The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery

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Prominent demographers are asking the U.S. Census Bureau to abandon a controversial method for protecting survey and census participants’ confidentiality

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Along with the new command, the service stood up the Integrated Development Office as part of its sweeping set of plans announced in February.

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Congress has ended the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays. The Senate gave final approval to a temporary government funding package Wednesday night and sent it to President Joe Biden for his signature. The bill sets up a final confrontation on the government budget in the new year. The Senate worked into the night to pass the bill with days to spare before government funding expires Saturday. The spending package keeps government funding levels at current levels for roughly two more months while a long-term package is negotiated.

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New guidance from lead cybersecurity agencies and industry partners provides both individual developers and large companies with software supply chain security best practices

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SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans to businesses and people affected by disasters. It said earlier this month it expects to soon run out of funding.

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During this exclusive CISO Handbook webinar, moderator Justin Doubleday and guest Ross Foard, ICAM subject matter expert with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will explore how ICAM factors into zero trust and other modern security practices. In addition, Bryan Murphy, senior director at CyberArk, will provide an industry perspective.

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The Senate has given final approval to a bill enhancing health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Twitter tests 'soft block' feature to remove unwanted followers as part of moves to improve privacy

In this guest blog, Acronis president Gaidar Magdanurov takes a look at how solution providers can protect the weakest link in any cybersecurity defense: people.

Backblaze will leverage the new partnership to open its first data region in Canada, which will be based in Toronto, service the whole country, and become available in the first quarter of 2025.

Meet ‘Rover', the AI-driven robot dog

As the world races towards digital transformation, the technologies we choose will have a lasting impact on our planet. Blockchain, NFTs, and other crypto assets have garnered much attention for their ability to securely and immutably store records. However, the environmental cost of maintaining these technologies is often overlooked. The energy consumption required to sustain blockchains, particularly those using Proof of Work (PoW), is enormous...

Thanks to wide adoption of the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach, programmatic provisioning of cloud resources is slowly transforming almost every aspect of computing, with administration of web apps having emerged as a key use case. With IaC, it's possible to streamline resource management tasks, shorten time-to-market, control costs, and scale at will. The adoption of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CICD) pipelines is already making a huge difference in web app deployment and cloud resource management.

A recent study critically examines the security of popular end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) cloud storage providers, uncovering significant vulnerabilities in platforms widely marketed for their user-controlled privacy features.

The Biden administration is poised to support a contentious United Nations cybercrime treaty, a move likely to spark debate over potential abuses, according to top officials.

In this video, I share some search engine keywords that managed service providers should avoid.

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How important is your MSP internet marketing? Let’s say you know of a store with all the cool stuff that you need and everything is reasonably priced. This store should draw a lot of customers, right? But what if for some reason this store is empty of people despite the value it provides. Think for […]

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The right MSP tools are crucial for doing a job the right way. As an IT technician, your clients will be keen to observe how fast and efficient you are. But as a managed service provider, there are essential tools you need aside from the ones you use for troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair. These tools […]

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With the exponential growth of technology, most businesses today find it more profitable to go digital. This has created a greater need for stable IT infrastructure and support. Thus, increasing the demand for professional and reliable managed service providers (MSP). According to Fortune Business Insights, the global managed services market was worth USD 200.29 billion […]

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I recently reached out to our amazing Technibble subscribers and asked them: “If you had to provide just one tip about running an MSP to your peers, what would it be?”. What I got back was a wide range of wisdom from MSP business owners who are in the trenches. Read on.   Business SYSTEMIZE: […]

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It's challenging to find the time to read, so I want to share a secret weapon that has supercharged my business education.

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Phytochemicals in fruits and veggies can improve your health. Learn how eating a rainbow of colors can boost your immunity and fight diseases.

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The Most Difficult Climb Yet For Nasa’s Curiosity Rover On Mars.

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Australia Post and IKEA have today announced a new strategic partnership, entering into a three-year agreement to further expand IKEA’s delivery footprint in Australia.

 ZigZag, a provider of technology-driven retail returns solutions, has partnered with Portless, a  supply chain company specialising in fulfilling DTC orders directly from China and Vietnam with a domestic experience.

Returns specialist ZigZag has published the results of a survey which indicates that one-off fees for returns are preferable to price rises on items among consumers.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s popularity continues to soar, even after voters turned the commonwealth’s general assembly over to Democrats.

A run on consoles during the pandemic allowed researchers to test whether gaming causes changes in the mental well-being of players.

Keke Palmer defends Angela Simmons after the reality TV star faces scrutiny for her promotional post featuring a video of her lounging in an Oreo-filled bathtub.

SB 1047 would require AI firms to share their safety plans with the attorney general upon request and face penalties if catastrophic events happen.

If Gov. Newsom vetoes SB 1047, the forces of anti-regulation — AI companies — will have little incentive to work on alternatives.

Fisker Inc. will wind down operations under a bankruptcy plan approved Friday that should allow owners to drive their cars for years. But it will not pay anything to shareholders wiped out investing in the defunct Southern California electric-vehicle maker.

A team of researchers developed a technique, ACE, to improve the ability to study low-abundance proteins using mass cytometry.

New 3D blueprints that highlight tumor complexity reveal several new discoveries, some of which challenge existing theories of cancer progression.

Washington, D.C., is on track to follow several states in implementing California's electric vehicle mandate to eliminate the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035.

If you're still wondering why Capitals general manager George McPhee signed defenseman John Erskine to a two-year, $3.925 million contract extension earlier this year, games like Tuesday's win over Winnipeg are your answer.

I was excited to see Microsoft bring the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) back from the dead this past year: At Build 2024 back in May, it announced that it would continue investing in this 20-year-old technology, starting with support for Windows 11 theming that would arrive as part of .NET 9. In fact, I was so excited about this that I brought my .NETpad project back from the dead as well, and I spent much of the summer modernizing my Notepad clone with the new features. I wrote 24 articles documenting this work, but I was stymied by the half-assed nature of the improvements.

Microsoft released exactly one WPF update during the several months of .NET 9 development, and it never added any of the features I discovered were missing. And so as we headed into today's release of .NET 9, my excitement was somewhat diminished. My assumption was that we wouldn't see those missing features implemented until .NET 10, if ever.

Well, Microsoft just released .NET 9. As part of that release, it published updated documentation for WPF (and all the other .NET technologies). And to my surprise, there are some updates to WPF that address at least one of those missing features.

So let's take a look.

To add support for Windows 11 theming to a WPF project, you need to add a reference to the new Fluent theme resource dictionary in its App.xml file. It looks like so:

<Application.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
      <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        <ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/PresentationFramework.Fluent;component/Themes/Fluent.xaml" />
      </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>

But with the shipping version of .NET 9, there's a second, more elegant way to add Windows 11 theming support. Now, you can access a new Application.ThemeMode property of a new styling API to toggle the app's theme mode between Light, Dark, System, and None. And that's fantastic, because it addresses one of those missing features: To date, .NETpad has adapted itself to the system theme (Light or Dark), but there was no way to let the user pick a theme mode. (For example, if the system was set to Dark and the user wanted the app to use Light mode.) With this change, I can implement that feature.

Fortunately, .NETpad is ready for this change, too: If you followed along with my work this past summer, you may remember that I implemented the user interface for switching the app theme into its settings interface, but left the UI hidden because it didn't do anything. But I always felt that Microsoft would need to implement this features, so I left the code in there. Granted, I didn't think it would happen this quickly.

The shipping version of .NET 9 also adds explicit support for the Windows 11 accent color (as configured by the user in the Settings app in Personalization > Accent color). As it is, .NETpa...

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SEO, or search engine optimization, is a buzzword these days. Lots of people know what it means; however, fewer understand what it all entails. Unfortunately, there’s not an Easy Button for boosting your website’s traffic, but there are some relatively basic steps you can take to start moving in the right direction. If you are […]

This article proves the point that only the T.E.D. Anti-Embolism Stocking has been clinically proven to prevent DVT in over 14,000 patients. Clinical proof is through published peer reviewed clinical studies.

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A sign that read "St. Joseph's Catholic School Gymnasium" used to hang above the front door of a brick building in Spokane's West Central neighborhood, but it's since been replaced by a simple metal sign bearing the surname "Hamilton."…

There are only three rules in improv: Be mentally present in the scene, always make your scene partner look good, and approach every scene with a "yes and..." mentality…

In this episode, Ida introduces us to Pride Counseling, an iOS app that provides access to the company's online therapy platform specifically designed for the LGBTQ+ community. She discusses the app's features, such as live chat and video calls with licensed professionals who specialize in LGBTQ+ issues. Ida explains how Pride Counseling provides personalized therapy that is convenient and discreet.

In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville, Mike Malarsie, and John Gassman discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this episode include:

• Apple Announces 'Let Loose' Special Event With New iPads Expected
• Voice Dream Reader Developer has Back Down
• Apple has been secretly building home robots that could end up as a new product line
• Latest Hardware Rumors and News
• Latest iOS 18 Rumors and News
• The Big Slow Down for Apple
• What's in this month AppleVis News

Links:

• Apple Announces 'Let Loose' Special Event With New iPads Expected
• Applause have backed down. Purchased VoiceDream features will stay.
• Apple has been secretly building home robots that could end up as a new product line, report says
• iPhone 16 capacitive button rumor resurrected by supply chain report
• The iPhone SE 4 could be an odd mix of several different existing iPhones
• Apple plans to overhaul the entire Mac line-up with AI-focused M4 chips
• Apple Reportedly Developing Its Own Custom Silicon For AI Servers
• iOS 18 Rumored to 'Overhaul' Notes, Mail, Photos, and Fitness Apps
• iOS 18 AI features to be powered by ‘entirely on-device’ LLM, offering privacy and speed benefits
• watchOS 11 Rumored to Drop Support for Apple Watch Series 4
• Apple cuts Vision Pro shipments, now ‘reviewing and adjusting’ headset strategy
• iPhone Activation Market Share Dips To Lowest in Six Years, per Report
• Introducing Envision Assistant Beta

If you have feedback or questions for the Unleashed team, you can reach them by email at unleashed@applevis.com

Baths site to be converted into centre for business.

Young people are often portrayed in the media as being feral creatures up to no good. A Birmingham Press reader offers the alternative, and more common, view of children just enjoying themselves in the holidays.

Richard Lutz laments the supine decision to allow the former Rover bosses to walk away from a disaster they created