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TikTok Under Pressure as Biden Administration Scrutinizes Chinese Ownership
The Chinese owners of TikTok may be facing pressure to divest. The security concerns of the popular social media platform have led some Biden administration officials to “push for a sale of the Chinese-owned company’s U.S. operations to ensure Beijing can’t harness the app for espionage and political influence,”... Read more
The 12 Best Books of 2022

The 12 Best Books of 2022

News December 26, 2022

Chaos reigned this year. Russia invaded Ukraine, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, Elon Musk remade Twitter in his erratic image, mass shooters continued to terrorize the United States, civil rights protests swept Iran, Queen Elizabeth died, Bolsanaro got the boot... Read more
The forecast is a hybrid mix of cloud for banks
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Banks are moving into the cloud as part of their digitalization efforts, more purposefully and faster than ever. They are finally transforming from long-held monolithic systems and shedding apprehensions around regulatory compliance, security, and skills availability, and... Read more
Bearing the Financial Cost of Pregnancy: What Expecting Parents Should Expect
This story is part of Priced Out, CNET’s coverage of how real people are coping with the high cost of living in the US. Brandon Douglas/CNET On a warm day last spring, Teja Smith, 31, went to Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles to go over her birthing plan. Instead,... Read more
19 Best After-Christmas Sales and Deals (2022): Vacuums, Phones, and Board Games
Whether you received some gift cards over the holidays or you’re still shopping for gifts for folks you’ll see later in the year, post-Christmas sales offer lots of opportunities to stretch your dollars. We’ve rounded up our favorite discounts below. Many of these sales will be extended for a... Read more
What headless commerce is and why it’s important
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. The next stage of ecommerce evolution has been building up for several years. As businesses look to keep up with omnichannel demands, they are likely reading more and more about “headless commerce” and its benefits. Companies should... Read more
Save on Your Next Pair of Glasses With Up to 50% Off at EyeBuyDirect
In the market for a new pair of glasses? If you’re still shopping at brick-and-mortar stores, it may be time to make the switch to shopping online. Not only does it make it easy to compare dozens of different styles and prices, but there are also tons of deals... Read more
7 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Elgato Stream Deck (2022)
Even better, the software includes a Hotkey Switch function that will alternate between two shortcuts. Press it once, it sends one command, press it again and it sends the other, alternating between them. This can be a useful way to build complex toggles, like running one script when you... Read more
Google’s Pixel 7 Pro Challenges My $10,000 DSLR Camera Gear
Google got my attention by bragging about the Pixel 7 Pro‘s “pro-level zoom” and asserting that the Android phone’s photography features can challenge traditional cameras. I’m one of those serious photographers who hauls around a heavy camera and a bunch of bulky lenses. But I also love phone photography,... Read more
A New Computer Proof ‘Blows Up’ Centuries-Old Fluid Equations
For centuries, mathematicians have sought to understand and model the motion of fluids. The equations that describe how ripples crease the surface of a pond have also helped researchers to predict the weather, design better airplanes, and characterize how blood flows through the circulatory system. These equations are deceptively... Read more