Miscellaneous Tech News
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Bumble’s ‘private detector’ AI will automatically detect and blur lewd images
Lewd photos shared in chats will come with a warning
Bumble is launching a “private detector” feature that can automatically detect lewd images with AI and warn users about the photo before they open it. -
AT&T CEO says 5G phone plans might be tiered and priced based on data speeds
If you want gigabit speeds on your phone, get ready to pay up
We’re still several years away from 5G blanketing the US in coverage and delivering on all the promises of breakneck speeds and low latency we’ve been hearing about. -
Dick Barnes, pioneer behind oldest working computer, dies
One of the co-designers of a machine later recognised as the world's oldest working digital computer has died.
Richard "Dick" Barnes helped to create the Harwell Dekatron, which was first put to use in 1951 by Britain's fledgling nuclear research establishment. -
Anker’s new 60W USB-C GaN charger looks like the one we’ve been waiting for
The prince that was promised?
Anker’s first gallium nitride (GaN) charger — the 30W PowerPort Atom PD 1 — was interesting, largely due to its size, but it was less practical due to its low power and single USB-C port. -
Wyze April Newsletter in my email today.
RSTP
https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026245231-Wyze-Cam-RTSPTwo-Factor Authentication
https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026994652-Two-Factor-Authentication
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Wyze April Newsletter in my email today.
[Microsoft 3Q19 revenue up 14% on the back of strong cloud and, uh, Windows?](
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/04/microsoft-3q19-revenue-up-14-on-the-back-of-strong-cloud-and-uh-windows/)
The PC market declined, but the Windows market did not.
In the third quarter of its 2019 financial year, which ran up until March 31, 2019, Microsoft's revenue was $30.6 billion, up 14 percent year on year. -
Microsoft Adding SharePoint News Enhancements This Month
Microsoft described coming additions to its News pages in SharePoint Online that will be arriving this month or the next.
News pages and SharePoint Online pages will be getting the option to target various audiences via an "Audience Targeting" toggle switch that's coming to Office 365 tenancies via a "late April" update.
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Microsoft Teams PowerShell Module Now Commercially Available
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the Microsoft Teams PowerShell Module reached the "general availability" release stage.
The Microsoft Teams PowerShell Module lets IT pros do things like provision a new team or convert an existing group to a team. -
Adobe Illustrator’s latest experimental feature lets you emulate your mood boards
Capture the colors on your mood board
Sign back into your Pinterest and grab those mood boards, because they’re about to come in handy. -
Microsoft is now a $1 trillion company
Strong earnings push Microsoft toward a new milestone
Microsoft has become the third US company to pass a market cap of $1 trillion. -
Scientific Linux Will Be Discontinued After 14 Years as Fermilab Moves to CentOS
Fermilab, the makers of the Scientific Linux distribution based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system recently announced that they will no longer develop it.
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Why Linux stands out amongst other OSes
Up until recently, Elementary OS was my platform of choice. It's an elegant, simple, and user-friendly solution for the desktop.
One thing that the Elementary developers do that I believe is fairly wise is to not allow upgrades from one major release to another. -
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Linux Distributions Should Enhance how Sudo Asks for Passwords
sudo is probably the most famous command in the Linux world. It allows ordinary users to run other commands or programs using the superuser privileges, but it doesn't show you the password while you are typing it.
This behavior should change by default. -
@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2019/04/25/citrix-hypervisor-8-0-is-here/
This statement leading the article pretty much sums up Citrix to me: "I’ll let you in on a secret. Despite all my years working for Citrix, I never learned how to pronounce “Xen” correctly — even after quite a few brave colleagues tried to get me to say “szen” and not “ksen.”"
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New iPad feature to compete with laptops could come in Apple's iOS 13
Commentary: When Apple unveils the next iOS at WWDC 2019 in June, it could integrate one of the trademarks of the original MAC
The debate over whether an Apple iPad can replace a laptop remains polarized. But with the launch of the next iteration of iOS, Apple could finally remove one of the longest-running arguments against the iPad as a productivity device. -
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2019/04/25/citrix-hypervisor-8-0-is-here/
This statement leading the article pretty much sums up Citrix to me: "I’ll let you in on a secret. Despite all my years working for Citrix, I never learned how to pronounce “Xen” correctly — even after quite a few brave colleagues tried to get me to say “szen” and not “ksen.”"
A complete rebrand of the product, is anyone surprised?
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
A complete rebrand of the product, is anyone surprised?
How could you be when they announced this like last year? :smirking_face:
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2019/04/25/citrix-hypervisor-8-0-is-here/
This statement leading the article pretty much sums up Citrix to me: "I’ll let you in on a secret. Despite all my years working for Citrix, I never learned how to pronounce “Xen” correctly — even after quite a few brave colleagues tried to get me to say “szen” and not “ksen.”"
I can't figure out how to say either "szen" or "ksen"... I say "zen" like a zen garden... from wiki:
pronounced /ˈzɛn/ -
Tesla’s autonomy event: Impressive progress with an unrealistic timeline
An old software joke explains Elon Musk's implausible autonomy timeline.
There's an old joke in the software engineering world, sometimes attributed to Tom Cargill of Bell Labs: "the first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the development time.
