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Google Doodle honors Japanese American weightlifter Tommy Kono
Happy birthday, Tommy Kono. Google In 1942, the then-12-year-old Tommy Kono was forced into an internment camp during World War II. Ten years later, the American-born weightlifter would win a gold medal in the Olympic games for the US, the first in a record-setting career. He would go on... Read more
The Enduring Power of #FreeBritney
The hashtag kept Britney Spears’ conservatorship in the public eye—even when she wasn’t. Source link Read more
Kellogg exec on AI uses cases, implementation, and ‘culture change’
Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. In this era of evolving technology, organizations must be highly adaptive to succeed. A Statistics report reveals that before the pandemic over 4.7 million people in the U.S. were working remotely at... Read more
Telegram gets group video calls, animations
You look marvelous. A group video call Telegram-style, on a tablet. Telegram; screenshot by CNET Encrypted-messaging app Telegram added several new features this week, including group video calls. “Voice chats in any group can now seamlessly turn into group video calls — just tap the camera icon to switch... Read more
7 keys to evaluating zero trust security frameworks
Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. Zero trust as a framework for securing modern enterprises has been around for years, but is drawing renewed attention with the increase in cyberattacks. The United States government is pushing for zero... Read more
HBO Max: 10 best movies to stream tonight
In the Heights hit HBO Max last Friday. Warner Bros. Thanks to WarnerMedia’s simultaneous theatrical and streaming release plan, major 2021 releases are swiftly hitting HBO Max, including Lin Manuel Miranda’s high-energy love letter to the Latinx community In the Heights, which arrived earlier this month. Watch it swiftly before it leaves the streamer... Read more
A $26 Billion Plan to Save the Houston Area From Rising Seas
This story originally appeared on Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Hurricane Ike made landfall in 2008, Bill Merrell took shelter on the second floor of a historic brick building in downtown Galveston, Texas, along with his wife, their daughter, their grandson, and two Chihuahuas.... Read more
Peggy Johnson interview: How Magic Leap is getting traction with its enterprise pivot
Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. Magic Leap has gone through a whirlwind in the past year. Founded in 2010 by Rony Abovitz, the company set out to be a pioneer in augmented reality and mixed reality technologies. Abovitz... Read more
SolarWinds hackers breach new victims, including a Microsoft support agent
The nation-state hackers who orchestrated the SolarWinds supply chain attack compromised a Microsoft worker’s computer and used the access to launch targeted attacks against company customers, Microsoft said in a terse statement published late on a Friday afternoon. The hacking group also compromised three entities using password-spraying and brute-force... Read more
iPhone 12 vs. iPhone 11: Every big difference
Apple’s iPhone 12 is one of the highest-rated phones CNET has ever reviewed. If you’re thinking about an upgrade from the previous year’s iPhone 11 to the base iPhone 12 model (or one of the other three models available), you may be wondering: What exactly is the difference between the two phones?... Read more