Accreditation indicates a school or program meets the standards established by the accrediting body. Colleges and universities hold regional or national accreditation, a designation that extends to on-campus and online offerings. Within institutions, individual departments and degrees may hold additional programmatic accreditations.  For online business schools, programmatic accreditation comes from one of three professional bodies. […]

One of the key reasons that deployment is accelerating is that consumers are now buying devices that are 5G-enabled.   Image: AerialPerspective Images / Getty Images The global switch to 5G is well underway, with the number of connections to the next-generation network set to reach 1.34 billion in 2022, according to analysis by market […]

Microsoft took the wraps off of Windows 11 in a 45-minute online event titled “What’s next for Windows,” held on June 24, 2021. A few days later, the company released the first preview of the new operating system for members of the Windows Insider Preview Program. And then, on October 5, 2021, Microsoft announced the […]

Wasteful? Or really rather cute? Chris Matyszczyk/ZDNET Contempt fascinates me, as does distaste. But when the two are put together, I can’t resist wondering about the source and speculating about the ramifications. Especially when the negative feelings are being directed toward a seemingly innocent gadget. Please imagine that many experts regard this particular gadget with […]

Welcome to ZDNet’s DIY-IT project lab, where I’m testing 3D printers for your entertainment and edification. Today, we’ll be looking at  an inexpensive yet very full-featured Bowden drive filament printer. In the accompanying video, we’re assembling and testing the Vyper from Anycubic. Many of you are familiar with the Anycubic name when it comes to […]

The holidays will be here before you know it, so why not treat yourself to a Playstation Plus subscription? We’ve listed nine of the best bargains available, so you can choose the one you like best. And since you love gaming, you may want to consider starting the New Year with a new career by […]

Ferrara Candy — the candy giant behind Nerds, Laffy Taffy, Now and Laters, SweetTarts, Jaw Busters, Nips, Runts and Gobstoppers — announced that it was hit with a ransomware attack just weeks before it prepares for one of its biggest holidays: Halloween. The Illinois-based company told ZDNet in a statement that on October 9, they […]

Microsoft has detailed an unusual phishing campaign aimed at stealing passwords that uses a phishing kit built using pieces of code copied from other hackers’ work. A “phishing kit” is the various software or services designed to facilitate phishing attacks. In this case, the kit has been called ZooToday by Microsoft after some text used […]

South African police have arrested eight suspects in connection to romance scams that defrauded at least 100 women. The gang used “sob stories” as a lure to push women — including widows and divorcees — to give them money, as reported by the BBC.  Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, the Secret Service, and Europol, […]

Ransomware is a major cybersecurity threat to organisations around the world, but it’s possible to reduce the impact of an attack if you have a thorough understanding of your own network and the correct protections are in place.  While the best form of defence is to stop ransomware infiltrating the network in the first place, thinking about […]