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Another week, another new Google logo (it seems).A new Google Chat logo appears to be the next design on the way, and it looks like it's almost guaranteed to provoke the same complaints we've seen with pretty much every other recent Google app icon redesign.The new look is not yet official, but we've had a glimpse of it from a slide in a presentation, and it fits in with the transition we've seen in other Google app logos (see our pieces of the best animated logos and best circular logos for more logo inspiration, and we also have a piece on the Google logo history).

Did you ever wish you could talk to your clean room?Samooha is a data clean room provider startup co-founded and helmed by Drawbridge founder and former CEO Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan.Last month, the company, which is backed by Snowflake Ventures, launched a conversational data collaboration widget on Slack and Microsoft Teams.

Security professionals have raised concerns that Microsoft SharePoint appears to be 'breaking into files' and scanning users' password-protected ZIP archives.The discovery was made by Andrew Brandt, a principal security researcher at Sophos, after he found that files containing malware for research purposes were scanned by Microsoft's 365 virus detection software.

It's patch Tuesday once again, and Adobe and Microsoft have released their monthly batch of security updates.Take a break from your regularly scheduled activities and join us as we review the details of the latest offerings from Microsoft and Adobe.If you'd rather watch the video recap, you can check out the Patch Report webcast on our YouTube channel.

Welcome to Pwn2Own Vancouver for 2023!This year's event promises some exciting research as we have 19 entries targeting nine different targets - including Tesla attempts.For this year's event, every round will pay full price, which means if all exploits succeed, we'll award over $1,000,000 USD.As always, we began our contest with a random drawing to determine the order of attempts.

A new Linux version of Royal ransomware is targeting VMware ESXi virtual machines.Learn more about this security threat and how to protect from it.Royal ransomware is malware that first appeared around September 2022.The people behind this ransomware are probably a subgroup of the infamous Conti threat actor.

Image: Getty / ShutterWorx From the most basic 'you've won a prize' scams to the most advanced espionage campaigns, attacks targeting out inboxes are successful again and again.There's a reason cyber criminals and hackers continue to send millions of phishing emails.Because, no matter whether you're working from the office or working remotely from home, email still plays a vital part in our working day.

Arthi Raghu is a former sales development leader at LinkedIn and part-time yoga instructor.She was laid off earlier this week but a few things have helped her feel better.Raghu recommends throwing yourself a pity party, reaching out for help, and doing something empowering.On Monday at 6pm, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky sent out the dreaded email announcing that layoffs were happening at our company: "If you receive a calendar invite in the next hour, your role has been impacted."

Trying to keep up with everything but still, constantly feeling overwhelmed with never-ending to-do lists?Spend some time now exploring efficient tools to save time in the future and speed up your workflow.Focus on what you do best - designing high-quality work, and let these tools handle the rest!As someone who wears multiple hats, it is challenging to balance a full-time job, freelance projects, and all sorts of creative endeavors.

At its I/O 2023 keynote today, Google shared a few updates for both Android Auto and Android Automotive OS.Perhaps the biggest news is that Google is working with Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Cisco Webex to bring those virtual meeting apps to Android-equipped vehicles.If the thought of joining a video call in your car sounds like a driving hazard, don't worry: the meetings will be audio only with simplified controls on the infotainment display.

Windows for smartphones may be dead and buried, but its spirit haunts Android - Microsoft has leveraged Android 12L's advanced theming system to make the interface look more like the Fluent UI that is used on Windows 11.This arrives as a common update for the Microsoft Surface Duo and the Surface Duo 2.
The notification shade, Settings screen and the activity feed in the Microsoft launcher have been restyled to look like their Windows counterparts.

One of the new Copilot AI features coming to Microsoft 365 apps and services is dubbed Business Chat.It's a chatbot experience that's able to summarize information pulled from meeting transcripts, recent contacts with customers, entries in your calendar, and more that you can plug into emails for the team or as slides in a presentation.

Many South African companies are now asking whether hybrid working is actually working as they step back and review their progress towards a new hybrid workplace.It is not always clear whether companies arrived at the right hybrid model that boosts individual productivity, team collaboration and organisational innovation.

Designed as an efficiency upgrade to your current WFH setup, Lenovo's new Go Desk Station and Webcam give you the best of all worlds.Not only does the webcam boast a 4K resolution with the ability to use AI to track the user (along with a manual shutter to protect your privacy when not in use), it plugs into the Go Desk Station, an adaptable tabletop solution with a built-in adjustable LED light, a multiport hub, and a slide-out 15W wireless charging area for your smartphone.

The COVID pandemic has affected the way businesses and employees travel and interact at events, especially with the big shift towards digital engagement.More communication is being done over email and video conferencing while online engagement has reduced the need to travel.This in turn has led to a decrease in business travel's share of hotel room revenue as more employees who usually travel for work say they won't be returning to the road.

Connecting students' coursework to their future career is seen as an engagement tool and a necessity for career development.At the Georgia Institute of Technology, gathering data to evaluate how students view their own learning outcomes and how general education courses are targeting those outcomes required creative solutions.

Microsoft reported a " networking configuration issue" on Wednesday morning which resulted in an outage of a number of the company's products including Microsoft Teams and Outlook.The biggest hit was Microsoft's Cloud service Azure, which made up 30 percent of the cloud computing market in 2022, reports .

You could somehow figure out how to use your iPhone camera as a desktop webcam... or you could spend $69.99 on the Logitech Brio 300 and get yourself a pretty nifty webcam that's capable of recording at full HD with auto light-correction and a noise-reducing microphone for a video experience that's pleasantly surprising and well worth the money.

The Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola is here and it's just what it sounds like - a Motorola-made smartphone that looks like a Lenovo ThinkPad laptop.The ThinkPhone is built around a 6.6-inch OLED display of 2400x1080px resolution and 144Hz refresh rate.The screen also offers HDR10+ support.Inside, there's a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset paired with either 8GB or 12GB of RAM, and you get a choice of 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB of storage.

With the meteoric rise in remote working in the past few years, it may be no surprise that new research has shown that we're having more remote meetings than ever before.The study, from the Harvard Business Review, shows that remote meetings are now more frequent, as well as shorter.They're also, as it  turns out, essential.

Despite having some experience with the internet, students in grades 3 to 8 may not know how best to find the information they're looking for.Searching online can turn into a daunting task for students.If you've ever looked for an answer to a question or tried to find more information on a topic, you know that online search engines are both helpful and frustrating at times.

Are you planning a virtual event and not sure which platform to use?From large platforms like Hopin to smaller, more niche platforms, we've got you covered.Check out our list of the 10 best platforms to host your next virtual event.You might be wondering, is a virtual event platform the same as a video conferencing platform like Zoom? Technically no.

An attendee wears a Oculus VR Inc. virtual reality (VR) headset during a demonstration of the Metaverse on the Accenture Plc stand on day two of the MWC Barcelona at the Fira de Barcelona venue in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, March 1, 2022.Over 1,800 exhibitors and attendees from 183 countries will attend the annual event, which runs from Feb. 28 to March 3. Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)Imagine a three-dimensional online world where you teleport from your London office to a meeting room in Singapore, shop at a digital replica of your favorite clothing store then join a friend for a round of virtual golf.