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Yesterday saw Apple’s AirTags withdrawn from sale by Australian retail chain Officeworks, apparently over child safety concerns. Officeworks has more than 160 stores across the country. While the issue is currently limited to a single chain, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) confirmed concerns over ease of access to the button battery used in the device … Gizmodo reports that a Reddit user first spotted that they were no longer available for sale in the store....

Algoriddim is releasing a major new version of djay for iOS today with loads of new features and a new business model that makes it easier to use and support the music-mixing app. The new djay for iOS is a single universal app that you can download and use on both iPhone and iPad — no more paid upfront versions for different iOS devices. The new djay update is also enhanced for the latest iPad Pros and includes support for working with DJ hardware over USB-C....

American Horror Story: Freak Show is one of the more divisive seasons of the hit series, with the focus being on the old-school circus and a group of ‘freaks’ who all have different abnormalities. While many had hoped that Twisty the Clown would be the main feature within this season, that didn’t end up being the case, with Freak Show having several different plots all pushed into one season, which left some people confused and asking questions....

To say Yahoo has had a rough go of it recently would be an understatement. While in the midst of an acquisition by Verizon, the company has faced a pair of massive data breaches, exposing the information of over 1 billion customers. A new regulatory document filed today shows that Verizon’s acquisition of the company is moving closer to completion, while it also reveals that following the acquisition, Yahoo will change its name to Altaba and Marissa Mayer will step down....

Group scope is important to understand if you want to effectively control risks in how you use AD groups. The scope of a group determines where the group can be applied in the forest or the domain. Scope also determines who can be a member of a group. Because Microsoft hasn’t built many limitations into Active Directory regarding which groups can be nested within which, group nesting can present massive security and operational risks to an organization....

Retouchers can transform the most mundane of photos into truly stunning ones – but it takes a great deal of skill and time. A joint Adobe-Cornell collaboration has just demonstrated that fully-automated AI systems can do the same thing, suggesting a tool that is likely to make it into a future version of Photoshop or Lightroom at some point. Adobe says that the software takes a similar approach to the popular Prisma app, which transforms photos into simulated paintings which copy the style of famous artists....

In this article, we review in further detail the authentication and privileged user account activities and techniques that are used to detect various anomalies. Authentication and privileged user account activities Here, we need to keep in mind that while traversing the network, the Cyber attacker never tries to identify and exploit the vulnerabilities in every system to get shell access. Instead, they make use of legitimate credentials to log in to these systems....

What is the Agile methodology? Agile methodology is a practice that helps continuous iteration of development and testing in the software development process. In this model, development and testing activities are concurrent, unlike the Waterfall model. This process allows more communication between customers, developers, managers, and testers. Advantages of Waterfall Model: It is one the easiest model to manage. Because of its nature, each phase has specific deliverables and a review process....

The company also announced updated models of its multi-processor computers, called “IPU-POD,” running the Bow chip, which it claims are five times faster than comparable DGX machines from Nvidia at half the price. In a nod to the increasing model size of deep learning neural nets such as the Megatron-Turing, the company said it is working on a computer design, called The Good Computer, which will be capable of handling neural network models that employ 500 trillion parameters, making possible what it terms super-human “ultra-intelligence....

Bragi, maker of the Dash truly wireless earbuds, is exiting the consumer hardware business. The company confirmed to Wareable that it has sold its hardware business to an unnamed “third-party buyer” and will instead focus on licensing its artificial intelligence business. Bragi CEO Nikolaj Hviid confirmed that the company will continue to license its patents and AI technology, but will not make any new consumer hardware. Those who already own Bragi headphones will continue to receive support....

Launched with little fanfare in October 2019, the AirPods Pro is the truly wireless earbuds Apple should have released four years ago. Currently, priced at under $250, the AirPods Pro earbuds are $90 more than the regular model, but the extras are worth the price of admission. Featuring noise cancellation, a customizable fit, sweat and water resistance, and much more, the AirPods Pro earbuds are impressive. Here are the features you’re going to love the best....

Warning: MILD SPOILERS ahead for Aladdin. Aladdin (2019) is Disney’s latest live-action remake of an animated classic, bringing not only a fresh spin to the story but the musical’s songs as well. Directed by Guy Ritchie, Aladdin doesn’t veer too far from its roots in the 1992 animated feature, but in the few places that it does, it’s hard to argue with the changes as they do (for the most part) improve the film....

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia stars Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day, Danny DeVito and Kaitlin Olson as Mac, Dennis, Charlie, Frank, and Dee, respectively. This gang owns a bar, they are all pretty narcissistic, and each episode reveals them getting into some sort of trouble or being involved in some shenanigans. Over the years, several of the plot points have centered around love lives, crushes, romances, and significant others. Based on their personalities, most of these moments did not go well and went too far (in the wrong direction)....

More vendors are folding machine learning and other AI applications into their solutions — not surprising, considering organizations are increasingly turning to this technology to help stay ahead of threats. Asked by an Oracle survey what the most significant benefit of autonomous technologies was for organizations, “improving security” was one of the top choices by C-suite executives. In a 2019 survey by Capgemini Research Institute, 69 percent of the surveyed security executives and leaders said they didn’t believe they could respond to cyberattacks without AI....

abcNews reports that an iPhone 6 caught fire on a flight to Hawaii as the aircraft was around 90 minutes away from its landing in Honolulu. The phone was owned by a college student who reported it in rather hysterical terms, claiming 8-inch flames and stating that she thought the plane was ‘going down,’ but Alaska Air and the FAA have confirmed that the incident itself did take place. One of the two photos shows a charging cable in shot....

Update: LeaksApplePro has now shared images of supposed real AirPods 3 earbuds and charging case. Assuming these are legitimate photos, we should expect to see them launch for real very soon. We’re expecting Apple to launch a new design of its entry-level AirPods before long, and what are claimed to be renders of “AirPods 3” have been shared today. The design of the non-Pro AirPods has remained unchanged since their launch back in 2016, but it’s by now clear that this is set to change this year …...

Adobe today announced the second preview of its responsive web design tool known as “Edge Reflow.” Adobe first released a public preview of the app to Creative Cloud members in February, and it today added “more styling and layout capabilities” in the release of preview 2. Adobe also provided a sneak peek at a new ‘CSS Designer’ feature that will be available to Dreamweaver users later this year through Creative Cloud....

After Life hit our screens last year with many Ricky Gervais fans championing it as a triumph — with even his haters being forced to agree with that sentiment. Alas, it isn’t going to be viewed as the best thing since sliced bread by everyone, with many people still believing that Gervais’ finest work was The Office. Regardless of which side of the fence you may fall on, there are convincing arguments for both, which can only mean that Gervais isn’t quite as ‘overrated’ as plenty of critics would lead you to believe....

[This is a review of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4, episode 19. There will be SPOILERS.] – The latest storyline in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4 has featured Daisy and Simmons entering the virtual reality called the Framework that was created by Dr. Holden Radcliffe and his Life-Model Decoy Aida through the help of the Darkhold. Since the Framework was built as a kind of prison for Agent May, one in which Aida “fixed” May’s biggest regret, Daisy and Simmons entered in order to learn where May and her fellow agents are being held in reality so that S....

Good news for Jeopardy! fans: host Alex Trebek has returned to work following his cancer treatment. Trebek has been with the long-running quiz show since 1984, when it switched to a daily syndicated format. Since then, he’s become a household name, with fans who tune in frequently considering him a regular part of their day. For his work on the show, Trebek has won six Outstanding Game Show Host Emmys. He also holds the Guinness World Record for “most game show episodes hosted by the same presenter....