Author: EconLearner

The nightmare email you don’t want to receivegetty As nightmare emails go, this is terrible. Definitely not an email you want to receive from a manager in your company’s HR department. And when the initial shock wears off, you may be left with a number of unexpected consequences. We’ve all read about layoffs by text, by email, by groups. And so scanning your inbox and reading that “we regret to inform you that due to the strict tax imposition on our company, we are no longer able to maintain our current workforce. As a result, we have made the difficult…

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An illustration of T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), the recurring nova system known as the “Blaze Star”. getty A faint star in the summer night sky is now on the verge of exploding and could become visible to the naked eye any day now, according to a leading expert. The so-called ‘Blaze Star’ is predicted to become 1,000 times brighter than normal and shine for several days. He explained ‘Blaze Star’. The star, also known as T Coronae Borealis, or T CrB for short, is a variable star about 3,000 years away in the Corona Borealis (“Northern Crown”), a crescent-shaped…

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A new report from Splunk, “The Hidden Costs of Downtime,” analyzes the impact of downtime … [+] organizations and highlights the role that simple human error often plays in cyber incidents.getty The smallest mistake can lead to monumental consequences when it comes to cyber security. “The hidden cost of downtime”— recent report from Splunk, in collaboration with Oxford Economics—sheds light on the staggering economic cost of downtime to Global 2000 companies, estimated at $400 billion annually. But beyond the mind-numbing numbers, this report also reveals a deeper issue: the significant impact of human error and how artificial intelligence and automation…

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k-ID hopes to ensure age-appropriate gaming for future generations and has the investment to … [+] his vision back.child k-ID, a global cross-platform compliance platform that aims to simplify online security and privacy management for game developers, parents and young gamers, has secured a $45 million Series A funding round. With this, the company hopes to provide a “first-of-its-kind” age-appropriate gaming solution. Founded with a mission to empower new players, k-ID, which went undercover in March, was created by Kieran Donovan, Timothy Ma, Julian Corbett and Jeff Wu, who lead a wider team whose experience includes roles in the Meta…

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SnailLoad attackers can see the videos you watchUniversity of Graz A new method of spying on any user, device or internet connection has been revealed by security researchers from the Graz University of Technology. Researchers have developed a technique called SnailLoad that can accurately identify the video a person is watching with a success rate of up to 98%. This method can also identify the websites they visit, albeit with a lower success rate of 63%. What is particularly worrying is that the only known way to mitigate this is to degrade the internet connection speed by adding ‘noise’. SnailLoad…

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getty “Knowledge is power” and today’s businesses have access to more knowledge, in the form of digital data, to power their growth than ever before. Establishing a data-driven corporate culture is key to increasing efficiency and productivity, making informed decisions, improving the customer experience and managing risk. However, implementing a data-driven culture can come with challenges, such as resistance to change, data silos, and a lack of data literacy among employees. Anticipating and understanding these challenges is key to meeting them and ensuring that the entire team shares and benefits from a data-driven culture. Below, 20 of its members Forbes…

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The injectable weight loss drug Wegovy (photo by Scott Olson of Getty Images).Getty Images An imposing one 1 in 8 US adults have taken GLP-1 drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic for weight loss and related conditions. Their popularity and effectiveness have sparked a prescription frenzy in recent years, leaving both drugs in FDA Drug Shortage List from May 2023. But even when supply recovers, access to these drugs will remain out of reach for the majority of Americans. That’s because brand-name GLP-1 drugs range from $11,000 to $16,000 a year, prices that are out of reach for most people.…

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