Nortonlifelock And Avast Plc To Merge In 8 4 Billion Transaction

That value is roughly equivalent to the value in U.S. dollars of Avast’s enterprise value, which takes into account its cash and debt, of £6.5 billion, based on the closing price of Avast stock tuesday of £5.68 on the London Stock Exchange. NortonLifeLock shares rose 2.5% in late trading. The two companies said in the joint press release that their respective boards of directors see an opportunity to “create a new, industry-leading consumer Cyber Safety business, leveraging the established brands, technology and innovation of both groups to deliver substantial benefits to consumers, shareholders, and other stakeholders....

March 25, 2023 · 3 min · 520 words · Pamela Williams

Okta Reports Solid Q4 Results But Growing Expenses As It Scales Up

Okta’s Q4 non-GAAP net loss was $29 million, compared to non-GAAP net income of $8 million a year prior. Non-GAAP basic and diluted net loss per share was 18 cents. Total revenue was $383 million, an increase of 63% year-over-year. Analysts were expecting a net loss of 24 cents per share on revenue of $359.36 million. For the full fiscal 2022, total revenue was $1.3 billion, an increase of 56% year-over-year....

March 25, 2023 · 3 min · 458 words · Elias Smith

Operation Ironside Has Confiscated Au 31 Million Of Assets So Far

The update was provided as part of an AFP announcement that it made its first multi-million cash forfeiture as part of the sting operation, confiscating AU$6 million of cash from a Western Australian man. The man, who was a member of a criminal syndicate, has pleaded guilty to various criminal offences and will face five years of imprisonment. The AU$6 million in cash will be redistributed from the confiscated assets account by Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews to support crime prevention, law enforcement, and related community initiatives, the AFP said....

March 25, 2023 · 2 min · 367 words · Donna Masse

Peloton Service Returns After Widespread Outage

Also: The best peloton alternatives for your home gym The problem stopped users from accessing their logins, live classes, on-demand classes, and leaderboards. Peloton users also could not activate their services on Peloton bikes or treadmills. Peloton said the issue began around 10:45 am ET and was resolved by about 2 pm ET, and it took place amid other unexplained outages on Tuesday. Slack also experienced widespread outages, and reports surfaced of problems on other platforms like GitHub....

March 25, 2023 · 1 min · 164 words · Frederick Cate

People Management Four Ways To Create An Organisation That Your Team Loves

Give your staff a sense of autonomy Tarah Lourens, chief product and technology officer at Rightmove, says the key to creating an organisation employees love is ensuring that the right building blocks are in place for success. First and foremost, that means giving people the autonomy to do their roles effectively, while also having the influence to go beyond their day-to-day tasks. “The team are empowered and enabled to do what they feel....

March 25, 2023 · 6 min · 1100 words · Pamela Payne

Pioneering Robotics Firm Fetches A Pile Of Cash

Zebra was previously an investor in Fetch and already owned 5% of the robotics firm. Founded in 2014 by Melonee Wise, a robotics pioneer and alumnus of famed robotics research lab Willow Garage, Fetch has helped pioneer a new category of industrial automation that can be flexibly scaled to meet demand. In addition to its autonomous mobile robots, which include a cart that can autonomously navigate a warehouse and a mobile pick-and-place robot, the company touts its cloud-based robotics solution, which integrates a full automation stack into logistics operations of all sizes, whether a company needs just a few robots or dozens....

March 25, 2023 · 2 min · 322 words · Treva Johnson

Preparing For The Golden Age Of Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning

The survey confirmed that AI and ML initiatives are front and center at most enterprises. As of August, when ZDNet conducted the survey, close to half of the represented enterprises (44%) had AI-based technology actively being built or deployed. Another 22% had projects under development. Efforts in this space are still new and emerging — 59% of surveyed enterprises have been working with AI for less than three years. Survey respondents included executives, CIOs, CTOs, analysts/systems analysts, enterprise architects, developers, and project managers....

March 25, 2023 · 12 min · 2367 words · Edna Mahood

Programmable Chip Maker Xilinx Acquires C C Programming Tool Provider Silexica

Xilinx is still in the midst of its own acquisition by Advanced Micro Devices, which bought the company for $35 billion in October. Xilinx develops dynamic processor technology and is credited with creating programmable system-on-chip designs (SoCs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and a scalable compute acceleration platform called ACAP. Xilinx is planning to merge Silexica and its SLX FPGA tool suite with the Xilinx Vitis unified software platform in an effort to make it easier to use for software developers building sophisticated applications....

March 25, 2023 · 2 min · 293 words · Velma Sandage

Programming Languages C Overtakes Php But Javascript Python And Java Still Rule

The list of top programming languages on Microsoft-owned GitHub was stable this year, with no difference in the line up except for PHP, which dropped from sixth to seventh place and was pipped by low-level language C++. Shell, C and Ruby rounded out the top 10 languages. But the fastest growing languages were Hashicorp Configuration Language (HCL), which grew 56% compared to last year, and Rust, whose community grew more than 50%....

March 25, 2023 · 3 min · 516 words · Joseph Brouillet

Qualcomm Launches New Radio Frequency Filter Technology

As 5G and Wi-Fi spectrum and frequencies proliferate radio frequency front ends are become increasingly important. Radio frequency filters isolate radio signals to receive and transmit information. Qualcomm’s ultraBAW RF filter technology will enable 5G and Wi-Fi devices such as smartphones, laptops, automotive, IoT and industrial applications to optimize for connectivity and power efficiency. According to Qualcomm, it’s ultraBAW technology covers 2.7 to 7.2 GHz bands. Qualcomm recently announced another technology called ultraSAW to cover low-band frequencies from 600 MHz to 2....

March 25, 2023 · 1 min · 157 words · Linda Edwards

Qualcomm S Second Generation Snapdragon 7C Aims To Take More Laptop Turf

In addition, Qualcomm said it is launching the Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows 10 PCs, which will give developers the ability to optimize applications on its platform. With the Snapdragon 7c, Qualcomm is hoping to enable more premium features and multi-day battery life to PCs in the $300-range. Miguel Nunes, senior director of product management at Qualcomm, said the company’s plan is to extend its PC reach from entry level experiences up....

March 25, 2023 · 3 min · 465 words · Christine Naill

Ransomware And Phishing Google Drive Will Now Warn You About Suspicious Files

The new alerts are rolling out to Workspace Google Drive users globally today and aim to help protect users and their organizations from malware, phishing and ransomware. The alerts are displayed in a yellow banner at the top of the page after a user has clicked on a link, but before the file is downloaded. The warning states that the file looks suspicious and “might be used to steal your personal information”....

March 25, 2023 · 2 min · 355 words · Janine Littlejohn

Ransomware In Numbers How 2 500 Potential Targets Turns Into One Actual Attack

Microsoft security teams are tracking more than 35 unique ransomware families and 250 threat actors across nation-state, ransomware and criminal activities. RaaS, it says, is a gig economy involving multiple actors around three key pillars. “In the same way our traditional economy has shifted toward gig workers for efficiency, criminals are learning that there’s less work and less risk involved by renting or selling their tools for a portion of the profits than performing the attacks themselves,” Microsoft Security says in a blogpost....

March 25, 2023 · 6 min · 1123 words · Iva May

Razer Blackshark V2 Pro Headset Review A Potent Weapon For The Right Gamer

Recently, Razer has decided to stray from this form factor and begin moving towards designs with smaller, oval earcups. At the top end of this wave of headsets sits the Blackshark V2 Pro. This wireless gaming audio solution attempts to provide top-end sound output, a flexible and removable microphone, and long-wearing comfort in a package that, especially for Razer, looks unusually understated on the outside. Let’s take a look at how Razer’s decision to stray from its typical path performs at the job it was built for, and at all of the other PC audio tasks users are likely to throw at it....

March 25, 2023 · 12 min · 2354 words · Evelia Rue

Regulations Against Ransomware Payment Not Ideal Solution

Regulations that compelled victims not to pay up could put these businesses in a precarious position, said Steve Turner, a New York-based Forrester analyst who focuses on security and risk. For one, any debate over whether to pay up would be muted when physical lives were at stake. Turner pointed to ransomware attacks that brought down critical infrastructure systems such as power and healthcare, impacting the likes of US Colonial Pipeline, Ireland’s Health Service Executive, and Germany’s Duesseldorf University Hospital....

March 25, 2023 · 7 min · 1362 words · Danielle Brooks

Return To The Office Welcome To The Bosses Great Con

No, there aren’t many of those, are there? But employees understand, especially after working in several companies, that bosses can have varying styles and varying personality types. The suspicion often remains, however, that the boss is up to something and the employees haven’t quite found out what it is. This suspicion has been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bosses are spying on employees, but no one is spying on the bosses....

March 25, 2023 · 3 min · 499 words · Roxanne Snow

Revil Websites Down After Governments Pressured To Take Action Following Kaseya Attack

It is still unclear what caused the outages but dozens of theories were floated online. On Friday, US President Joe Biden made news when he said he spoke directly to Russian President Vladmir Putin following REvil’s massive ransomware attack on Kaseya that affected almost 1,500 organizations. “I made it very clear to him that the United States expects when a ransomware operation is coming from his soil, even though it’s not sponsored by the state, we expect them to act if we give them enough information to act on who that is,” Biden said....

March 25, 2023 · 4 min · 821 words · Stanley Argento

Revolut Unveils Cryptocurrency Service In Singapore Amidst Possible New Restrictions

Revolut said its new service would allow customers in Singapore to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrencies via its mobile app. Its platform offers more than 80 tokens for trade, with a 2.5% transaction fee for “standard” customers and 1.5% fee for “premium” and “metal” customers. An additional 0.5% exchange fee will apply when standard and premium customers exceed SG$5,000 and S$15,000, respectively, worth of transactions a month. Metal customers are able to make unlimited exchanges without forking out the additional fee....

March 25, 2023 · 3 min · 511 words · Dee Croghan

Samsung Can Learn A Thing Or Three From Oppo S Find N2 Foldable

A good chunk of the market is dominated by Samsung, whether it’s the company’s latest Z Fold 4 or Z Flip 4, or one of its now-discounted but older models that are just as enticing to upgrade to. Then there are players like Oppo, Xiaomi, and Huawei, all of which are by no means new to the folding display market but may as well be unknown if you don’t live in China....

March 25, 2023 · 4 min · 840 words · Daniel Hines

Scalahosting Deal Get An Extra 10 Off Website And Vps Hosting

Right now, if you’re in the market for a new VPS hosting or even just a website hosting service, Scalahosting dropped the price by 10% – but only if you use a special discount code. The code is good for some time, and you can use it on other Scalahosting deals as a stacking tool, so whether you’re just using one code or want to add the extra 10% off, you can....

March 25, 2023 · 1 min · 177 words · Michelle Mather