China’s cybersecurity situation in particularly is especially dire. China estimates they’re short more than 700,000 qualified security experts, a number they expect to double by next year. Everybody needs them, so help fill the world’s lack of tech talent with the training in The Complete Information Security Certification Bundle. Right now, TNW Deals has slashed the price on this collection down to just $31, over 90 percent off the regular price....

The Kano PC is an 11.6-inch Intel Atom-based tablet/laptop hybrid that runs Windows 10. Squint a bit, and you’d see it bears a passing resemblance to the diminutive Surface Go. Obviously though, it’s still got a child-friendly design that betrays the fact that this is obviously a tool for the education sphere. Before we dive into things, let’s talk about the device’s specs. Although the Kano PC isn’t exactly a speed demon, I wouldn’t describe it as underpowered....

Another niche filled by an electric version Electric cars, trucks and buses are slowly making their way onto roads. There have been more than 7.2 million electric vehicle sales to date. As technology advances, there will be even more. Hybrid and fully electric vehicles are already available for a variety of commercial and personal uses. However, it wasn’t until recently that innovators began to apply electric technology to emergency vehicles. Now, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is showing off North America’s first electric fire engine from Austria-based Rosenbauer Group....

But some researchers are worried that a form of consciousness might arise in such mini-brains, which are sometimes transplanted into animals. They could at least be sentient to the extent of experiencing pain and suffering from being trapped. If this is true – and before we consider how likely it is – it is absolutely clear in my mind that we must exert a supreme level of caution when considering this issue....

Almost 7 of every 10 business leaders believe cybersecurity risks are only escalating. That’s probably because facts show they absolutely are. Cybersecurity experts estimate a cyberattack will happen every 11 seconds this year, nearly twice the rate of just two years ago. And its cost? $6.1 trillion annually, more than the economies of every nation on Earth except the U.S. and China. Looking at stark numbers like those it’s no surprise that qualified IT security personnel is near the top of every business head’s must-fill job list....

It is the advanced books, however, that teach you the skills you need to decide which algorithm better solves a problem and which direction to take when tuning hyperparameters. A while ago, I was introduced to Machine Learning Algorithms, Second Edition by Giuseppe Bonaccorso, a book that almost falls into the latter category. While the title sounds like another introductory book on machine learning algorithms, the content is anything but....

Lightyear is reinventing not only solar energy but battery charging Lex Hoefsloot, Co-founder and CEO, explained the challenge of EVs, asserting: “There’s no hiding from it, access to charging stations will not keep up with the demand for electric cars. To minimize plug-charging and maximize range, the industry’s strategy, so far, has been to add batteries. That increases the carbon footprint of production and, in turn, boosts weight and the need for high-power charging stations....

Ahem. The three-card, silver-bordered set will be featured along side a My Little Pony-themed play mat and four special card sleeves. It’s only available from 22 October through 5 November – while supplies last – on Hasbro’s Pulse website. The cards (obviously not tournament legal) pay homage to the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic series, whose upcoming finale will mark the end of an era in Pony canon. Seriously, don’t sleep on My Little Pony, it’s the Robotech of friendship....

Microsoft said the Russian state-backed hacking group has targeted at least 16 national and international sporting and anti-doping organizations ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The campaigns mounted by the threat actor — also known by a variety of monikers like APT28, Sofacy, and Strontium — is said to have started on September 16, shortly before reports emerged about possible action by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against Russian athletes....

Microsoft revealed the partnership earlier today. The press release opens with this line, which makes it sound like a peace treaty: “Under the memorandum of understanding signed by the parties…” And you agree not to run ads sniping at each other, a la SEGA and Nintendo in the 90s, right children? Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida did take a little sly dig at Microsoft which his counterpart, Satya Nadella, did not: “For many years, Microsoft has been a key business partner for us, though of course the two companies have also been competing in some areas....

At the time, we wondered why the app wasn’t on iOS, but now it seems the Play Store may have simply jumped the gun – just two days later, the app is now available on iOS and Microsoft has officially announced the app’s public availability. Microsoft first announced the unified Office app in November, when it opened a limited preview for Office insiders. Since then the app has gained support for templates in Word, Excel, and Powerpoint....

Microsoft is set to begin rolling out its new Chromium engine-based Edge browser to Windows 10 users today. The updated Edge browser brings support for Chrome extensions, user profiles, and faster web browsing. Once the update starts rolling out, all Windows users will eventually have to switch to the updated Edge browsers. According to a blog post by the company, only Business users will have a chance to block this change....

This new update to Microsoft’s operating system is codenamed “Sun Valley” and reports suggest that it’ll bring refreshed UI elements, along with other changes. [Read: This dude drove an EV from the Netherlands to New Zealand — here are his 3 top road trip tips] A report from Windows Central notes that the new Windows update will bring a redesigned taskbar that could have pinned apps. Plus, it could make the system tray work better with touch screen devices....

Now it seems Microsoft is getting rid of UWP altogether. As spotted by Paul Thurrott, a session for the company’s upcoming online-only Build conference will explain “how the Windows app platform is evolving and unifying Win32 and UWP” under the WinUI framework. Another session describes how: The longstanding fragmentation within Windows has left some developers frustrated compared to the more streamlined vision behind Apple and Google software. Unfortunately the information we have now doesn’t tell us much about the specifics of Microsoft’s plans, but hopefully Build will provide a clearer picture when it begins May 19....

To avoid this, businesses need to be extra careful with how they handle and store customer data. This isn’t always an easy task, though. To help highlight some approaches that work, we asked the experts of Young Entrepreneur Council the following: What are some good customer data habits companies should have in place in order to limit the amount of damage a hack can do? Here is what they advise:...

Here’s what went down. According to a BBC Russia investigation, the country’s Federal Security Service (FSB) could be behind the disappearance of $450 million worth of cryptocurrency from Russia-based asset exchange WEX, The Moscow Times reports. The exchange’s CEO was allegedly forced by the FSB to hand over customer data. The report says this data was then used to steal cryptocurrency that was worth over $450 million at the time....

But for all the interesting phones Motorola makes, it hasn’t made a phone I’d really want to buy in years — as in, a real, honest-to-goodness flagship to go up against the Pixels, Galaxies, and iPhones of the world. The new Edge+ changes that. At an expensive (but unfortunately normal) $1,000 price tag, it has specs to compete with anything on the market, including a few surprises — there’s a headphone jack!...

Granted, we knew this indirectly as the company confirmed it had hired a new VP of Game Development last week. But today we’ve gotten even more direct confirmation. Specifically, Netflix is entering the mobile gaming space — at least to start. In a letter to investors, the company said: The company also specifically called out how “in the race to entertain consumers,” it competes against companies like Epic Games, an obvious nod to Fortnite....

The company’s already experimented with a VPN service by partnering up with ProtonVPN and offering a $10 subscription. Now, the company’s thinking of offering some amount of free VPN bandwidth to get you started, and then charge a premium for metered access in the form of a monthly subscription. Beard specified that there’s no plan to charge users for current features that are free: There’s no word on pricing just as of now, but a privacy-focused premium version of Firefox sounds like an enticing offering, at a time when it’s hard to avoid being tracked on your digital devices, and when data leaks are rife....

The team from Northwestern University (NU) claims their invention is “the first decentralized algorithm with a collision-free, deadlock-free guarantee.” The algorithm divides the ground beneath the machines into a grid. The robots learn their position through technology similar to GPS and coordinate their movements through sensors that assess where there’s free space to move. “The robots refuse to move to a spot until that spot is free and until they know that no other robots are moving to that same spot,” said Northwestern Engineering’s Michael Rubenstein, who led the study....