What is Cybersecurity in Education? Cybersecurity is the intentional protection of systems, programs, and networks from digital attacks. Since anyone connected to a network is a potential target, a school cannot fully eliminate hackers. Still, a school or university can protect its systems from these attacks using the methods we will discuss below. Students are quite interested in matters on cybersecurity, as they live in a world where they experience first-hand the risks they are exposed to each time they use a computer....

We already know Microsoft has had plans in the all-digital realm, but Sony has largely kept its own ideas under wraps. Now we know there is a PlayStation 5 Digital Edition coming, it presents an interesting situation for the coming console generation. Specifically, it seems consumers will be able to choose between four consoles. Two full console machines (PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X) and two digital editions (PlayStation 5 Digital Edition and whatever digital console Microsoft delivers)....

In the latest piece of information, it has emerged Microsoft demands indie developers be part of Xbox Game Streaming to get their games on Xbox. The information was reported by The Verge and was part of a 222-page document used in the Epic Games v. Apple trial. While the document covered how Epic Games competes with stream giant. Perhaps the most controversial aspect of the document is Epic Games alleges Microsoft forced indie dev’s to be part of Xbox Game Streaming....

“With the new Flow button, create and trigger automations from Flow on your table data in Excel to automate data processing or the copying/importing of data,” explained principal group PM manager Stephen Siciliano.“You can create and run on-demand flows for selected rows in any Excel table on spreadsheets hosted in SharePoint or OneDrive for Business.” After installing the add-in, users can find the Flow button under the ‘Data’ tab. From there, they can build bespoke automations without leaving the app, or choose from a number of templates....

In a blog post, Facebook said $100 million has been set aside in ad credits and cash grants. Funding will be split between up to 30,000 small businesses in over 30 countries. The company says the program will help small businesses deal with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. While Facebook confirmed most the funds will be in real cash grants, the company said it will reveal more specific details soon....

Further, Facebook says companies like Uber and Visa are likely to join. To avoid volatility and privacy concerns, Libra will be backed by real-life assets. The service would enable quick payments across the world, and available as both an app and messaging service in 2020. If successful, Facebook’s currency could cause a major shakeup in the financial world, but that comes with its own concerns. The company has already received numerous accusations of a monopoly-like status and calls for it to be broken up....

It is no surprise to see Facebook so untrusted, especially not after this year’s various scandals. The company’s involvement with Cambridge Analytica helped influence several political movements. Later in the year, Facebook was found to be scraping data from Android users without their knowledge. Perhaps the only real surprise is why so many people still use Facebook. There certainly seems to be a changing of the tide, where users are becoming more aware of the issues the company has....

This article was contributed by Kevin Taylor who works as an IT specialist for Studyfy. There’s an ongoing debate on which OS is better: Mac or Windows. And it seems that a definitive conclusion is impossible. Both OS exist for quite a long time, and both have their benefits and disadvantages. Quite often, it can all be downplayed to inclusivity and exclusivity. Mac is always about exclusivity. There are fewer products that Apple offers compared to Microsoft, which means that there are fewer viruses that Mac OS can suffer from....

Graphics device driver error code 43 appears when the Graphics driver notifies Windows that the respective device is not working correctly. There are various ways to fix this issue and here we describe some of the possible solutions. How To Fix Graphics Device Driver Error 43 If you are facing this error on Windows 10, don’t panic. Simply read all the solutions we have provided here and perform them in order to fix this issue....

“Samsung Display has prepared three or four solutions for Samsung Electronics to embed the fingerprint sensor inside of the main display, and both are seriously considering one of the solutions,” the source explained. Usually, the design of Galaxy phones is finalized around five months before launch, but the choice of scanner is apparently causing some delays. The phone is set to launch in late August. “The delay in deciding on the final concept for the Note 9 is due to the work in adopting the in-display fingerprint sensor....

1 Warnings2 Are the Concerns Warranted? Since the COVID-19 crisis started, Zoom saw its user base increase from around 10 million to over 300 million. Other communication tools like Skype, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and WhatsApp have also seen major growth. However, according to German officials, only some of these services are safe. In a recent interview to a German newspaper, the federal commissioner for data protection urged public servants and businesses to stop using Zoom....

While Gmail is the market-leading email provider, it seems Google is taking some inspiration from Microsoft Outlook with the new aesthetic. While the changes are not drastic – and calling this a revamp or overhaul is too much – the new design does transform the overall look of Gmail. The UI looks smoother and cleaner, with Google seemingly focusing on tightening the design up a little. Again, there are design nods to Outlook that are hard to ignore....

Users can choose how many days of messages are stored when they don’t have a connection, with a maximum of 90 days. The result is the ability to search, read, archive and compose messages without a connection. Unfortunately, there are some restrictions, namely the use of Google’s browser. You must have Chrome 61 or higher to make use of the functionality, with no native support for Firefox, Edge, or Safari....

Discovered and disclosed by security firm EdgeSpot, the vulnerability has already been spotted in the wild and exploited by hackers. To make matters worse, Google is unlikely to issue a fix until late April. It is worth noting the exploit is only active when a PDF is opened within Chrome itself. If a user chooses to open the file with a dedicated reach like Adobe Reader, no information is leaked....

Specifically, the company says it will supply 4,000 Chromebooks and 100,000 WiFi hotspots to homes in California. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the program on Twitter. According to California Governor Gavin Newsom, the donation will help the Department of Education. The tech will go to rural and low-income communities to help students in those areas stay connected. “I am so proud of every sector of our state—private, public, labor—coming together to meet this moment....

Google calls the episode the “Google Cloud Infrastructure Components Incident 20013”. The company points out a fall in capacity for its central identity-management system was the root of the problem. Because the system collapsed, any service that requires user log in could not work properly. Deeper down, Google says the identity-management system failed because of a problem in the company’s automated storage quota management system. Google Cloud was hit by the problem, which means fundamental systems could not operate....

“We are working on … deranking those kinds of sites. It’s basically RT and Sputnik are the two,” he said during a Q&A. “We are well aware of it. We are trying to engineer the system to prevent it. We don’t want to ban the sites. It’s not how we operate.” Both sites are funded by the Russian Government and create content for international audiences. They are often accused of spreading propaganda and over-reporting protests in the US....

In a previous blog post, Microsoft describes the API as the following: This public SDK release begins a new era of fast load times and detailed worlds in PC games by allowing developers to more fully utilize the speed of the latest storage devices. In September 2020, we announced DirectStorage would be coming to Windows, and after collecting feedback throughout our developer preview, we are making this API available to all of our partners to ship with their games....

1 How to Make a Table of Contents in Google Docs2 How to Update a Google Docs Table of Contents Google Docs’ table of contents can be created automatically by pulling data directly from your heading styles. While it doesn’t matter which type of heading you choose for this, generally Heading 1 should be used for your title, Heading 2 for main headings, and Heading 3 for sub-headings. This will help to create a nice, readable hierarchy for your document....

1 How to Change Date and Time Formats in Settings2 How to Change Date Format and Time Format via Control Panel3 How to Change Date and Time in Windows 10 You can, for example, change the long date format or change clock format to include AM/PM symbols. Perhaps you even want dashes or dots in your date rather than slashes. Windows 10 lets you modify all this easily through its in-built settings menus....