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After another busy WFH week, once you finally manage to install Big Sur despite Apple’s launch-day problems with downloads, here are nine things to try first.

If you’re an engineer, data architect, or machine learning scientist, we’d wager that you had to learn Python at some point. And that makes sense. Python, after all, is great for most computational tasks that those jobs require. But, in some cases, another language is an option too. And, if you aren’t at least familiar with it, then you could be doing yourself a disservice. We’re talking about MATLAB.

It’s hard to believe that we’ve been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic for over half a year now. During these past several months, we saw businesses and consumers change their behavior drastically based on public safety precautions and personal confidence, but the behavioral data might surprise you. 

Though we return to monthly browser updates after last month's brief respite — none of this November's browser security issues are worm-able, and we have not seen anything that would require a return to an urgent browser update cycle. The Windows platform gets the most attention this time, but no single issue requires immediate deployment — though some legacy systems may require full testing for graphically intensive applications that rely on older graphic/media conversion technology. And the... Читать дальше...

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This week in the U.S., we recognize military veterans, people who risk their lives for us but are often forgotten once they leave the service. Veterans are a unique resource that often represent deeper loyalty, greater goal orientation, stronger teams, and fewer political problems than other groups of workers.

IBM generally sets the bar when it comes to advancing the careers of women, minorities, and veterans, so I’d like to focus this week... Читать дальше...

Congratulations! You got a new computer. If it’s your work computer, your IT department probably installed all the business applications you need on it. But it doesn’t have any of your files on it; those are still on your old computer. So you’ve rolled up your sleeves and are preparing to spend a lot of time and effort moving your files from your old computer to your new one.

Old Mac, new Mac. It’s great to get a new computer, but it’s not so great to realize that all your stuff is on the old one.

Old PC, new PC. It’s great to get a new computer, but it’s not so great to realize that all your stuff is on the old one.

Microsoft on Wednesday issued a preview of Office for the Mac that will run natively on Apple's upcoming ARM-based laptops.