External USB/Thunderbolt SSDs and/or hard drives (aka direct-attached storage, or DAS) are a super-convenient way to add storage capacity to your system as well as back it up. External drives are also ...

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Last month, Nielsen introduced its new "Big Data + Panel" measurement, which combines ratings data from traditional households with statistics from smart TVs and set-top boxes. Nielsen's new system ...

Addis Abeba — Ethiopian election officials have begun a week-long visit to Nigeria to study the country's electoral system and share experiences in election management, according to the News Agency of ...

Mandiant and Google are tracking a new extortion campaign where executives at multiple companies received emails claiming that sensitive data was stolen from their Oracle E-Business Suite systems.

It may have its roots in science fiction, but a small number of researchers are making real progress trying to create computers out of living cells. Welcome to the weird world of biocomputing. Among ...

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The Social Security Administration revealed its annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026, which is going to boost benefits by 2.8% next year to account for inflation. Social Security's annual ...

The focus is shifting from accountability to learning. by Peter Cappelli and Anna Tavis When Brian Jensen told his audience of HR executives that Colorcon wasn’t bothering with annual reviews anymore, ...

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