Jackie Weaver and the new era for council meetings
Councils are debating whether to spend thousands of pounds to continue live steaming their meetings......»»
Tim Cook scheduled to meet with Republican lawmakers
Apple CEO Tim Cook is headed to Washington D.C. to meet with GOP lawmakers who will likely chair committees overseeing the tech industry.Credit: Wikimedia CommonsCook has scheduled meetings with Republican reps like Ohio's Jim Jordan, California's Da.....»»
EU Council adopts the NIS2 directive
The European Council adopted legislation for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, to further improve the resilience and incident response capacities of both the public and private sector and the EU as a whole. The new directive, cal.....»»
Twitter reverses Trump ban; Trump refuses to return
Musk relies on poll result—not content moderation council—to make the decision. Enlarge (credit: The Washington Post / Contributor | The Washington Post) Donald Trump has not tweeted since Elon Musk reinstated his Tw.....»»
Pexip and Vbrick join forces to bring secure video recordings to the enterprise
With Pexip and Vbrick partnership, Pexip’s enterprise users can host video meetings and large-scale webcasts, record them with a single click, and store them in their Vbrick EVP tenant for on-demand playback. “The regulatory and complianc.....»»
Anti-union talks continue at Apple Store in Reston, VA
Anti-union messages are being promoted during daily meetings at the Apple Reston store in Virginia, in what seems to be a bid to try and prevent further unionization from taking place.Apple RestonAs Apple Store employees continue discussing the possi.....»»
Despair, lack of progress at climate talks, yet hope blooms
It's a desert, where little grows. It's a climate conference, where water is scarce inside buildings and out, lines are long, tempers are short, meetings go late and above all progress comes in one-drop drips......»»
You can now play Minesweeper (and more games) in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft has launched a new Work for Games app that lets Microsoft Teams users play games like Minesweeper and Solitaire in meetings......»»
Tamil Nadu to diversify manufacturing from consumer electronics and textile to EV
Delegation from India's Tamil Nadu state government visited Taiwan at the end of October, at the heel of the end of quarantine requirements for travelers to Taiwan. The delegation had meetings with electronics manufacturer Foxconn, Pegatron, Taiwan E.....»»
Security leaders want consequences for insecure code
Organizations plan to invest in DevSecOps in 2023, and the level of urgency for them to do so has grown. In a recent survey conducted by the Neustar International Security Council (NISC), 93% of participating information technology and security profe.....»»
European Union aiming to ban new combustion engine cars starting 2035
This week, the European Council and the EU Parliament agreed on a proposal to ban the introduction of new internal combustion engine cars and vans starting in 2035. The two groups expected to adopt the new rules soon......»»
EU strikes deal to ban new ICE vehicles sale from 2035
The European Council and European Parliament reached a provisional deal on October 27 to lower new car emissions and achieve a zero level in 2035. The planned law will terminate new internal combustion engine vehicles sale in the same year and likely.....»»
USB-C iPhone will be mandatory in Europe as EU law passes final stage
Update: Although there was never any doubt, the Council of Ministers today ratified the earlier vote, which is the final step required to become law. It now simply needs to be signed and published to take effect. We reported back in June that USB-C.....»»
Emerging technologies to improve thermometry reliability
In a recent paper co-authored by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Research Council of Canada and Graham Machin, National Physical Laboratory Senior Fellow, the research team presented an overview of em.....»»
Bulletin highlights risk-limiting audits as efficient means of confirming the accuracy of election results
The Association for Computing Machinery's global Technology Policy Council (TPC) has released "Election Security: Risk-Limiting Audits." It is the latest in a series of ACM TechBriefs—short technical bulletins that present scientifically grounded p.....»»
Fine-tuning Germany’s cybersecurity strategy
Recently, Eileen Walther, Northwave’s Country Manager for Germany and specialized in information security, was elected the new Vice President of the Cyber Security Council Germany (Cyber-Sicherheitsrat Deutschland). Before joining Northwave, she wa.....»»
A new museum dedicated to sports legend Jackie Robinson goes beyond the familiar story
From civil rights activism to a prominent business career, Robinson did more than break Major League Baseball’s color barrier. The one-sentence story of Jackie Robinson’s life is well known. As a baseball player in 1947, he was the fi.....»»
Zoom hit by brief outage
Zoom was hit by a brief outage Thursday morning, potentially disrupting some of the many users who have come to rely on it for meetings during the pandemic......»»
Taiwan"s economic & technological cooperation with Lithuania heating up
A Lithuanian delegation is visiting research institutes as well as laser technology and biotechnology companies in Taiwan to seek economic and technological cooperation, according to National Development Council (NDC)......»»
Ford wants its dealers to match Tesla"s lower selling costs
Ford has told dealers that one key topic for the meetings will be a discussion of new agreements that would govern how dealers sell Ford's expanding lineup of electric vehicles......»»
Some Google products will disable “Hey, Google” commands during meetings
Google Meet Hardware knows you're in a meeting, so it will disable the hotword. Enlarge / The lettering "Hey Google" on the Google pavillon at the CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas in 2018. These words activate Google Assista.....»»