When Jeff Bezos climbs into the New Shepard capsule for its first passenger trip to space next month, his safety will be almost entirely in the hands of the spaceflight company he founded two decades ago. Mr. Bezos plans to join the small band of tourists who have flown in space as the emerging industry […]
President Biden revoked a Trump-era attempt to ban Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat , instead implementing an executive order to broadly review whether apps controlled by foreign adversaries pose a security threat to the U.S. The June 9 order means that the future of the popular apps remains unsettled as they undergo a review by […]
A ransomware attack on a national hospital chain nearly brought Las Vegas hospitals to their knees. Another attack in Oregon abruptly shut down alerts tied to patient monitors tracking vital signs. In New York, one county’s only trauma center briefly closed to ambulances, with the nearest alternative 90 miles away. Multiple attacks were carried out […]
Now that we’ve all mastered the art of the video call, out comes new research that suggests videoconferencing can actually hamper collaboration. And the best solution might be to turn the camera off. A paper recently published in the journal PLOS One found that when two-person teams collaborated using videoconference tools, keeping the camera on […]
Facebook Inc. FB -0.36% is giving most of its employees a choice: Seek permission to keep working at home or go to the office at least half the time. The social-media giant told its roughly 60,000 employees Wednesday that it will expand remote-work eligibility to all levels of the company, including early-career employees and entry-level […]
The economy is booming. Why isn’t job growth? Payrolls have risen 1.6 million in the past three months and are up 1.7% this year through May, which in normal times would be impressive. But these aren’t normal times. The economy is rapidly reopening, consumers are flush with federal stimulus cash, and retail sales, factory orders […]
You know how Punxsutawney Phil turns up every February to tell you when winter will end? Well, maybe some year I won’t turn up in June to tell you when your iPhone buying season should end. But this isn’t that year. Regular readers of my column should have the iPhone No-Buy Rule™ committed to memory. […]
Companies from Google to WeWork want to help employers cut down on Zoom fatigue with a new approach to communications: holograms for the workplace. Alphabet Inc.’s Google in May revealed Project Starline, an effort to create a video-chat system with screens that give participants three-dimensional depth. WeWork last month announced a partnership with ARHT Media […]
For many bosses and employees, there is a measure of relief in returning to the office—especially for those who have the flexibility of continuing to work from home part of the time. But for those teams working to protect their offices from hackers, the new hybrid workplaces aren’t nearly as welcome. In a typical hybrid […]
That cute photo of your fluffy Lagotto Romagnolo on Instagram. The TikTok video of your team finally back together in the office. An alma mater highlighted on your LinkedIn page. Armed with all that publicly available intel, a cybercriminal can cobble together a profile of you—and use it in countless ways to break into your […]
