With Affirm, there are none of the typical fees with no balance transfer fees, annual fees, late payment fee, or foreign transaction fees. This is because each transaction is written individually. However, while the APR can be as low as 0% to start, it can also go as high as 30% when you have bad credit. There is no set credit score for approval, although as always, the higher your score, the better....
The phrase, “finding patterns in data,” in fact, has been a staple phrase of things such as data mining and knowledge discovery for years now, and it has been assumed that machine learning, and its deep learning variant especially, are just continuing the tradition of finding such patterns. AI programs do, indeed, result in patterns, but, just as “The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars but in ourselves,” the fact of those patterns is not something in the data, it is what the AI program makes of the data....
Among other things, the Online Safety Bill 2021 extends the eSafety Commissioner’s cyber takedown function to adults, giving the power to issue takedown notices directly to the services hosting the content and end users responsible for the abusive content. The Online Safety (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021, meanwhile, repeals the Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015 upon commencement of the new Online Safety Act. McKim, like many others, said the government has been “ramming these Bills through this Parliament without adequate consideration and without adequate scrutiny”....
Mark Yoshitake, director of Alexa Skills, explains that the updated Alexa Food Skills API “incorporates state-of-the-art techniques in conversational Al to make the ordering process through Alexa more intuitive.” Now, customers can order through Alexa, from start to finish. When you ask Alexa to order Panera for you, the voice assistant won’t open a skill like it would when you try to order Dominos, for example. Alexa itself knows the Panera menu and takes care of your order for you without you having to enable a skill....
Alibaba earlier this year established a team focused on driving its Web3 strategy across its international markets, outside China. Efforts here included enhancing its infrastructure, products and services, and partners to support customers’ transition to Web3 applications, said Raymond Xiao, Alibaba Cloud’s head of international industry solutions and architecture. The Chinese cloud vendor believes Web3 development is driven by blockchain and immutable ledger technologies, with proponents such as the metaverse and social games that are built on top of public or private blockchains....
The determination applies to all couriers in New South Wales who use their own vehicle to deliver goods. “The impact of this decision will be felt around the world. Gig behemoths are on notice: This is what happens when workers call out these dangerous bottom feeders and fight together for a fair day’s pay,” TWU national secretary Michael Kaine said. Related Coverage
According to Reveal, these numbers are almost double what is standard for the rest of the packaging industry, and the report included accusations from doctors that the numbers were even higher because some workers had been told not to report injuries. The numbers were noticeably higher in factories that were more automated than others, Reveal found. An advisory council will be created and will include corporations, researchers, safety experts, and others....
The researchers said the Ohio-based tech company was using an AWS S3 bucket to store data but did not implement any security measures, leaving the contents totally exposed and easily accessible to anyone with a web browser. The 19 million exposed files included full names, email addresses, phone numbers and appointment details. In January, FlexBooker apologized for a data breach that involved the sensitive information of 3.7 million users. At the time, the company told ZDNet a portion of its customer database had been breached after its AWS servers were compromised on December 23....
The kit combines the security capabilities of Presidio, CrowdStrike, and AWS’ company CloudEndure, addressing the five pillars of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Sandy Carter, a vice president at AWS, said there is no one silver bullet when it comes to mitigating ransomware attacks and other cyber incidents but explained that protection “requires a layered approach and a team that is on top of emerging threats and capable of maximizing the benefits of industry-leading security technology such as the combination of Presidio, CrowdStrike and AWS....
As an admitted owner of a gas guzzler – and someone who writes for a publication that covers all things technology and innovation – I had a lot to ask. After a weekend of demystifying my preconceived notion of EVs and hitting the road on a couple of market-ready cars myself, here are my key takeaways. More: The new EV tax credit is complicated. Here’s who qualifies. 1. Auto manufacturers are being patient with us....
According to new figures by Canalys, Samsung shipped 6% more smartphones than it did the same quarter a year ago, but it shipped 16% fewer smartphones than it did last quarter. Still, with 61.8 million smartphones shipped, it was the lead vendor this quarter with a 21% share, ahead of Apple, which shipped 48.5 million iPhones and had a 17% market share. “Despite 6% annual growth, Samsung’s shipments fell 16% on the previous quarter as the vendor struggled with unhealthy inventory levels, especially in the mid-range,” said Canalys research analyst Runar Bjørhovde....
In recent weeks, a spate of local and national news reports about stalking incidents and auto theft attempts involving AirTags has popped up. The reports typically involve someone finding an unknown AirTag secreted away in a handbag, tucked behind their vehicle’s license plate, or stashed somewhere else that will let a thief or stalker track the location of themselves or their vehicle. In what was almost certainly an effort to alleviate some of the negative public sentiment toward AirTags being caused by continued reports like this, Apple has updated its Personal Safety User Guide with new advice on what to do if you find an AirTag that may be tracking you for criminal purposes....
During Senate Estimates on Tuesday, senators raised concerns about the messaging from Prime Minister Scott Morrison that getting the jab was not a race has resulted in complacency among Australians and the delays in providing vaccination to those in high-risk environments, such as aged care facilities. Minister for Aged Care Richard Colbeck, representing also the health portfolio, was unable to provide an answer as to how many aged care workers had been vaccinated....
Skinner, who appeared before Australia’s COVID-19 Select Committee, provided the update when explaining how the upcoming visible digital seal (VDS) would operate. The VDS is Australia’s answer for indicating a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status for international travel; it will link a person’s vaccination status with new digital vaccination certificates and border declarations. Skinner said her agency was working to make the VDS accessible to fully vaccinated people through the MedicareExpress Plus app....
“Among other things, the COVID-19 principles provide that any customer who has entered into and complies with a financial hardship agreement will not be disconnected without their consent, regardless of when they entered that agreement,” the Communications Alliance said on Tuesday. It added the terms have been in place since April last year, and operate alongside existing “customer protections and financial hardship safeguards”. The extension arrives as four Australian capitals – Sydney, Darwin, Brisbane, and Perth – are in lockdown following a surge of the Delta variant of COVID-19....
BleepingComputer’s Lawrence Abrams said he was sent an anonymous email with a password and link to a ZIP file named, “Decryption Keys Ransomware Avaddon.” The file had decryption keys for 2,934 victims of the Avaddon ransomware. The startling figure is another example of how many organizations never disclose attacks, as some reports have previously attributed just 88 attacks to Avaddon. Abrams worked with Emsisoft chief technology officer Fabian Wosar and Coveware’s Michael Gillespie to check the files and verify the decryption keys....
“We have also stopped allowing new sign-ups for AWS in Russia and Belarus. Our biggest customers using AWS in Russia are companies who are headquartered outside of the country and have some development teams there.” Microsoft similarly said in a blog post last Friday that it will suspend all new sales of Microsoft products and services in Russia. “In addition, we are coordinating closely and working in lockstep with the governments of the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom, and we are stopping many aspects of our business in Russia in compliance with governmental sanctions decisions,” Microsoft President Brad Smith wrote....
The program uses speech recognition to make sure your pronunciation stays on point. And you can practice in just 10 to 15 minutes, so it’s easy to fit bite-sized lessons conveniently into your schedule. They cover all skill levels, from novice to advanced, and include a wide range of practical topics, from family to food, business to travel, and much more. You can study wherever and whenever you like. If you install the app on multiple devices, it will sync your progress across all of them....
If you enjoy earning free stuff but don’t want to go on a getaway, earning points for gift cards or a statement credit might be your best bet. With a gift card in your wallet, you might actually treat yourself instead of paying household bills or groceries. And if you don’t want to go the gift card route, having a statement credit on your card might make it easier to do something special for yourself....
We’ve gathered our choices for the best cybercrime bachelor’s degrees below. Top cybercrime bachelor’s degree programs in 2022: Our picks To choose the cybercrime bachelor’s degrees listed below, we ranked institutions and programs on multiple criteria. We factored in graduation rates and reputability alongside program curricula and outcomes. Additional factors include the types of classes offered, online availability, and practical requirements for each degree. Alongside gaining insight into the criminal justice system and legal procedures and processes, you’ll build technical abilities....
