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How To Protect Your Privacy Online In 8 Tips : Life Kit : NPR

Posted on October 13, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

Jackie Ferrentino for NPR

Before I became a reporter at NPR, I worked for a few years at tech companies.

One of the companies was in the marketing technology business — the industry that’s devoted in part to tracking people and merging their information, so they can be advertised to more effectively.

That tracking happens in multiple senses: Physical tracking, because we carry our phones everywhere we go. And virtual tracking, of all the places we go online.

The more I understood how my information was being collected, shared and sold, the more I wanted to protect my privacy. But it’s still hard to know which of my efforts are actually effective and which are a waste of time.

So I reached out to experts in digital security and privacy to find out what they do to protect their stuff – and what they recommend most

Insider shopping tips and sales for Amazon Prime Day 2020.

Posted on October 11, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

Kim Komando, Special to USA TODAY
Published 8:00 a.m. ET Oct. 11, 2020

Amazon Prime Day 2020 is Oct. 13-14. (Photo: Amazon)

Amazon Prime Day is Christmas in July for techies – most years, that is. In 2020, following pandemic-delays, the two-day sale kicks off on Oct. 13 at midnight EDT.

I’ve told you before about all the great perks you get with an Amazon Prime membership – here are 11 of my favorites – and Prime Day sales might just top the list. In fact, Amazon customers will spend an estimated $10 billion next week.

It’s not just tech and gadgets on sale. You’ll find hot deals across just about every category. The main Prime Day deals page is a good place to get started.

But many deals expire quickly, and new ones appear steadily, often without much notice. I’ve got insider tips to help you get the

Amazon antitrust findings; Satya Nadella’s WFH tips; Mysterious $60B woman

Posted on October 10, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week:

a drawing of a face: GeekWire Podcast: Amazon antitrust findings; Satya Nadella’s WFH tips; Mysterious $60B woman

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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon antitrust findings; Satya Nadella’s WFH tips; Mysterious $60B woman

A long-awaited report from a U.S. House antitrust subcommittee landed this week, and it slammed Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple for their alleged monopolistic practices in the online marketplaces they operate. Amazon responded with a scathing blog post that said the report featured “flawed thinking.”

Lots of tech people are working from home due to the pandemic, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has some tips on how to do it and maintain your health and well-being. Schedule some short meetings, he says, and don’t forget your transition times.

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A new story from the Medium business publication Marker paints an extraordinary portrait of the life of one of the richest women in the world, MacKenzie Scott, which is all the more

Cocktail Chemistry: 10 Science-Backed Tips for the Perfect Drink

Posted on October 7, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

To the average cocktail lover, the action behind a bar counter can seem full of magic and mystery. There’s a quick sprig of this and a small splash of that, followed by loud, vigorous shaking or a few stirs, then out pours a perfectly formed beverage. At first sip you know: There’s no way you could make anything this good at home.

Lately, with the weather getting cooler, and no end to this pandemic in sight, many of us are missing our neighborhood haunts. Though some bars are selling cocktails to go, many of us are on our own. If we want to drink a perfect Negroni this Halloween, we’ll have to make it ourselves.

Luckily, making cocktails isn’t magic, it’s science. A great bar is just a chemistry lab; each cocktail, a perfectly replicable concoction.

To help unravel the science of drinking, Discover talked with Kevin Liu, author of

7 Tips For Getting The Best Deals Of Amazon Prime Day 2020

Posted on October 7, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

After multiple delays and leaks, Amazon Prime Day 2020 kicks off next Tuesday, October 13. The 48-hour event ends at midnight PT on October 15, which equals the duration of last year’s Prime Day. With Prime Day so close to Black Friday this year, it presents a great opportunity to get some holiday shopping done early. To take advantage of the deals–which will feature gaming, tech, entertainment, and much more–you have to be an Amazon Prime member. We’ve put together some tips to help you navigate Prime Day 2020 and get the best deals.

Get a free 30-day Amazon Prime trial

One of the best tips for anyone without a Prime account heading into Prime Day is that Prime subscriptions begin with a month-long free trial (six months for students). Seeing as trial members get full access to Prime deals, that means you can sign up for the month

14 Project Management Tips For New Tech Leaders

Posted on October 7, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

Project management concept with team reviewing Gantt chart showing tasks and milestones — getty

Tech leaders know there’s no shortage of project management systems, processes and programs out there—so many that a newcomer to the tech field can feel overwhelmed. While a new tech leader can use trial and error to eventually work through all the pros and cons of systems and processes and pin down what’s right for their organization, a smoother, faster path would be to turn to experienced tech leaders for their insights.

We asked the members of Forbes Technology Council to share top project management tips new tech leaders should remember. Their answers are below.

1. Know that modern project management tools are much more collaborative.

Project management is not what it used to be. Remember the old PMI? The principles are still useful, but today teams are empowered with agile delivery that’s iterative and client-centric. For these reasons, modern tools have way more collaboration in them. Think of

Five Tips For Encouraging Balanced Use Of Tech As A Tech Company

Posted on September 28, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

Founder of Gabb Wireless Inc., the first nationwide cellular network for kids.

Business people laughing in meeting — getty

When running a tech business, you live and breathe it every minute of every day. If you are not thinking about the technology you are building, you are testing it, studying other technology and using technology to move your company forward. These types of tech use are intentional and purposeful.

In contrast, when we find ourselves scrolling through social media, playing endless games and picking up mobile devices every few seconds, there is nothing intentional about it. Balance is lost.

An Adult-Sized Problem

While I started my company with the intent of addressing kids’ tech imbalance, the reality is many adults find themselves addicted. In fact, adults spend on average 5.4 hours a day on their phones. As a technology leader, it’s also my goal to help adults better balance their technology use.

With my team

5 tips for foodies from a photo pro

Posted on September 28, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

I have been taking photos of food for my work for something close to 10 years. Colleagues of mine will attest — because I say it all the time — that when it comes to shooting in a working restaurant, I always feel self-conscious, turning mealtime, (mine and everyone’s around me) into a tiny spectacle as I shift plates, stand up, search for optimal lighting, occasionally employing my own while using the “voice activation” on my camera to snap my shots.

But this is my job and, as the saying goes, the camera eats first.

The other day, after dragging the coffee table across the room toward the window, working against time as the day’s beautiful natural light began to fade, I stood on my coffee table, phone cam aimed down at a dish of roast pork chow fun. Snap after snap I rotated the bowl to allow the glistening

Ethical hacker’s tips for how to protect yourself online

Posted on September 22, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

Frank Villani is a 53-year-old information security specialist based in New Jersey who’s worked in information technology for 24 years and IT security for 12 years.
He’s a ‘white hat’ hacker, someone who works on the inside of an organization to protect its internet systems from ‘black hat’ hackers who want to violate computer security for personal gain.
For personal security measures, Villani says you should change your passwords every 45 days, be careful using public ATMs, pay in cash or credit cards at gas stations, and avoid using public WiFi unless it asks for credentials or consent.
This is his story, as told to freelance writer Jenny Powers.
Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.

My name is Frank Villani. In a nutshell, my job is to test what those of us in the industry refer to as IOT — ‘the internet of things’ that encapsulates anything connected to

Tips to Study Science & Technology Syllabus Effectively

Posted on September 22, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

UPSC: UPSC Civil Service aspirants often find themselves wheeling under the undefined yet vast syllabus of Science & Technology. In this article, we have provided a smart strategy to study Science & Technology syllabus which would also be helpful for non-science background aspirants.

UPSC (IAS) Prelims 2020: Tips to Study Science & Technology Syllabus Effectively

UPSC: Science & Technology is one of the tricky subjects included in the UPSC Civil Services Prelims and Mains syllabus. Most part of the syllabus is related to current events and discoveries while a small part deals with the basic terminology of science which can be covered reading the basic NCERTs. In this article, we have provided all the important methods and topics to study the Science and Technology syllabus which would also be helpful for aspirants from non-science backgrounds.

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