Yankee Candle reviews on Amazon may be the latest indicator of COVID’s surge nationwide. Ichijo shares a report: Some customers who recently purchased from the scented-candle brand using Amazon are flooding the site with negative reviews that say the c…
CES 2022 Will Introduce HDMI 2.1a, Another Confusing New Spec
An anonymous reader shares a report: The HDMI standards are a mess. HDMI 2.1, in particular, is a uniquely frustrating mess, with haphazard support among TV manufacturers, cable makers, and devices that make setting up, say 120Hz gaming on a PS5 or Xbo…
Apple Puts Foxconn India Plant on Probation After Protests Over Food and Accommodation Conditions
Apple has put the southern India factory of Foxconn on probation following protests from workers over subpar food and accommodation conditions, a concern both the firms acknowledged and pledged to address. From a report: The iPhone maker didn’t say how…
Chile Rewrites Its Constitution, Confronting Climate Change Head On
Rarely does a country get a chance to lay out its ideals as a nation and write a new constitution for itself. Almost never does the climate and ecological crisis play a central role. That is, until now, in Chile, where a national reinvention is underwa…
Iranian Hackers Behind Cox Media Group Ransomware Attack
The ransomware attack that crippled the IT systems and live streams of Cox radio and TV stations earlier this year was the work of Iranian hackers, The Record has learned. From the report: The attack has been attributed to a threat actor tracked under …
Apple Aims To Prevent Defections To Meta With Rare $180,000 Bonuses for Top Talent
Apple has issued unusual and significant stock bonuses to some engineers in an effort to retain talent, looking to stave off defections to tech rivals such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms. From a report: Last week, the company informed some engineers …
Google is Just Letting the Pixelbook Rot
An anonymous reader shares a report: Google has a tendency to show up, innovate, and then abandon its products/services rather quickly. There’s an entire site, Killed by Google, that’s dedicated to documenting all of Google’s dead projects. Even Stadia…
Amazon’s Alexa Tells 10-year-old Girl To Put Penny in Plug Socket
Amazon has updated its Alexa voice assistant after it “challenged” a 10-year-old girl to touch a coin to the prongs of a half-inserted plug. From a report: The suggestion came after the girl asked Alexa for a “challenge to do”. “Plug in a phone charger…
Microsoft, Salesforce Battle To Revitalize Customer Service
Customer support has become a crowded battlefield in enterprise technology as software vendors from Microsoft to Salesforce rush to arm organizations with tools to create one-stop service centers. From a report: The attention is revitalizing the call c…
Top CEO Worry for 2022: Job Security
Powerful CEOs worry about their job security as much as the rest of us do — in fact, maybe even more. From a report: An eye-popping 72% of CEOs are worried about losing their jobs due to the disruptions facing their industries, according to a new repo…