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According to this 2021 statistic, HP is the world’s largest manufacturer of consumer printers. However, just under 25 percent of the market is hardly a monopoly. So it’s no surprise that many Windows users were confused when all printers from any manufacturer suddenly started showing up as “HP LaserJet M101-M106” last week. The culprit appears to be a Windows update that accidentally relabeled some or all hardware printers connected to computers, either directly or over the network, with incorrect metadata and automatically installed the HP Smart app. (Windows Update may download third-party executables in addition to standard drivers from some…

If you have to work in an office and are constantly afraid of your boss’s evil eye hiding in the back of your cubicle, you may be aware of the “boss button.” It’s a special button or shortcut that can instantly hide whatever you’ve done and replace it with a spreadsheet of, say, a TPS report. This idea has been around for a surprisingly long time, but Opera is bringing it to a new generation of lazy gamers with its Opera GX browser. The latest version of Opera GX sets your F12 key into “panic mode,” which instantly opens a…

Database developers have a tough job. Whether they are using SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite, the challenges are similar. It’s easy to write queries that perform poorly, waste system resources, or don’t take advantage of database features designed to make life easier. Here are seven common pitfalls to avoid when writing database applications. 7 SQL mistakes to avoid Blindly reusing queries Nesting views Executing large, multi-table transactions in a single transaction Clustering on GUIDs or other “temporary” columns Counting rows to check if data is present Using triggers Making negative calls Blindly reusing queries A SQL query…

After two years of record sales, champagne’s current problem is that prices are constantly rising. Sales are expected to reach around 314 million bottles in 2023, down 3.5% from the previous year, according to a projection by the Comité Champagne trade group. “Prices have gone crazy,” says Laurence Alamanos, global export director for champagne house Ayala. “It’s a little hard for our everyday consumers to follow.” Champagne houses say rising costs of grapes, shipping and energy are a factor. But price increases have outpaced inflation, and since champagne is already a high-priced category, recent price hikes have become a bit…

HONEY Arguably your best option for online shopping, Honey works as a browser extension that finds you deals by automatically trying coupon codes for any shopping site you’re on. If you find deals at over 30,000 stores and visit Amazon frequently, there’s an Amazon-only feature that compares the prices of items on Amazon to the same items at other online stores to make sure you’re getting the best deal. DEAL NEWS It’s a great site to check out every day, packed with deals both user-submitted and editorially selected, and spanning just about every product category under the sun. I use…

The security council said hackers affiliated with the Chinese military were aware of recent intrusions into American utilities, including water and power facilities in multiple states. According to reports, neither Iran-linked nor Chinese-linked attacks affected critical systems or caused disruptions. “We are seeing companies and critical services face increasing cyber threats from malicious criminals and countries,” Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology, tells Fast Company. The White House had been urging infrastructure providers to upgrade their cyber defenses before these latest attacks, but says “clearly, based on the latest success of criminal cyber attacks, more…

The year 2023 was the year that CRISPR gene editing left the laboratory and entered the public consciousness and the American medical system. The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first gene-editing CRISPR therapy, Casgevy (or exa-cel), a treatment from CRISPR Therapeutics and its partner Vertex, for patients with sickle cell disease. This comes on the heels of a similar green light from UK regulators in a historic moment for a gene-editing technology whose foundations were laid in the 1980s and which eventually won pioneering CRISPR scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. .…

The past year has brought tremendous change to the gig economy landscape. Lyft got a new CEO, Uber reached profitability, DoorDash proved itself a consumer staple, and Instacart finally went public. Investors entered this year worried that U.S. consumer spending would fall dramatically, adding stress to pandemic economies that had posted several quarters of growth thanks to stay-at-home orders and stimulus checks. Harry Campbell, founder of the Rideshare Guy “After a tumultuous few years during the pandemic, Uber’s driver supply is at an all-time high. This oversupply means lower earnings can be expected next year as drivers compete for the…

If 2023 is Year Twitter is among those touted as a potential decentralized social network. The principle behind decentralization will allow social media to behave more like email; you can choose your provider and chat in the same way. Bluesky launched as a public interest LLP in 2021 and raised $8 million in a July 2023 funding round. When it first emerged as a potential lifeboat for disgruntled Twitter users in April 2023, I thought it had echoes of Twitter’s early days. At that point the platform had 50,000 users. Today, Bluesky’s user base stands at 2.6 million: a 5,100%…

Phishing remains a common cybersecurity threat. In its Digital Defense Report 2023, Microsoft reported that more than 156,000 business email compromise attacks were attempted per day in 2023, with a success rate of 42 percent. “Data breaches occur in a variety of ways, but one of the primary causes is individuals clicking on malicious links,” says Mike Devine, marketing manager at security solution provider Fortra. “Security officers and IT teams struggle to engage their workforces in security awareness training, but there are two strategies businesses can use to reduce human-related risks.” Fortra works with its customers to define security awareness…