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Movado is a brand that’s popular across the globe for the company’s eye-catching watches. And now the company is hoping to bring that design taste over to the Android Wear market. The company has just announced a new partnership with Google, which will see Movado launch five new smartwatches under the Connect branding this year. The new smartwatches will be unveiled at this year’s Baselworld, which takes place at the end of the month....

If you’ve ever worked in an office, you likely have at least a baseline understanding of Excel. But you’ve also likely only scratched the surface of what this multifaceted program can do. To unlock its true potential, you’ll need to have the right training. This bundle comes with an Excel training course that will transform you from an Excel novice into a full-fledged pro. Through 85 lectures and five hours of content led by Excel expert Chris Dutton, you’ll learn how to explore and analyze massive sets of intricate data....

Although we’ve come to take the power of our phones for granted, it’s still pretty mind-boggling when you think about what they can accomplish. You can book bargain vacations, perfectly match paint colors, and train for new careers. With the iScanner app, you can even turn your iPhone into a competent remote office. iScanner’s AI lets you use your iPhone for everyday business, personal or educational tasks. For example, you can scan and compile pages into a single document and sign, edit, and fax them....

Some believe these moves are a form of censorship by social media companies. Like health professionals, others say it’s the best way to stop disinformation from going viral and harming people. Tap or click here to see how Facebook blocked the spread of a viral COVID-19 conspiracy theory. Social media sites aren’t the only ones doing fact-checking these days, either. The Internet Archive has announced that it’s adding fact-checks to its catalog of old and deleted web pages....

According to Robert Half’s 2023 Salary Guide, business leaders remain focused on expanding, accelerating and protecting their IT investments over the next 12 months, despite many companies preparing to feel the squeeze of an economic downturn. In fact, 79% of chief information officers (CIOs) and chief technology officers (CTOs) report feeling ‘very confident’ about their company’s growth prospects in the year ahead, citing efficiency and productivity (31%), computing initiatives (26%), digital transformation (24%), and blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) projects as their top strategic priorities for 2023....

And often, the criminals don’t stop developing their tricks or scams. So if one method is successful, you can be sure that it will get a few tweaks to make it even more dangerous. For example, the ERMAC banking Trojan targeted 378 applications a year ago. Researchers have now discovered an updated version that can target more applications. Read on to see what makes this malware so dangerous and what you can do about it....

When sending an email to more than one person, you should know why you include others before hitting send. Do all the recipients need to take action or just one of them? Do all the recipients know each other? This is what CC and BCC were made for. Tap or click here to learn about proper email etiquette. A home is the most significant investment most people will make. There’s a lot of information surrounding your home, and you’re probably using email to keep track of most of it....

It was on their official website that the Check Point has revealed and also stated that there are four vulnerabilities found that are affecting more than 900 million Androids devices. QuadRooter was the name chosen to designate these four vulnerabilities affecting Android smartphones and tablets, which use Qualcomm SoCs. In practice, the affected devices can be totally controlled by the attackers, like the attackers can gain access to data stored on the affected device, control the camera, microphone, etc....

According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), over 80% of the volume of international trade in goods is carried by sea and that percentage is even higher for developing countries. The whole industry is reliant on a series of complex, ‘just in time’ supply chains. if just one element is disrupted, it can have massive repercussions. One example: the disruption to supply chains around the globe in 2021 when Ever Given, one of the largest container ships in existence, was grounded in the Suez Canal, blocking one of the world’s busiest shipping channels and forcing many other ships to take much longer journeys around the Cape of Good Hope, severely delaying shipments of electronics, machinery, furniture, household goods, and more....

Spotting these malicious email messages is getting harder. A recent scam involved fake UPS emails with embedded links that appeared legitimate. Click the link, and it’ll take you to a page that again seems real. Then malicious files are downloaded. Tap or click here to learn how this was done and how you can avoid it. Scammers can go beyond your personal trust and get into your professional life. They’ll hit you with messages that appeal to your sense of duty to your job....

Staring into a screen for at least 14 hours a day, the engineer dreams of perfect solutions to dastardly problems and how to code humanity’s errors out of existence. It seems, though, that many engineers’ lives may have changed after the COVID-19 pandemic. Those lives may have become more daring, more exciting and brought them into contact with more error-filled humans. I judge this from data collected by corporate travel agency TripActions and relayed by Skift....

The major figures in computer-related cyber-crimes, hackers and their networks, regularly explore and exploit weaknesses in computer systems. Being intelligent and highly skilled, hackers organize cyber-attacks targeted at various objects of major importance, such as banking, government, and healthcare institutions, secret data banks, and social media. These activities have twofold consequences. On the one hand, the “hacker culture” encourages IT development and advances cyber security progress. As Robert Moore states in his book Cybercrime: Investigating High-Technology Computer Crime, “today, individuals who claim to be hackers argue that true hackers are interested in furthering computer security and that those who do not conform to this belief system are not hackers in the true sense of the word....

The Nextbit Robin arrived in two variants when it launched, but now there’s a new color scheme going up for sale. The Robin is now getting a new color scheme for a limited time, as the company has officially announced, and made available, a new Ember variant. The design boasts a neutral black body, but features red end caps. The device retails for $299, and Nextbit says that there are only a limited number of devices available....

Both choices come with an extensive library of podcasts, videos, and audiobooks, along with customized playlists just for you. Not sure which streaming service is best for you? Tap or click for our streaming music comparison. While navigating Spotify is simple, there are some tricks that you probably don’t know. Here are 10 insanely useful tips that’ll take your listening experience to another level. 1. Make secret playlists While you can make any playlist public and have it show up on your profile, you may want to make a playlist private....

I should disclaim that while this $100 off deal doesn’t actually make the Pixel 7 “free,” it’s the first of the two-part process that should leave you with a shiny new smartphone for less than the discount itself. Read on. Also: Know before you buy: Every major retailer’s holiday return policy The way it works is simple: Best Buy is currently offering enhanced trade-in values when purchasing smartphones. That means what is typically valued for, say, $100 can now count as $400 or more....

If you’ve never used an electric bike, they’re great for commuting distances too far to conveniently walk. The Huffy Oslo has a max range of 20-23 miles with pedal assistance, which allows you to increase your power by pedaling. The Huffy Oslo’s throttle can help you reach speeds of up to 20 mph. In addition to the 250W motor and 36V battery, the derailleur (aka the bicycle gearing system) features a Shimano 7-speed index, which allows you to pedal the bike without electricity and adjust the resistance to your preference....

Old: You accidentally throw your phone off a two-story building. Oh, I’ll go get it later, you say, when your friend asks if you want to check on it. Mobile phone falls and breaks on the concrete ground in slow motion. New: The phone is at least a million times faster than the most powerful computer you’ve ever had. You’re sure of this. You’ve done tests. Old: WHY IS THIS ONE TAKING THREE MINUTES TO ADD TEXT OMG, SLOWWWW?...

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) is tracking the group as an emerging threat under the tag DEV-0530 and says the ‘H0lyGh0st’ payload has affected small businesses in multiple countries over the past year. It’s another double-extortion racket, so there’s a threat to files being both locked up and leaked, but the group’s motivations remain ambiguous. The group’s standard methodology is to encrypt all files on the target device and use the file extension ....

I get the curiosity. It’s not always a robocaller ringing you from a number you don’t recognize. Tap or click here for four ways to find anyone’s cellphone number online. If you want to block your own number (and you should!), tap or click here for all the temporary and permanent steps to get the job done. This is a little-known scam call deterrent. The more widespread your number is, the more vulnerable you are to hackers and other bad actors....

Qakbot, also known as Pinkslipbot, is a banking trojan that has been active for ten years. The first detection occurred back in 2007 and since then malware has evolved to become a dangerous threat to users as it has the ability to remain active even after it has been deleted from the infected computer. According to the McAfee report, Qakbot can continue to use infected devices as control servers after it has been deleted by security solutions so that even though its ability to steal data has ceased, it continues to perform malicious actions on the server and equipment....