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Companies who fail to report the cybercrimes within the agreed upon time frame could risk being taken to court, or even be faced with an investigation by the Justice Department. As the US continues to provide support to Ukraine, the landmark bill is part of a wider effort from the Biden administration to defend the country’s digital infrastructure against threat of Russian cyberattacks. The US is Toughening its Cyber Defences If your company is critical to US national interests, keeping data breaches under wraps is no longer an option....

According to a recent survey by University of Phoenix College of Information Systems & Technology, only half of Americans worry about cybersecurity risks while on vacation, and the majority said they do little to keep their devices secure when they travel. Unfortunately, today’s digital age places our personal information at a higher risk of being breached, placing an increased onus on us to take the proper cybersecurity steps. Lowering our guard when we are on vacation or away from home can leave us vulnerable to cyber threats....

One of the newer ones is Happn. First launched in 2014, Happn is unique in that it only shows you people who are physically near where you and who you may have “crossed paths” with. Yes, in a sense it’s kind of creepy because it tells you who is within 500 feet of you, and maybe you don’t want people knowing that, but if you don’t want people knowing your location, don’t use this app....

While most innovators are trying to think of ways to give virtual reality its own Pokémon Go moment, others are more concerned about the behavioral implications of this kind of tech. As time goes on, the world is getting more and more detached from reality and more consumed with technology. Sure it can solve a lot of problems, but is that having an adverse effect on our behavior? In regards to virtual reality, some have speculated that it’s ability to reproduce something our brain already does is blurring the line between reality and digitally created worlds....

While the exact cost of this premium is unknown, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO hinted that staying on the social platform may soon come at a “slight cost” to commercial and government entities. He reassured casual users that they would always be able to use the site for free. This news comes as Musk looks to cut the price of Twitter Blue, the site’s premium service that’s already being rolled out in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand....

Similar to Eventbrite but focused on esports, Esports Tickets brings together the parts of a ticketing website with an esports section and a gaming website with an event section. The result is a seamless, omni-channel experience with several features that make the user experience simple and easy. Think Ticketmaster meets Eventbrite. User-friendly event management system where organizers can create events for free.Comprehensive and powerful search tool where users filter their preferences based upon event date, time, place, and specific game....

If you stop and think about it, it is amazing just how far technology has come in such a short period of time. It was less than two decades ago that most professionals carried pagers around to be notified if they were needed at home, in the office or by an important client. Then mobile phones burst on the scene and first generation phones simply enabled the user to make and receive calls....

What makes the open source community so important though? Well, there are a lot of reasons out there, but for Butler, a lot of it has to do with collaboration. This is noteworthy when considering the value an open source community can bring to educational collaboration, then. According to Butler, educational institutions see GitHub as a strong option when it comes to tools for software development instruction and academic collaboration....

Brandon Dail, a user interface engineer in Seattle, tweeted last week that he was fired from Facebook for criticizing a colleague on Twitter. Dail took to Twitter on Friday to further explain the situation, stating that he had asked a coworker to add a #BlackLivesMatter banner on a project they were working on. But, when the coworker refused to do so, Dail made the matter public on Twitter. This resulted in his termination as a Facebook employee....

A Right-Wing Swing One of the reasons why France has fallen behind its competitors is because it’s become a place where the rich and powerful are not welcome. Under Francois Hollande, high tax rates for the rich sent money abroad. It led to many investors leaving France entirely, and that impacted the ability of startups to attract investment. But unpopularity for the current president and the upcoming elections could well see a swing back to the right and a relaxing of the so-called super tax rates on the wealthy....

Let’s start with a quote from Hova: Decisions are easier for Jay-Z. While writing one of his many songs about dealing crack, he only has to elegantly put into rhyme whatever it was he experienced when he used to actually deal crack. The weightier matters of content, legitimacy, and insight are taken care of by his own life experience. If I were to rap about crack, I would either have to make it up, research it, or just copy someone else’s story, all of which would reek of insincerity and (even in an extremely hypothetical world where I had heaps of musical talent) leave my single short of the Hot 100....

In fact, there is an ongoing joke for those of us who wear emergency ID bands on long runs and rides to include a message along the lines of if I’ve collapsed/fallen/died, ‘pause my Garmin.’ I’m looking at you fellow Pathetics. In short, the reason for this kind of brand loyalty is that the company simply produces some of the best fitness wearables on the market, and if you’re going to be forking over the amount of money for some of their more advanced trackers cost, you really better love that product....

Unfortunately, the students are forced to suffer outrageous student-to-teacher ratios. All of that is what TutorMe hopes to help with. How Does TutorMe Differ From Other Tutoring Services? TutorMe is an instant online tutoring service. It currently has 5,000 tutors available, covering more than 300 various subjects. These tutors aren’t just your average, run-of-the-mill educators, either. TutorMe claims that its acceptance rate for tutor applicants is around four percent, ensuring the company’s students get a high-quality tutor all the time....

Now take that image of your room and translate it into the digital world. If the things we carry with us are bookmarks, social media updates, and videos, what might our room be? The truth is that there really is no digital space quite like our physical rooms, and our things fall into random assortments of hard-to-navigate piles. Artem Fedyaev and John Gonzalez co-founded MyWebRoom to be your digital room....

Food Waste and Improving Food Quality It’s time to admit it – the quality of our foods and our eating habits are far from ideal. In the USA alone, 30%-40% of food supply is wasted annually. On a global scale, the amount of food wasted every year equals to more than a half of the world’s annual cereal crops. The quality of produce has decreased significantly as well in the past few years with more preservatives, flavor boosters and other chemicals being added to our food to reduce its cost....

The Chrome extension – called Marauder’s Map (apropos of the same Harry Potter magical artifact that gave users the ability to see exactly where people were) – exposed the major Facebook privacy flaw in Messenger. Within three days of launching the extension (and after publicizing it through Twitter, Reddit, and a Medium post), it was downloaded by more than 85,000 people until Khanna was asked by Facebook to disable the app....

If your startup has not embraced a mobile-first strategy yet, here are some key strategies worth trying. Always Think About The User Intent Why do people check your website from mobile? Well, when it comes to ecommerce websites, users tap into the mobile version for a number of reasons: To track order status (72%)To compare prices (69%)To hunt for coupons (67%)To research the inventory prior to visiting the store (64%)To research and compare products while in store (60%)To check in using social media (53%)...

Nimbus’s portfolio now includes companies like LittleBits, Scanadu, Karma, Whill, Skycatch, Meta-View, Soundfocus, Other Machine Company, VIRES Engineering, Paracosm, and Swapbox. The investments have been around $100,000 each, although the number varies, with the total amount invested “under a couple million,” says McCabe. There isn’t a cap on how much of the VegasTechFund’s $50 million that Nimbus can invest (yet). Within the sphere of hardware, McCabe is looking for early-stage teams of three to five people working on consumer or enterprise companies....

In the first iteration of his mobile app, Bohan-Pitt focused on individual real estate agents. He sought to relieve the pain point of listing turnaround time every agent must handle when attempting to sell. HipPocket leverages social media such that agents can use their cell phone to create a full listing and push it to their network in minutes instead of in days. The mobile app gained initial traction because it saved time and helped agents and sellers feel better about their relationship....

Unlike most traditional ebikes, the wheel is designed to be added on to almost any single or multi-geared bike with minimal work (and no wires!), turning your pedal power into an enhanced experience. In other words this badass wheel will turn your meager effort into a 20 MPH cruiser without even breaking a sweat. As an avid cyclist for most of my life in some form or another and more recently into triathlons, getting my hands on the Copenhagen Wheel to try out was on the top of my wishlist....