How the pandemic is accelerating enterprise open source adoption
Venture Beast
JANUARY 26, 2021
Enterprise IT teams increasingly shifted to open source software solutions in 2020 as they adapted to the pandemic's disruptions. Read More.
Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries, affecting tons of projects
The Verge
JANUARY 9, 2022
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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Google’s VR painting app is getting the axe, but it will live on as an open-source project
The Verge
JANUARY 26, 2021
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. Tilt Brush’s code can be accessed on GitHub now , but Google says some features had to be removed from the open-source release because of licensing restrictions.
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Exploring Different Software That Support the ePub Format
Kitaboo
APRIL 1, 2024
In this blog, we will explore different software solutions that support ePUB to provide creators with the resources needed to create and distribute their literary works. Software Solutions for ePUB Support KITABOO Calibre Adobe Digital Editions Sigil Google Play Books IV. Table of Contents: I. Understanding the ePUB Format II.
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OctoML raises $28M grow machine learning software used by Qualcomm, Microsoft, AMD
GeekWire
MARCH 17, 2021
The technology: OctoML is led by the creators of Apache TVM , an open source “deep learning compiler stack” that started as a research project at the UW’s computer science school. It has nearly 1,000 early access sign-ups for the “Octomizer,” its first TVM-based software-as-a-service offering.
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Hottest tech skills to hire for in 2020
Hacker Earth
JANUARY 22, 2020
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. Hence, JavaScript will remain one of the hottest tech skills in 2020 and it is unlikely that it will go off the grid in the near future.
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8 Top interactive learning software for online education
Kitaboo
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
With the rise in digital access, there has been increasing demand for delivering online courses and interactive learning software. Facilitating this shift is a new breed of software, or in other words, interactive learning software that has specifically been designed to deliver online education.
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ForAllSecure Raises $21 Million to Secure the World’s Software
ForAllSecure
MARCH 21, 2022
ForAllSecure will use the infusion of capital to accelerate growth, increase headcount, and fuel product innovation, including a solution to secure the thousands of open source projects widely used by businesses around the world. In 2020, the global DevSecOps market reached $2.55 In 2020, the global DevSecOps market reached $2.55
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The biggest announcements from Microsoft Build 2020
The Verge
MAY 20, 2020
Microsoft has really pulled off the WFH keynote stream today pic.twitter.com/iSzguPsF0j — Tom Warren (@tomwarren) May 19, 2020. It looks like it could be useful for all sorts of tasks that sit in between a spreadsheet and full-on database software. The company that once crusaded against open source has fully embraced it. ?
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AWS, Microsoft, Uber engineering vets raise $20M from top VCs for Seattle startup Temporal
GeekWire
OCTOBER 15, 2020
Founded a year ago by former Uber engineers who previously worked at Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, Temporal has built an open-source microservices orchestration platform that can replace ad-hoc systems currently used by developers. “Temporal is one of the most promising software companies,” Muglia said in a statement.
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Next Tech Titan: MotherDuck, Rec Room, Statsig, Submittable, Zuper vie for pivotal GeekWire Award
GeekWire
MARCH 26, 2024
And the finalists for Next Tech Titan are … MotherDuck , a serverless data analytics platform built on the open-source platform DuckDB, an in-process online analytical processing database, or OLAP. Submittable’s CEO, Seattle-area tech veteran Thor Culverhouse, joined the company in 2020. billion.
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Adobe just released the last Flash update ever
The Verge
DECEMBER 9, 2020
As noted on Adobe’s site , yesterday marked the last update for Flash outside mainland China, which has a separate version of the software. Adobe will stop supporting Flash on December 31st, 2020, and it will block Flash content from running on January 12th, 2021. Adobe offered a brief farewell in its release notes. “We
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Lazarus Group's 'DeathNote' Campaign Switches up Tactics
SecureWorld News
APRIL 14, 2023
According to the report, the campaign initially used decoy documents related to cryptocurrency, but in April 2020, a shift in targets was observed towards the automotive and academic sectors in eastern Europe, which are connected to the defense industry.
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Italian authorities are investigating deepfake bots on Telegram
The Verge
OCTOBER 24, 2020
The news follows an investigation by security firm Sensity , which found that as of July 2020 more than 100,000 faked images had been generated and shared in public Telegram channels. Sensity found that the fake nudes were generated by the DeepNude software, which surfaced online last year.
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Uncovering Memory Defects In Cereal (CVE 2020-11104 & CVE-2020-11105)
ForAllSecure
MAY 26, 2020
Deserialization of untrusted input is a common attack vector, making both the MITRE top-25 most dangerous software errors. Two CVEs: CVE-2020-11104 and CVE-2020-11105. They were both reported in March 2020 to the cereal developers as part of our responsible disclosure. CVE-2020-11104. CVE-2020-11105.
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UNCOVERING MEMORY DEFECTS IN CEREAL (CVE-2020-11104 & CVE-2020-11105)
ForAllSecure
MAY 26, 2020
Deserialization of untrusted input is a common attack vector, making both the MITRE top-25 most dangerous software errors. Two CVEs: CVE-2020-11104 and CVE-2020-11105. They were both reported in March 2020 to the cereal developers as part of our responsible disclosure. CVE-2020-11104. CVE-2020-11105.
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Android 12 may be released on October 4th
The Verge
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
The document is used by Google to inform OEM partners when it will stop approving software builds for the various versions of Android (which it does for every software update to maintain compatibility with Google Mobile Services), according to XDA Developers.
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Uncovering Memory Defects In Cereal (CVE 2020-11104 & CVE-2020-11105)
ForAllSecure
MAY 26, 2020
Deserialization of untrusted input is a common attack vector, making both the MITRE top-25 most dangerous software errors. Two CVEs: CVE-2020-11104 and CVE-2020-11105. They were both reported in March 2020 to the cereal developers as part of our responsible disclosure. CVE-2020-11104. CVE-2020-11105.
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How Modernizing your DevOps Solutions Can Help Close the Skills Gap
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 9, 2022
By Milan Shetti, CEO Rocket Software. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the demand for computer and information technology jobs will grow 13% from 2020 to 2030, adding 667,000 more tech jobs in that timeframe. IT Leadership, Software Development In fact, the U.S.
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Salesforce IT injects generative AI to ease its massive datacenter migration
CIO Business Intelligence
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Upgrading the fleet Salesforce’s RHEL migration is part of “Hyperforce,” a rearchitecting of the company’s infrastructure that began in 2020, Lutz says. In the gold rush race to the cloud, many SaaS vendors have built their offerings on widely available open-source platforms such as CentOS but not all give commercial support anymore.
The Oculus Go’s operating system is being unlocked, John Carmack announces
The Verge
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
Root access will be achieved by sideloading a future software update, opening the door for anyone to modify and improve Oculus’ original standalone all-in-one VR headset. The Go was officially discontinued in 2020. This open-sourcing tradition continued up until the Doom 3 engine, whose source code was released in 2011.
Modernizing the mainframe for the digital era
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 24, 2022
According to IDC, IBM sold more than 4,300 IBM Z systems in 2020, for approximately $3.5 The program enables customers to pay only for what they use of Z system hardware and software. Z upgrades and open source. billion, only 3% of the worldwide server market in terms of vendor revenue.
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Sustainability in EdTech: Balancing Innovation With Environmental Responsibility
Kitaboo
DECEMBER 28, 2023
Since the year 2020, EdTech usage in K12 institutions around the globe has increased by a whopping 99%. In fact, free, open-source software also comes under the purview of sustainable EdTech products. Influences the Cost Sustainable EdTech products may be a little more expensive than regular ones.
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IBM will spin off legacy business to focus on cloud and AI services
The Verge
OCTOBER 9, 2020
Krishna took the reins of IBM in April 2020 after working on its $34 billion acquisition of open source software firm Red Hat from 2018 onwards. Red Hat’s software is key to IBM’s new hybrid cloud offerings. The split is just the latest divestment of unfavorable businesses in IBM’s long history.
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How a university got itself banned from the Linux kernel
The Verge
APRIL 30, 2021
I’ve spent the past week digging into this world — the players, the jargon, the university’s turbulent history with open-source software, the devoted and principled Linux kernel community. The kernel is open-source, meaning its millions of lines of code are publicly available for anyone to view and contribute to.
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Los Angeles IT secures the vote with open source and the cloud
CIO Business Intelligence
AUGUST 11, 2023
Aman Bhullar, CIO of Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, has heeded the call, having led a widespread overhaul of antiquated voting infrastructure just in time for the contentious 2020 presidential election — a transformation rich in open source software to ensure other counties can benefit from his team’s work.
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Protein design pioneer David Baker on why sharing code is key to building biotech startups
GeekWire
MARCH 4, 2024
In the end, their software didn’t gain traction because it didn’t benefit from the high level of collaboration that Rosetta did, he said. The IPD’s openness led to better software, he said, and set the stage for later spinouts. They’re pretty much the industry standard,” said Baker of the new open-source tools.
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Hackers Find New Life from ‘End of Life‘ Technologies
SecureWorld News
AUGUST 10, 2020
When technology companies close the support door on their old systems and software, it opens the gates for cybercriminals. According to law enforcement, hackers are taking advantage of those still using the software. What else is reaching End of Life in 2020? Windows 7 'End of Life' is a cybercrime opportunity.
Microsoft: 'Hackers Viewed Our Source Code'
SecureWorld News
DECEMBER 31, 2020
It was a New Year's Eve 2020 revelation from Microsoft. Microsoft reveals hackers accessed source code. The company explains in a new blog post : "At Microsoft, we have an inner source approach – the use of open source software development best practices and an open source-like culture – to making source code viewable within Microsoft.
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Free Courses at Linux Academy- January 2020
Linux Academy
JANUARY 1, 2020
Learn how the Linux kernel interoperates with glibc (and the rest of the binary toolchain), and how various software packages rely on the kernel and glibc. This course explains the history of Linux, the open-source movement, and how this software is used today. Jenkins Quickstart. Then this course is for you.
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Free Courses at Linux Academy- February 2020
Linux Academy
JANUARY 30, 2020
Learn how the Linux kernel interoperates with glibc (and the rest of the binary toolchain), and how various software packages rely on the kernel and glibc. This course explains the history of Linux, the open-source movement, and how this software is used today. Jenkins Quickstart. Then this course is for you.
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Ten Interactive Online Platforms to Deliver Holistic Learning to Students
Kitaboo
JULY 9, 2020
The software has an easy to use interface allowing course creators to effortlessly design courses and content. LearnUpon LMS: The software includes powerful features to support learning and is both scalable and device-friendly, enabling students to engage more effectively with their course content.
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5 Ransomware Attacks Targeting Food and Agriculture
SecureWorld News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
The company took its systems offline to prevent the further spread of malware, directly impacting employees who were unable to access specific systems, according to open source reports.". "In 5 specific ransomware attacks on food supply chain.
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Meet the Seattle-area startups that just graduated — remotely — from Y Combinator
GeekWire
APRIL 26, 2021
Five Seattle-area startups just graduated from Y Combinator’s remote accelerator with new ideas on software containers, note-taking, reusable rockets and managing a hybrid workplace. The software would provide a consistent framework to make note-taking more organized and searchable, even across thousands of files. across 41 countries.
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Groq sparks LPU vs GPU face-off
Dataconomy
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
This week, Groq’s LPU astounded the tech community by executing open-source Large Language Models (LLMs) like Llama-2, which boasts 70 billion parameters, at an impressive rate of over 100 tokens per second. Furthermore, it demonstrated its prowess with Mixtral, achieving nearly 500 tokens per second per user.
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Best EPUB Maker: Edit and Publish Interactive eBooks to Engage Audiences at First Glance
Kitaboo
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
You don’t have to download an app or software since you can do it online using the cloud-based platform. Sigil is an open-source software for creating EPUBs. Adobe has software specifically catered to digital publishers that is useful for creating EPUBs. Digital Publishing / January 30, 2020.
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Cloud PC preps Grant Thornton for hybrid future
CIO Business Intelligence
AUGUST 8, 2022
The UK-based accounting and tax consulting firm was one of few accountants in the UK that weathered the 2020 tax season without a hitch, thanks to its early bet on SaaS, Microsoft Azure, and software-defined networking. We were ahead of the game,” says Swift, of his company’s response to the health crisis that slowed business globally.
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Highlights from comedian Trevor Noah interviewing Fred Hutch COVID-19 researcher Trevor Bedford
GeekWire
DECEMBER 1, 2021
He’s known for his work with the Seattle Flu Study , which uncovered evidence of widespread regional COVID-19 transmission in early 2020 by testing samples without the approval of slow-moving government agencies. TB: So, this feels unfortunately a bit like January 2020 all over again. What are you thinking about?
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Life at ForAllSecure: Alex Brewer, Technical Solutions Engineer
ForAllSecure
MARCH 15, 2023
For this month’s profile, we talked with Alex Brewer, Technical Solutions Engineer at ForAllSecure, who joined the company in November, 2020 and is based out of New York City. I basically get to travel to universities around the US and teach students about software security. All of this is making software safer and more secure.
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Some Photoshop users can try Adobe’s anti-misinformation system later this year
The Verge
AUGUST 3, 2020
It’s set for a limited debut on Adobe’s Photoshop software and Behance social network by the end of 2020, and Adobe hopes for wider adoption soon after. The white paper makes clear that Adobe will need lots of hardware and software support for the system to work effectively.
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GitGuardian data reveals 20% rise in ‘secrets’ hidden in public GitHub repos
Venture Beast
MARCH 9, 2021
GitGuardian's inaugural State of Secrets Sprawl report reveals 20% more "secrets" were held in public GitHub repositories in 2020. Read More.
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Hottest tech skills to hire for in 2020
Hacker Earth
JANUARY 22, 2020
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. Hence, JavaScript will remain one of the hottest tech skills in 2020 and it is unlikely that it will go off the grid in the near future.
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Best Online Learning Platforms for Employees
Kitaboo
AUGUST 4, 2020
Also Read: How to Choose the Right Employee Training Software. Touted as an intuitive training software that primarily aims to automate training, facilitate distance learning, and improve employee productivity, Skyprep provides a decent blend of both online and offline learning. Employee Training / April 28, 2020.
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Facebook is giving up on brain-typing as an AR glasses interface
The Verge
JULY 14, 2021
The Chang Lab published earlier Project Steno research in 2019 and 2020, showing that electrode arrays and predictive models can create comparatively fast and sophisticated thought-typing systems. The researchers reported that in final trials, the system could decode a median rate of 15.2 words per minute, counting errors, or 12.5
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