Barak Obama IS the king of the United States. Republicans are Nazis who clearly hate the Constitution. Dinosaurs are being used to indoctrinate both children and adults into believing that the earth is millions of years old. Women can't love men. Fire trucks are red because Russians are red. If you took Google for its word,...

As experts have noted, the era of 5G is approaching faster than initially anticipated. That reality is illustrated by a bit of news and a bit of commentary released during the early days of April. The bottom line is that the frequency characteristics of 5G will make this a particularly interesting transition. The news, reported by Chron today, is that...

Employers that downloaded the Form I-9 from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website Nov. 14-17, 2016, are being asked to make sure that employees' Social Security numbers appear correctly in Section 1. USCIS sent an e-mail April 17 to the Society for Human Resource Management, reminding HR professionals...

Mistakes can be costly. They also can be so painful they keep you from venturing any further ahead. Of course, that's true with almost anything tech-related, but IT managers will tell you that there are some common, and potentially damaging, pitfalls that anyone looking at a cloud migration should work to avoid. Migration mistakes can cost...

Watson and Einstein are teaming up, and IBM and Salesforce hope the pairing proves as smart as it sounds. The two companies are working together to bring information from IBM systems into Salesforce's products through a series of integrations announced Monday. As part of the partnership,...

Verizon Communications will pay $350 million less for Yahoo after two major data breaches reported by the struggling internet pioneer. Verizon will pay about $4.48 billion for Yahoo's operating business, and the two companies will share any potential legal and regulatory liabilities arising from two major data breaches announced in...

Two recent immigration-related developments coming from the federal government were poised to make life more difficult for some U.S. employers in 2017. But, with another federal judge striking down President Trump's "Travel Ban 2.0," that leaves only one...

The November 2016 presidential election result and the fact that Republicans now control the White House and both chambers of Congress has caused much speculation as to likely changes for the financial services regulatory environment that has evolved since the 2008 financial crisis. The Dodd-Frank Act and the many thousands of pages of...

In the eyes of CFOs and many other senior executives and board members, the internal audit function is fast losing prestige, a new study suggests. The reason? Most internal auditors are slow to help their employers prepare for and respond to major corporate "disruptions" like big regulatory changes and cyber attacks, according to...

Can we trust Artificial Intelligence (AI) to audit financial statements? Perhaps. Artificial intelligence advocates speak of a time to come when these systems will be capable of auditing 100% of a company's financial transactions. These visionaries foresee the day when AI will enable auditing that is a continuous and real-time process, not a...

WikiLeaks, the organization notorious for leaking highly secure government data, published a cache of documents that reportedly exposes tactics the CIA uses to hack into our devices. WikiLeaks released more than 8,700 documents and files -- codenamed "Vault 7" -- on Tuesday, which it says...

Strong business writing is essential to your future. In today's hectic work environment, emails and other written communication can be sent with little thought to their impact and objectives. Emphasis is put on speed rather than quality and effectiveness, which can ultimately result in loss of time, money and success. Impressions of your company are given by the letters, emails and...

Excel Dashboards are the new buzzword employers are searching for. If you have, or want a career that involves creating reports in Excel, then you need to know how to build impressive, interactive, visually stunning, Excel dashboards. This practical, 90-minute webinar will leave you with Excel techniques you can immediately put to...

More Americans are working from home than ever before. According to Global Workplace Analytics, 50 percent of the American workforce has a job that allows at least occasional telework. Technological advances have made it possible to hold meetings, collaborate with team members and complete tasks in real time without ever setting foot in an office. That's great news for workers, but...

Transparent and efficient, blockchain could lift the lid on international supply chains. International trade is under pressure. Fears fueled by the global refugee situation and terrorist threats have led to tighter border controls - and these come at a cost. Every inspection of goods, every stop along the supply chain,...

First off, I have to issue something of a correction regarding last week's blog post on Intel price cuts. As it turns out, I have been informed that Intel didn't cut the prices, Micro Center cut them as a loss leader, something it frequently does. It doesn't change the bargain prices, just the motivation. So,...

The touch-friendly apps built into Windows 8 and Windows 10 (originally called Metro apps and now just called Windows apps) were, for a long time, roundly denounced by many reviewers as being underpowered -- and justifiably so. The first release of Mail in Windows 8, for example,...

The proliferation of digital technologies already has led to fundamental changes in how people work, innovate, engage and produce. Increasingly, we live in an era where more and more roles are becoming automated, not only routine menial tasks but-thanks to digital versions of human intelligence-traditional white-collar jobs. As a result,...