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I recently had the opportunity to get an in-person and in-depth overview of Sony’s new ES AV receiver lineup at an event that happened in an atypically frozen-over Austin, Texas. Fortunately, the power remained on long enough – icy rains had knocked it out for 120,000 Austin customers during my stay – to get a thorough demo of these impressive models, the first new receivers to emerge from Sony in five years. 

There are five new models in total: four ES receivers aimed at the professional custom installation channel, and one consumer model. All receivers share many of the same features, including Dolby Atmos and DTS:X decoding and multiple HDMI 2.1 ports with 8K, 4K 120Hz, Dolby Vision HDR, and IMAX Enhanced support. 

When it comes to securing the premises, the majority of businesses are prioritizing prevention over detection, investigation, and response, a new report has found. However as a result, large numbers of firms are being hit by data breaches or other attacks, with the incidents constantly getting worse.

Researchers at Exabeam surveyed 500 IT security professionals, finding roughly two-thirds of the respondents (65%) prioritize prevention as their number one endpoint security (opens in new tab) goal.

Aakash BYJU’ has launched the ‘KNOW YOUR NCERT (KYN) kit for NEET aspirants. The toolkit will offer curated modules in Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology to students of Classes XI to XII, aiming to offer a complete learning experience.
The KYN kit has been developed for frequent revisions of NCERT content and practice questions as well as their interpretation in mind. The questions have been framed on both concepts and facts that have been repeatedly asked in previous years’ question papers. KYN aims to assist students in comprehending a wide range of questions that may be asked in NEET and gain the ability to answer such questions with speed and accuracy. It also allows students to self-evaluate their level of preparation with NCERT and helps them in identifying areas for improvement. This toolkit is a game changer for NEET aspirants as it offers a plethora of questions of varied types after every chapter as per NEET pattern. This will enhance students’ proficiency levels with deeper analysis. Integration of KYN along with NCERT Maps ensures quick and repeated revisions and recall of topics.
Commenting on the programme, Abhishek Maheshwari, Chief Executive Officer, Aakash BYJU’S said, “Our academic pedagogy and study material have been creating doctors and engineers for many years and the legacy is continuing with constant innovation and creativity in our well researched and most relevant study material with advancements in academic delivery methodology.”
He added “NCERT is the first step towards success in NEET. We are always innovating, researching and developing study materials using advanced academic delivery methodology. Know Your NCERT will provide an in-depth understanding of the NCERT books, giving aspirants a competitive advantage over their peers and helping them in scoring higher in NEET. Our program is aimed at engaging and nurturing learners and we continuously enrich the academic pedagogy and study materials.”

To help achieve the aim of making internet open, safe and trusted and accountable, the government, in exercise of powers conferred by the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”), has made the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. These rules cast specific obligation on intermediaries, including intermediaries offering online games, to observe diligence and provides that if they fail to observe such diligence, they shall no longer be exempt from their liability under law for third-party information or data or communication link hosted by them, including on websites. Such diligence includes the following:
* To make reasonable efforts to cause its user not to host, display, publish, transmit or share any information (including information in the nature of an online game) that is harmful to child, causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence, relates to encourages gambling, or violates any law for the time being in force;
* To not host, store or publish unlawful information (including information in the nature of an online game), on a voluntary basis on violation of the above, and on actual knowledge upon receipt of a grievance or court order or notice from the appropriate government or its agency;
* To have in place a grievance redressal machinery, and resolve complaints of violation of the rules within 72 hours of being reported and, in case of a complaint by an individual or her/his authorised representative, remove within 24 hours any content which prima facie exposes the private area of such individual, shows such individual in full or partial nudity or shows or depicts such individual in any sexual act or conduct; and
* To provide, upon receipt of an order from a lawfully authorised government agency, information or assistance for prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution under law.
Also, the ministry of information and broadcasting has issued an advisory, advising the print and electronic media to refrain from publishing advertisements of online betting platforms, and online and social media, including online advertisement intermediaries and publishers, not to display such advertisements in India or target such advertisements towards Indian audience. The ministry has also issued an advisory to all private satellite television channels on ‘Advertisements on Online Games, Fantasy Sports, etc.’, advising all broadcasters that the guidelines issued by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) be complied with and that the advertisements broadcast on television adhere to the same.

The Sony Xperia 1 IV was in many ways one of the most interesting phones of 2022, as it has features that you won’t find anywhere else.

But it’s also a flawed phone and one with an extremely high price, so there are certainly changes that we want to see for the Sony Xperia 1 V, and we’ve listed these below.

Cisco has confirmed it patched a high-severity flaw that was impacting its IOx application hosting environment. 

Cisco IOx is an application environment that allows consistent deployment of applications that are independent of the network infrastructure and docker tooling for development. It is used by a wide range of businesses, from manufacturing, to energy, to the public sector.

Windows 11 is renowned for the relatively steep system requirements that put it out of reach for many PCs that quite happily run Windows 10, but there’s a fix for that: a new version of the OS called Tiny11, which not only lowers the hardware bar for entry considerably but also strips away a lot of bloat.

Tiny11 is made by NTDEV and is essentially an ISO based on Windows 11 Pro 22H2, with the release being announced on Twitter, as highlighted by Neowin (opens in new tab). (Note that it follows on from Tiny10, which is much the same idea for Windows 10).

Super Bowl TV deals are live at Samsung, and we’ve just spotted Samsung’s best-selling The Frame TV down to a record-low price. For a limited time, you can get Samsung’s 65-inch The Frame TV on sale for $1,599.99 (was $1,999.99) (opens in new tab). That’s a whopping $400 discount and the lowest price we’ve ever seen for the art-inspired QLED display.

The 2022 Samsung The Frame TV delivers a stunning picture thanks to its QLED display and transforms into a beautiful work of art when you aren’t watching TV. The Samsung set features a dedicated Art Mode, allowing you to choose from various picture frame options to display classic artworks or photography. You’re also getting customizable bezels, so you can select a style and color to match your home decor, and smart capabilities with Amazon Alexa built-in for hands-free control.

If you’ve been wanting to get your hands on Samsung’s pricey but gorgeous display, today’s offer is the lowest price we’ve ever seen and beats the recent Black Friday deal. You can find more of today’s best Super Bowl TV deals from Samsung further down the page, and we’ve got all the information you need on how to watch the Super Bowl too.

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Following the demise of macros in Microsoft Office (opens in new tab) files, it seems that another alternative method is gaining popularity, new reports have claimed.

Cybersecurity researchers from Deep Instinct have discovered an uptick in the use of Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) among cybercriminals, as they build malicious Office add-ins which help them achieve persistence and run malicious code on target endpoints.

Chinese firm Origin has produced the country’s useable quantum computer that has real-world applications.

A report from Science and Technology Daily, one of the nation’s state-run newspapers, confirmed that Origin’s Wuyuan quantum computer has been in use for a year now, but did not say which client or industry was using it.