AUGUST 19, 2021
Windows 11 is going to be Microsoft's most interesting PC operating system for several reasons. One of them will be the ability of Windows 11 to make it hard for users to change the default web browser from Microsoft Edge to, say, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. It will be interesting because Microsoft has never done a...
AUGUST 19, 2021
Websites and apps with a single username and password
Single sign-on (SSO) allows users to access multiple applications with a single set of login credentials.
While convenient, SSO can present security risks, as one set of credentials could grant bad actors a wide swath of access.
Implementing SSO can be a lengthy and expensive process...
AUGUST 19, 2021
New Delhi: The Taliban, which took over Aghanistan’s capital Kabul Sunday, may not be able to access a majority of the country’s central bank’s assets.
In a series of tweets posted Wednesday, Ajmal Ahmady, Governor of the country’s central bank Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), explained why the country’s shipments of US dollars are in doubt and how it...
AUGUST 19, 2021
More than 90 policy and rights groups around the world published an open letter on Thursday urging Apple to abandon plans for scanning children’s messages for nudity and the phones of adults for images of child sex abuse. “Though these capabilities are intended to protect children and to reduce the spread of child sexual abuse material, we...
AUGUST 18, 2021
The market has been maintaining its northward journey in the current year, though there have been intermittent correction and consolidation.
But it has not seen any major correction or steep fall as, overall, the economy remained open in the second wave (though there were some restrictions by several states).
Further easing of restrictions by states, consistent buying by retail...
AUGUST 18, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, Aug. 18, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
In an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, and the president's first since the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, President Joe Biden stood firm in his defense of the United States' withdrawal, but asserted for the first...
AUGUST 17, 2021
SME, marketing, startup, mode, marketing strategy, emails, Instagram, LinkedIn, communication, newsletter, message, ads
India is in the middle of a startup boom attracting big investment but funds are hard to come by for smaller businesses. And most startups lack big hairy audacious goals (BHAG), as I see while mentoring many incubated ventures. Formulating BHAGs is a skill we...
AUGUST 17, 2021
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani looks on at a meeting at the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul on July 28, 2021. (Sajjad Hussain / AFP - Getty Images file)
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani once promised to rebuild Afghanistan. On Sunday, he fled the country within hours of the Taliban entering the country’s capital Kabul, leaving...
AUGUST 17, 2021
Brief Scorecard: India 364 (Rahul 129, Rohit 83, Anderson 5-62) & 298 for 8 dec. (Rahane 61, Shami 56*, Wood 3-51) beat England 391 (Root 180*, Bairstow 57, Siraj 4-94) & 120 (Root 33, Siraj 4-32, Bumrah 3-33) by 151 runs
AS JOE Root crouched in dejection after getting out, the wicket-taker Jasprit Bumrah rushed towards him, his...
AUGUST 16, 2021
Haiti earthquake damage. - Jonathan Alpeyrie/Bloomberg via Getty
As Haiti continues to grapple with the aftermath of Saturday's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, the Caribbean nation is bracing for potential flooding and landslides from an approaching storm.
On Sunday, the death toll jumped from 304 to at least 1,297, according to CBS News. Additionally, at least 2,800 people have been injured...
