The American Civil Liberties Union has accused Clearview AI’s biometric platform of creating a nightmare scenario that many have long feared. …read more Source:: oss watch
Month: May 2020
Google sued by Arizona AG for alleged deceptive tracking practices
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•The consumer lawsuit was raised following an investigation into Google’s practice that commenced in late 2018. …read more Source:: oss watch
Deliveroo faces another legal action over an alleged unfair dismissal of deliver rider
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•The Australian food delivery rider had worked with Deliveroo for three years before his contract was terminated. …read more Source:: oss watch
Wipro: 10 business and leadership lessons from a company with a big heart
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•Wipro kept its main campuses open during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the Wipro kitchens, it served over two million meals. The president of Wipro talks about how companies can navigate …read more Source:: it-priorities
Forescout files lawsuit against Advent for withdrawal of merger plans due to COVID-19
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•Advent says the pandemic has resulted in “material” changes at Forescout. The company disagrees. …read more Source:: oss watch
New Zealand introduces Bill to block violent extremist content
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•It would make livestreaming of objectionable content a criminal offence, censorship calls will be made immediately, and take-down notices will be backed by law. …read more Source:: oss watch
How Redis scratched an itch — and changed databases forever
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•By Matt Asay Why would you ever write a new database? Particularly an in-memory database, which, back in 2009, made zero sense to the ruling database class of the time. Salvatore Sanfilippo didn’t …read more Source:: OpenSource
APIs published, APIs consumed: mainstream enterprises increasingly behave like software vendors
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•Mainstream enterprises increasingly reach out to customers with APIs, digital services. Unlike software providers though, many still have mostly on-premises infrastructure. …read more Source:: it-priorities
GNOME gets big open-source patent win
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•GNOME, the popular Linux desktop, didn’t just avoid paying a patent troll, it won the right for any product under an Open Source Initiative license to use code covered by …read more Source:: oss watch
Cambridge University will stay online for another year
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•The UK university is the first to announce that online lectures will remain in place until 2021. It is likely to be followed by many others …read more Source:: it-priorities