CircleCI working with AWS to identify, revoke keys impacted by security incident

CircleCI is working with Amazon Web Services to notify customers with AWS tokens that might have been impacted by the Jan. 4 security incident, according to an update Wednesday from Rob Zuber, CTO at CircleCI. The notices are going out via email AWS began sending updates to customers with lists of tokens that may have […]

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Best Tea Accessories (2023): Kettles, Infusers, and More

Tea is the world’s most popular beverage. Well, after water. Whether you like to brew from a bag or only sip rare yellow tea smuggled out of China by yak, there’s something for everyone. However, if you’re new to drinking tea, the different gadgets and styles can be overwhelming at times. To get you started, […]

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The Most Notable HR Trends That Will Reshape The Labor Market In 2023

The world of work has changed a lot in the last few years, and employees are constantly keeping employers and human resources teams on their toes as they demand better work benefits and higher wages. Amid macroeconomic problems, employees have been playing hardball with their bosses with the majority of workers demanding better pay. According to the U.S. […]

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7 rules to communicate the business value of IT

Editor’s note: The following is a guest post by Robert Naegle, research VP at Gartner, Inc. Communicating the business value of IT is a critical CIO responsibility, yet many CIOs struggle to do so effectively. In conversations with business leadership, CIOs will often focus on metrics around work performed, tasks accomplished or resources deployed, but such […]

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Why Non-Farmers Should Care About John Deere’s Repair Memo

The tractor company John Deere has faced a lot of criticism for the tight hold it keeps over its products. If someone needs to repair their tractor, they’ve got to do it through John Deere’s official channels, which farmers say creates unnecessary hassles. If a problem arises during harvest time, a days-long wait for a […]

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Big ambitions, tiny LEDs: Apple said to be developing Micro LED displays for 2024

Enlarge / This is the front of the Apple Watch Ultra. Samuel Axon We learned earlier this week that Apple is trying to make its own in-house Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips, and today the word on the street (via Bloomberg) is that the company is also looking to design display panels instead of relying on […]

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A widespread logic controller flaw raises the specter of Stuxnet

In 2009, the computer worm Stuxnet crippled hundreds of centrifuges inside Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment plant by targeting the software running on the facility’s industrial computers, known as programmable logic controllers. The exploited PLCs were made by the automation giant Siemens and were all models from the company’s ubiquitous, long-running SIMATIC S7 product series. Now, […]

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Chuck E. Cheese still uses floppy disks in 2023, but not for long

Enlarge / Stewart Coonrod holds up an official 2023 Chuck E. Cheese floppy disk in a TikTok video. It contains dance moves for in-store animatronics. On Sunday, a Chuck E. Cheese employee named Stewart Coonrod posted a TikTok video that documents the process of installing a new song-and-dance show on an old Chuck E. Cheese […]

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Microsoft 365 Basic gives you 100GB of OneDrive space (but no Office) for $2

Microsoft Microsoft is adding a new low-end subscription tier to its Microsoft 365 service designed to cater to existing OneDrive subscribers and people who want more features for their Outlook inboxes but don’t need the full desktop versions of Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. The Verge reports that Microsoft 365 Basic will cost $1.99 a month […]

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