Technology

[ad_1] Image: Getty Images/fizkes For too long, racist practices have plagued the real estate industry, and one glaring example of this is the racially restrictive covenants that still exist in countless property deeds in the US.  These restricted who could buy, sell, lease, or occupy a property based on race. …

[ad_1] Overall volumes of ransomware activity dropped somewhat during the third quarter of 2022 as the cyber criminal underground regrouped and refocused following the apparent demise of the Conti operation and the subsequent rise of LockBit, but a slight uptick in September may herald new campaigns, according to an …

[ad_1] Lloyds Banking Group has launched a financial technology (fintech) sandbox where fintechs can design and test their applications in the bank’s IT environment. The Innovation Sandbox, as it is known, will see the bank work with fintechs to improve the digital products and services it offers its customers. …

[ad_1] Amazon Following what appeared to be the successful launch of Amazon’s Early Prime Access Sale and ahead of the Black Friday shopping event, due to take place next month, Amazon is offering discounts on the 2021 Apple iPad Pro range.  The cheapest on offer is the Apple iPad Pro 2021 …

[ad_1] Researchers have been given a £420,000 grant to explore the potential use of a blockchain-based voting system in Greenland. Aarhus University, the Alexandra Institute, the IT University and researchers at Concordium Blockchain have received funding from university collaboration DIREC to create a secure online voting system. The project is …

[ad_1] Gartner’s latest analysis of the IT market has forecast that worldwide IT spending will total $4.6tn in 2023, an increase of 5.1% from 2022. The analyst firm believes this rise is being driven by digital business initiatives in response to economic turmoil. “Back in 2020, CIOs saved most …

[ad_1] Oracle chief technology officer (CTO) and founder Larry Ellison put healthcare front and centre of his keynote speech at Oracle CloudWorld 2022 in Las Vegas. The supplier’s annual conference, formerly known as Oracle OpenWorld, has moved from its traditional home in San Francisco to Sin City. The Venetian …

[ad_1] The government has urged businesses to start to treat cyber crime and digitally enabled fraud as a major strategic threat as it launches a new National Cyber Advisory Board, a group of sector leaders that will meet regularly to discuss live security threats and how to counter them. …

[ad_1] It can be challenging to develop a sustainable tech strategy when there are various, and in some cases competing, stakeholder interests to manage across an entire business. However, the positive trend is that decision-makers are open to approving and implementing systems that better monitor, measure and manage sustainability. …

[ad_1] Screenshot from Allstate Protection Plans Allstate Protection Plans, formerly known as SquareTrade, performed a series of robotic drop tests on the Apple’s largest series 14 models: the iPhone 14 Plus and iPhone 14 Pro Max. The company doesn’t do it for the heck of it; Allstate offers phone protection …