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‘It’s not red, it’s magenta’: How ThinkPad designers gaslit IBM to save the iconic TrackPoint

“It’s not red,” IBM’s design center manager patiently explained. “It’s magenta.” The safety function officer wasn’t buying it. Between his fingers, he held up a small, rubbery disc that looked like a pencil eraser. “You know it’s red and I know it’s red,” he said. The design manager didn’t back…

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This land belongs to you and me — even Willie Nelson is pushing back against data centers

Iconic musician Willie Nelson has launched a fight against data centers The singer-songwriter cites noise, light pollution, and water theft among other complaints, and underlines the importance of family farmers The 93 year old country music icon’s statement was issued on Instagram Willie Nelson has issued a strongly-worded statement about…

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Amazon wants to launch over 5,000 satellites to build new mobile networks

Amazon plans to launch 5,105 satellites to support new mobile networks The filing with the FCC highlights voice, data, emergency services, and Internet of Things support Amazon Leo already has over 390 satellites in orbit, enough to launch the plans ahead of the full deployment Amazon has confirmed its “low…

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I think the Secretlab Atlas is a brilliant office chair — precisely because it’s a terrible gaming chair

When gaming chair maker Secretlab announced the release of its very first home office chair, I wasn’t shocked. There’s been a gradual trend with office chair makers like Herman Miller teaming up with Logitech to create a gamer-focused version of the Embody, alongside brands like FlexiSpot and Eureka Ergonomic launching…

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What is the Shared Responsibility Model in cloud security?

Imagine you’re a company. You’ve got sensitive data you need kept safe, and you’ve got a cloud service provider that’s protecting it. But do you know how far that protection goes, and at what point it’s your turn to take over? The sheer number of data breaches due to human…

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‘Identifying vulnerabilities is no longer enough’: Companies need to focus on fixing exploitable vulnerabilities, not discovering as many as possible, says Checkmarx CEO

Artificial intelligence came at just about the right time, speeding up app and software development as the world started to contend with skills shortages, but it changed the pace so much that security teams have not been able to keep up. Recently, we’ve seen AI being applied across multiple other…

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