September 1st – According to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg News on Wednesday, Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is asking its U.S Apple employees are asked to report their vaccination status as COVID-19 cases rise in the country. According to the report, Apple has asked all employees, whether they work remotely or in an office, to report their status “voluntarily” by mid-September.
LinkedIn Learning, the social network’s professional online course platform, now has a feature called Office Hours. It allows teachers to arrange live events. Users may post questions, comments, and responses in real-time to connect with professionals and fellow learners, allowing them to participate in previously asynchronous classes.
Google protests €500 million ($592 million) fine by French regulators in July for failing to negotiate a deal with news publishers in the nation. In essence, they required Google to hold negotiations with a publisher within three months of receiving a request. They were to determine how much the news organizations should be compensated for having their material shown on Google News. Many prominent news organizations complained about Google conversations. They said that it was not in good faith. They were not appropriately rewarded prompting substantial penalties.
.From Joe Biden’s commitment to “bridge the digital divide” to the United Kingdom virtually halving the number of homes without internet access by 2020. Governments throughout the world are convinced that access to online services is important for a more equal, productive society and economy. But this is not the end of the story. Being online does not guarantee that everyone has equal access to goods and services. People with the requisite technological abilities have a greater chance of purchasing products and accessing services, and bots are one of the reasons for this. Bots are expanding the digital divide.
To summarize, as more individuals work from home, meetings are taking up an increasing portion of employees’ workdays. Google is introducing a “Time Insights” sidebar to the web version of Calendar. It will help customers keep track of how much time they spend on collaborative tasks. According to Google, Time Insights provides customers with a summary of information based on their weekly meetings. This covers the amount of time spent in one-on-one conversations with others. Meetings with three or more guests, and the length of the sessions, all displayed in simple pie and bar charts.
Workers use video conferencing services to interact with colleagues around the world. They will need to be careful. According to a recent survey, many supervisors still don’t trust their staff with the technology. This lack of belief has had major consequences. With nearly a quarter (24 percent) of respondents polled for the report claiming they’ve seen an employee dismissed as a result of mistakes made on video or audio calls using platforms like Zoom.
If you use Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome without any extensions, you’re missing out on important functionality that your browser doesn’t give. Browser extensions are almost always free, simple to install, and can make web browsing more enjoyable and productive.
1 September (Reuters) – It has long been recognized that making eye contact with a robot may be disconcerting. The uneasy feeling has even been given a name by scientists: the “uncanny valley.” We now know it’s more than simply a feeling, according to Italian experts.
You should change the password on your Wi-Fi Router if you want to add a layer of security to your device or simply make it easier to remember what you need to punch in. Routers are shipped with default passwords that are easy to guess or find up. Instead, modify it to something more secure so that no one can tamper with your preferences. Here’s how to update the password on your Wi-Fi network.
A lot of people shop predominantly online nowadays, especially after the holidays (gotta use those gift cards). However, hackers anticipate this, and they will use every tool at their disposal to try and scam you out of your hard-earned cash. What can you do to stay safe?