Microsoft is adding location-sharing, a smart camera and secure messaging capabilities to its Teams group-chat product, specifically targeting mobile, firstline workers. …read more Source:: it-priorities
Month: January 2019
US telcos caught selling your location data again: Senator demands new laws
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•US Senator Ron Wyden renewed his call for new laws that would ban telcos from selling users’ location data. …read more Source:: oss watch
Massive German hack: 20-year-old admits mass doxing politicians, journalists, celebs
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•Police have found the likely culprit of last week’s big leak of high-profile personal data. …read more Source:: oss watch
Tech skills in most demand this year: data, cloud and cybersecurity
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•Salaries and skills surveys by Foote Partners and Hays finds insatiable demand for people who can build AI systems and those who can secure them. …read more Source:: it-priorities
Microsoft should pay damages for forced Windows 10 update, say Finns
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•Microsoft could face more complaints after a ruling says it’s liable for damages caused by an unauthorized Windows 10 upgrade. …read more Source:: oss watch
Artificial intelligence may compensate for the opaqueness of supply chains
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•Many supply chains run on guesswork based on outdated information, as well as outdated software. AI promises greater visibility and organization. …read more Source:: it-priorities
China has held thirteen Canadians since Huawei CFO arrest: Report
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•The number of Canadians known to be detained by China since December has quadrupled, as China’s top prosecutor says one pair have “without a doubt” violated the law. …read more Source:: oss watch
The top 5 Linux and open-source stories of 2018
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•Linux overcame massive hardware security problems while Microsoft — yes, Microsoft — made its biggest ever open-source software move. …read more Source:: oss watch
PyOxidizer uses Rust to make Python executables
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•By Serdar Yegulalp A new project, written in Rust, aims to make it easier to package and distribute a Python application as a standalone binary executable—something that has long been a pain point …read more Source:: OpenSource
13 Java frameworks for rock-solid microservices
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•By Peter Wayner It’s been a long trip for Java, a language that began as the lingua franca for the box on top of the television set in the days when TVs didn’t …read more Source:: OpenSource