Category: Technology

Cathryn Grothe, a research analyst at Freedom House, a US government–backed nonprofit that works on human rights, says she has seen a shift in Iran in recent years away from a reliance on informants and physical patrols toward forms of automated digital surveillance to target critics. Like Alimardani, she has received reports from people using online platforms […]

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Roger Lee and Teddy Sherrill have launched a new website, Comprehensive.io, that tracks and publishes tech salary ranges daily to advance pay transparency and eliminate pay inequity. Co-founders Lee will serve as CEO and Sherrill as […]

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a person’s silhouette. Ars Technica On Thursday, Microsoft researchers announced a new text-to-speech AI model called VALL-E that can closely simulate a person’s voice when given a three-second audio sample. Once it learns a specific voice, VALL-E can synthesize audio of that person saying anything—and do it in a […]

We are in an advanced age where new technologies and tools are developed daily and new versions of existing ones are released. IT professionals must constantly update their skills in accordance with the current technology in the market. This is the new normal; knowing the new technological trends every day and adapting them to make […]

Dive Brief: The tech job market is expected to grow this year despite economic conditions and high-profile layoffs, but growth will be more conservative than in 2022, according to a report from Janco Associates released Friday.  In 2023, the IT job market will add 174,000 positions year-over-year, according to the company’s projections. In 2022, employers […]

In this digital world, dependency on professional tools is prevalent. But, what do you lose while relying on these tools? Productivity. Yes, the increased dependency on technical tools can restrict your creative mind in the organization. Your ability to brainstorm for a project, and work on your weak areas can get hampered by it. Further, […]

The consistent increase in annual cybercrime damages is not sustainable, Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Thursday at CES in Las Vegas. Cybercrime damages cost organization $6 trillion last year, she said. They are projected to reach $8 trillion this year and $10.5 trillion in 2025. “We cannot accept that 10 […]

CircleCI is feeling the heat of scrutiny after it asked customers to rotate secrets following a security incident disclosure with scant details.  The San Francisco-based company, one of the largest continuous integration and continuous delivery platforms in the industry, has yet to explain any specifics of the incident disclosed Wednesday, however it urged much of […]

In the land of enterprise IT, the major shifts that challenge leaders begin to show up gradually — then all at once.  Analysts and industry watchers typically flag bleeding edge technology services or rising market trends ahead of their full-fledged development, giving technology leaders a chance to prepare for what’s coming. Timely adoption of those […]

I’ve watched the first half of a billion movies. This is how a typical movie night goes for me: After eating too many fries from Rocketbird and washing it down with a couple of beers, I’m swaddled in a plush blanket, horizontal on the couch, and zonked out long before Michelle Yeoh reaches the hotdog finger […]