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Like its acquisitions of Tableau and MuleSoft, Slack is becoming a tool that’s a standalone application as well as one woven throughout the Salesforce Stack. Specifically, Salesforce is launching Slack-First Customer 360, which aims to allow enterprises to collaborate and streamline workflows with one view of the customer. Salesforce is also using Slack to automate routine business processes. The deal was officially announced on December 1, ending speculation the CRM giant was looking to expand its footprint more into collaboration and workflows....

The Galaxy Z Flip 4 isn’t wildly different to the Z Flip 3. They share the same 6.7-inch AMOLED primary display and 1.9-inch secondary Super AMOLED cover display, have high-end Qualcomm Snapdragon processors, similar cameras, and ship with 8GB of RAM. The Z Flip 4 is hitting stores and mailboxes on August 26, so the teardown is useful for those still weighing up whether to help the foldable category go mainstream or keep it on the fringe....

This year’s model, the Motorola Razr 2022, takes aim squarely at Samsung’s Z Flip 4 by using a nearly identical processor and memory config, as well as a camera array that looks superior, at least on paper. While Samsung’s Z Flip and Z Fold continue to dominate ZDNet’s best foldable phone rankings, it’s well worth taking a look at this new entrant to see if you should preorder the Z Flip 4 or hold off until Motorola provides a solid release date and a pricing schedule for the US market....

Available at Walmart, the deal we’ve found you for the Samsung Galaxy Buds Live wireless earbuds is one of the cheapest prices we’ve seen so far outside of sales event days. You would normally expect to pay around $150 for them, but the US retailer has dropped the price by $70 (46%), bringing the cost down to $79. The Samsung Galaxy Buds Live wireless earbuds, in black, are an excellent option for commuters or travelers due to their inbuilt Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) technologies....

Operating profit dipped 31.73% from a year ago and is the tech giant’s first year-on-year profit drop in three years. Revenue, however, did increase slightly compared to a year ago by 2.73%. While Samsung is yet to disclose its full third-quarter earnings, which it will do so near the end of the month, analysts expect the company’s profit drop to have been caused by lowered demand for memory chips. After nearly three years of high demand, especially from the server sector, customers were readjusting their memory chip inventory and were more conservative on their spending, analysts in South Korea said....

Tuesday’s announcement comes just a couple of hours after photos of the Galaxy S22, S22 Plus and S22 Ultra were posted online by Evan Blass. The S22 and S22 Plus are standard refreshes compared to the Galaxy S21 lineup, while the S22 Ultra looks more like the Galaxy Note with a box-like design and S Pen stylus support. Samsung’s official announcement claims the company will unveil an “epic new standard for smartphones with the most noteworthy S series ever created” during the Unpacked event....

Let’s dive into what makes these earbuds so great. The titanium diaphragm offers touch sensors and a Bluetooth 5.3 connection. They can run up to eight hours on single charge before they need a boost in the charging case, and if you’re low on battery, just five minutes can power you an extra hour. NuraTrue Pros also offer lossless audio over Bluetooth with a signature Qualcomm aptX Lossless technology, meaning your audio will stay faithful to the way you want to listen to it coupled with the personalized audio features these tiny earbuds pack into the 10mm dynamic drivers....

After six months in temporary housing, we’ve finally moved into a new home. And one of my top priorities as part of the move is making sure the home is well equipped with smart features to make it easy to live in. In this article, I’ll share the decision-making process I went through when deciding which smart features to add to our home. As always, these are my choices, based on my family’s needs and preferences; your choices might be different, but you’ll no doubt go through a similar analytical process along the way....

With a software engineering degree, you have the skills and knowledge to create new and exciting software while simultaneously improving upon existing programs and systems. Projected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to experience 22% job growth by 2030, software engineering is an in-demand and lucrative field. What is it like to work in a software engineering job? Software engineering jobs blend engineering, software development, and programming knowledge and skills....

I spent the past few weeks testing the Era 300 and can safely say that it’s been a near-euphoric experience. No matter what I played, or what room of the house I played from, I felt like I was in a live studio witnessing the birth of the track I was listening to. That said, while the audio quality of the Era 300 is exceptional, there’s more to the latest flagship speaker than its raw sound, and Sonos still has some rough edges to smooth out....

Lucas said the company has informed government that some of the data have been published online, with at least 38,000 employees and up to 80,000 government employees possibly having their data accessed. The data contained information on names, date of birth, tax file number, home address, bank account details, employment start date, payroll period, remuneration, and other payroll-related information. “We can confirm that no Department for Education employees are affected,” Lucas said in a statement....

SIM-swapping attacks, also known as SIM hijacking, occur when criminals attempt to take over your phone number. As our mobiles are now central hubs used in second-stage account verification, including through two-factor authentication (2FA) text messages or apps, being able to dupe carriers into handing over control means that victims may lose access to their online accounts and services. SIM-swaps usually lead to the theft of funds from bank accounts and cryptocurrency wallets....

As always, I like Mint’s default Gnome-2-based Cinnamon desktop. But Mint gives you a choice of many fully supported interfaces, including MATE, a Gnome-2 fork, and the ultra-lightweight Xfce. Most desktop users will be pleased with Cinnamon or MATE. But if you have older low-powered systems, Xfce is an excellent choice. Even PCs built in the 2000s can run Mint; if your PC has a 64-bit AMD/Intel processor, it can run Mint....

The WD 12TB Elements desktop external hard drive is a product best suited for your desk or home office. The drive comes with a USB 3.0 plug-and-play connection for rapid data transfer, and with 12TB on offer, it will be a long time before you run out of space for your work documents, films, television shows, music, photos, or games. The difference between desktop external hard drives and portable drives is that desktop versions are more weighty and are generally not suitable for constantly being moved about....

Study Findings Of the 1,008 U.S. residents surveyed: 40.2% of consumers said they would consider immediately switching to municipal broadband if it was made available in their city.10.9% of consumers said they would definitely make the switch, 29.3% said they would at least try it out.59.8% said they prefer their current provider. Demographic Data Among age groups, younger people were relatively more averse to municipal broadband than those older — 34....

On Tuesday, Interpol and Group-IB revealed the results of a two-year probe into “Dr HeX,” a target of Interpol’s Operation Lyrebird, leading to a suspect being apprehended in May with the help of Moroccan police. Interpol has accused the miscreant of prolific cybercrime, including phishing campaigns targeting French speakers and widespread website defacement. He is also suspected of developing and selling phishing exploit kits, used to steal the financial details of victims and to conduct financial fraud, on underground forums....

While initially denying the hacker’s claims that they had the information of 100 million T-Mobile customers, the telecom giant admitted that more than eight million customers had their information lost in the cyberattack. “Our preliminary analysis is that approximately 7.8 million current T-Mobile postpaid customer accounts’ information appears to be contained in the stolen files, as well as just over 40 million records of former or prospective customers who had previously applied for credit with T-Mobile....

That’s the word from a recent survey of 1,000 IT managers and executives, released by Snow Software. IT leaders weathered the storm in 2021, securing their seat at the executives’ table for the coming year. Eighty-nine percent of IT leaders claimed that IT roles were undervalued pre-Covid – but are now viewed as essential - with 90% claiming they have become trusted advisors to the business. In addition, 94% of IT managers consider innovation as top priority for their organization, though 71% say IT spends too much time reacting to problems instead of innovating....

The report sent Teradata shares up 5% in late trading. CEO Steve McMillan noted that the company “delivered year-over-year growth in Q2 ‘21 across key metrics including public cloud ARR, recurring revenue, profitability and free cash flow. Added McMillan, “We are executing on our cloud-first plan, winning new customers and expanding existing customers as we build on our position as the connected multi-cloud data platform for enterprise analytics. “Our unrivalled [sic] data management capabilities across multi-cloud and on-premises environments are what customers need today, and we are continuously innovating to address tomorrow’s needs....

In a statement to The Guardian, Tesco said that “an attempt was made to interfere with our systems, which caused problems with the search function on the site.” The retailer, whose 1.3 million online orders per week account for nearly 15% of its UK sales, said there was no reason to believe the attempted interference impacted customer data. SEE: These stealthy hackers avoid Windows but target Linux as they look to steal phone data Tesco confirmed on Sunday evening that its website and app were now restored, but that it was using a virtual waiting room to handle a backlog in orders....