone might look like, you need to take Samsung’s newly updated Try Galaxy web app for a spin. Accessible via the Safari web browser (opens in new tab) , Try Galaxy is designed to allow users of non-Galaxy smartphones to test drive new features from One UI 5.1 and the recently launched Galaxy S23 series. The web app – which can be saved to your iPhone home screen as if it were a conventional App Store app – actually went live at the end of last year, but Samsung recently updated the experience to include demos of Galaxy S23 and One UI 5.1-specific features like Nightography, Photo Remaster and customizable home screens. These new features join existing tutorials of Samsung Health, Samsung Kids, Smart Switch, Messages, object erasing and more. Suffice to say, seeing the interface used by some of the best Samsung phones play out on one of the best iPhones is a bizarre experience. I played around with Try Galaxy … [Read more...] about This Samsung app turns your iPhone into a Galaxy S23 – and it feels bizarre

By feeding ChatGPT text into Bing AI, you can have Bing check ChatGPT's statements against real sources that you can review yourself. ChatGPT and Bing AI chat are both incredibly powerful tools. At the same time, they have some maddening limitations, but when you put them together, you can address the issue of ChatGPT falsehoods and Bing AI limits. ChatGPT and Bing AI: A Match Made in Heaven Assuming the ChatGPT service is available, or you’re a paying ChatGPT Plus customer , there are few limits to what you can ask ChatGPT to do . It can help you with almost any type of task or work, and the sky’s the limit, it would seem. However, ChatGPT will often make up facts, and its training data only spans to September 2021. So it doesn’t know anything that’s happened in the intervening years, at least not until the training data is updated. While it’s easy to get ChatGPT to include formatted citations in the text it generates, if you’ve actually tried this, you’ll find … [Read more...] about How to Fact-Check ChatGPT With Bing AI Chat

Apple CEO Tim Cook used his first public remarks on his visit to China to praise the country for its rapid innovation and its long ties with the US iPhone maker, according to local media reports. Apple CEO Tim Cook on Saturday used his first public remarks in China in recent years to praise the country for its rapid innovation and its long ties with the US iPhone maker, according to local media reports. Cook is in Beijing to attend the China Development Forum, a government-organised event being held again in full force after the country ended its COVID controls late last year. Besides Cook, the event is being attended by senior government officials as well as CEOs of firms such as Pfizer and BHP . "Innovation is developing rapidly in China and I believe it will further accelerate," Cook was quoted by The Paper news outlet as saying. His visit comes at a time of rising tensions between Beijing and Washington and as Apple has been looking … [Read more...] about apple: Apple CEO praises China’s innovation, long history of cooperation on Beijing visit

Google introduced ‘Google Reviews and Development’ (GRAD), a new rating system that will help managers avoid paying low-performing employees bonuses and stock grants. Now Facebook owner Meta is also bringing a rating system according to which the bonus payouts will be awarded. Citing an internal memo, Wall Street Journal reported that Meta is planning to lower bonus pays for some employees and assess staff performance more frequently. The report also mentioned that employees who get a rating of "met most expectations" in their 2023 year-end reviews, will receive a smaller percentage of bonuses and restricted stock award due in March 2024. Read Also Meta launches subscription service in US Changes in grading The WSJ report mentioned that the bonus multiplier for the grade has been cut to 65% from 85% earlier and Meta will restart assessing staff performance twice a year. "We are making changes to our performance process, taking into account … [Read more...] about meta: Facebook parent Meta is bringing Google-like review system for bonus payouts: Report

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has increased its spending on research and development (R&D), and hired additional staff, in an attempt to stabilize its business during a very turbulent 2022. During the company’s earnings briefing in Shenzhen, earlier this week, the company’s rotating chairs, Meng Wanzhou, and Eric Xu, said the company’s goal for 2022 was “sustainable survival and development” as it sought to expand and “optimize” its business portfolio. Huawei’s portfolio now includes ICT infrastructure, smart devices, cloud, digital power and intelligent automotive services. "Solid" finances When it comes to finances, however, Wanzhou said the business is “solid, with strong resilience and flexibility”. That being said, Wanzhou announced R&D investment rising 13.2% year-on-year, hitting a record high of $23.5 billion in 2022. That’s 25.1% of total revenue (compared to 22.4% a year before), she added. The company also brought in additional staff to its … [Read more...] about Huawei ramps up R&D spending in mobile push

This equation could spell your doom: (bN)(S/N)Z = bSZ. That is, if you ever found yourself in the midst of a zombie pandemic. That's because the calculation describes the rate of zombie transmission, from one walking dead individual to many, according to its creators, Robert J. Smith?, a mathematics professor at the University of Ottawa who spells his name with a "?" at the end, and his students. Smith's work has inspired other researchers to create zombie mathematical models, which will be published with Smith's work in the upcoming book, "Mathematical Modeling of Zombies" (University of Ottawa Press, 2014). Though of course done tongue-in-cheek, Smith's study demonstrates why zombies are the viruses of the monster world. Their likeness to viruses makes the creatures ideal subjects for theoretical epidemiological analyses, which can be used to capture the public's imagination as well as explore scientific principles, Smith said. [ Zombie Facts: Real and Imagined (Infographic) … [Read more...] about Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse: Just Do the Math

It's a good time to be a fan of the spy genre. Superhero, sci-fi, and high fantasy shows have dominated the television scene for a while now. And, even though some espionage-based TV series have made their way onto our screens during that time, fans of the genre have been feasting off morsels rather than full-blown meals. The arrival of three potentially big spy shows in the first half of 2023, though, is set to change that. Netflix , Prime Video , and HBO Max have come out swinging – or, in the latter pair's case, will eventually come out swinging – in the battle to secure the 'best spy show' of 2023. Fans of spycraft and thriller TV shows, then, will have plenty to enjoy, and debate about which series is best, over the next couple of months. So, what are these so-called top-tier shows that spy fans will want to, well, keep an eye on? First up is The Night Agent . Unless you've been locked in a dark room for the past week, you'll know that The Night Agent … [Read more...] about With Citadel and White House Plumbers, the race for 2023’s best spy show is on

Microsoft has patched a high-severity vulnerability in its Bing search engine, which allowed potential threat actors to not only alter search results, but also access people’s Office 365 data (opens in new tab) . Cybersecurity researchers from Wiz discovered the flaw in January 2023, identifying it as a misconfiguration in the Azure Active Directory (AAD) identity and access management service in Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. Asides from changing search engine results, the flaw could allow access to other people’s Office 365 data, such as Outlook emails , calendars, Teams messages, OneDrive files, and more. A common occurrence Some applications on Azure can use multi-tenant permission, and thus be accessible by any Azure user. That means developers need to set up a way to validate users and keep tabs on who gets to access what. According to The Verge, this is where many get it wrong, as misconfigurations in this respect are “a common occurrence.” Wiz says … [Read more...] about This mega Microsoft security flaw could let hackers change Bing results, access Outlook emails