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On June 30, the regulator said that Robinhood, a commission-free stock trading app that promises to “democratize finance for all,” must pay a fine of $57 million and an additional $12.6 million in restitution, plus interest, to thousands of customers. According to FINRA, the penalty is the largest imposed on a company to date. Robinhood has been accused of systematic failures including major outages in March 2020, as well as the impact on millions of customers who “received false or misleading information” from the company....

“In Q2, there was a significant slowdown in TV advertising spend due to the macro-economic environment,” Roku announced in prepared remarks in its quarterly shareholder letter. Louden was speaking following a disappointing Q2 earnings report by the company, in which Roku missed revenue estimates for the June quarter by 5% and forecast revenue this quarter ten percent below consensus, and withdrew its revenue forecast for the full year. “What you see is roughly half of consumer TV time is now in streaming,” said Louden, “the advertisers know that’s where the world is moving, but they’re hitting the emergency brake because of uncertainty” in the economy, including prospects of recession....

Capture the Flag competitions, conference calls for papers, and gamification in cybersecurity courses designed to equip learners with hands-on skills are all common in the white hat realm, but in opposition, contests are also being launched by cybercriminals to create new offensive techniques. Over the past month, according to Intel 471, operators of Russian underground forums have been running a competition asking for papers that examine “how to target cryptocurrency-related technology....

Tablets can be a great go-between for smartphones and laptops. They normally offer larger screens than our handsets and enough power to comfortably run apps that wouldn’t work well on small displays – and vendors have trimmed their design down to make them very portable and suitable for both work and entertainment. When it comes to students, they can use tablets to access email, online educational platforms, and complete assignments....

As a refresher, the Galaxy A71 5G has a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED display, 4,500mAh battery, 25W fast-charging, 6GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. You can add up to 1TB of extra storage via a microSD card. the $600 Galaxy A71 5G On the rear of the phone, you’ll find four cameras, headlined by a 64-megapixel main camera, with a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle, 5-megapixel macro, and a 5-megapixel depth camera. The overall design of the A71 5G looks a lot like the A51, both of which borrow their design inspiration from the Galaxy S20 lineup....

The software giant is hoping to help promote diversity in cybersecurity through increased funding and a variety of internships, job opportunities, curriculum assistance and events at Columbia University. Jason Healey, cyberthreat intelligence expert and senior research scholar at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, said the funding provided by SAP would help the school attract a wider pool of candidates interested in cybersecurity. “Due to SAP’s funding, we’re already finding new opportunities to reach out to our diverse student body to let them know about the amazing job prospects in cybersecurity, even for those outside of STEM,” Healey said....

Also: Live blog: The best early Cyber Monday deals 2022 in real time It’s not difficult to see why this TV tops the charts. The extra large 75-inch screen optimizes everything you watch to a lifelike 4K UHD resolution. That means that you get 4X the pixels of the standard Full HD resolution for a sharper viewing experience. The smart aspect of the TV means that you can connect directly through the TV to online streaming services like Netflix and Hulu....

Surprisingly, despite so much innovation in other areas of medicine, the experience of getting a shot or injection hasn’t changed all that much in the last century. But thankfully, new technologies are finally catching on and changing how people think about needles, and the technology is being embraced readily by providers. “Our injection technologies serving the dental and epidural community have been growing,” says Arjan Haverhals, CEO of Milestone Scientific, which has pioneered a computer-controlled injection technology that guides the injection below the patient’s pain threshold, making injections precise, efficient, and virtually painless....

Among the multitude of options, SimpliSafe and ADT stand out as two highly rated, experienced companies that provide competitive pricing paired with intuitive security systems. Below, we’ll discuss the primary differences between the two companies to help you choose which would be best for you. SimpliSafe vs ADT overview Monitoring There are two types of home security systems to choose from: DIY and professional. With a DIY home security system, you decide whether or not it’s necessary to call the police....

The first alert had gone out on Dec 14, with Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency (CSA) warning that the “critical vulnerability”, when exploited successfully, could allow attackers to gain full control of affected servers. It noted that there was only a short window to deploy mitigation measures and organisations should do so quickly. It said alerts were sent out to CII sector leads and businesses, instructing them to immediately patch their systems to the latest version....

Targeted to be ready in the second half of 2022, the guidelines aimed to ensure BNPL would have a “positive impact” on Singapore consumers, Singapore Fintech Association (SFA) said in a statement Monday. The industry group added that it had established a working group to develop the BNPL framework. The non-profit organisation has a membership of 800 comprising different stakeholders from the fintech sector, including large financial institutions, e-commerce marketplaces, payment platforms, and early-stage startups....

The fund is on top of SG$500 million ($370.3 million) the government already has set aside in its Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2025 Plan for AI-related activities, said the Smart Nation and Digital Government Office (SNDGO) in a statement Monday. These investments have been earmarked to support various research in areas that address challenges of AI adoption, such as privacy preserving AI, and of societal and economic importance including healthcare, finance, and education....

The glove taps haptic feedback and pneumatic control that is embedded with the researchers’ microfluidic sensing technology. This helps shrink the size and weight of the glove, without the need for bulky accessories, according to the NUS team. HaptGlove features five pairs of haptic feedback modules, one for each finger, that are controlled wirelessly to read the VR object with regards to its shape, size, and texture. A microfluidic pneumatic indenter pushes real-time pressure to the wearer’s fingertips, enabling him to “sense” contact when the avatar touches, grabs, and moves the VR object....

1. Establish a routine If you want to be productive, then you can’t afford to slip into bad ways. Just because you don’t have to be in the office for a 9am start doesn’t mean you can have a cheeky lie-in. Emma Frost, director of innovation at London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), says her personal top tip is to make sure she starts the day on her own terms. “I purposely wake up a little bit earlier than I need to and I either go for a run or I do just 10 minutes of stretching,” she says....

The organization points out that household appliances like washing machines, dishwashers, and TVs are expected to last for a decade, yet many big brands are now offering smart variants that are only guaranteed software updates for two years, after which appliances can lose features, functionality and be exposed to security vulnerabilities. Which?’s estimated lifetime (ELT) is 6.8 years for TVs, 11 years for washing machines, and 13 years for dishwashers....

The announcement was part of a larger rollout of multiple new services, updates, and offerings from Snowflake at the company’s annual Snowflake Summit. Snowflake went public in September and beat revenue expectations in Q1, bringing in $214 million in product revenue. Snowflake senior vice president Christian Kleinerman said during a press conference that the company was looking to “reduce friction” and “simplify the process by which our customers have access to the data they need, when they need it....

Labelled as the SoftBank Latin America Fund II, the new fund builds on SoftBank’s initial Latin America Fund, which has been allocated $5 billion. The initial Latin America Fund was first announced in March 2019 and was formerly called the Innovation Fund. So far, that fund has invested $3.5 billion into 48 companies, with those companies having a fair value of $6.9 billion as of June 30, the company said....

The partnership underscores how dramatically the auto industry has evolved – and continues to evolve – thanks to improving battery technology, the advent of 5G and in-car connectivity, and other innovations. Traditional automakers in the last decade have formed a number of alliances with tech companies that see cars as yet another platform for reaching customers. In a statement, Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida said the new partnership will help Sony build on its vision “to ‘make the mobility space an emotional one’ and contribute to the evolution of mobility centered around safety, entertainment and adaptability....

The evenings are getting ever darker, the pressure of work ever more intractable. You need to be somewhere different. You need to experience different people, different places, and different smells. You want, in essence, to get away. Yet cheap, convenient flights aren’t so easy to find. Airlines see no slackening of demand. Their executives are salivating at the image of packed flights and even the temptation of overbooking. This will surely make passengers wonder, as they desperately try to find a holiday flight – and then the money to pay for it – why isn’t holiday flying quite what it used to be?...

Via PCMag, some Starlink customers have received an email invite about the upcoming “global roaming service” that delivers access across countries. The email says the service allows the $599 Starlink terminal to “connect from almost anywhere on land in the world”. The service operates through inter-satellite laser links to provide global connectivity, but there is also an alert that the service is dependent on regulatory approvals that have not been granted in all territories across the globe....