The pandemic reshaped ideas and practices for how elementary, middle and high school students — and their teachers — learned and taught computer science (CS for short). Kim Wilkens is a doctoral student at the University of Virginia. She’s studying K-8 computer science education. Wilkens also is the founder of Charlottesville Women in Tech and the nonprofit Tech-Girls. Wilkens told ZDNet that the method and practice of teaching K-12 computer science are shifting....

The second strongest thought is that technology hasn’t solved everything… yet. Which then leads me to worry that I’ll never see the glorious day when it has. So I was uplifted to rafters unimagined to learn there’s a tech company that’s solved a fundamental problem of corporate life: the unhappy employee. Laugh all you will – I did – but GrowthSpace’s tease is a tantalizing one. It insists that 97% of the people who were subject to its technology said it was “an active incentive for them to stay at their company....

Whether all of your favorite tunes are stored on your laptop, phone, tablet, or some other device, chances are you are often using headphones or external speakers to listen to them. That’s because the speakers on most computers and electronics just don’t do them justice. And if you’d like to take your great audio experience with you everywhere, then you will love the Soundfreaq SFQ-07 Sound Spot Compact Bluetooth Speaker....

Dubbed TangleBot, the malware first appeared in September and once installed gains access to many different permissions required for eavesdropping on communications and stealing sensitive data, including the ability to monitor all user activity, use the camera, listen to audio, monitor the location of the device, and more. Currently, it’s targeting users in the US and Canada. The campaign has been detailed by cybersecurity researchers at Proofpoint who note that while the initial lures came in the form of SMS messages masquerading as information about Covid-19 vaccination appointments and regulations, more recent efforts have falsely claimed local power outages are about to occur....

As first reported on BleepingComputer, this new malware, dubbed CronRAT, hides in scheduled tasks on Linux servers by being set for execution on February 31, a date that doesn’t exist. Discovered and named by e-commerce security specialist Sansec, CronRAT is part of a growing trend in Linux server-focused Magecart malware. CronRAT is used to enable server-side Magecart data theft. SEE: A winning strategy for cybersecurity (ZDNet special report) The security company describes the malware as “sophisticated” and it remains undetected by most antivirus vendors....

Glassdoor’s 25 Best Jobs List for 2022 found that software developers, data scientists, IT architects and full-stack engineers dominate the top spots when measured by salary, job satisfaction and the number of job openings. These three factors were taken from ratings from “hundreds of thousands” of employee reviews on the Glassdoor platform, which were combined with the number of role vacancies to create an overall ‘job score’. SEE: Employers are desperate for data scientists as demand booms The report took into account job title normalisation that groups similar job titles....

Graph analytics software maker TigerGraph is dipping deeply into its bank account in a global search to reward innovative ideas for harnessing the power of graph technology and machine learning to solve real-world problems. So today, the Redwood City, Calif. based company launched its “Graph for All Million Dollar Challenge” in order to get people thinking about this steadily growing sector of database IT. Registration opened today, and the final submission deadline is April 20, 2022....

Nearly half (47%) of companies currently use low-code or no-code in their organizations, a TechRepublic Premium survey of 414 managers finds. . Significantly, only 16% expect no-code and low-code platforms to eliminate professional developers’ jobs. And there’s good reason why so few expect an impact – namely, no-code and low-code citizen developers won’t be taking on relatively sophisticated application projects anytime soon. (More survey details provided by Melanie Wachsman here....

For the past week, I have been testing four options for the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max. It’s been a while since I’ve tested out Totallee cases, so I was quite surprised to see there are now 15 options for the iPhone 13 Pro Max, and I may have to try out some of these other options in the future. See also: Best iPhones 2022: Which model is right for you?...

This doesn’t seem to have stopped people from booking flights and even choosing to pay more for a better class of seat. Well, those seats at the back really are the worst, aren’t they? And there’s no reason to believe they’ll get any better. You’d think, then, that airlines would be quite happy right now, especially as they’re saying they see no effects of the impending – or, perhaps, already arrived – recession....

The university used Twitter last Wednesday to report that its telephone lines, website and IT systems were down a day after what it believed was a cyberattack had commenced. Sunderland cancelled all online classes but encouraged students to visit its campuses, where in-person teaching continued. See also: This new ransomware encrypts your data and makes some nasty threats, too. Per the BBC, the university’s vice-chancellor Sir David Bell posted a video on the institution’s temporary website to explain its efforts to restore IT systems....

Fredrick Brown, a 40-year-old from Las Vegas, was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering charges. Brown’s actions led to $1.5 million in losses after he targeted more than 3,300 members of the US military community through a multinational fraud ring. Brown worked with four other people to defraud both service members, their dependents and civilians employed by the Department of Defense....

In a letter to CBP, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, urged the agency “to focus on suspected criminals and security threats, rather than allowing indiscriminate rifling through Americans’ private records without suspicion of a crime.” He added: “Such changes will better protect national security and respect the rights of Americans who travel overseas for business and leisure.” SEE: What does the iPhone 14’s eSIM mean for privacy, security, and travel? Wyden said that his office learned of “egregious” CBP practices during agency briefings....

An analysis by Techshielder found that Washington D.C. and Singapore offer the best opportunities in terms of job openings, salary, and cost of living. London was ranked number eight because of its high cost of living and relatively low salaries. Berlin ranked number three, gaining points because of a low cost of living and good salaries. Luxembourg pays the highest salaries at $154,000 but it has low job availability. London and Tokyo both pay about the same in salaries, $111,000 but Tokyo scores bottom of the list at number 10 because it has much lower job availability – despite a lower cost of living compared with London....

It’s nice. Or at least it is until the insects find me. In previous years I’ve experimented with a wide variety of insect repellants. From stuff you apply to your skin (I tend not to use DEET-based products for general use because they can damage and melt some plastics) to coils that you burn, and had pretty good success with them. But they all have their weaknesses. What I’ve always wanted is a solution that allows me to click a button and the insects go away....

The Docs bug is a weird one that perplexed software developers on Hacker News and spawned conversations ranging from written languages, human coding errors, and programming language quirks, to speculation about what kind of text-parsing glitch could cause Docs to crash simply by typing “And. And. And. And. And.” into a document. As Docs user Pat Needham reported on Google’s support pages yesterday, typing “And. And. And. And. And.” on a Docs page within Chrome caused the app to crash....

Managing director Rob Scott reported the conglomerate – which is made up of Bunnings, Officeworks, and Kmart Group – delivered total revenue just short of AU$34 billion, a 10% uplift on last year, for the period ending 30 June 2021. “While COVID-19 had a significant impact on operations during the year, the group’s businesses maintained their focus on building deeper customer relationships and trust,” he said. “Bunnings, Kmart Group, and Officeworks delivered strong sales and earnings growth for the year....

Both drives come in the standard 3.5-inch form factor and feature OptiNAND. This technology integrates iNAND Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Embedded Flash Drive (EFD) with traditional spinning disks, packing 20TB onto nine platters (2.2TB/platter). Both drives also make use of Energy-Assisted Magnetic Recording (EAMR), HelioSeal technology to minimize the air drag on the rotating platters, and a triple-stage actuator (TSA). All this comes together to make a drive that has a projected MTBF rating of 2....

The iMove report, Prospects for Working from Home: Assessing the Evidence [PDF], also found that future investment in physical transport infrastructure must be assessed in unison with opportunities to invest in digital work ecosystems. “Arguably, the global COVID pandemic interrupted Australian life more than at any time since the Second World War and gave rise to an unchosen ‘policy challenge’ for millions of Australian workers, and their families, friends, and housemates,” the report states....

Growth in technological innovations and the sophistication of consumer electronics should drive demand for electrical engineers in the future. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects the addition of more than 20,000 new electrical and electronics engineers between 2020 and 2030. Here, we explore this promising field in detail, highlighting the field’s requirements and lifestyle. Electrical engineer lifestyle and duties Electrical engineers can take on many tasks in a day depending on their specific position....