Data center optimization efforts paved the way for cloud adoption and hybrid evolution across government. Pick up insights and lessons learned from cloud leaders at DHS, GSA, NOAA and SEC in our new Executive Briefing.

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Robin Carnahan, the administrator of GSA, explains why the agency’s mission has remained the same over the last 75 years, but how it goes about has changed.

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In the years since the 2020 election, the Office of Special Counsel has made a few tweaks to what’s OK — and not OK — for feds to do under the Hatch Act.

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Michael Berkholtz, a senior manager for technology lifecycle services for GSA, said the agency is analyzing emerging technologies based on four criteria.

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ChatGPT blocked 250,000 AI image requests of US election candidates

With fuel prices soaring, I tried an affordable (relatively speaking, of course) electric car for a weekend.

The Tucson Hybrid is a gem and should please buyers looking for a mid-size SUV.

Zach stumbled on a Gillette x Razer razor recently, bringing back memories of the Heated Razor review and a close shave for his boss. #gillette #razer #philips

Dutch data protection authority fines TikTok €750,000 over privacy flaw

Could Cardano’s 'green' cryptocurrency ADA take over Bitcoin and Ethereum?

Tell Instagram your birthday or get blocked as app introduces age verification

Ireland fines WhatsApp €225m for breaking EU data protection rules

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian

NASA is launching the DART spacecraft to crash into an asteroid. Could it save us from armageddon?

The new Skins Lite accessory is more approachable compared to the original Skin. #secretlab #titanevo2022 #gamingchair

As we count down to the 11.11 shopping extravaganza, why don't you get some shopping ideas by checking out what the HWZ writers and editors want to buy. #11.11

Solid phones, even without Apple Intelligence. #apple #iphone16pro #iphone16promax

The basic iPhones get pretty big updates this year. Should you get them instead of the Pro iPhones? #apple #iphone16 #appleintelligence

It's the last day of the 11.11 sales. See these new picks we've added at 50% off and more.

The iPad mini gets ready for Apple Intelligence. Should you upgrade? #apple #ipadmini #appleintelligence

Come down and play your way to great deals with Amazon.sg this Black Friday Sale season! #amazon.sg #amazonprime #blackfriday

Do any of these new Lenovo AI-powered notebooks make you want to spend your dollars? #lenovo #copilot+ #ai

To NetApp CEO George Kurian, the challenges around AI today resemble the challenges of the early days of the cloud, and the solution is the same, break down silos between systems and get data and AI applications closer together.

Computacenter, Compugen, and Ingram Micro Canada won Cisco Canada’s contest to dream big about building AI-based solutions.

Barrcuda Networks extends its U.S. deal with Ingram Micro to Canada, and the two will work together to reach a broader variety of Canadian solution providers.

Barracuda Networks looks to connect and reward partner sales SEs and open up the "greenfield" SOC-as-a-Service market to more partners as it continues to incentivize partners to go deeper and work more across its lineup of solutions.

In order to reach its goal of completely eliminating identity-based attacks, the seucrity vendor will champion a new standard that it hopes will define how devices, applications, and systems authenticate and manage digital identity.

The expanded relationship between the two long-time partners brings NTT DATA’s Managed Extended Detection Response Service onto the Palo Alto Networks XSIAM Cortex platform, to add additional AI capabilities to threat monitoring, detection and rapid response.

Michelle Biase will return to HP Canada as its new president next month, while US-based executive Peter DiMarco takes over her role as interim general manager of distributor D&H Canada.

Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to hit airlines with major hike in fees

Drop in sales in China hits profits for Japanese car maker Honda

Scandal-hit car maker Toyota sees profits take a tumble

Alitalia to lay off more than 2,000 remaining employees as liquidation nears

AstraZeneca beats expectations and raises guidance despite China troubles

Woman trapped under rubble rescued after 5 days

Austrian team sets record at top of Swiss Verzasca dam

Kyiv battles fires and damage after multiple drone blitzes

The European Union (EU) has set a high bar by tackling domain name system (DNS) abuse head on via government regulation and seems to have successfully resisted attempts to water down DNS stewardship obligations. Recent guidance from a key European Commission cooperation group (the NIS Cooperation Group) handling sections of the Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) intends for a robust implementation of Article 28, which will go a long way toward helping to mitigate some of the longstanding problems that persist in the DNS.

The Brand Registry Group (BRG) is the global association of companies and organizations working together to champion the use of .brand top-level domains and includes some of the world's most recognized consumer and B2B brands. In advance of the ICANN81 meeting in Istanbul Türkiye next week, the BRG is providing an update on ICANN's new gTLD program in several sessions that may be of interest to prospective .brand applicants.

In our physical world, census information is used to inform the planning processes behind the provision of infrastructure, such as schools, hospitals, housing, and similar. It can be used to assess the impact of natural disasters or to understand a society's needs in terms of food and energy security. Demographic data is also used to inform investment and business decisions. You'd think that the Internet itself would be awash with similar information.

A look at some of the changes and odds and ends in this year's Windows release.

Judge calls for a swift end to experts secretly using AI to sway cases.

Snapdragon Dev Kit was supposed to ship in June but was repeatedly delayed.

CrowdStrike and Delta’s legal battle has begun. Will Microsoft be sued next?

Facebook, Nvidia ask SCOTUS to narrow legal paths to retrieve investor losses.

80 out of 120 workers trying to unionize reportedly quit due to RTO mandate.

Carriers claim location data isn't protected, say they have right to jury trial.

Two Sudanese nationals have been indicted for allegedly leading Anonymous Sudan, a cybercriminal group responsible for over 35,000 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks targeting critical infrastructure worldwide.

He's not the first Apple exec to take a multi-stage approach to retirement.

Announcements will almost certainly include the first wave of M4-powered Macs.