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Google is releasing an open source harassment filter for journalists

The Verge

Google’s Jigsaw unit is releasing the code for an open source anti-harassment tool called Harassment Manager. It’s debuting as source code for developers to build on, then being launched as a functional application for Thomson Reuters Foundation journalists in June. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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GeekWire Podcast: NY Times vs. Microsoft; Plus, Oren Etzioni on AI in 2023 and beyond

GeekWire

GPT: Microsoft finds itself on the other side of an industry-defining copyright dispute Francesco Marconi in the WSJ: AI and Journalism Need Each Other Listen below, or subscribe to GeekWire in Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify or wherever you listen, and keep reading for key takeaways. Related coverage on GeekWire: NYT v.

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Don’t waste time reinventing the software wheel

Computerworld Vertical IT

I was talking to an old friend who was leaving tech journalism behind for a startup tech firm. They come in all varieties: open-source, proprietary, and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). So, I asked what he’d be doing there first. Building a custom content management system (CMS),” he told me. By my count, there are well over 100.

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Fed Tech Roundup October 14

CTOvision

Federal jury finds Apple infringed on University of Wisconsin technology patent - Daily Journal. Federal Jury Rules Apple Infringed on University of Wisconsin Patent - Wall Street Journal. Local company wins $50M federal technology deal - Dayton Business Journal. Our GSA IT Mission and Priorities. Africa Independent Television.

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Scott Lowe

David Both has an article on using systemd journals for troubleshooting. Given that Nutanix Community Edition is based on the open source KVM hypervisor, this could lead to greater KVM adoption among small businesses and virtualization hobbyists who formerly would have used VMware’s solution. This is a handy trick.

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HackerOne CEO Mårten Mickos: COVID-19 is ‘the planet’s warning’ to accelerate digital civilization

GeekWire

A native of Finland, he’s the former CEO of MySQL, the open-source database company that was sold to Sun Microsystems in 2008. TB: What could the global response to COVID-19 learn from the principles of open source? That blend of experience gives him a unique perspective on the US West Coast and Nordic tech markets.

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‘Smellicopter’ takes flight at UW with moth antenna on drone to fly toward smells and avoid obstacles

GeekWire

1 in the journal IOP Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. Smellicopter uses an antenna attached to an open-source hand-held commercially available quadcopter drone platform that allows users to add special features. Melanie Anderson , a UW doctoral student in mechanical engineering, is lead author on study results published Oct.

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