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Microsoft will release a new Office perpetual license in 2021, you will soon be able to use Google Maps to monitor COVID outbreaks in your area, and Shopify catches two employees who stole customer data.
It’s all tech news that is popular right now. Welcome to Hashtag Trending! It’s Friday September 25 and I’m your host Alex Coop.
Next year a new version of Microsoft Office will arrive that will not require a subscription. of technology
It’s not just about subscriptions at Microsoft, the company has announced that it will launch a new perpetual version of Microsoft Office in the second half of 2021. While Microsoft has been pushing hard for people to subscribe to Office 365, there is still a subset of users who prefer a permanent license for a one-time fee. The downside is that, unlike the subscription model, the perpetual license does not receive feature updates or additional OneDrive storage. Microsoft typically releases a new perpetual license every three years. The latest version, Office 2019, was released in 2018.
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Google Maps will soon become the go-to app for checking the spread of COVID in your area. Starting this week, the Maps app will start showing 7-day average COVID cases per 100,000 people. The regions will be colored in one of six shades to indicate the severity of the outbreak. Users need to manually enable the overlay in the settings menu. In its blog postGoogle wrote that it collects data from multiple authoritative sources, including Johns Hopkins, the New York Times, and Wikipedia, which in turn obtain their data from the WHO, government health authorities and hospitals. [Twitter]
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Shopify fires 2 employees for stealing customer data from up to 200 Canadian merchants
Shopify recently caught two employees who stole customer information from the company’s merchants. Shopify said fewer than 200 merchants were affected by its breach, but it’s not sure how much of its customer data was leaked by proxy. The stolen information includes email addresses and purchase history, which can be used to predict the situation in a person’s life. Fortunately, no financial information was leaked. The company emphasized that its security system was not at fault and that they are working with the FBI to investigate the matter further.
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