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Late-night TV staple, John Oliver recently skewered companies such as Acxiom, Epsilon, LiveRamp and Transunion in a skit where he labeled them middlemen in a “sprawling, unregulated ecosystem which can get very creepy, very fast.” And with that unflattering description, where vulnerabilities to nefarious players were also aired, delivered to a national TV audience on …

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Over the last two years, advertising agencies have pledged to make the workplace better for everyone.  That’s everything from health and wellness initiatives to strategies to battle employee burnout and Zoom fatigue, to adopting flexible work policies to curb the spread of coronavirus. But perhaps the most pronounced of these pledges were efforts toward diversity, …

‘What happened to valuing the elders of our village?’ Confessions of a senior creative director on ageism in advertising Read More »

For French newspaper publisher Groupe Figaro, the best way to make money in media remains lots of ways.  Being this open minded has become a perennial state of mind for many publishing execs these days. There’s too much uncertainty around the business of media to be sure about anything. Questions remain over whether the depreciation …

‘Big steps’: Slowly, but surely French publisher Groupe Figaro’s attempts to diversify get traction Read More »

At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Full set of PDF markup tools Supports form filling PDFs can be protected with passwords, encryption, and permission controls Cons Limited native sharing options Only available to Mac users Our Verdict Apple Preview offers Mac user a capable, full-featured PDF editor that can handle the most common business and …

Apple Preview review: Your Mac has a solid PDF editor hidden in this image app Read More »

Thirty years ago, portable gamers were “enhancing” the Game Boy with massive amalgamations of lights, speakers, magnifiers, and control extensions to make the barely-pocketable device approximately the size of a toaster. It’s in that spirit of joyous anti-practicality that YouTube channel ETA PRIME attached a full-sized desktop graphics card to the Steam Deck. Yes, it’s …

This mad genius wired a high-end GPU to his Steam Deck’s SSD slot, and it works Read More »

Lenovo If you’re in the market for a laptop with a beautiful OLED display, Best Buy is the place to go. Right now, the big box retailer is selling the Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 for $399. That’s $100 off of the MSRP. This Chromebook tablet has a 13.3-inch 1080p OLED touch display. The processor is …

Bask in the Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5’s vivid OLED visuals for just $399 Read More »

At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Excellent throughput and latency on the gaming band  Free antivirus software  Great range  Easy to set up and manage  Small footprint relative to other gaming routers  Cons No link aggregation  Bulky power supply  Our Verdict The TP-Link GX90 is a somewhat plain experience in all ways but one: When …

TP-Link GX90 review: A supremely powerful gaming router Read More »

Anker It’s another good day to charge up your mobile gear for an excellent price. Amazon has a one-day sale on Anker charging gear that includes power banks, power strips, wireless charging pads, cables, and more. Here are our top three picks from the sale, which ends just before midnight Pacific time on Tuesday. First …

Keep your devices juiced up with this one-day sale on Anker charging gear Read More »

A Portuguese national and a 21-year-old man from Croydon are among a number of individuals arrested ahead of the closure of RaidForums by police By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 12 Apr 2022 15:21 The underground RaidForums marketplace has been shut down and its infrastructure seized in a multinational police operation bringing together forces from …

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Using data to gain better visibility over their supply chains and forge closer connections between disparate links is helping organisations respond to disruptions faster By Sebastian Klovig Skelton , Senior reporter Published: 12 Apr 2022 Enterprises are looking to shore up their supply chain resilience by using data to improve visibility over and connectivity between …

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