How the cloud has helped businesses survive COVID-19 Cloud usage is going up TheFlexera 2020 State of the Cloud Reportfound that of the respondents asked specifically about their cloud plans in relation to Covid-19, more than half said that their cloud usage will be higher than initially expected. As people and the economy are being adversely affected by this virus, it has hastened the need for organizations to work remotely, safeguarding employee health, and ensuring they can scale up or down to cope with changing demands....

Australian and US law enforcement officials on Tuesday announced they’d sprung a trap three years in the making, catching major international crime figures using an encrypted app. More than 200 underworld figures in Australia have been charged in whatAustralian Federal Police(AFP) say is their biggest-ever organised crime bust. The operation, led by the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), spannedAustralia and 17 other countries. In Australia alone, more than 4,000 police officers were involved....

Carpooling is a great way to cut driving costs, reduce traffic, save time, and reduce stress. It also improves air quality and lowers greenhouse gas emissions. Rates of traffic and parking congestion are reduced. Many states in the US use toll roads to encourage carpooling. Cars with over three people (technically known as high occupancy vehicles or HOVs) can then receive a discount of up to 50% off their toll during peak hours....

We watch a ton of videos every day, but we might not get a smooth experience and the best experience in all conditions. This is because of bandwidth restrictions or the file size of the videos being streamed. This may lead to a delay in buffering or a pixelated stream. That’s why we need video compression algorithms and standards, which help reduce the size of the files beamed to your device....

As connection speeds increase and the ubiquity of the Internet pervades, digital content reigns. And in this era, free education has never been so accessible. The Web gives lifelong learners the tools to become autodidacts, eschewing exorbitant tuition and joining the ranks of other self-taught great thinkers in history such as Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham Bell, Paul Allen and Ernest Hemingway. “Learning is not a product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it....