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Link : https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/two-gadgets-every-home-should-have-during-covid-pandemic-dreamerific A big name in the online retail world has today announced they have added two accessories on their platform that every home should have to help avoid the spread of Coronavirus. Dreamerific (https://dreamerific.com) sells quality products from home and kitchen accessories to toys and games wanted to do their bit to keep people safe. The online store who has a reputation for selling quality products at the lowest possible price recently hit the headlines over their low prices. Dreamerific is so confident that their prices cannot be beaten that they challenged Amazon and other big-name brands to beat them on price. Now, they are hitting the headlines again in their aim to keep people safe with their new products. The first new product they have added to their platform is the UV Sterilizer with Charger Box (https://dreamerific.com/uv-sterilizer-with-charger-box/). This gadget is essential for all those people who have a mobile device.Health experts have always warned that people need to properly clean their mobile devices each day. But now, with the COVID pandemic, they are trying to get people to understand the importance of cleaning their mobile phones. According to Seattle Times journalist Bobby Caina Calvan, a phone is covered in germs: 25,127 bacteria per square inch. That is a lot of germs and now could be COVID-related germs. The UV Sterilizer with Charger Box helps to clean away those germs in less than six minutes. By using this device, it helps to keep people safe. It is priced at just $58.99 Another great product that has been added to the po[CENSORED]r shopping platform is the Smart Sensor Foam Soap Dispenser (https://dreamerific.com/smart-sensor-foam-soap-dispenser/). This health and safety accessory is priced at just $29.49. It can be placed in the home or in the office and allows people to have easy access to soap to clean their access to remove any germs.Dreamerific has a lot of great health and well-being products for the home, all at low prices. The online store adds new products regularly. All products come with a full guarantee and are sold at their lowest price. To see the full range of products available, please visit https://dreamerific.com About Dreamerific Dreamerific is a po[CENSORED]r online store that sells quality products at low prices. Media Contact Company Name: Dreamerific Contact Person: Media Relations Email: Send Email Country: United States Website: https://dreamerific.com

Link : https://www.google.com/amp/s/federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2022/02/cms-takes-a-page-from-the-air-force-on-streamlining-software-development/%3famp=1 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is in the midst of an “all-out assault” to streamline how it approves the security of software and applications, and the agency is modeling its approach after the Air Force’s “Platform One,” according to its chief information security officer. CMS CISO Robert Wood said the agency is taking on the “burdensome friction” of slow authority-to-operate processes and other security policies from multiple angles. “We are not going to solve all of our problems with one big project,” Wood said during a Feb. 18 webinar hosted by the ACT-IAC Cybersecurity Community of Interest. “Rather we are going to attack it on multiple sides and sort of swarm around it.”Wood said the initiative has taken on increased urgency as CMS is at the center of national initiatives to respond to COVID-19, the opioid epidemic and other healthcare crises. Insight by Wickr: This survey of five agencies highlights the new perspectives agencies now have for securing their systems, data and people from the ever-changing nature of cyber threats. “We need to be able to change as an institution in the healthcare arena faster, and more stably, more than ever,” he said. The agency’s first big effort, he said, is centered on a “rapid ATO” process to help application development teams build their system security plans faster. CMS is using reusable control descriptions and pre-written control statements for vetted technologies, like identify management, so teams don’t have to start their ATO with a blank slate every time. Eventually, Wood said CMS wants to incorporate Software Bills of Materials and other asset identification tools into the process “where we can automatically identify components of a system and then pre po[CENSORED]te a lot of that stuff for you.” A second, related effort is developing a platform-as-a-service for CMS software development. Wood said the agency is modeling its effort after “Platform One,” the Air Force’s enterprise software development environment.“We’re not trying to deploy Kubernetes and containers on submarines or airplanes while they’re in flight,” Wood noted. “So we have a lot of flexibilities that they do not have when it comes to the way that we do deployments.” Like Platform One, Wood said CMS is building its platform on top of the open-source container orchestration system Kubernetes. He said CMS has established a “functional prototype” of the software development environment, and he expects within the next two months that it will reach the stage of “minimum viable product” with two applications running on it. The idea is to embed the rapid security assessments process within the development environment, allowing teams to roll out new software builds more rapidly. “There’s a lot of teams at CMS that are stuck in this place of deploying monthly or quarterly, and that’s a good thing for them,” he said. “There are some teams that do deploy daily. But it’s not the norm right now. It’s the exception, and we hope to be able to inverse that.” With the current process, he said, speed is not incentivized in many ways. “Continuously deploy your application, continuously improve your application, which is something that doesn’t really happen because change is viewed as a bad thing, because you have to do security impact analyses, you have to maybe even go through a new ATO if you’re redesigning things significantly,” he said. “There’s all of this compliance process that ends up becoming the focus of development teams, which is definitely not where we want people spending their time and energy.” Wood said CMS is also attempting to reform its security operations in a bid to streamline an approach that he called a “bottleneck” for development teams trying to access data to patch systems, respond to incidents and carry out other mission-critical functions. “We are building on a data lake platform,” he said. “We’re using that as our single source of truth, because we can build really, really rich governance rules around access and reporting into that.”

Link : https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.kvoa.com/news/3-ace-hardware-employees-seriously-injured-after-struck-by-vehicle-of-fleeing-shoplifter/article_0602104e-9101-11ec-8204-f37b8bef7b72.amp.html TUCSON (KVOA) - Three Ace Hardware employees were seriously injured on the east side Thursday after they were struck by the vehicle of an alleged robbery suspect. According to Tucson Police Department, officers were dispatched to the Ace Hardware located at 6959 E. 22nd St. near Kolb Road in reference to a report of a shoplifting and hit-and-run crash that occurred at that location. Ace Hardware TPD said after the suspect reportedly shoplifting from the store, several employees attempted to block the suspect from leaving the scene. Despite their efforts, the suspect struck the employees with their vehicle and fled the area before police arrived at the scene. According to TPD, the employees were transported to the hospital with serious non-life-threatening injuries.The suspect wanted in connection to the case is still outstanding. Anyone with information about the incident is advised to call 88-CRIME.

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Link : https://www.wepc.com/news/teamfight-tactics-update-124-adds-gadgets-and-gizmos-pass-for-all-players/ The new 12.4 update for Riot Games’ Teamfight Tactics auto-battler added a brand-new event pass that can be accessed by all players. The premium version of the event pass offers exclusive rewards which will be available for the next three weeks. Debonair has also been added to the game as part of the gameplay changes. Debonair units get party favors in the form of bonus health and ability power. But if you decide that’s not enough, you can always swap your VIP out with a new one that appears in the shop to change up the gameplay. What to Expect From Teamfight Tactics Update 12.4? Renata Glasc, who was added to League of Legends recently is also making her way to Teamfight Tactics. Glasc unleashes a toxic wave towards the largest group of nearby enemies, poisoning all enemies caught in its path for the REST of combat. Poisoned enemies have their attack speed reduced and take a small amount of magic damage each second. She is a very interesting champion and fans will be excited to try her out. Teamfight Tactics Update 12.4 Patch Notes Here are the highlights of the new patch: Your rank has been “soft” reset down one tier below your current standings. For example, if you are currently in Gold II you will now be in Silver II. If you are currently placed in Master or above, you will be reset to Diamond 4. You will get five provisional matches after the reset, meaning you will not lose any LP for sub-top-four placements in your first five ranked games of the new stage.

link : https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.news-medical.net/amp/news/20220217/New-open-source-software-tool-could-accelerate-genetic-discoveries.aspx Commercially viable biofuel crops are vital to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and a new tool developed by the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) should accelerate their development -; as well as genetic editing advances overall. The genomes of crops are tailored by generations of breeding to optimize specific traits, and until recently breeders were limited to selection on naturally occurring diversity. CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology can change this, but the software tools necessary for designing and evaluating CRISPR experiments have so far been based on the needs of editing in mammalian genomes, which don't share the same characteristics as complex crop genomes. Enter CROPSR, the first open-source software tool for genome-wide design and evaluation of guide RNA (gRNA) sequences for CRISPR experiments, created by scientists at CABBI, a Department of Energy-funded Bioenergy Research Center (BRC). The genome-wide approach significantly shortens the time required to design a CRISPR experiment, reducing the challenge of working with crops and accelerating gRNA sequence design, evaluation, and validation, according to the study published in BMC Bioinformatics. "CROPSR provides the scientific community with new methods and a new workflow for performing CRISPR/Cas9 knockout experiments," said CROPSR developer Hans Müller Paul, a molecular biologist and Ph.D. student with co-author Matthew Hudson, Professor of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. "We hope that the new software will accelerate discovery and reduce the number of failed experiments." CROPSR developer Hans Müller Paul, a molecular biologist and Ph.D. student with co-author Matthew Hudson, Professor of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign To better meet the needs of crop geneticists, the team built software that lifts restrictions imposed by other packages on design and evaluation of gRNA sequences, the guides used to locate targeted genetic material. Team members also developed a new machine learning model that would not avoid guides for repetitive genomic regions often found in plants, a problem with existing tools. The CROPSR scoring model provided much more accurate predictions, even in non-crop genomes, the authors said.Many crops, particularly bioenergy feedstocks, have highly complex polyploid genomes, with multiple sets of chromosomes. And some gene-editing software tools based on diploid genomes (like those from humans) have trouble with the peculiarities of crop genomes. "It can sometimes take weeks or months to realize that you don't have the outcome that you expected," Müller Paul said. For example, a trait may be regulated by a collection of genes, particularly one involving plant stress where backup systems are useful. A scientist might design an experiment to knock out one gene and be unaware of another that performs the same function. The problem may not be discovered until the plant matures without altering the trait in any way. It's a particular issue with crops that require specific weather conditions to grow, where missing a season could mean a year-long delay.Using a genome-wide approach allowed the scientists to tailor CROPSR for plant use by removing built-in biases found in existing software tools. Because they are based on human or mouse genomes, where multiple copies of genes are less common, those tools penalize gRNA sequences that hit the genome in more than one position, to avoid causing mutations in places where they're not intended. But with crops, the goal is often to mutate more than one position to knock out all copies of a gene. Previously, scientists sometimes had to design four or five mutation experiments to knock out each gene individually, requiring extra time and effort. CROPSR can generate a database of usable CRISPR guide RNAs for an entire crop genome. That process is computationally intensive and time-consuming -; usually requiring several days -; but researchers only have to do it once to build a database that can then be used for ongoing experiments. So, rather than searching for a targeted gene through an online database, then using current tools to design separate guides for five different locations and doing multiple rounds of experiments, scientists could search for the gene in their own database and see all the guides available. CROPSR would indicate other locations to target in the genome as well. Researchers could select a guide that hits all of the genes, making it much easier and quicker to design the experiment. "You can just hop into the database, fetch all the information you need, ready to go, and start working," Müller Paul said. "The less time you spend planning for your experiments, the more time you can spend doing your experiments." For CABBI scientists, who often work with repetitive plant genomes, having a gRNA tool that allows them to design functioning guides with confidence "should be a step forward," he said. As the name implies, CROPSR was designed with crop genomes in mind, but it's applicable to any type of genome. "CROPSR is also based on human genes, as the data availability for crop genes just isn't there yet," Müller Paul said, "but we're looking into some collaborations with other BRCs to provide a more capable prediction based on biophysics to help mitigate some of the issues caused by the lack of data." Going forward, he hopes researchers will record their failed results along with successes to help generate the data to train a crop-specific model. If the collaborations pan out, "we could be looking at some very interesting advancements in training machine learning models for CRISPR applications, and potentially to other models as well."

Link :https://www.anandtech.com/show/17266/intels-arctic-soundm-server-accelerator-to-land-mid2022-with-hardware-av1-encoding Rounding out Intel’s direct GPU-related announcements from this morning as part of the company’s annual investor meeting, Intel has confirmed that the company is also getting ready to deliver a more traditional GPU-based accelerator card for server use a bit later this year. Dubbed Arctic Sound-M, the forthcoming accelerator is being aimed in particular at the media encoding and analytics market, with Intel planning to take full advantage of what should be the first server accelerator with hardware AV1 video encoding. Arctic Sound-M is expected to launch in the middle of this. The announcement of Arctic Sound-M follows a hectic, and ultimately sidetracked set of plans for Intel’s original GPU server hardware. The company initially commissioned their Xe-HP series of GPUs to anchor the traditional server market, but Xe-HP was canceled in November of last year. Intel didn’t give up on the server market, but outside of the unique Ponte Vecchio design for the HPC market, they did back away from using quite so much dedicated server silicon. In the place of those original products, which were codenamed Arctic Sound, Intel is instead coming to market with Arctic Sound-M. Given the investor-focused nature of today’s presentation, Intel is not publishing much in the way of technical details for their forthcoming server accelerator, but we can infer from their teaser videos that this is an Alchemist (Xe-HPC part), as we can clearly see the larger Alchemist die mounted on a single-slot card in Intel’s teaser video. This is consistent with the Xe-HP cancellation announcement, as at the time, Intel’s GPU frontman, Raja Koduri indicated that we’d see server products based on Xe-HPG instead. Arctic Sound-M, in turn, is being positioned as a server accelerator card for the media market, with Intel calling it a “media and analytics supercomputer”. Accordingly, Intel is placing especially heavy emphasis on the media processing capabilities of the card, both in regards to total throughput and in codecs supported. In particular, Intel expects that Arctic Sound-M will be the first accelerator card released with hardware AV1 encoding support, giving the company an edge with bandwidth-sensitive customers who are ready to use the next-generation video codec. Interestingly, this also implies that hardware AV1 encoding is a native feature of (at least) the large Alchemist die. Though given the potential value of the first hardware AV1 encoder, it remains to be seen whether Intel will enable it on their consumer Arc cards, or leave it restricted to their server card. Meanwhile in terms of compute performance for media analytics/AI inference, Intel is quoting a figure of 150 TOPS for INT8. There aren’t a ton of great comparisons here in terms of competing hardware, but the closest comparison in terms of card size and use cases would be NVIDIA’s A2 accelerator, where on paper, the Arctic Sound-M would deliver almost 4x the inference performance. It goes without saying that the proof is in the pudding for a new product like Intel’s GPUs, but if they can deliver on these performance figures, then Arctic Sound-M would be able to safely occupy a very specific niche in the larger server accelerator marketplace. Past that, like the rest of Intel’s Arc(tic) products, expect to hear more details a bit later this year.

Link : https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.makeuseof.com/windows-11-run-windowed-games-better/amp/ Fans of windowed-mode gaming may notice some performance issues when playing on Windows 11, but Microsoft intends to fix that very soon. A Windows update spotted on the horizon will add new optimization tools that will make windowed games run a lot better. Windows 11's New Update for Windowed Gamers As reported on How To Geek, a new Windows 11 update is coming to the Insider branch. You can read all the details on Microsoft's announcement on Windows Insider, which lists interesting additions such as new touch gestures and a revamped Task Manager.However, buried away at the footnotes of the update is this golden nugget: This build introduces a feature called Optimizations for windowed games and is designed to significantly improve latency and unlock other exciting gaming features including Auto HDR and Variable Refresh Rate (VRR). Latency improvements can benefit all gamers – from improving your input lag to creating a competitive edge in your gaming experience. Microsoft then states you can turn this option on inside Windows 11's settings, but you may not have to. The software giant does state that the option should be on by default once you apply the update. Microsoft's Bid to Make Windows 11 the Best for Gaming For Microsoft to encourage gamers to make the jump to Windows 11, it needs to convince them that the new operating system is better for gaming than Windows 10. If it's not, gamers won't make the jump; full stop.Microsoft started on the back foot for Windows 11. Gamers noticed performance issues and slow SSD speeds, the latter of which was fixed in the KB5008353 update. As such, gamers had cold feet making the jump. However, Microsoft has tried its best to make Windows 11 the best operating system for gaming. There are plenty of new Windows 11 features aimed at gamers, and this new update may encourage more gamers to take the risk and upgrade to the new OS.Will Windows 11 Become the New Norm for Gaming? Microsoft has a big battle ahead of it if it wants to ween gamers off of Windows 10 and move to Windows 11. However, with the new OS's features plus these optimization tweaks, it may not be long until Windows 11 becomes a no-brainer choice for playing games.

Link : https://www.fltimes.com/news/nation/gadgets-satechi-hubs-perfect-for-everyday-users-at-home-offices-or-traveling/article_2b431c2a-39c3-57d0-ad88-9601f736eee1.html Users of the new Apple MacBook Pro M1, M1 Pro and M1 Max laptops with limited USB-C ports know how important USB-C hubs are to increase the capacity of connections. They include Ethernet, memory cards, USB-A ports for accessories and expanding the number of USB-C ports to include power delivery. Satechi is a company that has been listening to customer needs, offering versatile USB-C hubs and adapters. The latest, which I think is perfect for everyday users at home, offices or traveling, is the Satechi plug-and-play USB-C Pro Hub Mini. The new devices do not need any drivers or installation software.It is built as an extension of the existing built-in USB-C hubs by plugging into those computer ports, giving users a secure connection. The Satechi USB-C Pro Hub Mini can stay plugged in as a natural laptop extension or easily removed when not needed. In addition to a pair of USB-C hubs (one has power delivery) to compensate for the two it takes up with its mounting connection, you get two USB-A ports, a port for a network Gigabit Ethernet cable, and a 3.5mm audio connection. My hub testing was with a 2020 MacBook Pro M1, which does not have the audio port on the same side as the USB-C ports. Satechi thought ahead, and while putting their 3.5mm connection on the same side of the hub with the USB-C computer connections, those like me who do not need the audio port can fold it in. Some specs of the Pro Hub Mini ($69.99) provided by Satechi include a USB4 port (USB-C) to support up to 6K 60HZ display output and up to 40 Gbps of data transfer. The other USB-C data port supports up to 5 Gbps. The USB-A data is also up to 5 Gbps. It measures 3.97-by-1.5-by-0.47-inches and is available in Apple matching silver or space gray. When using the USB-C Pro Hub Mini as power delivery, it provides 96W of charging power, so check the requirements of your computer. Satachi has also launched the Thunderbolt 4 Dock ($299.99) and USB-C Multiport MX ($179.99), and USB-C Multimedia M1 ($149.99) adapters for more optimized and efficient desktop workspaces. Apple M1 Max MacBook Pro users with Thunderbolt 4 know the fast speeds and need this dock for expansion. It's built with 11 ports on the dock with a single computer USB-C connection (cable included). An AC adapter is included to give the Thunderbolt 4 an external power boost to run any high-powered peripherals. The other ports include three Thunderbolt 4, four USB-A, a 3.5mm audio jack port, Gigabit Ethernet, and UHS-II card readers. It can support power delivery of up to 96W, dual 4K HDMI video, and up to 40 Gbps data transfer. The Satechi USB-C Multiport MX adapter has dual HDMI monitor connections for a 4K HDMI display to support up to 60Hz on one and 30Hz on the other. Gigabit Ethernet, dual USB-C (with 100W power delivery), dual USB-A 3.0, a 3.5mm audio port, and micro/SD card readers are the others. It has a built-in USB-C cable for connecting to a computer. Six ports are in the USB-C Multimedia M1 adapter, including dual USB-C, dual HDMI 4K HDMI ports (60Hz/30Hz), and two USB-A 3.0 data ports. One USB-C supports PD charging up to 85W, and the other data port is rated up to 5 Gbps. The adapter connects to a computer's USB-C port through its built-in cable.

Link : https://obj.ca/index.php/article/techopia/martello-shares-down-software-firm-reports-year-over-year-drop-revenues Martello Technologies’ revenue growth continued to stall in the last quarter as sales of its legacy products and software aimed at Mitel customers declined compared with the previous year. The Kanata-based network troubleshooting software company said Wednesday it booked revenues of $4.46 million for the three-month period ending Dec. 31, down from $4.63 million a year earlier. Martello, which helps customers detect and repair problems in their high-speed communications networks, earns its income from two main sources: performance-analytics software aimed at Mitel customers and analytics and network-monitoring platforms for Teams and other Microsoft products.While sales of Martello’s Microsoft products rose by about $31,000 in the third quarter of fiscal 2022 compared with a year earlier, those gains were more than offset by a drop of more than $160,000 in revenues from the Mitel sales channel. After a long stretch of virtually uninterrupted growth, Martello has hit a bit of a speed bump in recent months. The latest results follow a second quarter in which Martello's revenues were flat compared with the previous fiscal year. It marks a stark contrast to the earlier stages of the pandemic, when the company’s revenues skyrocketed as the shift to remote work, the rise of streaming services such as Netflix and a host of other factors combined to put more strain on wireless networks. That hockey-stick trajectory has levelled off in recent months as sales of Martello’s legacy products fell and the company shifted more of its marketing and R&D resources toward new software such as its Vantage DX platform aimed at Microsoft users.After trading as high as 24 cents in early 2021, Martello’s stock has been on a steady slide for most of the past 12 months. The company’s shares were down half a cent to five and a half cents late Wednesday afternoon on the TSX Venture Exchange. CEO John Proctor tried to put a positive spin on the latest earnings report, noting that the company is seeing growing demand for Vantage DX, which was launched in the previous quarter. “Though Martello's performance over the last year has been challenging amidst longer sales cycles related to COVID-19 and efforts on the new product offering, this significant increase in commercial activity since the launch of Vantage DX is very encouraging,” Proctor said. Martello said more than 70,000 paying customers were using Vantage DX by mid-January, while another half a million users were engaged in trials. The company said its focus in the fourth quarter will be converting those trials into paid subscriptions.Martello posted a net loss of $2.17 million in the third quarter, up from $1.46 million in the same period in fiscal 2021. The company attributed the additional losses to increased spending on sales, marketing and R&D, the return to full salaries after employees’ pay had been cut earlier in the COVID-19 crisis and higher losses on foreign exchange. The company had $5.1 million in cash on hand at the end of the quarter, down from $8.52 million last March, along with net working capital of $2.31 million. Martello said a recent insider private placement that generated net proceeds of $2.4 million should provide it with “sufficient cash to fund ongoing organic growth.”

Link : https://www.google.com/amp/s/bitcoinmagazine.com/.amp/business/inside-the-new-coldcard-mk4 Bitcoin Magazine obtained exclusive access to details about the upcoming COLDCARD Mk4, the new version of Canada-based Coinkite’s Bitcoin hardware wallet that improves upon the po[CENSORED]r COLDCARD Mk3. The main features of the new model include a USB-C connector, no restrictions on Bitcoin transaction size, increased security with an extra secure element, NFC integration, a slide cover, a USB virtual disk mode, and an extensive “Trick PIN” optionality.NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) In the connections front, the user can opt into using NFC with the Mk4 by enabling it in the device’s settings as the feature will come disabled by default. Once turned on, NFC will enable the COLDCARD to come near a compatible device to sign a transaction or a message, co-sign in a multisig setup, or share information from the device’s MicroSD card like a payment address or an extended public key, a partially-signed Bitcoin transaction (PSBT), a text file, or a transaction file. Coinkite founder NVK told Bitcoin Magazine that the goal with NFC is to lower cost, improve UX, and further adoption. “Imagine hardware wallets being able to just tap-to-pay,” he said. Although QR codes have recently become po[CENSORED]r in some hardware wallets, NVK said they haven’t been adopted in the larger payment industries because they have extremely low data bandwidth, are more complex and not human readable, and require more expensive hardware. “This feature was added to improve phone-wallet UX as all modern phones have NFC, free, already sitting unused,” NVK said. “NFC will be available to all COLDCARD functions we are able to send or receive data, just like the SD card or USB cable.” In addition to requiring NFC to be turned on for usage, NVK told Bitcoin Magazine that the Mk4 will also enable the user to permanently disable the feature by scratching a PCB trace exposed on the MicroSD opening.AN EXTRA SECURE ELEMENT While previous versions of the COLDCARD had a single secure element (SE), Mk4 brings a second SE to establish a more robust security model for the user’s private keys and suppress potential single points of failure. Moreover, the fact that the second SE is from a different vendor further protects the user from any unexpected bugs or issues with a specific SE design. An attacker would need to fully compromise the two secure elements and the main microcontroller (MCU) before being able to extract seed words from the COLDCARD Mk4 as the device now distributes the encryption key among the three components. Additionally, even if all three components are compromised, the device’s PIN code would still be required. ‘TRICK PINS’ AND ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS Mk4 also allows the user to set up multiple “Trick PINs.” While the actual PIN unlocks the device and enables wallet functions, Trick PIN codes can exert alternative functionality such as unlocking a duress wallet, triggering a long login delay, or bricking or blanking the COLDCARD. These PINs are useful in different scenarios, but they can often come in handy in a physical attack where the user is coerced into unlocking their COLDCARD. For instance, the user can just use a Trick PIN for unlocking a duress wallet for plausible deniability. Alternatively, in a more extreme scenario, the user can type in a Trick PIN that wipes the COLDCARD clean and then bricks it, making it unusable. Additional improvements brought by Mk4 over Mk3 include faster booting; a 120 Mhz CPU, up from 80 Mhz; maximum space for settings – now 512 KB, up from 4 KB; more multisig wallet possibilities; firmware upgrade now takes 15 seconds, down from two minutes; 216 bytes of new secure storage alongside main seed phrase; a flashing light indicating when the USB connection is in use; a USB disk emulation for simple use with web browsers and other PSBT sources; and a doubled flash memory for firmware, among other updates. Mk4’s launch date is yet to be determined, but the device is available for pre-order at the Coinkite store.

Link : https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.denofgeek.com/games/horizon-forbidden-west-ps4-pc-platforms-port/%3famp Even though Horizon Forbidden West was seemingly never meant to be a launch title for the PlayStation 5, the advantages you’ll enjoy for deciding to play the game on that platform (from the PS5’s lightning-fast SSD to its controller’s haptic feedback rumble motors and adaptive triggers) have been heavily advertised so far. That approach has left some fans wondering if the highly-anticipated game will also be available for PS4 and PC. When Sony initially announced Horizon Forbidden West, audiences assumed it would only be available on the PlayStation 5. After all, the reveal trailer premiered during an hour-long showcase of upcoming PS5 titles. Audiences didn’t even know what the PS5 looked like until the showcase’s final minutes. Since that reveal, though, we’ve learned that Forbidden West is also coming to the PlayStation 4, which is good news for anyone who has yet to purchase a PS5 or can’t due to scalpers. Even better, those that choose to play the game on last-gen hardware won’t have to suffer through a significant performance drop (though they will need to accept a few inevitable compromises).Since the PS5 is objectively more powerful than the PS4, Horizon Forbidden West looks better and runs smoother on current-gen consoles. According to Digital Foundry, the PS5 provides two rendering modes: Resolution and Performance. Resolution mode renders at a crisp 4K and provides steady 30 fps gameplay, while Performance mode drops the resolution down to 1800p but delivers buttery-smooth 60 fps action as a tradeoff. Meanwhile, the PS4 consoles only provide one rendering mode. While the PS4’s base and slim models are capable of delivering 1080p Forbidden West gameplay at 30fps, the PS4 Pro can achieve 1800p resolution at 30fps. So, even though the PS5 versions look better, the PS4 versions are no slouches. Plus, anyone who buys the PS4 version can upgrade the game for free when they eventually get their hands on a PS5 (even though that wasn’t Sony’s original plan). Normally, the discussion would end here since Horizon Forbidden West was announced as a “PlayStation Exclusive,” but several months after the reveal trailer, Guerilla Games and Sony released a PC port of Horizon Zero Dawn (just one month after Kojima Productions gave PC gamers Death Stranding). Actually, the PlayStation team has been on a PC port kick as of late, as other ex-PS4 exclusives such as Days Gone and God of War have debuted on that platform via Steam and Epic Games. Furthermore, Sony is also planning to release a PC version of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, all bundled in the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, later this year. All things considered, it’s only natural to wonder whether Horizon Forbidden West is also on the planned PC port menu.Unfortunately, neither Sony nor Guerrilla Games have mentioned any plans to bring Horizon Forbidden West over to PC. So for the time being, the game is a PS4/PS5 exclusive. However, given the aforementioned Steam and Epic Games versions of Zero Dawn, an eventual port of this sequel seems inevitable. Of course, audiences had to wait over three years for the PC version of Zero Dawn, so if Guerrilla Games and Sony do indeed plan on releasing Forbidden West on PC, the hope is that the port won’t take quite as long.

Link : https://www.dewittcountytoday.com/news/gadgets-galore On Friday, Feb. 11, the first STEM center in Yorktown and the third in DeWitt County was opened. A school assembly was held from 1:30-2:15, then students moved to the new center to try out the gadgets and a ribbon cutting was held. Several representatives from Devon Energy and the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation were present, including Devon vice president, Aaron Ketter. “You know energy is important to us,” Ketter stated, “but it’s also important to everyone around us in the sense of, it’s a mainstream of our lives. The really cool thing is it takes a lot of scientists to find and develop energy, and energy is a rapidly changing landscape. When I think about when I first became an engineer, I didn’t have these cool things that Joe, you have designed. For Devon it is important for us to reinvest in the communities that we operate in; it’s important to stand beside our team members that live here locally and also start from the ground and work up. “Science is obviously important to us, and we want communities filled with kids that can learn and become scientists. You’re seeing the culmination of that interest and the great partnership with the Cal Ripken Foundation.” Christina Rehkop, director of community relations for Devon Energy, stated, “We hope that this center will provide unique opportunities for the children of Yorktown to explore their imaginations and challenge their critical thinking skills. Together with the Ripken Foundation, we’re aiming to inspire the next generation of STEM leaders and encourage budding young scientists to follow their dreams.”

Link : https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wired.com/story/job-applicants-hack-resume-reading-software/amp Last year, Shirin Nilizadeh got a call from a friend who had been worn down looking for a job. Her friend had sent her résumé to infinite job portals, only for it to seemingly disappear into a black hole. “She was going around asking everyone, ‘What’s the trick?’” Nilizadeh remembers. Nilizadeth didn’t have job advice, but she did have an idea. A computer scientist at the University of Texas at Arlington, Nilizadeh specializes in security informatics, or the way adversaries can breach computer systems. Oh my god, she thought. We should hack in. Most large companies use software in their hiring process. Programs called applicant tracking systems can sift through online applications and score them based on how well a candidate appears to match the open role. Some, like Oracle’s Taleo, can also rank applicants to give recruiters a short list of people to interview. The résumés at the bottom of the list can end up like those from Nilizadeh’s friend, without ever seeing the light of day. Nilizadeh devised an experiment to see if she could trick a résumé-ranking algorithm. She collected 100 résumés from LinkedIn, GitHub, and personal websites and scraped a variety of job postings from Indeed. She then randomly enhanced some of the résumés by embedding keywords from the job posting in the text. When she ran those through a résumé-ranking program, she found their ranking improved significantly—jumping up as many as 16 spots. It didn’t matter if the résumé listed other relevant qualifications or if it appeared to match the open role.Nilizadeh’s experiment was purely academic: She published her results last fall, with an audience of security researchers in mind. But as software pervades the hiring process, job seekers have developed their own hacks to increase their interview chances, such as adding keywords to the metadata of their résumé file or including the names of Ivy League universities in invisible text. One person, applying for an entry-level job at Google, told me they listed their Facebook page on their résumé because they believed Google’s applicant tracking systems rewarded mentions of other large tech companies. Some applicants believe such tactics help: Marco Garcia, a master’s student at École Polytechnique in France, struggled to get an interview for an internship last year until he started copying the job description of each job into his résumé in tiny white type. It was invisible to the naked eye but not to a computer. After adding the job descriptions, he told me he “definitely got more interviews.” Sending a résumé is just one piece of the hiring process, and plenty of hiring still happens through referrals rather than cold applications. But since so many jobs are formally advertised online, recruiters rely on algorithms to wade through the flood. “You might receive anywhere from 100 to 250 résumés for a single job opening,” says Julie Schweber, an adviser at the Society of Human Resource Managers, who worked in HR for 18 years. Schweber says software can filter out as many as 75 percent of applicants who don’t meet the job criteria, and can help recruiters choose the small number of candidates to advance to the next level. Software can also disadvantage certain candidates, says Joseph Fuller, a management professor at Harvard Business School. Last fall, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission launched an initiative to examine the role of artificial intelligence in hiring, citing concerns that new technologies presented a “a high-tech pathway to discrimination.” Around the same time, Fuller published a report suggesting that applicant tracking systems routinely exclude candidates with irregularities on their résumés: a gap in employment, for example, or relevant skills that didn’t quite match the recruiter’s keywords. “When companies are focused on making their process hyperefficient, they can over-dignify the technology,” he says. “It's more important to focus on a human looking at your résumé rather than clever tricks, like trying to stuff keywords in there.” Nate Smith, CEO, Lever

Link : https://toybook.com/continued-hardware-shortage-plagues-u-s-video-game-industry/ It’s harder than ever to get into the game. The ongoing shortage of video game hardware, including Sony’s Playstation 5, Microsoft X|S, and the Nintendo Switch is fueling a ripple effect of sales declines at retail as consumers hold back on gaming purchases as they await fresh shipments of new hardware. According to The NPD Group, consumer spending across video game hardware, content, and accessories declined 2% in January when compared to a year ago, to $4.7 billion. The hardware shortage has been an issue since the current generation of consoles was introduced at the end of 2020 and even a double-digit increase in January sales for PS5 and Xbox consoles failed to offset declines in spending for everything that goes with them. While sales for video game hardware itself spiked 22% compared to last January (the highest January hardware sales since 2009, NPD says), months of empty shelves fueled a 15% decline in accessory sales. RELATED: MICROSOFT PLANS TO ACQUIRE ACTIVISION BLIZZARD IN $68.7 BILLION CASH DEAL NPD video games industry analyst Mat Piscatella says that it’s important to note that these numbers “may represent that the year-over-year and month-over-month cooldown in spending experienced in January shouldn’t be taken as a sign of an overall downward trend, but rather the return of typical seasonality to the market” following a pandemic-fueled gaming boom. That boom saw sales of older consoles and accessories take off when they traditionally should’ve slowed on the cusp of a new hardware generation.

Link : https://thewestnews.com/pc-games-our-top-3-picks-for-free-pc-games/68310 Genshin Impact has been likened to Breath of the Wild. Finally, there are puzzles and minibosses that may be conquered using elemental abilities rather than fighting. The main story will keep you busy for the first 30 hours. The enormous vast terrain of Teyvat would keep you busy with camps to clear, riddles to solve, and sparkling new riches. Some areas of the open world are locked behind gacha mechanics. Although you may still enjoy the main story and most of the open world without paying for people. While it lacks the narrative, co-op, and conventional multiplayer, Warzone’s 150-player combat royale is one of the coolest updates to COD in past years. Infinity Ward has simplified prior BR titles’ looting systems and introduced respawn features to guarantee you could always battle your way again into a match. It’s a much simpler technique, but it means you can concentrate on 1 thing: conquering gunfights. League of Legends, based on the 5v5 base attack premise of Dota, features a constantly expanding roster of active characters. You won’t have trouble finding a game, and you’ll definitely find a few LoL heroes you can’t resist playing. So, these are our top 3 picks for free PC games. Comment below and tell us which one is your favorite pick!

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Link : https://gearjunkie.com/technology/gadgets/stealth-tag-bicycle-anti-theft-tracking If you’re aware of spy gear and culture whatsoever, you’re probably familiar with the idea of putting a stealth tracking device on precious cargo. Why not do the same thing to your bike? As global supply chain delays continue to slow bicycle production, bikes are hot commodities on all markets (including the black market). Stealth Tag has you covered when the best U-lock still fails at the hands of thieves.The execution is as simple as the concept. The Stealth Tag is about the size of a big bottle cap. Simply seat an Apple AirTag inside it, then push the cap into the bottom of your steerer tube. “Slight expansion,” according to Stealth Tag, holds it in. If your bike goes missing, nearby devices can locate the AirTag via Bluetooth and drop a pin on the Find My app. (Note that AirTag is only compatible with iPhone 11 and later — in this case, Android users are out of luck.) The $15 gadget is currently compatible with multiple po[CENSORED]r mountain bike steerer tubes from Fox and Rockshox. Find out if your fork can house a Stealth Tag. As of this writing, it’s on sale for $13. A Quick Audit: Is the Stealth Tag Any Good? Maybe. The concept is pleasingly simple, and if it works, it’s a stroke of elegant genius. But, of course, it has to work. You’ve seen these plastic caps before; there might be some on the ends of your handlebar, protecting anything that may contact them. To install the Stealth Tag, punch it upward into the bottom of the steerer tube. That means friction is the only thing securing it. Could it pop out when you land a drop or rattle your way over choppy trails? There’s only one way to know for sure. Still, a low-cost threshold might justify trying it out — especially depending on how much you spent on your bike. Stealth Tag purchases don’t include Apple AirTags. Buy one separately, starting at $29. It seems like the idea for the Stealth Tag was hiding in plain sight. Now, the Stealth Tag itself will be doing the same thing.

Link : https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/695307/software-supply-chain-attacks-hit-three-five-companies-2021/ More than three in five companies were targeted by software supply chain attacks in 2021, according to a recent survey by Anchore. The survey of 428 executives, directors, and managers in IT, security, development, and DevOps found that the organisations of nearly a third of the respondents (30 per cent) were either significantly or moderately impacted by a software supply chain attack in 2021. Only six per cent said the attacks had a minor impact on their software supply chain. The survey bracketed the discovery of the vulnerability found in the Apache Log4 utility. Researchers conducted the survey from December 3 to December 30, 2021. Log4j was revealed December 9. Before that date, 55 per cent of respondents said they had suffered a software supply chain attack. After that date, that number jumped to 65 per cent. "That means there were brand new people who had not experienced a supply chain attack before Log4j, and that there were people who had experienced an earlier attack but were seeing a stronger impact after Log4j," says Kim Weins, senior vice president at Anchore. Tech companies hit harder by software supply chain attacks The survey also found more tech companies were significantly impacted by software supply chain attacks (15 per cent), compared to other industries (three per cent). "Tech companies potentially create ROI for the bad actors," Wein says. "If an attacker can get into a software product and that software product is delivered to thousands of other people, they now have a foothold in thousands of other companies." Supply chain security also appears to be grabbing mindshare in many organisations, with 54 per cent of respondents pegging it as a top or significant area of focus. Interest among mature container users was even higher, with 70 per cent declaring supply chain security a top or significant focus for them.The number of dependencies that you have to pay attention to goes up with containers and cloud-native deployments," Weins says. "So, as people get more mature with containers, they recognise that they have to pay attention to all those extra attack surfaces created by those dependencies." SBOM critical for securing the software supply chain While protecting the software supply chain appears to be top-of-mind for many respondents, the report noted, few are incorporating software bills of materials (SBOMs) into their security postures. For example, less than a third of respondents are following SBOM best practices and only 18 per cent have a complete SBOM for all their applications. "We believe that SBOM is a critical foundation for securing the software supply chain because it provides you with the visibility into what software you're actually using," Weins says. An SBOM can also help speed up the response time of a security team when vulnerabilities are discovered. "Without an SBOM, the timeline for fixing those vulnerabilities can stretch into months or years," noted Sounil Yu, CISO of JupiterOne, an asset management and governance solutions company. "Without SBOMs, customers invest in black box solutions, resulting in a lack of awareness of all the components used in a product or service," adds Rick Holland, CISO at Digital Shadows, a provider of digital risk protection solutions. Weins maintains that SBOM is going to be a must-do for 2022. "It's becoming obvious to everybody that software security starts with understanding what you have — a complete list of components — and then using that to check for security before you deliver software. Then you need to continuously monitor the security of software after it has been deployed.

Link : https://www.tomshardware.com/news/quantum-computing-remote-monitoring Physicists with the University of Sussex have successfully developed a remote monitoring and control system blueprint for quantum devices and experiments. The new research pairs human intervention, data collection, and AI systems to detect and correct environmental fluctuations in vulnerable quantum computers (and their processing units, the qubits). The team hopes their work will eventually allow for the development of quantum computing solutions that operate across vast swathes of distance and in otherwise unworkable environments, such as space, or beside your desktop PC from the future.The quantum computing environment is booming, with multiple research breakthroughs occurring on a seemingly daily basis. Looking at this trend, the researchers believe quantum computing is reaching a level of maturity that could allow for adoption by non-specialist users -- or that could extend its deployments towards otherwise non-ideal but attractive scenarios, such as space. And it was derived from the scientists' experience at setting up work-from-home solutions so that research within the University's ultracold quantum laboratories never stopped. "Whilst we have been able to exploit this system for controlling our experiments for homeworking, even more significantly, this technology provides a blueprint for monitoring the environment and carrying out research and operating technology in inaccessible, non-constant and unpredictable environments such as space, underground or below sea level," said Dr. Thomas Barrett, Research Fellow in the group and lead author of the paper. "That's where it gets really exciting and could provide far reaching impact."The research provides control and key experimental parameters, such as vacuum chamber pressure, laser beam power, or resistances of important conductors; all of which are required hardware in quantum computing environments. It also showcases how otherwise detrimental environmental factors can be mitigated by deploying automated control sequences paired with evolutionary algorithms and machine learning protocols. These solutions constantly monitor and micro-correct for the environment surrounding the quantum system. Crucially, according to Dr. Thomas Barrett, "the system makes use of some technology that is already being used in many other sectors such as finance, farming and manufacturing and uniquely applies it to quantum devices." "(...) this advancement has far-reaching implications that could pave the way to new smart technologies utilizing AI/human collaboration," added Professor Peter Krüger, Principal Investigator. "An algorithm can be written to source information from a mixture of human input, sensors and AI. As quantum technology become more complex, for example with more sophisticated sensors and quantum computers, these types of monitoring systems will become crucial." There are many ways in which this research could impact future quantum designs across disciplines such as research, education, and the industrial and consumer markets. Quantum computing typically requires very controlled environments, as they are susceptible to computing errors or system decoherence caused by environmental noise such as thermal, acoustic, radioactive, and magnetic fields. However, data on these environmental disturbances is usually collected post-facto and aid in retrospectively determining the underlying cause. But if systems can be buffered against predicted environmental disturbances and made to adapt to unforeseen or developing environments automatically, its mainstream usage could be brought closer to reality. "There are countless application possibilities," finished Professor Peter Krüger. "In the future you could find these systems monitoring quantum devices in places such as spacecraft, inside glaciers or closer to home in electric vehicles or hospitals." How soon mainstream quantum computing becomes within our reach depends on many variables. The eventual products and form factors will depend on where the research leads quantum computing, and which designs ultimately prove the winners, either for reasons of cost, practicality, or scaling. Qubits, as we've seen, can take many forms with differentiated strengths and weaknesses between them. This will ultimately impact how the technology is packaged into spacecraft, glaciers, or other exotic locations. However, irrespective of how the technology ultimately materializes on our more mundane PC desks, we'll take one here at Tom's Hardware.

Link : https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pcworld.com/article/613680/how-to-install-windows-11s-new-android-apps-on-your-pc.html/amp Android apps for Windows 11 are expected to officially launch later this month, but an early Windows 11 preview build offers a sneak peek of what you can expect with apps supplied by the Amazon Appstore. It’s surprisingly simple and straightforward to install Android apps on Windows 11, though you’ll need an Amazon account. Windows has shipped with its own Microsoft Store for close to a decade now, offering numerous games, utilities, productivity apps, and more as part of its online storefront. Other games stores, such as Valve’s Steam and the Epic Games Store, have offered even more games that Microsoft doesn’t. (We recommend the GOG Galaxy 2.0 app to manage them all.) But taking advantage of mobile apps — specifically the thousands of mobile apps available on Android — has been a challenge. Emulators like BlueStacks have been the only way of accessing them. That’s changing soon. Unfortunately, only a limited subset of Android apps will be available, and not from Google Play. About 48 apps will be available from the Amazon Appstore app at launch. Android app requirements for Windows 11 Microsoft began rolling out the first implementation of Android apps last October, but we’re seeing what looks to be close to the final version, which is expected to be pushed out to the consumer version of Windows 11 later this month. For now, you’ll need a Windows 11 PC that’s either part of the Windows Insider Dev Channel or Beta Channel. (Technically, you’ll only need to have a PC running version Windows 11 22000.00 or higher, but the Amazon Appstore app responsible for facilitating Android apps doesn’t yet show up on the Microsoft Store app running on that, the stable version.) We’d expect this setup process to be nearly identical to what Microsoft will offer all PCs.Android apps on Windows 11 run on top of the Windows Subsystem for Android, a virtualized Android environment running on top of Windows 11. The hardware requirements line up with what Windows 11 requires: Essentially, an 8th-gen Intel Core chip, AMD Ryzen 3000, or a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c, along with newer chips from those vendors. Normally, virtualization demands Windows 11 Pro, but not in this case; Android apps will run on Windows 11 Home. That’s extremely helpful since you shouldn’t need to muck about in the optional Windows features settings to enable Android apps, unlike a virtualized environment like the nifty Windows Sandbox. How to install Android apps on your Windows 11 PC In fact, all you need to do to launch Android apps on your PC is to download and install the Android Appstore app from the Microsoft Store. The app itself appears to take care of all of the behind-the-scenes work, well, behind the scenes: You should see a brief splash screen appear, notifying you that your PC is setting up the necessary virtualization features and then downloading the required files. You probably won’t even need to reboot. Amazon Appstore Windows 11 , left imageAmazon Appstore Windows 11 , right image Amazon’s Appstore app will take care of all of the configuration process. Once the download and installation process completes, you will need to do one more thing: Log in to your Amazon account, or sign up for one if you haven’t already. (This doesn’t mean you’ll need to subscribe to Prime or any Amazon services, though you will need to supply whatever information Amazon asks for to join.) Amazon Appstore Windows 11 Mark Hachman / IDG After completing that step, you can open the Appstore and select from one of the third-party apps Amazon provides. Installation is as simple as clicking on it to install. Once opened, Windows 11 treats an Android app in much the same way as a “normal” Windows app. Each app will appear in your list of apps, and you can pin it to the list of app shortcuts in the Start menu. Most apps appear in portrait mode, formatted the same way as they would be on a normal Android smartphone. Some, however, appear more like truly windowed apps, which can be resized as you wish. The hardware requirements didn’t seem particularly egregious, either: Golf Clash required 755MB of memory and about 8 percent of my system’s CPU resources, as tested on a Surface Laptop 4 (Ryzen 7).