Linux Mint desktop continues to lead the rest

The latest Linux Mint desktop is still the best desktop around. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

AI and health: Using machine learning to understand the human immune system

Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies have partnered on an ambitious immunology project that could see diseases diagnosed much faster. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

SUSE Acquired from Micro Focus by EQT

The oldest Linux business, SUSE, is changing hands. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Homeland Security subpoenas Twitter for data breach finder's account

The subpoena demanded Twitter turn over information that would identify the data breach finder. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Inbenta, blamed for Ticketmaster breach, admits it was hacked

Updated: The company's chief executive said a hack of its own systems led to Ticketmaster's breach. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

A massive cache of law enforcement personnel data has leaked

Exclusive: The data revealed that some police departments are unable to respond in an active shooter event. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

LinkedIn launches translation feature that builds on Microsoft AI technologies

Microsoft's LinkedIn unit has developed a new dynamic translation service for posts in the LinkedIn news feed, and used some of Microsoft's cognitive services to build it. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

iOS, Mac vulnerabilities allow remote code execution through a single image

Researchers have discovered that image files can bury malware, allowing malicious code access without detection. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

​Google doubles down on Linux and open source

Google is joining The Linux Foundation as a Platinum member. Google executive Sarah Novotny will become a Linux Foundation board member. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Tesla Model S battery reignited twice after Florida crash

Another Tesla battery reignites after being extinguished at a crash scene. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

​Supercomputers: All Linux, all the time

The latest TOP500 Supercomputer list is out. What's not surprising is that Linux runs on every last one of the world's fastest supercomputers. What is surprising is that GPUs, not CPUs, now power most of supercomputers' speed. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

​SUSE Linux Enterprise Server takes a big step forward

SUSE will soon release the next version of SLES, SUSE Manager 3.2, and SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

​GitLab Moves from Azure to Google Cloud Platform

Microsoft may own GitHub soon, but GitLab is moving further away from Microsoft. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

US supercomputer knocks out Chinese champ to reclaim HPC crown

But China has more machines overall in the TOP500 list. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

A hacker figured out how to brute force iPhone passcodes

The attack allows any would-be-hacker to run as many passcodes as they want, without destroying the data. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

​European Union prepares to wreck internet with new copyright law

If passed, Article 13 will force all websites to check any and all posts for copyright violations. That will include photos, videos, words, tweets, memes, software code, etc, etc. Think about that for a minute, and shudder. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

How Blockchain Will Disrupt Business

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@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Microsoft to apply its AI technologies to retail checkout: Report

Microsoft may be looking to get more involved in the checkout-free retail space, a market where Amazon has been making its mark as of late. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

GitHub: Changes to EU copyright law could derail open source distribution

A proposed European law would mandate that content providers utilize some kind of content filter to make sure rights holders get their royalties. But for a public open source code repository, such a contraption could be a nuisance, or it could be catastrophic. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Samsung unveils 7nm technology with EUV

At the VLSI Symposia, Samsung gave the first detailed look at its 7nm platform, which is likely to be the first chipmaking process to use a new form of lithography that has been in the works for decades. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

​Linux and open-source jobs are in more demand than ever

The Linux Foundation and Dice.com's 2018 Open Source Jobs Report shows the demand for open-source savvy employees is stronger than ever. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Microsoft buys machine-learning startup Bonsai

Microsoft is buying one of the AI companies in which it has invested: Bonsai, a deep reinforcement platform for enterprise/industrial applications. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

HPE announces world's largest ARM-based supercomputer

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@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Verizon, Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile stop sharing cell phone location data

The scandal erupted after one company claimed to be able to track any cell phone in the US "within seconds." | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

A bug in macOS' “Quick Look” feature leaks encrypted data, researchers find

"This makes using encrypted containers pointless," said security researcher Patrick Wardle. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Industry-first AI low-code platform helps you build apps without a dev

Mendix Assist provides 90% accuracy on next-step suggestions while building out an enterprise app. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

HPE announces world's largest ARM-based supercomputer: 2.3 Pflops

Astra will deliver over 2.3 peak petaflops of performance, which should put it well within the top 100 supercomputers ever built. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

A bug in macOS' “Quick Look” feature leaks encrypted data, researchers find

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@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

​Red Hat changes its open-source licensing rules

Red Hat-initiated open-source projects, which use GPLv2 or LGPLv2.1, will be expected to add GPLv3's cure commitment language to their licenses. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

This new Android malware delivers banking trojan, keylogger and ransomware

Researchers uncover a form of malware that's still in development - but it has the potential to become a nasty threat. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

A protester is spreading anti-Article 13 messages over exposed internet TVs

Thousands of television set-top boxes aren't protected with a password. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

​Another day, another Intel CPU security hole: Lazy State

Intel has announced that there's yet another CPU security bug in its Core-based microprocessors. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

How Red Hat Linux is helping reclaim the fastest supercomputer title for the US

It's not just the chips in the Department of Energy's record-breaking Summit supercomputer, which is setting new speed records; it's also Red Hat Enterprise Linux. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Netflix post-mortem: hardware failure and poor transparency (2008)

Massive shipping delays last month at Netflix were caused by hardware failure. Netflix gets the dunce award for lack of transparency in the face of disaster. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Chrome OS 67 is out: Progressive Webs Apps, plus 2-in-1 Chromebooks boost

Google readies Chrome OS for detachable screen laptops and web apps that run outside the browser. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Inside Yandex self-driving car

Yandex, Russia's Google, is optimizing its self-driving tech for bad weather and human drivers who bend the rules. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Windows users attacked via critical Flash zero-day: Patch now, urges Adobe

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@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Facebook rolls out indirect data center cooling system that can deal w humidity

With the new system, Facebook will be able to consider less temperate environments for data center construction. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

​Mark Shuttleworth dishes on where Canonical and Ubuntu Linux are going next

Ubuntu founder and Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth recently talked to me about his plans for his company, operating system, clouds, and containers. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Why the Mac you know has no future

The Mac is about to head toward an assisted living community in the desert -- and then its final resting place in the cloud. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

How Facebook Scales AI – Kim Hazelwood

Facebook's products and services are powered by machine learning. Powerful GPUs have been one of the key enablers, but it takes a lot more hardware and software to serve billions of users. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

How Facebook scales AI

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@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

NBA analytics and RDF graphs: Game, data, metadata evolution, and Occam's razor

Three-point shooting, Steph Curry, and coming up with stories. If you feel like doing your own analysis to investigate hypotheses or discover insights at any level, RDF graph's got your back. Case in point: The NBA. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

​Buildah 1.0: Linux Container construction made easy

Using containers is easy-peasy. Building them, not so much. Now, Red Hat has released Buldah 1.0, an easy-to-use, Linux shell-based container builder tool. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Where does Java in the enterprise go from here?

Oracle recently freed J2EE, aka Java EE. Now known as Jakarta EE, enterprise Java's new manager the Eclipse Foundation is revealing its plans for the popular middleware platform. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Agency allowed to keep monitoring all traffic at world's biggest internet hub

Vital internet hub, De-Cix in Frankfurt, has lost its fight against German intelligence services' mass surveillance. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

​What Microsoft buying GitHub means to open-source software development

Buying GitHub may make sense for Microsoft, but many open-source developers hate the deal. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

​The Killer Chromebook: Google's I7 Pixelbook

Can a Chromebook really be worth $1,500? If it's Google's own Intel i7-powered Chromebook, the answer's heck yeah! This is the best Chromebook to date. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago