Best of the Week

The best tech news and headlines of 2021

From market-changing products to non-fungible madness, 2021 had a lot of tech ups and downs. Here are some of the ups.

Grinch bots hijack all kinds of holiday shopping, from gift cards to hype drop sales

Conti ransomware is exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability to the tune of millions

F-Secure uses flaw in at-home COVID-19 test to fake results

CES 2022 attendees scale back plans but keep plane tickets as Lenovo, T-Mobile, Twitter and Meta back out

Apple's 3 biggest losses of 2021

Android's future: 11 predictions for 2022

10 big data and analytics resolutions for 2022

Top picks 2021: Four tech books TechRepublic recommends

Think your code is pristine? These tech war stories suggest not

Top 5 things to know about data lakehouses

The physical office is dead (long live the office)

Fedora Kinoite: A fascinating take on the operating system

How to display seconds in the Windows 11 system clock despite Microsoft's wishes

3 quick Mac maintenance tips for business professionals

How to visualise security and threat information in Microsoft Power BI

How to sync your contacts between your iPhone and Microsoft Outlook

Quick glossary: Metaverse

Knowing and thoroughly understanding the terminology associated with the metaverse will be vital to business decision makers as they assess whether a metaverse strategy will best serve their business needs and, if it does, how and when they will deploy it. This quick metaverse glossary from TechRepublic Premium provides a practical foundation for employees, managers and business decision makers.