Ofcom criticised for ‘reprehensible’ porn job post

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Techme101

Campaigners say the post, by a senior manager at the regulator, “trivialises” violence against women and girls.

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Astrill VPN Review: Features, Performance, and Insights

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Techme101

Astrill VPN is touted as one of the best VPNs around. But is it worth the extra money?

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Focused Energy buys two of the world’s most powerful lasers for its fusion quest

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Techme101

The massive lasers will be installed in the startup’s future facility, which it is building in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Texas medical school says hackers stole sensitive health data of 1.4 million individuals

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Techme101

The university’s incident website blocks search engines from listing the site, making it more difficult for affected individuals to find the website in search results.
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6 Reasons Callers Skip Your IVR Survey (+ Easy Fixes)

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Techme101

If IVR survey completion rates are lower than you’d like, this post is for you. Learn the main reasons callers bail and how to fix them.

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Pineapple on pizza is delicious — and if you disagree, you can’t log in to WordPress.org

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Techme101

There are few matters in life that divide a room more than the prudence of putting pineapple on pizza. But if you’re of the persuasion that tropical fruit has no place on a pie, you’ll have to swallow a bitter pill — if you want to access the WordPress.org developer portal and forum, at least. […]
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Remote enables USDC crypto payouts for contractors

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Techme101

Getting paid in cryptocurrencies may sound like a bad idea, but this could be an actually useful feature for international contractors. Remote, the company that lets you hire people and manage contractors all around the world, is introducing crypto payouts on Tuesday. Companies based in the U.S. can start paying their contractors with stablecoins in […]
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Nvidia falls deeper into correction territory as Broadcom rally continues

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Techme101

Despite Nvidia’s recent fall, its stock is still up more than 160% for the year. Broadcom has risen more than 120% in the same time frame.

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EU to investigate TikTok’s response to election security risks in Romania

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Techme101

TikTok is now subject to not one but two open Digital Services Act (DSA) investigations after the European Union announced on Tuesday that it has opened a formal proceeding focused on election risks — and specifically risks in the context of recent elections in Romania. The probe will focus on TikTok’s recommender systems — principally “risks […]
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While some account-to-account payments players falter, Volume raises fresh cash

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Techme101

Online merchants can usually pay up to 8% of every sale on an item to companies like PayPal, Apple Pay, and Stripe — and those costs are usually passed to consumers. So-called ‘account-to-account’ or ‘A2A’ payments can cut transaction fees to below 1%, saving merchants and consumers quite a bit of cash. The difficulty has been […]
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