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One of the gripes lexicographers hear with regularity is that people don’t use words precisely or accurately. Many such complaints, however, are guided by the assumption that we’re the ones who should enforce precise usage (rather than what we really do, which is record the actual usage of words, even when that usage is considered …

In an earlier blog post, I reported that the memory usage of a small byte array in Java (e.g., an array containing 4 bytes) was about 24 bytes. In other words: allocating small blocks of memory has substantial overhead. What happens in C++? To find out, I can try to allocate one million 4-byte arrays …

SINGAPORE—China’s government is restricting the use of Tesla Inc.’s TSLA -0.57% vehicles by personnel at military, state-owned enterprises in sensitive industries and key agencies, citing concerns that the American electric-vehicle maker’s cars could be a source of national security leaks, according to people familiar with the effort. The move follows a government security review of …

Absolute Software Empowers Enterprise and Education Organizations to Maximize Technology Investments with Expanded Web Usage Analytics We store cookies on your computer to improve your experience and provide more personalized services, both on this website and on other sites. For more information about the cookies we use, see our Privacy Policy. We won’t …

DUBLIN, Jan. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The “Global Matcha Tea Market Analysis 2020” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Research and Markets Logo The Global Matcha Tea market is expected to reach $2.69 billion by 2026 growing at a CAGR of 6.7% from 2019 to 2026 Matcha is a high-grade green tea obtained from …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Some workers could make the permanent move to work from home, which will lead to lower commuter numbers The number of people using public transport in Britain’s cities could be 20% lower than normal after the end of the coronavirus lockdown. In London, commuters using buses and tubes could …

iStock iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Bureau of Prisons will make hiring a main priority in the coming year and will also be cutting internet usage for its employees to “limit distractions,” Director Kathy Hawk Sawyer stressed in an internal email to prison staff that was obtained by ABC News. “Although technology serves us well in many …

Privacy Senators Go After Ed Tech on Student Data Usage By Dian Schaffhauser 08/16/19 Some of the biggest names in ed tech received word this week from a team of Democratic senators to hand over details on their data collection practices. The request from U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ed Markey (D-MA) and …

Facebook usage has plummeted over the last year, even as the company continues to insist that its use has stayed stable or even grown in the same period, according to data seen by the Guardian. Since April 2018, the first full month after the news of the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke in the Observer, actions …