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| | | Slack Is Making Its In-app Search Less Awful | | The Verge | "For a communication app that has become a such crucial part of so many workplaces, Slack sure does have some really poor internal search tools. Fortunately, it looks like the company is finally changing that, with revamped in-app searching that looks like it might finally fix — or at the very least, improve on — the feature," writes Chaim Gartenberg. "Now when you search, a big, pop-up search bar will appear over your window, and intelligently suggested results will pop up below based on who you chat with, what channels you’re in, and what the search term is." | | 3 Reasons Why Microsoft's Surface Go Beats Apple's iPad (and 3 Reasons Why It Doesn't) | | PCWorld | Now Microsoft has a strong competitor to Apple’s entry-level $329 iPad. With a $399 price tag and a 10-inch screen, the Surface Go isn’t just Microsoft’s cheapest Surface tablet, it’s one of the most affordable full-featured tablets you can buy. And it just might be a better investment than the 9.7-inch iPad, depending on what you need. Here’s why (and why not), according to PCWorld. | | New Spectre-like Attack Uses Speculative Execution to Overflow Buffers | | Ars Technica | "When the Spectre and Meltdown attacks were disclosed earlier this year, the expectation was that these attacks would be the first of many, as researchers took a closer look at the way that the speculative execution in modern processors could be used to leak sensitive information and undermine the security of software running on those processors. In May, we saw the speculative store bypass, and now we have a new variant on this theme: speculative buffer overflows, discovered by Vladimir Kiriansky at MIT and independent researcher Carl Waldspurger," writes Peter Bright. | | Ex-Apple Employee Charged with Stealing Autonomous Vehicle Secrets | | VentureBeat | A former Apple employee allegedly stole trade secrets from the company with the intent to bring them to a new employer, The Mercury News reported. The materials notably involved autonomous vehicle technology. Xiaolang Zhang was given “broad access to confidential internal databases” as part of his work on a team developing autonomous cars. Apple investigators searched his two company-issued phones and laptop and discovered that he had been aggressively downloading confidential files, as well as visiting Apple’s labs and removing items during his paternity leave. |
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| | | 5 Ways to Manage Emails and Control Spam in Outlook | | PCWorld | Spam lives on, despite all our efforts to snuff it out—but Outlook has some features to help slow it down. Here are some things anyone can do, plus some tips for working within a corporate Outlook system. | | If You Forgot Your Windows Admin Password, Try This | | PCWorld | "Okay, so you forgot your password for logging in to Windows. All is not lost. You can still log in to Windows—even if there is no other administrative account," write Lincoln Spector and Ian Paul. "From a security point of view, this is actually scary news. But there are legitimate reasons to use the tricks in this article, and none of them will let a criminal log in without your knowledge (the password is changed, not revealed) or gain access to encrypted data. (You do encrypt your sensitive files, right?)" The instructions provided are for Windows 7 and 10. Windows 8 users should have no trouble following the Windows 10 instructions. |
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| | | Change Your IT Culture with 5 Core Questions | | InformationWeek | Here's a quick 3-minute video for you. Peyton Maynard-Koran, senior director of worldwide infrastructure at Whole Foods, offers a list of questions to ask to understand the role of your IT organization and identify areas that can be improved. The attitudes and perceptions around how IT functions within a company can make the difference between business stagnation and success, affecting how quickly companies can develop and implement new ideas. Evaluating your IT culture and ensuring it provides a productive and positive environment is crucial. |
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| | | Let Google Calendar Intelligently Suggest Rooms for Your Meetings | | G Suite Updates | Earlier this year, Google announced a new feature in Google Calendar that, using Google AI, can automatically suggest rooms for your meetings based on the locations of the guests. They are now releasing this feature along with new and easier ways to update the main work locations for users in your domain. | | Less Searching, More Doing | | Several People Are Typing | As of today, you can find information in Slack faster — whether it’s a message from a particular person or a specific file posted to a channel — thanks to the addition of new, simple search filters. | | Welcoming the Butter.ai Team to Box! | | Box Blog | "We're incredibly excited to share that the team from Butter.ai is joining Box to help us execute on our vision to bring intelligent search to the enterprise. Butter.ai, a member of All Turtles, has been focused on using machine learning to solve everyday problems, including providing users with an easy, quick and secure way to surface more relevant content with context across a variety of enterprise services." |
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