Meanwhile, police in the Indian state of Telangana are using grassroots educational initiatives to help people avoid digital scams and other online exploitation. And the industrial control giant Siemens disclosed a major vulnerability in one of its most popular lines of programmable logic controllers this week. The company does not have plans to fix the vulnerability because, on its own, it is exploitable only through physical access. Researchers say, though, that it creates exposure for the industrial control and critical infrastructure environments that incorporate any of the 120 models of vulnerable S7-1500 PLCs....

I call this enshittification, and it is a seemingly inevitable consequence arising from the combination of the ease of changing how a platform allocates value, combined with the nature of a “two-sided market,” where a platform sits between buyers and sellers, hold each hostage to the other, raking off an ever-larger share of the value that passes between them. This is why—as Cat Valente wrote in her magisterial pre-Christmas essay—platforms like Prodigy transformed themselves overnight, from a place where you went for social connection to a place where you were expected to “stop talking to each other and start buying things....

The irony is largely lost on many in Congress. Lawmakers are renewing their calls for a nationwide TikTok ban and pushing the Biden administration to force a breakup of the Chinese-owned tech company. Meanwhile, efforts to pass a national privacy law, which failed last year, have largely evaporated. International balloon politics have only complicated TikTok’s rapidly deflating US future. “If you’re certainly willing to fly a balloon over your continental airspace—and have people see it with a naked eye—what would make you not weaponize data?...

It was their last normal day. Rory woke up in the middle of the night complaining of sharp pains in his leg, and then threw up. The next morning, his stomach was tender and he had a high fever. His worried parents got him to a pediatrician and then shuttled him to an emergency room. In both places, staff diagnosed a stomach bug. Back at home, his temperature kept climbing, despite the Tylenol his parents gave him....

If you want your business to remain successful, then, you must always be on the lookout for the best e-commerce conversion techniques. Here are the latest tips to help you boost your online conversions. Increase Page Loading Speed of E-Commerce Website Today, customers are impatient. They cannot stand a website that loads slowly. You are at risk of losing sales and referrals if your website loading speeds are slow. To grow your conversions, you must address speed problems and optimize your website for mobile....

If you have already adopted or are planning to adopt DevOps in this year, then here are a few trends that you might want to watch out for and incorporate. Let’s have a quick look at trends that will redefine DevOps as we know it. Shift to DevOps For a while, the focus for most organizations stayed on Continuous Integration (CI). However, with the focus shifting towards continuous delivery and more time being devoted towards ensuring automation of the tasks, DevOps is a major element of organizational strategies....

There’s much truth in this. Virality was perhaps Twitter’s greatest strength; yet, like all of the platform’s strengths, it was also a weakness. Virality, at its heart, is global, instantaneous, automated networking. It can connect something you say to millions all over the world who would otherwise never have heard you, without your having to embark on any special effort to reach them. What might cost an advertiser millions of dollars, or require the lofty celebrity that ordinarily accrues to popes, presidents, or celebrities, costs you nothing and requires only that you post with the best of them....

Here’s everything you need to know about the security fixes released in January. Apple has released iOS 16.3 along with a new feature that allows you to use security keys as an extra layer of protection for your Apple ID. Apple’s latest update also comes with 13 security fixes, including three in WebKit, the engine that powers the Safari browser, two of which could allow code execution. Another three issues have been patched in the iPhone Kernel at the heart of iOS....

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Impatience isn’t unusual in these times of instant online gratification. A 2018 Google study showed that most people lose faith in a website if it hasn’t sprung into action within three seconds. Is your business website one of these offenders? Take a look at these actionable tips to increase your website page speed and keep prospective customers on your site. 1. Test Your Website Page Speed There are several ways to test your website’s speed that can provide useful insights into bottlenecks and other performance issues....

Importance of Wireframe in Web Design 1. Forms the Foundation for the Final Website A wireframe forms the basis for how website development and design will be done. This way, both your design and development team get a clear vision of the ultimate objective. Hence, this encourages them to work in harmony and successfully meet the end goal. 2. Makes it Easier to Handle Errors and Issues Creating a website is a task of not just one person....

Availability Whatever type of cover is more readily available in the market is going to be cheaper than what is not easily available. In the upholstery stores locally and on the net, you are indeed going to be spoilt for option. Whatever manner of cover you want to buy BMW car cover online, you shall be richly rewarded by the result that the current market will give you. And you do not even have to go searching for the store that stocks car covers; you could get their numbers from the phone directory and let them come searching for you, delivering your car cover proper at your doorstep....

This guide aims to give you 5 ways technology can help you workout at home: Fitness apps are well known for being convenient and effective, giving you the ability to complete an effective workout guided by your smartphone or smart device. The 30 Day Fitness app, for example, is available if you want to lose weight, be more active or build muscle. It is set up to be your digital personal trainer, hold you accountable, and teach you how to do exercises that follow an established training routine....

But have you ever wondered what compels them to use the internet, rather than following traditional means? Well, the simple answer is – seamless user experience and eye-catchy design. Therefore, if you are already running a website, or looking forward to starting one, you must emphasize creating a butter-smooth UX of the website. Here are 7 UX design tips from experts providing Ui Ux design services to build a smarter website – 1....

This is the Easiest and Fastest Guide to Port any MTK Rom to Your MTK Device. Things you will need :- Base Rom (Stock Rom of Your Device)Rom Port (Rom that you are going to Port)WinRARNotepad++ Before Porting please Make sure that you are using a Rom of Same MTKxxxx Device to Port. Take a clean base to port the Rom, it must be bugless. Porting Guide :- Now do as Follows :- First Of all Extract Both the Roms in Two Different Folders and then follow these steps :-...

Pros and Cons Having your own writer’s blog puts you in charge. You can make your own schedule, add your own pictures, and use any layout – anything you like. You can practice new writing techniques on your blog and post whatever you like wherever you are, whether on your sofa or at the restaurant. More importantly, there is no limit to how much money you can make with your blog, especially if you have a great start....

If you own a business and wish to make it a big hit online, then here are some effective ways of doing it: 1. Target right set of audience The first step in effective internet marketing is to understand who your potential customers are. Try to list out the set of audience who would be interested in availing your products or services. This does not require any detailed analysis or hiring of a market professional, but drafting a list of people in terms of their social position, age, gender and financial conditions....