Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is struggling with its retail business. High inflation is contributing to a slowdown in demand, and rising costs for everything from labor to transportation are reducing profitability. Consumers are not as willing to open their wallets with a potential recession looming. It’s a very different story for Amazon’s cloud computing business. Amazon […]
Month: April 2022
War Brings an Uncomfortable Boon to Commodity Traders
It’s an embarrassing but unavoidable truth: the war in Ukraine is proving to be pretty good for the business of the world’s major commodity traders. Glencore Plc expects full-year trading profits to exceed its target range again after a stellar performance in the first quarter, while crops giant Bunge Ltd. raised its earnings estimate for […]
Microsoft Brings Account Switching to Web and Desktop Apps • The Register
Microsoft has taken some interim steps to make account switching easier in its 365 apps with the addition of a list of logged in users. Account switching in Microsoft’s product has long been a pain for users, requiring them to log out and back in to (for example) switch between their personal and work accounts. […]
Parrot TDS poses an immediate risk to web developers everywhere
Staying up to date with the ever-changing security landscape is essential to maintaining web server security and keeping potential threats at bay. There are several key threats to web servers that are important to be aware of in order to prevent and mitigate these risks. DoS and DDoS attacks, SQL injections, unpatched software and cross-site […]
FinLocker Launches Web v3.0 with Enhanced Capability to Accelerate Consumer Mortgage Readiness and… | News
ST. LOUIS, MO, April 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FinLocker, a leader in consumer-authorized personal financial assistance digital tools that deliver hyper-personalized journeys, has released a significantly updated web experience designed to accelerate the process of preparing to qualify for a mortgage. Web version v3.0 of FinLocker offers users a contemporary design refresh, simplified navigation […]
Rand stabilizes after sharp drop, stocks rally
The South African Rand stabilized against the dollar Tuesday, find your bearings after a sharp fall last week when sentiment towards the risk-sensitive currency collapsed. At 8:44 p.m., the rand was trading at 15.81 against the dollar, down a modest 0.75% on Monday close. the rand lost more than 6% against the US currency last […]
Putin accuses West of plotting to kill Russian journalists
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that his main spy agency had foiled what he said was a Western plot to kill a prominent Russian journalist. “This morning, the Federal Security Service stopped the activities of a terrorist group that planned to attack and kill a famous Russian television journalist,” Putin told prosecutors. “They […]
Chinese netizens rush to post censored video over lockdown issues
Chinese netizens rallied to outwit government censors over a video documenting weeks of lockdown in Shanghai, flooding social media feeds as frustration continued to mount over strict COVID zero rules. The six-minute video titled ‘The Sound of April’ was released on Friday and was quickly censored as it went viral. Chinese Wechat users then downloaded […]
Chinese netizens rush to post censored video over lockdown issues | app
Chinese netizens rallied to outwit government censors over a video documenting weeks of lockdown in Shanghai, flooding social media feeds as frustration continued to mount over strict COVID zero rules. The six-minute video titled ‘The Sound of April’ was released on Friday and was quickly censored as it went viral. Chinese Wechat users then downloaded […]
Chinese netizens rush to post censored video over lockdown issues | World
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NFT hype is on the rise as the market stabilizes after the crisis
Sales of non-fungible tokens are stabilizing after a steep decline earlier this year, as a handful of new products and initiatives reignite enthusiasm for a market that lives and dies on hype. NFT’s weekly sales volume is still about half of what it was in January, when there was a blitz of major sales and […]
Maybe it’s not just a loan you need, but a little love too.
There are 10 million people employed in small businesses in South Africa, but this figure has fallen by 14% in the immediate term. consequences Covid lockdowns. With 11% fewer small and micro businesses by the third quarter of 2020, there are concerns that some of this damage may be permanent. But some of that damage […]
Fed declares high inflation, geopolitics cloud outlook
The U.S. economy grew at a moderate pace through mid-April, but rising prices and geopolitical developments created uncertainty and clouded prospects for future growth, the Federal Reserve said. “Inflationary pressures have remained strong since the last report as businesses continue to rapidly pass on rising input costs to customers,” the U.S. central bank said in […]
Reduced Web Fonts API May Land in WordPress 6.0 or Not at All – WP Tavern
Anyone who has watched or participated in the development of the Web Fonts API can attest that it has been an emotional rollercoaster. At one point it seemed like a shoo-in for WordPress 5.9. Then it was returned to the next version. Sure he was landing again, we find ourselves staring at the runway, wondering […]
How to choose a web host for your business?
The more sites people create, the more people need hosting to support their place. This factor drives the number of web hosting service providers, which has now reached the point of almost unlimited. The large and growing number of web hosting services available does not necessarily make all hosting services good. If you want to […]
Amazon Web Services’ Log4j patches blew holes in its own security
Amazon Web Services updated its Log4j security patches after discovering that the original patches made customer deployments vulnerable to container escaping and privilege escalation. The vulnerabilities introduced by Amazon’s Log4j hotpatch – CVE-2021-3100, CVE-2021-3101, CVE-2022-0070, CVE-2022-0071 – are all high-severity bugs rated 8.8 out of 10 on the CVSS. AWS customers using Java software in […]
Striking Pricing Guide 2022 – Forbes Advisor – Forbes Advisor
In addition to the plans above, Strikingly offers a free plan with unlimited free sites. However, these sites and the customization capabilities of these sites are very limited. For example, if you open a store on a free site, you can only offer one product at a time. You are also limited to 5 GB […]
U.S. Ninth Circuit • The Register
Scraping data from a public website does not violate the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday. decision [PDF] echoes the 2019 appeals court ruling, which upheld a 2017 lower court ruling in HiQ vs. LinkedIn that web scraping is not considered unauthorized access to a […]
2023 NY budget: the good, the bad and the dodgy | News, Sports, Jobs
It is not surprising that the state budget for the next fiscal year is huge. With a windfall of federal money, surprisingly high tax revenues — and no doubt great political incentive for Governor Kathy Hochul to carve out voter-friendly political victories ahead of the next election — the Legislature passed a massive […]
New tools to take control of your web browsing
Michael Calore: crypto wallets. Lauren Goode: Cryptocurrency wallets. And I went to install it. And the permissions were just amazing. It felt like once you install it on your browser, we have permission to read, write, change, modify, do whatever I think we want with your data while you’re browsing . And I was like, […]
Business owners feel ‘misled’ by Women’s Expo; The event plans to return to COS in November
COLORADO SPRINGS — Starting a new business isn’t always easy. When a marketing management company asked several small business owners to attend a women’s show in Colorado Springs, they jumped at the chance. However, several of these event attendees told News 5 Investigates that they felt cheated and misled. KOAA Small business owners chat with […]
Cyber Thugs Trick Tourists By Booking Money Into Hotel Via Fake Web Links On Google, Case Filed | Dehradun News
Nainital: Over the past couple of weeks, several cases have surfaced of cyber criminals stealing money from tourists, who were trying to book rooms online at hotels based in Nainital. Owners of major hotels in the lake city – including Maharaja Hotel, Alka Hotel, Silverton Hotel, New Bharat Hotel, Atithi Hotel, Channi Raja Hotel and […]
DuckDuckGo announces new privacy-focused Mac web browser
Enlarge / DuckDuckGo’s browser for macOS. DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo, the oddly-named privacy-focused search engine, already offers web browsers for iOS and Android and browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. But on Tuesday, the company announced it was launching in desktop browsers as well. DuckDuckGo for Mac is available starting today as an invite-only beta “designed […]
RMB raises $3 billion on behalf of Treasury in South African sovereign bonds
The Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) has raised $3 billion worth of South African sovereign bonds on behalf of the national treasury, the corporate and investment unit of banking group FirstRand announced on Tuesday. The issue follows Moody’s revising South Africa’s outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’, saying the country’s improved fiscal outlook would help the government […]
The best advertising websites will be named by the Web Marketing Association in the 26th annual WebAward competition
Boston, MA, April 11, 2022 –(PR.com)– The Web Marketing Association is looking for the world’s best advertising websites in its 26th annual WebAward International Web Development Competition at the WebAward website. The WebAwards are the standards-setting competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including advertising, design and marketing websites, based on the seven criteria for […]
The best public relations websites will be named by the Web Marketing Association in the 26th annual WebAward competition
Boston, MA, April 11, 2022 –(PR.com)– The Web Marketing Association is looking for the world’s best public relations websites in its 26th annual WebAward international competition for website development at the WebAward. The WebAwards are the standards-setting competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including advertising, public relations and marketing websites, based on the seven […]
Top 6 CMS for Core Web Vitals
HTTPArchive has released the latest rankings of top performing content management systems (CMS). We review the rankings of six popular CMSs and find that the top performing CMSs outperform their competitors by huge margins. We continue to review data for the United States geographic region as before. The global data is slightly different from the […]
Binance gets a nod to Abu Dhabi crypto as billionaire CEO touts UAE
If the full licensing for Abu Dhabi – the capital of the United Arab Emirates – is successful, the exchange said it could then offer its virtual asset services to customers in the Mena region through a subsidiary, Binance (AD) ltd. the company to expand its presence in the Persian Gulf, following approvals in Bahrain […]
Feed more hungry people for less money – help them plant! – World
By Rein Paulsen, Director of the Office of Emergencies and Resilience at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) A few weeks ago, we all woke up to a global environment that we thought was history. Billions of people have already struggled over the past two years; acute hunger has skyrocketed and […]
Rand drops as dollar rises after Fed hawkish minutes
The South African Rand fell On Thursday, battling against a stronger dollar after meeting minutes showed the US Federal Reserve was preparing to act aggressively to stave off inflation. At 8:49 p.m., the rand was trading around 2 p.m.7397 against the dollar, 0.46% lower than its previous close. Many Fed officials said they were prepared […]
Malicious Web Redirection Service Infects 16,500 Sites to Spread Malware
A new traffic directing system (TDS) called Parrot relies on servers that host 16,500 websites for universities, local governments, adult content platforms and personal blogs. Parrot is used for malicious campaigns to redirect potential victims matching a specific profile (localization, language, operating system, browser) to online resources such as phishing and malware depot sites. Threat […]
AUKUS pact expanded to base hypersonic missiles in Australia
On the eve of a federal election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week took another crucial step to put Australia at the forefront of US preparations for war against China. Morrison announced a major expansion of last September’s AUKUS military pact, a deal that has the bipartisan backing of the opposition Labor Party, which is […]
Expert Guide to Outsourcing Web Design Projects
Source: intlum.com The web design industry is constantly changing. Therefore, digital marketing agencies must be proactive in keeping up with the latest trends to ensure that they can provide their clients with the best possible services. One of the ways agencies can stay ahead of the curve is to outsource web design projects to experts […]
Live Updates: JetBlue Threatens Planned Spirit Merger With $3.6 Billion Bid
U.S. and Eurozone government debt sold off as traders factored in the prospect of tougher sanctions on Russia and comments from a senior Federal Reserve policymaker who signaled that the central bank would act more aggressively to curb inflation. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note, which moves inversely to its price and is […]
Police warn against fake websites
By Chui Chun-fu / Staff Reporter Police have warned the public against online scammers using fake websites and fake news to deceive people after a fake website claiming to be the Chinese-language Liberty Times (the sister newspaper of the Taipei Times) went viral. published a fake interview with a prominent Taiwanese chef about his investments […]
Ghost Financial is raising new capital in financing tools for ghost kitchens – TechCrunch
After operating his own shadow kitchen, Keto Kitchen, in Austin for the past year, serial entrepreneur John Meyer found fintech resources for the industry were lacking. When Keto Kitchen had good sales in the first quarter, Meyer went to the bank to ask for expansion funding and called the banker back asking what a ghost […]
Subaru Seems to Ghost WRX STI on Consumer Websites
In the wake of news that Subaru is killing off the WRX STI in the future, it looks like the STI is already dead on the company’s US and Canadian consumer websites. It looks like one could use the build and price tool to evaluate a 2021 STI, but otherwise the car has apparently been […]
Latest Web Hacking Tools – Q2 2022
We take a look at the latest additions to the security researchers’ arsenal The early months of 2022 are behind us, and as security professionals prepare for the upcoming conference season, it’s high time to load up the arsenal of security tools. During the dark and wet Northern Hemisphere winter, security researchers worked hard to […]