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Karen Mangia, vice president of customer and market insights and a member of the Salesforce’s Work From Home Task Force, and I have co-authored several articles on how you can reach your full potential and deliver peak performance while working from home. The path towards achieving high-performance work at home starts with how you design and architect your surroundings, followed by how you practice and refine the art and science of public speaking and presentation skills....

The reason interest is so high is that the architecture of an SD-WAN is optimized for cloud computing, while legacy WANs were designed for client-server computing. One can’t run a cloud-first company on a network that was built for a computing model that’s eventually going away. SASE modernizes security and enables businesses to secure their networks without having to deploy expensive hardware everywhere. As popular as SD-WANs and SASE are, it’s important to understand that they are not a panacea for networking problems....

So, yeah, I’m a frequent flyer. For the most part, I tend to be okay with the default options found within Google Docs. But every so often, I need to expand or change a few things. Such is the case with adding fonts. It’s not that I go crazy adding hundreds of fonts so that I can spend hours deciding on the perfectly formed characters for a document. That’s mostly because what I’m writing is either published online or in book format, where fonts tend to be pretty standardized....

But with prices rising across the board, careful decisions have to be made so as to not waste money frivolously on PC components that don’t contribute to the performance of the whole. Also: This is the perfect mini electric screwdriver To help, I’ve assembled this sub-$550 hardware build so that all you will need to add is your own peripherals and operating system of choice. You can buy a Windows license here, for example....

Even thinking about iTunes gives me a creepy-crawly feeling at the back of my neck. But the last time we wrote about how to cancel Apple Music, back in 2015, you had to use iTunes to cancel your subscription. In fact, even now, if you Google “How to cancel Apple Music,” most of the search engine results will send you to iTunes. But iTunes is dead. Actually, that’s not entirely true....

Take, for instance, the hidden file, which is a file that is not visible by default. The file is still there, unencrypted for anyone to view, so long as you know where it is and how to view it. Also: The best Linux laptops you can buy That brings up an important point. Hidden files are not password-protected, so anyone can view the contents of the file, so long as they know how....

Also: The 6 best password managers: Easily maintain all your logins A good password manager will create, store, and apply strong and complex passwords across the board, thereby securing your accounts. I’ve used a password manager for years and wouldn’t be able to juggle all my online accounts without it. However, since your password manager is home to the sensitive login details for all your accounts, you need to protect the password manager itself from any potential compromise....

You might be having issues with the device, and it has become unresponsive. Or you might want to sell the Apple smart speaker, or maybe you’re looking to give it away to someone else. Also: Apple updated everything from iOS to HomePod: What’s new Regardless of the reason, knowing how to reset your HomePod Mini could come in handy if you own one. How to reset your HomePod Mini Requirements Resetting your HomePod only requires your hand, some good timing, and the device....

Also: How to write better ChatGPT prompts People are learning how to use ChatGPT to ask it questions in search of funny answers, see how well it can create content, improve their writing or Excel skills, find and correct a bug in code, or summarize a book. Some even wonder if the AI chatbot could replace programmers or writers, and how it will revolutionize different industries. Also: AI projects now exceed 350,000, according to Stanford Through it all, one thing is clear: The genius of this latest AI tool isn’t in how innovative the idea of it is, but in how accessible and easy it is to use....

Also: How to recover deleted files in Windows 10 or 11 But one new feature now available in Windows 11 is voice access. Using voice access, it’s possible to navigate and interact with Windows by speaking different commands, actions, keys, and keyboard shortcuts. Plus, you can dictate text in an email, message, or document. Though the feature is designed for people who can’t use a mouse and keyboard due to physical limitations, voice access can be useful for anyone who wants to use Windows 11 with their voice....

The continued, significant expansion of GreenLake, first launched four years ago, underscores HPE’s vision for the platform, which CEO Antonio Neri laid out to reporters this week. It’s far more than a payment model, he said. “GreenLake is an experience,” Neri said, “which basically delivers the entire solution to you that you can consume as a service. It’s the full, optimized solution for whatever outcome you’re trying to achieve.” At the end of the day, he said, “GreenLake should be synonymous with HPE....

Also: TCL makes a surprising full-court press into the AR/VR space The hardware The physical design of the new flagship leans heavily on the glasses-like aesthetic of the existing HTC VIVE Flow model. However, where that member of the VIVE family was designed primarily for media consumption, the VIVE XR Elite is designed for, well… everything. Also: Razer digs into VR, shows flurry of Blades, Edges, Leviathans, and… Carol? HTC’s really leaned into its “all-in-one” designation by equipping the unit with sufficient hardware to handle everything from mixed reality applications seen through its full-color RGB passthrough cameras, to playing casual or intense VR games, to experiencing social spaces in the new VIVERSE, HTC’s own “version of the metaverse....

The deal covers 4G connectivity in the vehicles, with Huawei adding it expects 30 million vehicles will end up falling under its patent licences. The Chinese giant said it was its biggest deal with the automotive industry. “As an innovative company, we own a leading patent portfolio for wireless technologies, which creates great value for the automotive industry,” Huawei chief legal officer Song Liuping said. “We are pleased that key players from the automotive industry recognise that value....

The new MateBook D 16 also positions its webcam above the screen. So, as 16-inch laptops become more common, does the MateBook D 16, which is powered by 12th-generation Intel Core processors, deliver good value for money? This certainly helps: at the time of writing, buyers in the UK get a MateView GT 27-inch monitor worth £199.99 (inc. VAT) thrown in for free. There are two models, and I was sent the top-end configuration with an Intel Core i7-12700H processor, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD, which costs £999....

But I just upgraded from the M1 MacBook Air I started using back in June of 2021. That’s 17 months, and the fastest turn on my daily driver Mac in close to a decade. Let’s talk for a minute about that. My wife and I work from home. We have since way before the pandemic. As such, everything we need to do our jobs, including facilities most often found in a company’s office, have to be available in our house....

Pet cats or dogs roaming around have their own particular aroma, the scent of dirty socks left around by kids can make your eyes water, food cooked with a heap of spices can hang around far longer than the meal, and smokers’ houses, while blocking many other odors, can be less than pleasant to walk into. As a smoker (yes, I know), I keep cigarettes or vape use to my living room....

I’d bought a Surface Pro X shortly after Microsoft launched its ARM-powered hardware, picking a relatively small 256GB option with the intent to eventually upgrade to something a bit heftier. But the complexity of tracking down a suitable drive meant it remained one of those “someday” projects. SEE: Windows 11: Here’s how to get Microsoft’s free operating system update Then “someday” arrived, with the recent appearance of M.2 2230 drives on Dell’s parts site – in the US and in the UK....

Dubbed CVE-2022-26143, the flaw resides in around 2,600 incorrectly provisioned Mitel MiCollab and MiVoice Business Express systems that act as PBX-to-internet gateways and have a test mode that should not be exposed to the internet. “The exposed system test facility can be abused to launch a sustained DDoS attack of up to 14 hours in duration by means of a single spoofed attack initiation packet, resulting in a record-setting packet amplification ratio of 4,294,967,296:1,” a blog post on Shadowserver explains....

Instagram has rolled out the page – instagram.com/hacked – where users can go if they can’t log in to their account. Whatever the cause, be it an account hack or forgotten password, the page flow helps users report and resolve account access issues. Instagram is also rolling out a feature it tested earlier this year that lets users ask two friends to confirm their identity to regain access to an account....

Founded in 2015, Lemonade primarily uses big data and AI to sell home and pet insurance. Metromile, founded in 2011, is on its third generation of machine learning models that leverage telematics data to predict risk. Lemonade launched its auto insurance product, Lemonade Car, just last week. Metromile’s data and AI models can give Lemonade’s new product more precise pricing. “Ten years ago, Metromile pioneered the use of continuous real-world data feeds to derive high fidelity predictions for losses per mile driven,” Lemonade CEO Daniel Schreiber wrote in a blog post....