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Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries, affecting tons of projects

The Verge

A developer appears to have purposefully corrupted a pair of open-source libraries on GitHub and software registry npm — “ faker.js ” and “ colors.js ” — that thousands of users depend on, rendering any project that contains these libraries useless, as reported by Bleeping Computer. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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How the pandemic is accelerating enterprise open source adoption

Venture Beast

Enterprise IT teams increasingly shifted to open source software solutions in 2020 as they adapted to the pandemic's disruptions. Read More.

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Google’s VR painting app is getting the axe, but it will live on as an open-source project

The Verge

Google is ending development on the virtual reality painting app Tilt Brush — one of the most well-known VR applications — and making it open source. With this latest announcement, that development is coming to an end, and future support of Tilt Brush is in the hands of the community that still uses it. Image: Google.

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Why IoT developers need open source framework

Dataconomy

Developers are gatekeepers to the future of possibilities enabled by the Internet of Things. Billions of new devices will go online and connect to the cloud by 2020, from simple sensors to smart light bulbs, connected machinery and the gateways managing all those connections. Developers are responsible for equipping each.

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Hottest tech skills to hire for in 2020

Hacker Earth

Here are some of the hottest tech skills (a mix of programming languages, tools, and frameworks; in random order) to hire for in 2020, which will help you thrive in the workplace of tomorrow. Source: Twitter. The Stack Overflow developer survey results show that about 69.7% Full-stack web development. Source: Coding Dojo.

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Windows 10 May 2020 Update now available with built-in Linux kernel and Cortana updates

The Verge

Microsoft is releasing its Windows 10 May 2020 Update today. Microsoft released a final version of the update to testers last month , and everyone on Windows 10 can get access to the May 2020 Update through Windows Update today. The May 2020 Update also includes some big Cortana improvements.

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CVE-2020-15359: VDALabs Uses Mayhem To Find MP3Gain Stack Overflow

ForAllSecure

Researchers from VDA Labs used ForAllSecure Mayhem to discover a stack overflow ( CVE-2020-15359 ) in a popular open source sound utility, MP3Gain. MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts MP3 files so that they have the same volume by using statistical analysis to determine what those levels should be.