Twitter gives cryptocurrency some prime real estate, so you might as well take advantage of it.The social media platform lets users add their Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptocurrency wallet addresses to their profile pages making it easy for people to send them crypto payments. However, as users can only make the additions on iOS or Android, its easy to overlook the unassuming feature. A later addition to Tips, Twitter gave users the ability to add a Bitcoin address to their Twitter profile in September of 2021. It did the same for Ethereum in February of 2022. SEE ALSO:Twitter makes it possible to link NFTs to profile pics (for a price)Twitter finally lets you sort out your messy DMsTwitter is rolling out playback speed on videosHow to keep your Twitter account safe using two-factor authentication (2FA)You may be unfamiliar with the relatively new feature, but, thankfully, its easy to set up.How to add a Bitcoin or Ethereum address to your Twitter profileIn order to add your Ethereum and Bitcoin addresses to your Twitter profile, youre going to need to have them handy to copy and paste. Got them ready, perhaps on your mobile cryptocurrency wallet? OK then, lets go. 1. Log into your Twitter account on iOS or Android2. Go to your profile page3. Select Edit profile4. At the bottom of the screen, select Tips5. Scroll to the bottom, and select I agree (after reading Twitters General Tipping Policy, of course)6. Here youll see the option to add both an Ethereum and Bitcoin addressYes, please.Credit: Screenshot: Twitter7. Leave the app, and pop over to your iOS or Android cryptocurrency wallet and copy your Bitcoin address8. Head back to the Twitter app, and select Bitcoin address9. Paste your Bitcoin wallet address into the field, then click Save 10. Leave Twitter, and go to your iOS or Android cryptocurrency wallet and copy your Ethereum address11. Go back to the Twitter app, and select Ethereum address12. Paste your Ethereum wallet address into the field, then click Save13. Where it says Allow tips, switch the toggle to the on positionAnd with that, youre good to go. Anyone who wants to can now easily find your cryptocurrency wallet addresses on your Twitter profile, and send you bitcoin or ether to their hearts content. But a word of warning: Because of the public nature of both the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains, linking your cryptocurrency address to your Twitter profile also means that strangers can see what, if anything, youve purchased both in the past, and future with crypto tied to those addresses. So keep that in mind before linking the same Bitcoin wallet you used to buy drugs off AlphaBay to your Twitter account. The future of money, it turns out, shines a spotlight on your past. But hey, adding cryptocurrency addresses to your Twitter profile sure is neat. And now you know how to do it.More in TwitterTwitters NFT profile pics are the new blue checkTwitter makes it possible to link NFTs to profile pics (for a price)How to turn on Twitters dark modeHeres how to change the text size on TwitterWhite supremacists, extremists are a problem on Twitter Spaces
Screenshot by David Gewirtz/ZDNETMicrosoft today previewed some new features for its Dev Box coding-machine-as-a-service offering. WhileDev Boxappears to provide similar services to GitHub Codespaces. For those keeping score, Visual Studio Codespaces was a rebrand of Visual Studio Online. Visual Studio Codespaces was then consolidated into GitHub Codespaces. As for when you should choose Codespaces and when you should choose Dev Box, weve reached out to the company and they told us this:GitHub Codespaces and Microsoft Dev Box are complementary products with unique strengths. GitHub Codespaces provides a containerized, cloud-based development environment, which is tightly integrated to GitHub and works great for APIs, web, cloud native, or backend development.For developers who need a cloud-based workstation that can be used for a diverse set of workloads (including desktop development and mobile development) and can target any version control system, Microsoft Endpoint device management, or support for tools that run best on the Windows OS, Microsoft Dev Box is great option.Also: Microsoft Build 2023: How to watch and why you shouldMicrosoft plans to make Dev Box generally available in July, having announced it last August. In todays announcement, Microsoft provided additional details of what to expect once Dev Box reaches general availability. At the top of the list is the ability to configure Dev Box deployments to use 16 and 32 core virtual CPUs, configured with 64 or 128 GB RAM. These make for powerful machines that should be able to handle some serious coding. There might be some reason to choose the 16 core box over the 32 core box. Microsoft is previewing the ability to hibernate (as compared to shutting down) 8 and 16 core units so you dont need to pay for idle time, and dont have to reopen all your development tools. Microsoft also announced pre-built Visual Studio starter images, config-as-code for Dev Boxes, and a Visual Studio release optimized for Dev Box. You can explore a proof-of-concept implementation here. Also:Understanding Microsofts grand vision for building the next generation of appsNext up, Microsoft announced additional AI integration for its low-code Power Platform and a host of new capabilities. Heres a quick summary of those announcements: Copilot in Power Pages: This continues Microsofts Copilot strategy, embedding a generative AI system to rapidly generate text, design forms, design page layouts, and more when creating pages. Copilot in BI: BI is Microsofts business insights suite, and the Copilot addition can generate slides, graphics, and data summaries from text-based prompts. Power Virtual Agents and generative AI: It seems the marriage of customer service chatbots and generative AI was inevitable. Microsoft has added generative AI capabilities to its Power Virtual Agent chatbot and extended it with the ability to do database searches and AI Integration. Power Automate gets a Copilot and SDK: Power Automate is a workflow scripting environment (think IFTTT or iOS Shortcuts, but on a network and enterprise level). Microsoft has announced a new Actions SDK that extend out-of-the-box actions. Power Automate also gets a Copilot, which will allow users to create workflows (or pieces of a workflow) using natural language. Also:The developer role is changing radically, and these figures show howAll of these are considered public previews. A general availability release date hasnt been specified. You can follow my day-to-day project updates on social media. Be sure to follow me on Twitter at @DavidGewirtz, on Facebook at Facebook.com/DavidGewirtz, on Instagram at Instagram.com/DavidGewirtz, and on YouTube at YouTube.com/DavidGewirtzTV.More Microsoft Microsoft 365 Copilot is available for purchase. Heres what to know How to screen record in Windows 10 or Windows 11 The best Windows laptop models: Comparing Dell, Samsung, Lenovo, and more Microsoft is still paying for its mobile mistakes 10 years later Microsoft 365 Copilot is available for purchase. Heres what to know How to screen record in Windows 10 or Windows 11 The best Windows laptop models: Comparing Dell, Samsung, Lenovo, and more Microsoft is still paying for its mobile mistakes 10 years later Editorial standards Show CommentsScreenshot by David Gewirtz/ZDNETMicrosoft today previewed some new features for its Dev Box coding-machine-as-a-service offering. WhileDev Boxappears to provide similar services to GitHub Codespaces. For those keeping score, Visual Studio Codespaces was a rebrand of Visual Studio Online. Visual Studio Codespaces was then consolidated into GitHub Codespaces. As for when you should choose Codespaces and when you should choose Dev Box, weve reached out to the company and they told us this:GitHub Codespaces and Microsoft Dev Box are complementary products with unique strengths. GitHub Codespaces provides a containerized, cloud-based development environment, which is tightly integrated to GitHub and works great for APIs, web, cloud native, or backend development.For developers who need a cloud-based workstation that can be used for a diverse set of workloads (including desktop development and mobile development) and can target any version control system, Microsoft Endpoint device management, or support for tools that run best on the Windows OS, Microsoft Dev Box is great option.Also: Microsoft Build 2023: How to watch and why you shouldMicrosoft plans to make Dev Box generally available in July, having announced it last August. In todays announcement, Microsoft provided additional details of what to expect once Dev Box reaches general availability. At the top of the list is the ability to configure Dev Box deployments to use 16 and 32 core virtual CPUs, configured with 64 or 128 GB RAM. These make for powerful machines that should be able to handle some serious coding. There might be some reason to choose the 16 core box over the 32 core box. Microsoft is previewing the ability to hibernate (as compared to shutting down) 8 and 16 core units so you dont need to pay for idle time, and dont have to reopen all your development tools. Microsoft also announced pre-built Visual Studio starter images, config-as-code for Dev Boxes, and a Visual Studio release optimized for Dev Box. You can explore a proof-of-concept implementation here. Also:Understanding Microsofts grand vision for building the next generation of appsNext up, Microsoft announced additional AI integration for its low-code Power Platform and a host of new capabilities. Heres a quick summary of those announcements: Copilot in Power Pages: This continues Microsofts Copilot strategy, embedding a generative AI system to rapidly generate text, design forms, design page layouts, and more when creating pages. Copilot in BI: BI is Microsofts business insights suite, and the Copilot addition can generate slides, graphics, and data summaries from text-based prompts. Power Virtual Agents and generative AI: It seems the marriage of customer service chatbots and generative AI was inevitable. Microsoft has added generative AI capabilities to its Power Virtual Agent chatbot and extended it with the ability to do database searches and AI Integration. Power Automate gets a Copilot and SDK: Power Automate is a workflow scripting environment (think IFTTT or iOS Shortcuts, but on a network and enterprise level). Microsoft has announced a new Actions SDK that extend out-of-the-box actions. Power Automate also gets a Copilot, which will allow users to create workflows (or pieces of a workflow) using natural language. Also:The developer role is changing radically, and these figures show howAll of these are considered public previews. A general availability release date hasnt been specified. You can follow my day-to-day project updates on social media. Be sure to follow me on Twitter at @DavidGewirtz, on Facebook at Facebook.com/DavidGewirtz, on Instagram at Instagram.com/DavidGewirtz, and on YouTube at YouTube.com/DavidGewirtzTV.More Microsoft Microsoft 365 Copilot is available for purchase. Heres what to know How to screen record in Windows 10 or Windows 11 The best Windows laptop models: Comparing Dell, Samsung, Lenovo, and more Microsoft is still paying for its mobile mistakes 10 years later Microsoft 365 Copilot is available for purchase. Heres what to know How to screen record in Windows 10 or Windows 11 The best Windows laptop models: Comparing Dell, Samsung, Lenovo, and more Microsoft is still paying for its mobile mistakes 10 years later Editorial standards Show Comments
Taiwanese design company Nova has come up with a waterproof speaker system for iPod that looks like a tube of shower gel. Designed to be either freestanding or hung up from that hook in the shower cubicle that up until now didn't have a purpose, it suggests a playful life attitude, according to the blurb on the company website. Aimed at puppies, then. [Aqua through Google Translate]WatchAlex Winter on the Most Important Modern Horror Movie CCShare SubtitlesOffEnglishShare this VideoFacebookTwitterEmailRedditLinkview videoAlex Winter on the Most Important Modern Horror MoviesModern Yet Retro | JBL Spinner BT ReviewJanuary 23, 2024Alex Winter on His Character in Destroy All NeighborsJanuary 19, 2024Show all 14 commentsNormally you think science, lasers, and silicon chips when someone says MIT, but Huggable is an MIT invention nonetheless: it's another smart robot companion, a bit like Paro meets Teddy Ruxpin. Its body is covered in sensors and motors, including webcams behind his eyes and a speaker in his nose, and its designed to respond to you and react like an electronic pet. But it's a little smarter than Paro: it can act as a telepresence device, echoing the movements of a remotely-manipulated Huggable.And the remote bear can also be moved by you, which opens up the chance for the possibility of remote-controlled cuddles. It may, at this point, help to remember the bear's intended for uses in places like hospitals, and in early-learning applications. It's the latest version of a device that MIT's Personal Robots Group has been working on for a while, and as you can see it's a research device so it's not exactly wonderfully cuddly at the mo. Still, the group's working on a refined version that'll be used in real-life human-computer interaction experiments. [MIT via BotJunkie]WatchAlex Winter on the Most Important Modern Horror Movie CCShare SubtitlesOffEnglishShare this VideoFacebookTwitterEmailRedditLinkview videoAlex Winter on the Most Important Modern Horror MoviesModern Yet Retro | JBL Spinner BT ReviewJanuary 23, 2024Alex Winter on His Character in Destroy All NeighborsJanuary 19, 2024Show all 22 commentsThe guys over at PhoneWreck couldn't contain themselves: they've already taken the BlackBerry Storm apart into a pile of little tiny pieces. And they discovered the secret behind it's click touchscreen鈥攖he whole screen's backplate presses on a single microswitch, so it's one big button. They also found the Qualcomm MSM7600 processor in there somewhere, and laid blame for sluggish phone performance on that multi-tasking chip's plate, since it runs just about everything on the phone. [Phonewreck via Crunchgear]WatchAlex Winter on the Most Important Modern Horror Movie CCShare SubtitlesOffEnglishShare this VideoFacebookTwitterEmailRedditLinkview videoAlex Winter on the Most Important Modern Horror MoviesModern Yet Retro | JBL Spinner BT ReviewJanuary 23, 2024Alex Winter on His Character in Destroy All NeighborsJanuary 19, 2024Show all 24 comments
Hey, heres something we dont get all that often: A debut smartphone from a company thats never made one before, with reason to believe that it might actually be good.Thatll be the hope, anyway, when Nothing reveals the Phone (1) on Tuesday, July 12 at 11 a.m. ET during its Return to Instinct event. We dont know anything about the livestream aside from the fact that Nothing, the startup founded by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, will show off its debut handset. Anyone whos interested in watching live can RSVP on Nothings website.Those earbuds looked so cool.Credit: Molly Flores / MashableIn case you arent familiar with Nothing, its a new tech company that so far has only released one product: The Nothing Ear (1) wireless earbuds. For just $100, they were surprisingly nice earbuds with a distinct, high-tech look (complete with transparent casing), active noise cancelation, and full functionality between both iOS and Android. They were easily some of the best wireless earbuds of 2021.Tweet may have been deletedWith that in mind, its easy to assume the Phone (1) will follow the same basic principles of being cheap, stylish, and nice to use. A leak courtesy of TechDroider claims itll have a sizable 6.55-inch OLED display, while Pei himself seemingly confirmed in May that itll have the same transparent look as the Ear (1). Naturally, as is the case with anything not made by Apple, its safe to assume the Phone (1) will run on Android.Tweet may have been deletedOther details like price, battery life, and any unique features will have to wait until the announcement in July. But if the Phone (1) is anywhere near as good as the Ear (1), that would be nice. Ill settle for a phone that looks as cool as those earbuds.SEE ALSO:Nothings Ear (1) earbuds are buggy but beautifulTravel is back on the rise. This summer, tourism is expected to be at almost pre-pandemic numbers. In fact, the American Automobile Association (AAA) predicted that 39.2 million vacationers would travel during Memorial Day weekend, and that would be just the beginning. But with the pandemic still very much around, not to mention persistent supply chain issues leading to product shortages, traveling might be a little more stressful than usual. Whether youre traveling for vacation or for work, these are our favorite travel tech recommendations to make navigating that next journey a little easier. 1. Cord organizerWe like this compact option from Bellroy.Credit: Bellroy/AmazonIf youve ever tried to pull a charger cable from the depths of your bag on a cramped plane, this ones for you. Itll let you keep all of your cables and adaptors neatly tucked away so you dont accidentally elbow a stranger. And it makes packing and unpacking a breeze. Reviewers praise this Belroy Tech Kit Compact for being compressed yet functional, and it comes in different colors, too. 2. Wired headphones Cover your bases and bring a pair of wired headphones.Credit: Sennheiser/AmazonCan you use wireless headphones on a plane? The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says yes, but each individual airline can also choose whether to allow or prohibit them. Why not bring a pair of wired headphones just in case? You wont have to worry about charging the battery plus, didnt you know wired headphones are cool again?If you want a fancier pair that promises to deliver excellent audio quality, try the Sennheiser CX 300S In Ear Headphones. If you want a more affordable pair that you wouldnt mind accidentally losing during your travels, we suggest scavenging through your belongings for an old pair of free-with-iPhone Apple headphones just make sure you have a Lightning to 3.5mm adapter, too. You can also scoop up this multicolored 5-pack or, for an over-the-ear option, the Sony ZX Series.3. SmartwatchThe SE gives you many of the same travel conveniences as its older sibling for a much lower price. Credit: Apple/AmazonWith the convenience of mobile wallets these days, things like boarding passes and credit cards often live in our phones. But juggling your phone amongst your passport, luggage, and airport coffee is a recipe for disaster so may we suggest investing in a smartwatch to make your travel a tad more hands-free? For iPhone users, nothing can beat the convenience of an Apple Watch, which will grant you Apple Wallet access from your wrist plus fitness tracking, iMessage, maps, and more. If you want the latest tech, go for the Apple Watch Series 7 or if you want to save some cash, look into the Apple Watch SE. For Android users, try out the Samsung Galaxy Watch, or keep an eye out for the upcoming Google Pixel Watch later this fall. 4. E-readerThe Kindle Paperwhite is glare-free and waterproof.Credit: AmazonAny experienced traveler knows that a good e-reader is critical. The latest from Amazons Kindle line, the Paperwhite, has been getting rave reviews for its big display, thin build, and 10 weeks of battery life. In fact, Mashables own Alex Perry loved the new Paperwhite so much, it made him enjoy reading again. 5. International adapter with high-speed charging and USB portsNot just an adapter but also a high-speed charger. Credit: Native Union/AmazonThis top-rated gadget from Native Union comes with power adapters for North America, EU, and UK outlets, has two USB ports (USB-A and USB-C), and its lone USB-C port features high-speed charging technology. That way, you dont have to hang around your hotel room waiting for your phone to charge.6. Portable chargerThis charger has a 10,000 mAh battery.Credit: Belkin/AmazonIronically, the things you need the most when you travel GPS, translation apps, podcasts, etc. are the biggest drains on your battery. In normal life, a dead battery is an inconvenience, but if youre traveling, its a disaster. Arm yourself with a portable charger just in case. We like Belkins USB-C PD Power Bank 10K.7. Non-bulky hair stylersVia GiphyNow, this isnt a necessity, per se, since some people may like to let their hair run wild and free while on vacation. But others might be going for a full-glam moment, which will require some styling tools. Bringing along all of your bulkiest curlers, straighteners, hair dryers, and more is going to take up your precious packing space, so we suggest condensing with the iconic Dyson Airwrap. Since it comes with so many attachments, you can choose to only bring along what you need. The device itself and each attachment are super light, so it wont weigh you down, especially compared to traditional hair stylers. Trust us, we reviewed it ourselves. 8. VPNNordVPN is included in Mashables roundup of best VPNs.Credit: NordVPNMaybe you want to protect yourself from sketchy public WiFi. Or maybe you just miss the Netflix offerings in your home country. Either way, a VPN is a great investment. One of the most highly recommended comes from NordVPN, which has subscription options that range from $3.29 to $11.99/month. 9. Instant cameraAn instant photo just hits differently on a trip. Credit: PolaroidWhile our smartphones are capable of jaw-dropping photos, sometimes you just want a hit of nostalgia, or an extra artsy image. Enter: An instant camera which can help produce that grainier, spur-of-the-moment look. Plus, you get a physical souvenir from your trip immediately.One of our favorite instant cameras is an update to a cult classic. The Polaroid Now+ gives you all the 90s vibes and some extra goodies with lens filters and app-controlled creative modes. When we tried it, we particularly loved the Double Exposure mode. Make sure to pack some extra film! 10. Bluetooth trackerSmall but mighty.Credit: Tile/AmazonSEE ALSO:Avoid bad hair days on vacation: These are the best travel curling ironsNo one wants to lose anything while traveling, but sometimes it just happens. Stick an Apple AirTag or a Tile tracker onto your most beloved belongings to make sure that, even if youre temporarily separated, youll be reunited again.
At WWDC 2022, Apple has announced a feature we have all been both waiting for and dreading: unsending text messages in iMessage. According to the announcement, youll also be able to mark messages as unread and edit texts in iMessage, bringing the maximum level of chaos to your group chats. Simply long-press a message to reply, undo send, edit, and copy a message.SEE ALSO:Apple announces iOS 16 at WWDC 2022, and its got some big changesThis new feature for iMessage will roll out with iOS 16, which is slated to be released in Fall 2022. Twitter users are already imagining the ways these features will be used.Tweet may have been deletedTweet may have been deletedTweet may have been deletedThis story is developing...
Its official, folks: iOS 16 is on its way. Apple announced the latest iPhone software update at WWDC 2022, its annual developers conference, during the keynote event. iOS 16 is expected to release this fall alongside the debut of the iPhone 14 lineup, but the company has already showed off all the newest features we can look forward to. We break it all down below.New iMessage featuresIn an update that will change group chats forever, iOS 16 will let iMessage users both edit their texts and undo send any message you regret firing off. The update will also let users mark threads as unread if you dont have time to address messages, recover recently deleted features, and will make a new Shared With You API available to app developers. SharePlay will also be coming to iMessage, letting users watch synced content like movies or songs, share playback controls, and chat in iMessage all at the same time. New notifications and lock screen widgetsThe lock screen is leveling up with a fully customizable format. Users will be able to edit everything on their lock screens, from fonts and colors of the usual text to adding new lock screen widgets. Photos used for lock screens will take advantage of a layering effect, placing the subject in front of the time text. The new, almost-always visible widgets will support updates like upcoming calendar events, weather, battery levels, alarms, time zones, Activity ring progress, and more. The lock screen will also support the new Live Activities feature, which will show any real-time activity like active ride Uber rides, sports scores, or workouts without having to unlock your phone. Notifications will also now scroll up from the bottom of the screen, letting you enjoy your background image more often. Users will also be able to create multiple lock screens with customized features, save them, and tie each one to a specific Focus feature like Work or Do Not Disturb.New dictation abilitiesDictation on iOS 16 will allow users to move more fluidly between voice typing and keyboard typing. When using the feature to do things like compose an email, users will be able to both speak their content for Siri to notate and type on the keyboard at the same time. Apple will also be adding a new App Intents API, letting developers use Siri more seamlessly in their apps.New Live Text, Visual Lookup, and Translation updatesLive Text will soon work with video as well the existing photos feature. It will also let users convert currency and translate any text captured via the camera or stored in the Photos app directly in either interface, eliminating the need to move between each app. Visual Lookup will also let users press and hold on the subject of a photo, removing it from its background, and move it from the Photos app to another app like Messages. It is also expanding to include subjects like birds, insects, and statues. New Apple Wallet and Apple Pay featuresApple Wallet is adding more support for verified IDs to be stored in the Wallet, letting you use a stored ID in apps requiring you to upload identification. Apple Wallet is also integrating Keys sharing via iMessage and Mail, and will continue to work on sharing Keys via the wallet to those without iPhones. For Apple Pay users, you will soon be able use Apple Pay Later to split any Apple Pay transactions into four equal payments made every two weeks with no interest. It will be available anywhere Apple Pay is accepted online. And if youre a voracious package tracker, Apple Pay shipments will be trackable right in your Wallet, starting with purchases made on e-commerce platforms like Shopify. New Maps featuresWith iOS 16, Maps will be coming to 11 new countries, support more detailed landscapes, increase navigation features, and let users add up to 15 stops to a trip when planning in advance. Maps will also work more seamlessly with Siri to let you add a stop via voice command while driving, and transit features will show clear costs and support transit cards being added to Apple Wallet. New Photos and iCloud updatesThe Photos experience is adding a new Shared iCloud capability, allowing up to six users to directly upload photos and videos to a shared iCloud with collaborators. You can choose to share media to the shared cloud directly from a personal library, or set it up to only share photos from a certain date or featuring certain people like all photos and videos featuring kids and parents. Sharing to iCloud can also happen automatically after taking a photo with a quick toggle directly in the camera app, eliminating the need to send photos after an event. The shared cloud will also feature intelligent suggestions that nudge you to share a photo if it features people added as collaborators. All of this is is reminiscent of the existing Shared Albums within Photos, but takes it to a sky-high, cloud-based level. New sports features supportFor the sports fans out there, the Apple TV app will now show live scores and play-by-plays via Live Activity support on the Apple TV widget. Within Apple News, users will be able to follow specific teams and leagues to get their most important sports updates integrated seamlessly into their news feeds. New Family Sharing and Parental ControlsiOS 16s updates to Family Sharing will make it easier for parents to manage separate accounts for kids, approve or deny requests directly in iMessage, create a family checklist for location sharing, and quickly update settings for kids as they get older. It will also include suggestions for age-appropriate restrictions for apps, movies, books, music, and more. New privacy featuresApple worked with several non-profit organizations that support victims of domestic abuse to develop the new Safety Check feature, which will allow users to quickly revoke access to their devices and data when in dangerous situations. Safety Check will cut off location sharing via Find My, reset privacy permissions for all apps, protect access to messages by signing out of iCloud, restrict iMessage and FaceTime to only the device in your hand, and let you change access to data for your apps.SEE ALSO:Apple launches redesigned MacBook Air with new M2 chip at WWDC 2022Credit: Microsoft Azure Status Page (August 31)Some Microsoft Azure customers running Ubuntu 18.04 virtual machines are continuing to experience problems, which Microsoft is attributing to DNS issues in the Bionic Ubuntu release. Problems began on August 30 at 2 a.m. ET and, according to Microsofts Azure status page, are still affecting the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Container Apps (ACA) as of 10:30 a.m. ET on August 31. Microsoft officials said a bug in Ubuntu 18/04 will lead to DNS resolution errors, and that reports of this issue are confined to this single Ubuntu version. Microsoft officials pointed to the bug fora potential fix on the Canonical/Ubuntu website. The Azure status page also notes that customers can try rebooting the impacted VM instances so that they receive a fresh DHCP lease and new DNS resolver(s). Microsoft officials said the companys engineering deployed an auto-remediation for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters. However there have been a subset of cases where AKS nodes werent covered by the auto-remediation detection and werent fixed. The team is working on fixing all the clusters across all regions worldwide, officials said in an update just before 8 a.m. ET today, August 31.Based on a screen capture of the Azure status page from August 30 by BleepingComputer.com, it seems even more Azure services initially were impacted by the Ubuntu issue. While AKS and ACA are mentioned as being affected by the outage today, yesterday, the Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Monitor, Azure Sentinel and the Azure VMware Solution also were affected, that screen shot indicates.Microsoft officials said the offending Ubuntu updates all have been removed until further investigation is completed. They said they would provide further updates as warranted.Update (August 31, 4 p.m. ET): It looks like most of the issues around this were mitigated as of noon ET, according to Microsofts Azure Status history post. We will continue to deliver communications via Azure Service Health for long-tail impact to the remaining subset of customers affected and publish a Preliminary Post Incident Review (PIR) within 3-days, officials said.Cloud 鈥媁hat is digital transformation? 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ShutterstockTwo of the worlds top tech companies in their separate sectors, VMware in enterprise software and Nvidia in high-end data processing hardware, are joining their collective talents with the idea of bringing conventional data centers into the coming metaverse era. They plan to do this by installing artificial intelligence and zero-trust security on servers from the get-go.ZDNET Recommends The best cloud storage services Free and cheap personal and small business cloud storage services are everywhere. But, which one is best for you? Lets look at the top cloud storage options. Read now The two companies announced today, at the VMware Explore 2022 conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco, a new data center platform they claim is designed for the era of AI, making standard a list of disparate functions -- state-of-the-art AI modeling, AI inference, data science, and zero-trust security capabilities -- in servers globally.The package combines Dells latest PowerEdge servers with Nvidia BlueField-2 data processing units (DPUs), GPUs, and AI enterprise software, all optimized for VMwares new vSphere 8 enterprise workload platform, which also was introduced at the Aug. 30 event. Enterprises can organize and distribute the functions of these elements on Nvidia LaunchPad. This hands-on lab platform provides access and control for hardware and software to create end-to-end AI workflows for data scientists, the companies said.Also:Nvidias Omniverse: The metaverse is a network, not a destinationSecurity is Job No. 1Improved security for next-generation workloads using multiple firewalls is the primary force behind this partnership project.With this package, we are protecting workloads with next-generation firewalls, Brad Doctor, VMwares vice president of security engineering, told reporters. Now you will see firewalls in every single server. So we are no longer confined to how previous data centers were built.With that [conventional] model, you have an edge router or firewall sitting at the perimeter of the data center. All the traffic that was inside the data center was assumed to be trusted. Here were going to a model where were going to put a next-generation firewall with [VMwares] NSX into every server rather than running that on a CPU, which is going to offload this to the GPU. So with that, we can do things like intrusion detection and intrusion protection systems.Also: CISA: Prepare now for quantum computing cyber threatsThe security system can be as granular as recognizing immediately when a potential intruder is typing a password too slowly when trying to gain illicit access to a server, Doctor said.Isolation of data is the keyIsolation is super important in all this -- its the best security in the world, Manuvir Das, head of Enterprise Computing at Nvidia, said. Security has always been a focus of the VMware NSX platform, and now hosting that on the Bluefield [DPUs] gives us a new layer of isolation between the application processing domain and the infrastructure processing domain.VMware Patch these vulnerable products or remove them from your network, CISA warns Microsoft: This botnet has new tricks to target Linux and Windows systems Hackers are getting faster at exploiting zero-day flaws. Thats going to be a problem Broadcom makes a $61 billion play for VMware Running on the Bluefield DPUs, vSphere 8 speeds up workload production in a substantial way, Doctor said. By offloading data to the DPU, users can accelerate networking and security services while saving CPU cycles, he said.Distributed applications with AI/ML and analytics are moving the transformation of data center architecture forward by making use of accelerators and providing better security as part of the mainstream application infrastructure, Krish Prasad, senior vice president and general manager of VMware Cloud Platform Business, said in a statement.Dell PowerEdge servers built on the latest VMware vSphere 8 innovations and accelerated by BlueField-2 DPUs provide next-generation performance and efficiency for enterprise cloud applications while better protecting enterprises from lateral threats across multi-cloud environments, Prasad said.Nvidia AI Enterprise, a cloud-native suite of AI and data analytics software, is optimized to enable organizations to use AI on familiar infrastructure. It is certified to deploy anywhere -- from the enterprise data center to the public cloud -- and includes global enterprise support to keep AI projects on track, Das said.Dell servers with vSphere 8 on BlueField-2 DPUs will be available later this year, Doctor said. Nvidia AI Enterprise with vSphere is available now and can be deployed using LaunchPad hands-on labs.Security 8 habits of highly secure remote workers How to find and remove spyware from your phone The best VPN services: How do the top 5 compare? How to find out if you are involved in a data breach -- and what to do next 8 habits of highly secure remote workers How to find and remove spyware from your phone The best VPN services: How do the top 5 compare? How to find out if you are involved in a data breach -- and what to do next Editorial standards Show CommentsShutterstockTwo of the worlds top tech companies in their separate sectors, VMware in enterprise software and Nvidia in high-end data processing hardware, are joining their collective talents with the idea of bringing conventional data centers into the coming metaverse era. They plan to do this by installing artificial intelligence and zero-trust security on servers from the get-go.ZDNET Recommends The best cloud storage services Free and cheap personal and small business cloud storage services are everywhere. But, which one is best for you? Lets look at the top cloud storage options. Read now The two companies announced today, at the VMware Explore 2022 conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco, a new data center platform they claim is designed for the era of AI, making standard a list of disparate functions -- state-of-the-art AI modeling, AI inference, data science, and zero-trust security capabilities -- in servers globally.The package combines Dells latest PowerEdge servers with Nvidia BlueField-2 data processing units (DPUs), GPUs, and AI enterprise software, all optimized for VMwares new vSphere 8 enterprise workload platform, which also was introduced at the Aug. 30 event. Enterprises can organize and distribute the functions of these elements on Nvidia LaunchPad. This hands-on lab platform provides access and control for hardware and software to create end-to-end AI workflows for data scientists, the companies said.Also:Nvidias Omniverse: The metaverse is a network, not a destinationSecurity is Job No. 1Improved security for next-generation workloads using multiple firewalls is the primary force behind this partnership project.With this package, we are protecting workloads with next-generation firewalls, Brad Doctor, VMwares vice president of security engineering, told reporters. Now you will see firewalls in every single server. So we are no longer confined to how previous data centers were built.With that [conventional] model, you have an edge router or firewall sitting at the perimeter of the data center. All the traffic that was inside the data center was assumed to be trusted. Here were going to a model where were going to put a next-generation firewall with [VMwares] NSX into every server rather than running that on a CPU, which is going to offload this to the GPU. So with that, we can do things like intrusion detection and intrusion protection systems.Also: CISA: Prepare now for quantum computing cyber threatsThe security system can be as granular as recognizing immediately when a potential intruder is typing a password too slowly when trying to gain illicit access to a server, Doctor said.Isolation of data is the keyIsolation is super important in all this -- its the best security in the world, Manuvir Das, head of Enterprise Computing at Nvidia, said. Security has always been a focus of the VMware NSX platform, and now hosting that on the Bluefield [DPUs] gives us a new layer of isolation between the application processing domain and the infrastructure processing domain.VMware Patch these vulnerable products or remove them from your network, CISA warns Microsoft: This botnet has new tricks to target Linux and Windows systems Hackers are getting faster at exploiting zero-day flaws. Thats going to be a problem Broadcom makes a $61 billion play for VMware Running on the Bluefield DPUs, vSphere 8 speeds up workload production in a substantial way, Doctor said. By offloading data to the DPU, users can accelerate networking and security services while saving CPU cycles, he said.Distributed applications with AI/ML and analytics are moving the transformation of data center architecture forward by making use of accelerators and providing better security as part of the mainstream application infrastructure, Krish Prasad, senior vice president and general manager of VMware Cloud Platform Business, said in a statement.Dell PowerEdge servers built on the latest VMware vSphere 8 innovations and accelerated by BlueField-2 DPUs provide next-generation performance and efficiency for enterprise cloud applications while better protecting enterprises from lateral threats across multi-cloud environments, Prasad said.Nvidia AI Enterprise, a cloud-native suite of AI and data analytics software, is optimized to enable organizations to use AI on familiar infrastructure. It is certified to deploy anywhere -- from the enterprise data center to the public cloud -- and includes global enterprise support to keep AI projects on track, Das said.Dell servers with vSphere 8 on BlueField-2 DPUs will be available later this year, Doctor said. Nvidia AI Enterprise with vSphere is available now and can be deployed using LaunchPad hands-on labs.Security 8 habits of highly secure remote workers How to find and remove spyware from your phone The best VPN services: How do the top 5 compare? How to find out if you are involved in a data breach -- and what to do next 8 habits of highly secure remote workers How to find and remove spyware from your phone The best VPN services: How do the top 5 compare? How to find out if you are involved in a data breach -- and what to do next Editorial standards Show Comments
Weve entered uncharted territory, folks. Elon Musk tweeted something thats actually basically correct for once.Musk, who may or may not buy Twitter soon (may not is currently in the lead), did what he always does on Saturday and posted some musings to his Twitter feed. Among them was a call for Twitter users to change their feeds from the algorithmically sorted home version to latest, where tweets are shown in reverse chronological order. In other words, the way Twitter was meant to be read all along, despite a recent attempt to force the home timeline on users.Musks rationale is that the algorithm can subconsciously manipulate you. This is, to Musks credit, a pretty reasonable viewpoint backed up by research. A math equation that only shows you what it thinks you want to see will, over time, make it harder to accept other sources of information.Tweet may have been deletedFormer Twitter founder Jack Dorsey seemingly took a little offense to the idea, saying the algorithmic feed was simply designed for people who dont obsessively check Twitter. In a later reply downthread to another user, Dorsey admitted the algorithm can have unintended consequences, but maintained it wasnt designed to manipulate users.Tweet may have been deletedSEE ALSO:Trump says no way Elon Musk buys Twitter nowAgain, in fairness to Musk, he didnt say the algorithm was intended to manipulate, just that it happens. This is all an excuse for me to tell you that, on the most basic level, Musk is right about this: You need to switch your Twitter feed from home to latest pronto. Dont let the machine feed tweets to you.The only reasonable way to sort internet content is by chronological order. Time doesnt manipulate, at least not as easily as these algorithms do.Its been a bad handful of days for Apples Lightning port.The iPhone makers proprietary charging standard isnt long for this world, per analyst and prolific Apple predictor Ming-Chi Kuo. Just days after Kuo said Apple is working on iPhones that charge via USB-C instead of Lightning, the analyst updated his tweet with clarification that Apples other Lightning-powered products would also make the switch. That includes AirPods, MagSafe chargers, and Apples mouse and keyboard peripherals.Tweet may have been deletedAs for when exactly this would happen, Kuo didnt specify beyond in the foreseeable future. His initial iPhone take and a subsequent Bloomberg report that backed it up suggested iPhones wouldnt ditch Lightning until 2023 at the earliest. Apple could choose to slowly phase out Lightning, but it might also make sense to move everything over to USB-C at the same time, too.For the non-tech-savvy folks out there, USB-C is the oval-shaped charging port youve likely seen on recent Android phones, modern video game controllers, and even some of Apples products like MacBooks. It charges and transfers data more quickly than Lightning, to go along with the obvious benefit of being able to use the same charging cable for every device you own.The main benefit of Apple sticking with Lightning for this long has probably been the companys ability to charge third-party peripheral makers a fee to use the standard, but at some point, its best to let go. Please, Apple, let us live in a world without Lightning.SEE ALSO:When will your iPad become obsolete?When will your iPhone become obsolete?The iPod touch is officially discontinued, but which iPod models are obsolete?These Beats products are obsolete, or will be obsolete soon