There are three different types of color blindness: Red-green color blindness: inability to distinguish between red and green.Blue-yellow color blindness: inability to distinguish between blue and yellow, blue and green, yellow and pink, or purple and red.Total color blindness: also called monochromacy, this is the inability to distinguish color at all. Also: Standard Notes might be the best note-taking app on the market If you have one of these types, Android has a feature that can help you see colors more accurately on your device....

Also: Google’s Bard builds on controversial LaMDA bot that engineer called ‘sentient’ The initial version of Bard will utilize a lightweight model version of LaMDA, because it requires less computing power and can be scaled to more users, according to the release. In addition to LaMDA, Bard will draw on all the information from the web to provide responses. Pichai said pulling from the web would provide “fresh, high-quality responses....

You wonder, “What’s going on? Wasn’t 5G supposed to be way faster than 4G?” Indeed it was. In fact, 5G was supposed to be the supercharged engine that would power our mobile networks into the future. In reality, it’s been a big let down for many of us. Finding out why that is can be difficult. The carriers certainly aren’t eager to explain why their networks aren’t living up to the hype, obviously....

Also: I sweat so much it damages earbuds. Here’s what I run with now instead I occasionally go on walks at a local trail and, as a woman walking alone with headphones on, am constantly looking over my shoulder because I can’t hear my surroundings. Even when I have my AirPods on Transparency mode, I still feel uneasy about blocking my ear canal and muffling surrounding sounds. So, I recently switched to open-ear, bone conduction headphones....

Tabbed Notepad was a top requested feature by users and followed joined several other apps that have gained tabs, including File Explorer and developer apps, such as Windows Terminal and PowerShell. The Notepad feature let users manage and organize multiple files with tabs in one Notepad window, or break out new windows by dragging a tab out. A setting lets users choose whether files open in new tabs or a new window by default....

If you think that schedule seems unusually fast, you’re not alone. By modern standards, the Windows 11 release has proceeded at a lightning pace. And that’s not the only thing that’s unusual about this very unconventional release. Many of the lessons you learned in previous upgrade cycles no longer apply. How will this upgrade affect your Windows PC at home or at work? I’ve been collecting your questions and have assembled the answers here....

The most notable enhancement to come with watchOS 9 is a new AFib History feature, which allows users to track the frequency of AFib over an extended period of time. It also helps them manage lifestyle factors that may influence their condition. Since 2018, the Apple Watch has been able to monitor a user’s heart rhythm to spot signs of Atrial Fibrillation (AFib). Left untreated, AFib is one of the leading conditions that can result in a stroke....

“The hybrid work genie is out of the bottle and organizations have a real opportunity to work with their employees to find smarter, more efficient ways of working and make better use of their real estate,” Andrew Mawson, managing director of AWA said in a statement. “We believe this will have a profound impact on the property market, which is not currently being recognized by the industry.” Empty desks and unused amenities might drive some companies to downsize office space or sub-let parts of their office....

This robot vacuum and mop has the technology to detect where obstacles may be and follow a path that knows where the carpet begins and ends. Additionally, this unit has a self-emptying system that can hold up to 30 days of dirt and dust. Worried about it not being able to clean the whole house? This robot vacuum has a battery life of 240 minutes on a single charge. 

The survey by the Learning and Work Institute and WorldSkills UK warns that the UK’s existing shortfall in digital skills will be worse in years to come unless schools attract greater adoption of IT courses at GCSE level. Students taking IT subjects at GCSE has fallen by 40% since 2015, according to the study. The report notes the number of GCSE entries in computing or ICT fell from 147,000 in 2015 to 88,000 in 2020....

Our guides walk through everything you need to know before taking a standardized test — and we also offer study tools and tips that can increase your score. Learn everything you need to know about standardized tests for college Are you applying to college for the first time? Or perhaps you have your eye on business or law school? You’ll likely need to take a standardized test as part of the admission process....

The comapny said the “wind down” of Offers will “take several quarters” and will lead to reduction of the company’s workforce by 25%. The announcement, which followed a “pause” in the business announced two weeks prior, sent Zillow shares down 8% in late trading, after the stock had already fallen 11% during the regular session. As CEO Richard Barton explained in prepared remarks, “We’ve determined the unpredictability in forecasting home prices far exceeds what we anticipated and continuing to scale Zillow Offers would result in too much earnings and balance-sheet volatility....

Some of Canvas’ key features include a drag and drop editor, a template gallery, and a range of formatting options. The platform also offers self-service via portals and tools for role-based assignment. The overall goal with the platform, Zoho said, is to enable businesses to create their own CRM interfaces that are better suited to the role of each employee, without IT or developer involvement. In doing so, businesses can increase adoption of CRM systems, decrease implementation time, and improve vertical customization....

Doesn’t Apple release iOS and iPadOS updates simultaneously? Also, a whole bunch of tech sites said it was available alongside iOS 14.7. So, where is it? Must read: Don’t make this common, fatal iPhone or Android mistake No idea. Apple seeded the release candidate versions of both iOS 14.7 and iPadOS 14.7 to developers on July 13, so it seemed like a simultaneous release was on the cards. And then it was a no-show....

The merger is projected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021 or first quarter of 2022, subject to regulatory and stockholder approvals, said PropertyGuru in a statement over the weekend. It added that the merged entity would have an enterprise value of some $1.35 billion. Bridgetown 2 was established by Pacific Century Group, a private investment group founded by Hong Kong entrepreneur Richard Li, and Thiel Capital, which was founded by German-American entrepreneur, Peter Thiel....

REvil is one of the most notorious and most common forms of ransomware around and has been responsible for several major incidents. The group behind REvil lease their ransomware out to other crooks in exchange for a cut of the profits these affiliates make by extorting Bitcoin payments in exchange for the ransomware decryption keys that the victims need. But it seems that cut isn’t enough for those behind REvil: it was recently disclosed that there’s a secret backdoor coded into their product, which allows REvil to restore the encrypted files without the involvement of the affiliate....

This union’s result is a unit nearly identical to LoupeDeck’s most recent launch, the LoupeDeck Live. This is appropriate given that LoupeDeck made it clear that the LoupeDeck live was aimed at the streamer crowd, with its smaller size, simpler design, and lower cost. LoupeDeck’s existing offerings and Razer’s new entry are all competing with the Stream Deck line from Elgato, a line of dedicated hardware controllers aimed directly at streamers looking for a quick, one-touch way to perform tasks such as controlling face cams, launching overlays, and switching scenes....

Following on from its remote code execution hole in vCentre in May, VMware has warned of a critical vulnerability in the analytics service of vCenter Server. “A file upload vulnerability that can be used to execute commands and software on the vCenter Server Appliance. This vulnerability can be used by anyone who can reach vCenter Server over the network to gain access, regardless of the configuration settings of vCenter Server,” the company said in a blog post....

RHEL 9 Customers want better security, and Red Hat will deliver it. Beyond the usual RHEL hardening, testing, and vulnerability scanning, RHEL 9 incorporates features that help address hardware-level security vulnerabilities like Spectre and Meltdown. This includes capabilities to help user-space processes create memory areas that are inaccessible to potentially malicious code. The platform provides readiness for customer security requirements as well, supporting PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and more. Specific security features:...

A survey of 2,000 UK tech workers and employers on jobs marketplace Hackajob found that 50% of employers found it more difficult to build and maintain a strong team working remotely, while 54% said having a distributed workforce had a negative impact on office culture. Technology professionals, on the other hand, are of a different opinion. Just 22% of tech workers surveyed by Hackajob agreed that remote working had a negative effect on workplace culture, with the majority (44%) feeling that it had no impact at all....