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| | Intel Tries To Take Down Apple’s M1 Chip With a Flurry of Benchmarks | Engadget | If it wasn’t already clear that Intel is anxious about Apple’s M1 chip, it is now. PC World and Tom’s Hardware report that Intel has shared a legion of benchmarks claiming to show that 11th-generation Core i7 laptop processors are faster than the M1. They do suggest there are areas where Intel can claim victory, although there are also questions about Intel’s methods. | What is SaaS Management? The 2021 Guide | BetterCloud Monitor | Now more than ever, companies are depending on IT to drive business transformation and innovation. Check out this guide to learn about the biggest #SaaS management challenges, common SaaS management workflows, best practices for SaaS management, and how you can benefit from a SaaS management platform. | Chrome 88 Update Includes Important Security Fix for Zero-Day Vulnerability | The Verge | Version 88.0.4324.150 of Google’s browser released on Thursday fixes a vulnerability which the search giant says is actively being exploited in the wild. ZDNet notes that the date Google says the bug was reported on (January 24th) is just one day before Google’s Threat Analysis Group publicly disclosed a hacking campaign that appeared to be relying, in part, on an unpatched vulnerability in Chrome. | Google Chrome Is Dropping Support for Some Really Old CPUs | MSPoweruser | In a policy document, the Chromium development team has announced that they are dropping support for all x86 CPUs which do not have a minimum of SSE3 (Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3) support, starting in Chrome 89. This generally means pre-Intel Core 2 Duo processors (e.g. Intel Atom and Celeron M processors) with most post-2005 processors supporting SSE3 already. Windows 10 itself only requires SSE2 support. |
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| How to Save an Email as a PDF in Outlook | MakeUseOf | Need to save an Outlook email as a PDF but not sure how? It isn't as obvious as you might think, but it's still easy to do once you know how. You can find the option to download your emails through the Print menu in Outlook. This menu looks different depending on the operating system you're using, so we'll show you how to do save Outlook emails as a PDF in both Mac and Windows. | 8 Ways to Lock Your Mac | How-To Geek | Locking your Mac is the best way to secure your computer when you have to step away from it. This won’t quit or interrupt any running applications, and you must type your password to get past the lock screen. Here are eight ways to lock your Mac. |
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| The Great Suspender Chrome Extension Was Officially Banned Today | SaaSOps Community | Google pulled an insanely popular Chrome extension because it was riddled with malware. The folks in the SaaSOps Community agreed that this was the right call, but it begs the question: What policies are in place in your org for managing browser extensions? Join the conversation by clicking the link above. |
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| Group Membership Expiration Now Generally Available | Google Workspace Updates | The Cloud Identity Groups API feature that enables you to set expirations for group memberships is now generally available. It was previously available in beta. This enables admins to set an amount of time that users and service accounts are members of a group. Once the specified time has passed, users will be removed from the group automatically. |
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