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But with thousands of tech and IT roles currently available and salary growth showing signs of slowing, jobseekers are in a powerful position to negotiate benefits and perks beyond pay that suit their work-life preferences. “Negotiating benefits outside of a salary is becoming more and more common in today’s job market,” says Alec Rahman-Jones, managing director of recruitment agency Phaidon International. “With the current skills shortage, employers are typically more willing to have discussions and negotiation talks with candidates....

One of the features people like about Chrome is the large assortment of third-party extensions and themes available. Themes are popular among users who want to personalize and alter their browser’s appearance. However, if you’re not careful, some featured themes can lead you to sketchy sites that will do you more harm than good. Whatever you do, don’t fall for these hoaxes! Beware of “free movies” links An assortment of fake “free movie” links are popping up in the official Chrome Web Store, including those of popular films like “Black Panther,” “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Rampage....

Android Central’s forum users report that they’re seeing the KitKat update for their phablet-sized devices. There’s a caveat, though: The software update is only available by tethering the device launching Samsung’s Kies update software or Verizon’s Software Upgrade Assistant on a computer. There’s no word about an over-the-air update, either, which means if you’re really aching for the latest version of Android, you’ll have to cave in hook up the Note 3 to a laptop or desktop computer....

Earlier this month, Samsung confirmed that it would be disabling Galaxy Note 7 units out in the wild in the United States in early January. Soon after, a variety of different wireless carriers in the U.S. sent out official statements confirming that their branded units would be disabled, too, as part of the sweep. However, Verizon Wireless cited holiday travel, and not wanting to leave people without devices, as a reason not to send out the disabling update....

The UK operator “3” got their hands on Samsung’s brand new Galaxy S4 mini and they decided to upload a quick hands-on video to YouTube. It’s short, and they only compare it to the GS4 and Galaxy Mega 6.3, but hey, it’s something. This is the second hands-on that I know of, yesterday I shared one done by GSM Arena, though they admit their unit wasn’t final hardware. Update: Another hands-on has just gone live!...

WMAP is a feature-rich web vulnerability scanner that was originally created from a tool named SQLMap. This tool is integrated with Metasploit and allows us to conduct webapp scanning from within the framework. Launch msfconsole and type in load wmap. It will load and open the wmap plug-in from its database. Now type in help and it will show all usage commands for wmap. As can be seen in the above figure, the wmap_sites command is used for managing sites, so we are going to use this command....

The problem is you need a subscription to use Photoshop, which can be expensive. Until now. Adobe is putting a free version of its fantastic photo editor online. Read on to see what you can and can’t do with the free version of Photoshop. Here’s the backstory Before the global pandemic shifted people’s focus from in-office work to conducting business from home, Photoshop was on the backfoot. Competitors like GIMP and Canva gave users a free creative outlet to quickly design flyers, banners or social media posts....

Which brings us to the latest scam making the rounds. With nearly 100 million subscribers worldwide, Netflix is one of the most popular streaming services available. Now, Netflix users are being targeted with a devious scam that you really need to watch out for. Watch out for this Netflix scam Netflix users are receiving phishing emails in their inboxes. Share this information with anyone you know who might be gullible to fall for this scam....

Thanks to a tie-up with Philips, users will see the lights in their room change in sync with the sites they are surfing – so if you are on Facebook, get ready for the room to get a blue-ish tint or go all-white when you are on Google (we have not tried it out with TechPP yet – do mail us your experiences if you do). Of course, you will need to have Philips’ Hue color lights and enable the color syncing feature from the Philips Hue Bridge, pointing out which lights the browser will control....

We might still be decades away from affordable commercial space travel, and government-funded missions have been few and far between since NASA’s funding was cut. But there are an incredibly lucky few who have made it past Earth’s atmosphere on their own dime. Here’s the backstory Branson felt the need to test his own product before releasing it to the public. He recently traveled in the VSS Unity spaceplane. Branson’s flight took him to the edge of space (around 53 miles above the Earth’s surface), and his company is now giving you the opportunity to do the same....

But it did come with a caveat. While the upgrade from Windows 10 to 11 would be made available for free, it comes with some weird system requirements. At first, it didn’t seem like everybody would be able to enjoy the latest features. By running Microsoft’s upgrade checker, many fell short of the UEFI secure boot and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 that must be enabled. If you still want Windows 11, though, there is a loophole that will get it onto your system with minimal effort....

Decent DAO is valued at $56 million and “will enable sustained participation from its governing members and will serve as a platform for investors to ethically contribute to, but not dominate, projects utilizing funds raised through transparent, on-chain methods,” according to the company’s announcement. What’s more, Decent DAO will support only open-source, decentralized systems that utilize tokenization as the key economic driver while enabling any contribution – regardless of how small – to be heard, accepted, and rewarded based on merit and the advancement of the DAO’s mission, the company added....

Samsung has only just recently unveiled the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, but Verizon wasn’t shy about announcing their own plans to carry the new flagships. And now the official Verizon News Twitter account has confirmed that pre-orders will be opened for both handsets, as one could have guessed. On Friday, the account tweeted that pre-orders for both handsets will go go live on Wednesday, April 1. Unfortunately, the tweet only contained the pre-order start date, not when the handset would officially launch....

Samsung has just uploaded a two minute ad to YouTube that’s meant to show people the Galaxy Note 3 and the Galaxy Gear. The ad features a man in black suit walking around a dilapidated neighborhood that’s being demolished. Said neighborhood is apparently inhabited by children who cheerfully sing, despite the fact that they’re living in squalor. The man, as he’s walking, takes photos and videos of the destruction around him....

You can’t travel right now, across the country or down the road, but that doesn’t mean you’re without options. Tap or click here to try a Netflix Party with your kids and grandchildren. With today’s tech, you can have video conversations and play games with your loved ones, near and far. Not sure where to start? We’ve got a few tips you and the whole family can enjoy, starting with a few good video chatting apps....

Earlier this year Vivo launched the Y30 in China. Soon after the company launched a new variant in October. Vivo has now announced Y30 Standard Edition which is more of a rebranded version of Y30 sold in China. Vivo Y30 Standard Edition Features and Specifications The Vivo Y30 Standard Edition features a 6.51-inch HD+ display and is powered by Helio P35 SoC paired with 6GB of RAM. It is worth noting that Vivo Y30 comes with 8GB of RAM as opposed to 6GB on Standard Edition....

NBN said the money would be held in trust by it under the Victorian NBN State Program Fund label, with the first project to be 11 new business fibre zones that cover 10,000 businesses in Benalla, Colac, Cranbourne South, Dromana, Hamilton, Lara, Pakenham North, Pakenham South, Portland, Warragul, and Wonthaggi-Inverloch. With the addition of the new zones, NBN said it has 295 zones that cover 860,000 businesses around the country....

They deliver their scams in many ways. You might receive a phishing email that contains a malicious link, leading you to a nasty outcome. Maybe you’ll stumble across a malicious app or website that infects your gadget with malware or ransomware. As I said, most of the time these attacks are unpredictable. However, it’s times like these when I just shake my head and think, yep you could have guessed this was coming....

Vine reported the 13 million figure in early ne, when the app was iOS-only. You can probably guess what happened then: Vine rolled out an Android app. As predicted, Vine’s user base exploded. Vine also didn’t reveal how many of those 40 million users are active, which is a key metric pretty much every app uses to tout its success. Tens of millions of people have signed up, which is great, but how many of those people regularly post Vines?...

After several months of development now comes the version 3.0, which brings with it many new features. Let’s get to know them and show that VLC remains the best bet. VLC is one of the best players we can find. In addition to its simplicity of use, it has support for almost all formats that we can access. The new version 3.0 “Vetinari” brings many new features, which after months of testing are finally available....