Rust takes a major step forward as Linux's second official language

Linux is getting more Rust in it by the day. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Meta sued in excess of $150B for its role in Rohingya genocide

Facebook has been accused of using algorithms that amplified hate speech and failing to take down specific posts inciting violence against the Rohingya people. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

'The Beatles: Get Back' shows that deepfake tech isn't always evil

Deepfake technology is a new way to preserve film history. So may I introduce to you: Sgt. Pepper's Machine Learning Band? | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Open-source Vizio lawsuit takes an ugly turn

All the Software Freedom Conservancy wants is for Vizio to release the open-source Linux and software code it's bundled into its TV firmware. Is Vizio going to? Nope. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Meta and AWS deepens partnership for PyTorch development

The two companies will collaborate to help enterprises use PyTorch on AWS and scale deep learning models. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Best Linux desktops for pros 2021: Our top

Some Linux distributions are easy, but others, they're for the experts. If that's you, read on. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Communist-era Apple II clones helped shape central Europe's IT sector

In the days of communism, many Romanian and Bulgarian children, who now are among the countries' leading technologists, learned to code on replicas of Apple II and ZX Spectrum machines. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Hackers could steal encrypted data now and crack it with quantum computers later

Analysts at Booz Allen Hamilton warn that Chinese espionage efforts could soon focus on encrypted data. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

AUS proposed anti-troll law would require platforms to disclose personal details

The federal government is looking to remove anonymity for trolls on social media platforms. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Ethical Hacking, Book Review

Daniel G Graham's book won't help hackers who already have a wide range of tools to attack networks and devices. But it will help defenders who want to turn those techniques to more benevolent use. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

EU companies issues formal complaint against MSFT OneDrive Windows integration

Nextcloud and almost 30 other European companies have filed a complaint about Microsoft's anti-competitive behavior with its OneDrive cloud storage offering. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

AWS embraces Fedora Linux for its cloud-based Amazon Linux

Starting in 2022, AWS's Amazon Linux will be based on Red Hat's Fedora community Linux. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Does Windows on Arm have a future?

If an allegedly exclusive partnership deal in the Windows on Arm PC space ends soon, will (and should) anyone care? | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

NSW government clamps down on apartment building defects using blockchain and AI

The Office of the NSW Building Commissioner is developing a solution to help track a building's provenance. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Microsoft has one of the fastest supercomputers (and no, it doesn't run Windows)

Microsoft makes it into the top 10 fastest supercomputers in the world. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

UK launches in-depth investigation into Nvidia's $40B takeover of Arm

An in-depth competition investigation into the Nvidia-Arm deal will commence after initial findings revealed 'real problems' with the deal. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Bilibili, China's YouTube, Joins the Open Invention Network

Chinese companies are embracing open-source and Linux intellectual property-friendly agreements. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

RHEL 8.5 delivers key container improvements

The latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is ready to run on Windows, Linux, and macOS. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

EU pharmaceutical giants run old vulnerable apps, don't encrypt login forms

New research highlights hundreds of companies that are at risk of cyberattacks. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Apple won't stop until it makes third-party iPhone screen repairs impossible

The company won't stop until it makes it impossible for iPhone screens to be replaced by third-party repairers. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Opendoor shares surge 21% on Q3 revenue, EPS beat, higher forecast

Opendoor said that its inventory of homes rose by 130% from the prior quarter to 17,164 homes, totaling $6.3 billion in value. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Microsoft will now snitch on you at work like never before

You think there are limits to what your employer can see you do online? Some new Microsoft updates may make you think a little more about that. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Rust-proofing the internet with ISRG's Prossimo

There are efforts afoot to rewrite many fundamental internet programs in Rust to make them safer to use. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Robinhood breach leaks information of 7M people

Names, email addresses and in some cases, the DOBs and zip codes, of Robinhood customers were exposed. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

There's been a big rise in monitoring workers at home

More companies are turning to remote monitoring tools to keep tabs on their employees while working from home. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Last of original SCO vs. IBM Linux lawsuit settled

Well, that took long enough! But, what's this? The lawsuit still lingers on in one last case from the company that bought SCO's Unix operating systems. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Sorry, Gen Z isn't going to solve your tech skills crisis

Young people feel they lack the necessary skills to land a job in tech - largely because employers and educators are falling short. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Chick-fil-A admits it has a big customer problem (and no obvious solution)

You'd think technology could solve most things, if not everything. It may not solve this problem for a long while though. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Microsoft just expanded its malware protection for Linux servers

Microsoft brings more security tools to Linux operating systems for the cloud. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

The future of personal computing looks just like an M1 Mac

While you may not be using a Mac for business and other workloads, your PC might look like one on the inside. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

China's personal data protection law kicks in today

Passed in August, the Personal Information Protection Law takes effect on November 1, spelling out rules around data collection, use, and storage, as well as what international companies must do when they transfer data out of the country. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Chromebook Linux Comes of Age

Linux is officially no longer a beta on Chromebooks, and more functionality is coming. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Tech workers warned they were going to quit. The problem is spiralling out

Tech workers complain of toxic work environments, unrealistic demands from employers, and a lack of career progression. Research suggests that they may have reached their limit. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Let's Encrypt explains last month's outages caused by certificate expiration

Fortinet, Shopify and others reported issues last month thanks to the expiration of a root certificate provided by Let's Encrypt. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Mozilla Firefox joins browsers implementing Global Privacy Control

The GPC allows users to tells websites not to sell or share their personal data. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Codenotary: Notarize and verify your software bill of materials

What's really in that program? Codenotary can show your customers what's inside your software. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Home Affairs in talks to give telcos more blocking powers against malicious

At Senate Estimates, Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo reiterated his department would be more aggressive in addressing cyber threats. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Schools put the brakes on facial recognition scheme for kids buying lunch

UK regulators swooped in before the program gained full momentum. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Pre-Release Intel Alder Lake Chip Beats Apple's M1 Max

Intel may soon reclaim supremacy in CPU speed benchmarks, where it has been overshadowed by Apple's Arm-based chips for the past year. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Australian Online Privacy Bill to make social media age verification mandatory

A new Bill targeting social media platforms wants stronger penalties for user privacy breaches that could see companies fined 10% of their annual turnover. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Hackers somehow got their rootkit a Microsoft-issued digital signature

FiveSys rootkit somehow used a valid digital signature to help bypass cybersecurity measures in order to steal usernames and passwords from victims. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Neural network approach to diabetes nets $140m Series C for startup Twin Health

By composing a whole-body digital twin, the company can use recurrent neural nets to predict the results of dietary interventions to reverse root causes of diabetes and other metabolic disorders. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Nixon's unheard moon-disaster speech is now a warning about the deepfake future

This award-winning studio uses AI to generate fake voices for Hollywood to show how deepfake technology raises numerous ethical questions. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Autonomous race cars to battle at Indy Speedway

The first-ever event showcases open source development in driverless race cars. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

SpaceX will make Elon Musk the first trillionaire

Love him or hate him, between Tesla and SpaceX, Morgan Stanley predicts Musk will eventually be the world's first trillionaire. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Software Freedom Conservancy Sues Vizio for GPL Violations

The major US TV vendor Vizio stands accused of failing to fulfill the basic requirements of the General Public License (GPL) in its TV source code. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Twitter suspends hacker who allegedly stole data of 45M Argentinians

The government of Argentina has denied that the National Registry of Persons was hacked. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago

Thanks to a nasty GPSD bug, real-life time travel trouble arrives this weekend

On October 24, 2021, some time-keeping systems are going to take a trip back in time to March 2012, unless you update your GPSD programs. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 3 years ago