AVIF (AV1 Image File Format) is a modern image file format specification for storing images that offer a much more significant file reduction when compared to other formats like JPG, JPEG, PNG, and WebP. Version 1.0.0 of the AVIF specification … Useful Tools for Creating…
How to find duplicates in Excel
Image: Viktor Pazemin/Adobe Stock In the duplicate world, definition means everything. That’s because a duplicate is subjective to the context of its related data. Duplicates can occur within a single…
Small drones are giving Ukraine an unprecedented edge
Enlarge Petro Zadorozhny | Getty Images In the snowy streets of the north Ukrainian town of Trostyanets, the Russian missile system fires rockets every second. Tanks and military vehicles are…
How to delete unused styles using VBA in Word
If you use Word to write the occasional letter, you probably don’t think about Word styles too often. On the other hand, some users might think of styles as a…
10 ways to check ports in Linux to help troubleshoot systems
Image: Julien Tromeur/Adobe Stock Networking is the backbone behind much of technology, and while a standalone device isn’t without significant value due to its local processing capabilities, the bread and…
Why your open-source project definitely should not be the next Kubernetes
There is no one-size-fits-all definition of success in open-source projects. Image: Amazon Everyone is into open source these days. Microsoft just released its 3D Movie Maker software under an open…
The disappearing CDO: Could the CIO be next?
A few years ago, every company was hiring a Chief Digital Officer. More recently, the role has been eliminated or merged. Has the CDO role outlived its usefulness? Image: iStockphoto/metamorworks…
How Apple, Google, and Microsoft will kill passwords and phishing in 1 stroke
Enlarge Getty Images For more than a decade, we’ve been promised that a world without passwords is just around the corner, and yet year after year, this security Nirvana proves…
How to create a drop-down list in Excel
[embedded content] An Excel drop-down list can make it easier for the average Microsoft Excel user to enter data. Using a drop-down limits the entry choices for a selected cell,…
One year removed from the Colonial Pipeline attack, what have we learned?
Several businesses in critical infrastructure were forced to confront some hard truths in the wake of the 2021 ransomware attack. Image: JHVEPhoto/Adobe Stock With May 7 marking the one-year anniversary…