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Some Dell laptops, like the 2017 Latitude E5270, have a repairability score of 10 out of 10 from right to repair advocate iFixit. Dell’s Concept Luna laptop, which it unveiled last December, aims to go further with a design that has just four screws with minimal adhesives and soldering to hold internal components in place. Also: There’s a long cold winter ahead for PC makers. That could be good news for PC buyers The design would allow a repairer to insert a screwdriver-like tool into the side of the device to unlock the chassis and from there remove the keyboard, display, fans, battery, motherboard and speakers by hand or a robotic equivalent....

If this device still used its previous Nvidia GTX series GPU, it’d be quite ho-hum, but ray-tracing moves the capability up a strata. When coupled in our review unit with what Dell is calling its 15.6-inch 3.5K 3456x2160 OLED display, an Intel i7 11800H chip, 16GB of memory, and 1TB of M.2 storage – the XPS remains the non-Apple laptop to beat. And when you are on top, you sometimes don’t need to change everything to stay there, it can be entirely acceptable to keep playing your winning hand....

A CBDC issued by the Fed, the US central bank, could enable easier and faster electronic payments, but it may add risks to financial stability and reduce privacy compared to cash transactions. A CBDC is the digital equivalent of cash but with the properties of digital payments. The Fed is seeking public comment on the issues it details in a discussion paper. The paper’s release was delayed from summer 2021....

“Subscribers have told us loud and clear: they want speed, cool features, and a fair price,” Boost Mobile CEO Stephen Stokols said in a statement. “The Celero5G is built to make 5G affordable.” The Celero5G boasts a 6.52-inch screen, a hard glass back, four cameras, 36 hours of battery life, and 4GB RAM/ 64GB ROM memory that’s customizable with an SD card up to 2TB. The device launch gives Boost Mobile customers using older phones time to upgrade before 3G networks go dark – a cause for concern for Boost Mobile’s parent company, Dish Networks....

Now I have a few hours under my belt; I’m able to share my thoughts and feelings on this drone and, more importantly, whether I think it’s worth the eye-watering price tag that DJI has put on this drone. See also: DJI Mavic 3 unboxing and first impressions. The model I’ve been using is the Mavic 3 and not the Cine version. The Cine version differs from the regular version in that it features a built-in 1TB drive and can record using the Apple ProRes 422 HQ codec....

The half a million dollar contract builds on existing agreements Dug has with Curtin University of Technology, University of Western Australia, Australian Catholic Universities, and Imperial College Technology. “With Dug McCloud and our green HPC offerings, we are excited to play a role in turbocharging ANU’s scientific endeavours and helping them achieve their sustainability goals,” Dug managing director Matthew Lamont said. “The McCloud platform is ideal for meeting the advanced security and system integrity needs of their research initiatives....

The popular language-learning app gamifies learning with bright colors, shiny medals, and sound effects (ping, whoosh, ta-da). It’s free, and it gives constant positive reinforcement. There’s an audible back and forth. Some prompts require you to speak in order to make it to the next question. You read, you actively recall what you’ve learned through in-app quizzes, and you learn. Still, Duolingo’s gamification is not for everyone. Serious learners may find the program to be overly quizzical, vexed by the idea of levels and a progress system....

Only the white pair is available for the price – the black is also on sale but you’ll only get $50 off – but for $157, you get a great pair of earbuds. Philips’ Fidelio line is always designed to bring the best features available in the audio world straight to your ears, and these T1s use precise audio engineering and leading edge technology to deliver their signature sound. The earbud tips offer adjustability to ensure that you have the correct fit in your ears....

Two of the best on the market are the Ecobee SmartThermostat and the Nest Learning Thermostat. They’re similar in price and share some of the same features. How then do you choose? This guide will cover each smart thermostat’s features so you can compare. Although Ecobee and Nest thermostats are similar in many ways, some distinct differences may help you make a decision on which smart thermostat is best for you....

The renewed offer is the latest twist in a continued saga involving the outspoken, eccentric billionaire and the social media platform. The renewed offer comes with conditions. First, Musk has to obtain the debt financing for the deal to go through. Second, the letter says the deal will only move forward if a Delaware court drops all of the legal proceedings related to Twitter’s lawsuit against Musk. The social media site sued Musk, claiming he could not back out of his commitment to acquire the company....

In fact, 46% of residents in emerging Asia-Pacific markets already had invested in crypto, compared to 26% of their peers in the region’s developed nations. Some 39% in Latin America had done likewise as well as 27% in EMEA, according to new research from consumer analyst firm, Toluna. The global survey polled 9,000 respondents aged between 18 and 64 from 17 markets across four regions. Some 5,000 were from nine Asia-Pacific nations, including Singapore, Australia, Thailand, India, and Indonesia....

The latest IT Skills Report by developer screening and interview platform DevSkiller recorded a 295% increase in the number of data science-related tasks recruiters were setting for candidates in the interview process during 2021. This, in turn, fuelled the growth of Python, a programming language popular within data science and machine-learning applications, demand for which grew by 154%. SEE: The IT skills gap is getting worse. Here are 10 ways you can avoid a crisis Data analysis was seen in 32....

On Wednesday afternoon, representatives for the Australia’s eSafety commissioner said online platforms have generally complied with the laws. “We’ve seen fairly rapid responses, certainly on the major platforms. We’ve been able to get on the phone with our colleagues in the platforms, explain the situation to them, notify them of the contents, and, in many cases, the material is removed within a matter of hours because it’s clearly AVM,” said eSafety online content manager Alex Ash, who appeared before Australia’s Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement....

SIM stands for Subscriber Identity Module, the technology that allows a mobile carrier to match your device with your account so that you can communicate over their network. When a mobile carrier provides you with a physical SIM, they register its unique identifier on their network. After you insert the SIM into your device, it registers your device with the network and you’re ready to go. Also: Here’s how the major carriers are handling the iPhone 14 eSIM Embedded SIM (eSIM) is a technology that takes the circuitry normally found in a physical SIM card and installs it permanently into a mobile device....

Enter the Excitrus 100W 20800mAh, the only 100W power bank on the market with MagSafe compatible magnetic wireless charging. Externally, the Excitrus 100W power bank is big, 113 x 222 x 48mm (7.68 × 3.35 × 1.02 inches) and weighing in at 480g (16.93oz). It’s a fairly chunky package, dwarfing my iPhone 13 Pro Max. On the front, it features two USB-C ports (one 60W in/100W out, the other a 45W out only port) and an 18W USB-A port....

For employees who will be returning to the office, Facebook expects them to be on site at least 50% of the time. The company is on track to open most of its US offices at 50% capacity by early September and will likely reopen them fully in October. It’s aiming to have its EMEA and APAC offices at 50% capacity near the end of 2021. Its plans for LATAM offices are less clear....

Also: How to spruce up your Facebook Messenger chats by adding a theme A Facebook user shared on Twitter a photo of the new feature – “ready-made stories”. According to the photo, this new “ready-made” story tool will create stories for users based on their photo and video data, including characteristics such as image quality, location, and presence of people or animals. To read your photo for those basic characteristics and then make suggestions based on them, Facebook will have to employ some form of AI....

The FBI documents several fraudulent apps that defrauded 244 victims during the months leading up to the great crypto crash in June. It said cyber criminals are using the names, logos, and other identifying information of legitimate companies, including creating fake websites with this information, as part of their ruse to gain investors. Financial institutions should warn their customers about this activity and inform customers as to whether they offer cryptocurrency services the FBI said in a private industry notification....

According to “Follow the Money,” a new report (.PDF) published on the financial sector by Outpost24’s Blueliv on Thursday, members of these groups are the major culprits of theft and fraud in the industry today. The financial sector has always been, and possibly always will be, a key target for cybercriminal groups. Organizations in this area are often custodians of sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) belonging to customers and clients, financial accounts, and cash....

The acquisition is for HVR, which bulks Fivetran’s data replication technology with change data capture from a wide range of cloud and legacy on-premises databases. It’s a piece that complements Fivetran’s ELT cloud service by providing the change data capture that extracts upstream – and from on-premises databases. The HVR change-data-capture gets the data upstream, while Fivetran’s transformation technology massages the data downstream to feed it to the cloud analytics platform, whether it is called a data warehouse, data lake, or data lakehouse....