Thousands of Amazon employees have joined a new Slack channel called “Remote Advocacy” to voice their concerns regarding the company’s newly announced return-to-office policy. The policy mandates that beginning in May employees return to the office three days a week — a decision that has prompted some employees to organize a petition in opposition. Amazon…
Blindingly amplifying views or posts on social media is one of the key reasons for the rapid spread of misinformation. Over the years, prominent figures have posted or retweeted false information on Twitter. The social network is now giving a chance to withdraw a retweet for such instances through a new Community Notes — its…
Feb 22, 2023Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Enterprise Security VMware on Tuesday released patches to address a critical security vulnerability affecting its Carbon Black App Control product. Tracked as CVE-2023-20858, the shortcoming carries a CVSS score of 9.1 out of a maximum of 10 and impacts App Control versions 8.7.x, 8.8.x, and 8.9.x. The virtualization services provider…
When you updated your iPhone to iOS 16.3 last month, you got a few new features, including support for the new HomePod, and a dozen security updates. As it turns out, there were actually 15 security updates—Apple just didn’t tell us about three of them until this week. It’s not clear why Apple didn’t disclose…
When you know how to see traffic info on Google Maps, you’ll never be late again. There’s nothing more annoying than being stuck in traffic and seeing cars on a different road make their way along carefree. Knowledge is power, so making sure you know where things are snarled up is very important, especially when…
Thousands of Amazon employees have joined a new Slack channel called “Remote Advocacy” to voice their concerns regarding the company’s newly announced return-to-office policy. The policy mandates that beginning in May employees return to the office three days a week — a decision that has prompted some employees to organize a petition in opposition. Amazon…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When the economy is struggling, it’s common for business owners to focus on cost-cutting measures — reducing expenses and slowing down hiring. However, simply tightening the belt isn’t enough to get ahead during a downturn. The companies that come out on top during economic recoveries are the…
Tracksuit, a New Zealand-based brand tracking startup, wants to take on traditional market research players by offering a more affordable, accessible brand insights tool. “Market research and brand tracking has been around for a long time, and it usually consists of a consultant coming in on a quarterly or biannual basis with a 100-page slide…
Feb 21, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Botnet A sophisticated botnet known as MyloBot has compromised thousands of systems, with most of them located in India, the U.S., Indonesia, and Iran. That’s according to new findings from BitSight, which said it’s “currently seeing more than 50,000 unique infected systems every day,” down from a high of…
If you’ve been waiting to run Linux on your M1 Mac, we have good news: Linux 6.2, which was released this week, adds upstream support for the M1 Pro, M1 Max, and M1 Ultra. However, there are some serious caveats. The new Linux 6.2 is considered stable enough for distribution, but according to an Asahi…
