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☆ Why Apple, Google, Microsoft passkeys should soon replace your own passwords
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Barbara Collins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"Passkeys are an example of what security should be: seamless and invisible to the end user," said Moriarty. Avoiding human error, and hackersFrom a safety standpoint, passkeys are much more secure than passwords for a number of reasons. Even worse, choosing simple passwords (think "abc123" or "password") creates the perfect target for hackers to easily access individuals' accounts. Google began rolling out passkey support for Chrome on Android, Windows and macOS in December 2022. The only potential disadvantage to using passkeys happens if a user loses the secondary device they use to gain access to their accounts.

☆ Travel companies are ‘greenwashing’ — here are 3 ways to find ones that aren't
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

But finding companies that are serious about sustainability isn't easy, said James Thornton, CEO of tour company Intrepid Travel. "You see hotels saying they're sustainable, and then you're using these little travel bottles for shampoos and shower gels," he said. "The honest truth is that every travel company is ultimately contributing towards the climate crisis," he said. "So the best thing any travel company can start to do is measure the greenhouse gas emissions it creates." Other companies with B Corp status include Seventh Generation, Ben & Jerry's, Aesop — and Patagonia, which Thornton called "arguably the most famous B Corp in the world."

☆ One of Google's big plans to replace third-party cookies just hit a huge setback that it might not recover from
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Google's plan to replace third-party tracking cookies with new tech has hit another snag. A W3C group has rejected Google's Topics API proposal, saying it won't adequately preserve user privacy. The W3C rebuke marks the latest in a series of snags in Google's effort to kill off third-party cookies. However, other browsers like Apple's Safari and Mozilla's Firefox already block third-party cookies as privacy features. The company has its own commercial priorities and the commitment to the CMA that it can't remove third-party cookies until new features provide an adequate replacement.

☆ Apple reportedly set to announce 'Reality Pro' VR headset this spring and will ship it in the fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Rohan Goswami | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The silhouette of Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, during the Apple World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. Apple will unveil its highly anticipated mixed-reality headset this spring, with consumer deliveries beginning in fall 2023, Bloomberg recently reported. Kuo also anticipated that Apple would announce its headset in the spring or at Apple's developer event in June. Bloomberg said on Sunday that Apple's anticipated headset would run on a new operating system, dubbed xrOS, and that Apple had already granted a select group of software developers access to the platform. Apple's software enables companies and developers to let users do anything from trying on glasses to model furniture purchases in their personal spaces.

☆ Factbox: Tech firms leading job cuts in Corporate America
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

Jan 9 (Reuters) - Big Tech firms are leading a string of layoffs across corporate America as companies look to rein in costs to ride out the economic downturn. Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O):The software giant laid off under 1,000 employees across several divisions in October, Axios reported, citing a source. However, Bloomberg later reported Twitter was reaching out to dozens of employees who lost their jobs, asking them to return. HP Inc (HPQ.N):The computing devices maker said it expected to cut up to 6,000 jobs by the end of fiscal 2025. CNN:Warner Bros Discovery-owned (WBD.O) CNN's top boss Chris Licht informed employees in an all-staff memo that job cuts were underway.

☆ Viral chatbot ChatGPT will be overhyped, then overlooked, and then, perhaps, essential
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Emilia David | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Emerging technology like ChatGPT is usually called overhyped until it becomes essential. ChatGPT lets users ask its bot questions or give it prompts using GPT-3, an impressive piece of natural-language-processing AI tech. ChatGPT and the Gartner Hype CycleIn layman's terms, ChatGPT is a chatbot using GPT-3, a state-of-the-art AI model that uses a massive amount of data to generate humanlike text. It's all very exciting and new, which is where the Gartner Hype Cycle, from the tech-research and consulting firm Gartner, comes in handy. To be sure, the rise of generative AI and more forms of ChatGPT aren't assured.

☆ Tim Berners-Lee wants us to reclaim the internet from tech giants
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Daniel Renjifo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —The internet has come a long way since Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in 1989. Now, in an era of growing concern over privacy, he believes it’s time for us to reclaim our personal data. Through their startup Inrupt, Berners-Lee and CEO John Bruce have created the “Solid Pod” — or Personal Online Data Store. The latter plans to use Pods to let its citizens choose how to share their personal data. A former physicist, Tim Berners-Lee, pictured in 1994, invented the world wide web at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN.

☆ Abalone and Dugongs threatened with extinction, warns IUCN Red List
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The effects of human activity from climate change to pollution are “devastating” marine life, with nearly a tenth of underwater plants and animals assessed so far threatened with extinction, the latest Red List of Threatened Species showed on Friday. “It shows that we are having quite a devastating impact on marine species,” Craig Hilton-Taylor, head of the IUCN Red List, said. Linda Lombardi/AP/FILEHilton-Taylor said the portion of marine species facing extinction was likely much higher than current data shows because those analyzed so far have tended to be widespread fish species, not currently under threat. The latest list reviews abalone species, a type of mollusc sold as a luxury seafood item, for the first time and found that around 44% of them face extinction. “The awful status of these species should shock us and engage us for urgent action,” said Amanda Vincent, chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Marine Conservation Committee.

☆ Hackers dump more customer data from Australian insurer Medibank
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Renju Jose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"The raw data we have analysed today so far is incomplete and hard to understand," chief executive David Koczkar said. On Thursday, media reported that a blog, believed by cyber experts to be used by the hackers, carried a new post: "Happy Cyber Security Day!!! Medibank did not immediately respond to a Reuters question asking whether it believed all stolen data had now been released. Australian Federal Police last month said Russia-based hackers were behind the Medibank cyberattack, which compromised the details of almost 10 million current and former customers. In its latest update, Medibank said there were currently no signs that banking data had been stolen.

☆ Wall Street's trust issues with crypto won't be easily repaired in the wake of the FTX blowup
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trust in the crypto industry — be it with Wall Street firms, politicians, venture capitalists, or the general public — is destroyed thanks to FTX's downfall. It's a bitter pill to swallow when one considers the hard-fought progress crypto had made on Wall Street in recent years. canvassed more than a dozen Wall Street insiders to get a sense of where traditional firms stand on their crypto plans. Meanwhile, firms hoping to bridge the gap between Wall Street and crypto have been put in an impossible spot, answering for another's sins. Click here to read more on how Wall Street is moving forward with its crypto plans in the wake of FTX.

"There's now a big push to get nature into sovereign debt markets," said Simon Zadek, executive director at NatureFinance, which advises governments on debt-for-nature swaps and other types of climate-focused finance. At that level, it would be the biggest debt-for-nature swap struck to date. The combined value of swap deals to date is $3.7 billion, according to the data. Securing the buy-in of development banks is usually key for the economics of a deal. The WWF has projects in Central and South America where they are monitoring deforestation by tracking jaguars, said Brenes, who has worked on debt-for-nature swaps for the last 25 years.

☆ Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee wants us to 'ignore' Web3: 'Web3 is not the web at all'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

It involves a few technologies, including blockchain, cryptocurrencies and nonfungible tokens. Personal data stores have to be fast, cheap and private." "Ignore the Web3 stuff, random Web3 that was built on blockchain," he added. Berners-Lee said people too often conflate Web3 with "Web 3.0," his own proposal for reshaping the internet. "The result was a big data race where the winner was the one corporation that controlled the most data and the losers were everybody else," he said.

☆ The Fed, earnings, jobs and China: How we think about this week's deluge of data
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

It is very premature, in my view, to think about or be talking about pausing our rate hikes. The news sent those stocks reliant on China for growth — Starbucks, Estee Lauder and Wynn Resorts, among many others — higher. Or bad news could just be bad news if weak data signals a recession ahead. And good news could be good news: for example, if China reopens and U.S. companies exposed to the region see a boost in demand. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ This startup could become the Google Analytics of carbon accounting. Here's the 13-slide pitch deck Climatiq used to raise $5.8 million.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Climate tech startup Climatiq has raised 6 million euros (around $5.8 million) in a seed round. VC firm Singular led the round into the carbon API startup with Cherry Ventures also participating. Companies can also import their own carbon emissions data to provide a more accurate estimate of their impact. Some consumer-focused tools already embed emissions data. Emissions data is already shown on travel sites like Google Flights.

☆ Turning to garbage dumps to survive, Argentines feel the pain of 100% inflation
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Lucila Sigal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Argentines facing an inflation rate set to top 100% this year are grappling to survive, turning to recycling from garbage dumps or lining up to trade their belongings in barter clubs. He said an increasing number of informal workers would come to the waste dump to find any items they could sell in the struggle to survive. But in recent years it has slid from one economic crisis to another and has struggled to keep inflation in check. Pablo Lopez, 26, who works in a small recycling center, said that the scars of rising prices were clear to see. "This inflation is a madness, you can see it here with the people who come to work that inflation hits us all," he said.

☆ Gen X is late to the leadership table in US politics, prompting the question: Will it ever produce a president?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Darren Samuelsohn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

By historical standards, Gen X should be in charge of the US by now. Think of them as the godparents of the "Xennials" — those born in the late 1970s or early 1980s who aren't fully Gen X or millennial. No matter whether you deny the 61-year-old Obama is a boomer, Gen X is starting to get up there in age. Michael Ciaglo-Pool/Getty ImagesWhat's the US missing without a Gen X president? "It's like seeing a ghost that doesn't appear," she said of any expectation the presidency would just suddenly open up for Gen X.

☆ Tech leaders dish on how asinine it is to try to describe their companies, products, and worth to Congress
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | Kayla Gallagher | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +24 min

Tech companies are worried an aging Congress can't meet or even understand their demands. Younger members of Congress are beginning to take the lead in conversations on tech issues. Hawley said younger members are generally more critical of big tech. However, he added, new technologies are more widely used by younger people, and users tend to understand technology better. Meanwhile, major tech companies continue to ramp up their federal lobbying spending, together spending more in 2021 than in any other year in history.

☆ O suprafață de pădure de dimensiunea Franței s-a regenerat în ultimii 20 de ani
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-11 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

O suprafață de pădure de dimensiunea Franței s-a regenerat în ultimii 20 de aniO suprafață de pădure de dimensiunea Franței s-a regenerat natural la nivel mondial în ultimii 20 de ani, arată un studiu citat de BBCPădurile regenerate ar putea absorbi echivalentul a 5,9 gigatone de dioxid de carbon – mai mult decât cantitatea anuală de emisii produsă de SUA, potrivit grupurilor de conservare. William Baldwin-Cantello de la WWF a spus că regenerarea naturală a pădurilor este deseori mai „ieftină, productivă și favorabilă biodiversității decât plantarea activă de păduri”. În același timp, el spune că regenerarea pădurilor trebuie apreciată la adevărata valoare. O suprafață de mărimea Olandei s-a regenerat acolo în ultimii 20 de ani. Totodată, în pădurile din nordul Mongoliei 1,2 milioane de hectare de pădure s-au regenerat în ultimii 20 de ani.

Persons: William Baldwin Organizations: BBC, World Wide, WWF Locations: Franței, SUA, Atlanticului, Brazilia, Olandei, Africa Centrală, Canada, Braziliei

☆ (studiu) World Wide Fund for Nature – arată impactul reducerii consumului de carne asupra mediului
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-07 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Studiul a analizat aşa-numita dietă flexitariană, ai cărei adepți consumă în medie 470 de grame de carne pe săptămână, prin comparație cu un german obișnuit care consumă 817 grame de carne săptămânal. Împreună cu produsele lactate, aceasta reprezintă 70% din emisiile de carbon provenite din producția de hrană. Reducerea consumului de carne la jumătate ar putea reduce emisiile de carbon ale Germaniei cu 27 %, echivalentul a 56 de milioane de tone, potrivit WWF. Per ansamblu, Germania produce circa 210 milioane de tone de emisii de carbon din producția de alimente în fiecare an. WWF a îndemnat publicul să-şi reconsidere dietele și a făcut un apel la guvernul german să ia în calcul introducerea unei taxe pe produsele de origine animală.

Organizations: WWF, Agerpres Locations: Germaniei, Germania

☆ Monumentele și clădirile emblematice din lume și-au stins luminile pentru a marca Ora Pământului
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-28 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

A venit apoi rândul monumentelor din America să intre în întuneric, de la Obeliscul din centrul Buenos Aires la Museu do Amanha (Muzeul de Mâine) din Rio de Janeiro sau zgârie-norul BBVA din Mexico City. Această mobilizare anuală pentru Ora Pământului, iniţiativă demarată de World Wide Fund (WWF), are drept obiectiv mobilizarea în vederea demarării unor iniţiative în domeniul schimbărilor climatice şi al protecţiei mediului. Anul acesta, organizatorii au dorit să scoată în evidenţă legătura dintre distrugerea naturii şi incidenţa în creştere a cazurilor de COVID-19. „Fie că este vorba despre declinul polenizatorilor, scăderea numărului de peşti din oceane şi râuri, dispariţia pădurilor sau pierderi generale din domeniul biodiversităţii, indiciile potrivit cărora natura este în pericol se înmulţesc”, a spus Marco Lambertini, directorul general WWF, organizaţie care a demarat Earth Hour în anul 2007. „Protejarea naturii este responsabilitatea noastră morală, iar prejudiciile ne cresc totodată vulnerabilitatea în faţa pandemiei, accelerează schimbările climatice şi ne pun în pericol siguranţa alimentară„, a mai spus el.

Persons: Antoni Gaudi, Marco Organizations: Evenimentul, World Wide Fund, WWF Locations: Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, Roma, Piaţa, Moscova, Poarta Brandenburg, Berlin, Palatul Westminster, Londra, Paris, Barcelona, Spaniei, Vienna, America, Buenos Aires, do, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City

☆ British food: 20 best dishes
▼ + stars: | 2019-03-22 | by ( Anna Pallai | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —If British food has come in for a bit of mockery over the years, it isn’t because the recipes are wrong. Eating British food is not just eating. Like 95% of all British cuisine, it is comprised entirely of eggs, flour, milk and fat. By the age of 16, the average British child will have eaten this dish 4,160 times. Layer one pudding on top of another pudding on top of another and cover it all with whipped cream.

Persons: they’re, that’s, Suzanne Plunkett, CNN We’re, Prozac, Margaret Thatcher, carbs Suzanne Plunkett, Proust, haddock, CNN Can’t, Queen, England, it’s, –, Union Jack, Cliff Richard, Johnson Organizations: CNN, Scottish, Wimbledon Locations: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Yorkshire, Eton, Britain, China, Japan, Union, Dover, Iceland, Europe, America, scone, India

☆ Исходный код Всемирной паутины в формате NFT-токена продали на аукционе за $5,4 млн
▼ + stars: | 1990-11-12 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +2 min

Британский ученый Тим Бернерс-Ли, создавший технологию World Wide Web (Всемирная паутина, WWW), продал на торгах исходный код, использованный для разработки Интернета, в формате виртуального актива - невзаимозаменяемого токена (NFT) - за $5,4 млн. Торги проходили в онлайн-режиме в период с 23 по 30 июня, предложения о покупке кода начинались от $1 тыс. Как ранее заявляли в аукционном доме, данный лот стал "первым для Sotheby's рожденным в цифровой среде артефактом, выставленным на торги". Технология NFT была создана в 2017 году. 12 ноября 1990 года Бернерс-Ли и Кайо официально представили проект руководству ЦЕРН, впервые назвав свою разработку World Wide Web.

Persons: Тим БернерсЛи, БернерсЛи, Роберт Кайо, Кайо Organizations: Европейская организация по ядерные исследования (ЦЕРН), ЦЕРН, Интернет

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