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‘Microsoft will be undisputed market leader in the IT market in 2021’

Synergy Research Group has analyzed the 2021 IT market. Microsoft is the big winner. According to the market experts, Microsoft is by far the highest-earning business IT supplier today. In 2021, the company was able to earn no less than 106 billion euros ($120 billion) from its business customers. IBM follows in second place and […]

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‘Regulation cloud providers only leads to problems’

Laws and regulations for cloud providers, such as the integration of telecom with public cloud environments, are especially problematic. This is stated by the business news site Forbes in a recent article. Recently, according to Forbes, it has become increasingly common for telecom operators to move part of their processes and services to the public

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Hackers try to crack LastPass accounts with credential stuffing

Password manager LastPass is under attack from hackers. In recent days, several attempts have been made to break into the digital vaults of end users using master passwords. According to the password manager, this concerns so-called ‘credential stuffing’. Recently, end users of password manager LastPass complained that their master passwords were attempting to break into

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Intel completely disables AVX-512 support for Alder Lake processors

Intel may completely disable AVX-512 support for Alder Lake CPUs via an updated microcode. That change would be made through bios updates. AVX-512 is currently only supported on Alder Lake through a workaround. Igor’s Lab writes that support for the AVX-512 instruction set extension will soon be completely disabled on “all existing Z690 motherboards.” The

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Apache releases new patch 2.17.1 for Log4j vulnerability

Another vulnerability has been discovered for Log4j and the Apache Foundation has therefore released another patch. Version Log4j 2.17.1 should again fix remote code execution. The now-found vulnerability, CVE-2021-44832, for Log4j is found in version 2.17.0. The vulnerability allows hackers who have permission to modify the logging configuration file to set up a malicious configuration

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WhatsApp introduces Community, strengthens grip on WhatsApp groups

The most recent beta version of WhatsApp iOS includes a ‘Community’ feature for merging multiple WhatsApp groups. Creating a WhatsApp group has been child’s play for years. Bringing together multiple groups is impossible. Community is changing that. WABetainfo, a news site with specifications of WhatsApp beta releases, discovered the ‘Community’ feature in November. Details were

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Pine64 releases physical keyboard, cases and wireless charger for PinePhone

Pine64, the developer of the PinePhone, has released four accessories for the Linux phone. The accessories include a keyboard case with a physical keyboard, a LoRa case, a fingerprint reader and a case that allows wireless charging with the PinePhone. The accessories have appeared in the Pine64 webshop, Liliputing discovered. All four accessories are compatible

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Samsung shows 4k monitor with 240Hz refresh rate and mini LED backlight at CES

Samsung has shared the first details of its Odyssey Neo G8 monitor. This screen will have a 4k resolution, a refresh rate of 240Hz and a backlight with mini LEDs. A suggested retail price or release date has not yet been announced; Samsung will share more information during CES. Samsung shares the details in a

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