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Facebook just released this new open source JavaScript engine
Facebook releases Hermes to improve app performance on low-end Android phones.
Facebook has released a new open source JavaScript engine, Hermes, to speed up start times for native Android apps built with Facebook's own React Native JavaScript framework. -
Office 365 declared illegal in German schools due to privacy risks
Microsoft's future in Germany is in question again.
This isn't the first time part of Germany has publicly broken up with Microsoft Office -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Office 365 declared illegal in German schools due to privacy risks
Microsoft's future in Germany is in question again.
This isn't the first time part of Germany has publicly broken up with Microsoft OfficeThis is pretty huge.
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Ah, the title is hugely misleading. It is Hesse schools, which are in turn German, where it is illegal.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Office 365 declared illegal in German schools due to privacy risks
Microsoft's future in Germany is in question again.
This isn't the first time part of Germany has publicly broken up with Microsoft OfficeThis is pretty huge.
Yeah, outlawing every major cloud provider from the country in school use. At least Germany publicly declares they want to monitor the data, whereas China wouldn't allow you into the country without being in their environment.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Office 365 declared illegal in German schools due to privacy risks
Microsoft's future in Germany is in question again.
This isn't the first time part of Germany has publicly broken up with Microsoft OfficeThis is pretty huge.
Yeah, outlawing every major cloud provider from the country in school use. At least Germany publicly declares they want to monitor the data, whereas China wouldn't allow you into the country without being in their environment.
It's actually probably pretty logical. Because the students are forced into the school, you are then forcing them to accept the terms of the cloud provider. That causes some pretty big issues.
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It matters that school is completely non-voluntary in Germany. Things like home schooling are totally out of the question.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Who are they?
Division of Samsung. They are the company behind SmartOS and one of the biggest sponsors of the open source Solaris platforms, and ZFS.
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Microsoft to allow Alexa to integrate further into Windows 10
New changes coming later this year
Microsoft is opening up Windows 10 even further to third-party digital assistants. -
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Who are they?
Division of Samsung. They are the company behind SmartOS and one of the biggest sponsors of the open source Solaris platforms, and ZFS.
Yikes... I just started liking ZFS, lol.
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Ajit Pai’s new gift to cable companies would kill local fees and rules
Cities can't use cable authority to charge broadband fees, Pai says.
Ajit Pai is continuing his multi-year battle against local broadband regulation with a plan that would stop cities and towns from using their authority over cable TV networks to regulate Internet access. -
Microsoft Previews Proximity Placement Groups for Azure-Hosted Apps
Microsoft on Monday announced a preview of Proximity Placement Groups
It might seem that simply using Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) would be enough for organizations, given its ability to scale to meet demands. -
Slack isn’t worried about Microsoft’s big Teams push
Slack’s CEO compares Microsoft’s Teams bundling to Google+
Microsoft revealed last week that it now has more than 13 million people using its Microsoft Teams chat software, a milestone that means the app has overtaken Slack. -
LXD 3.15 has been released
The LXD team is very excited to announce the release of LXD 3.15!
This release both includes a number of major new features as well as some significant internal rework of various parts of LXD. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
LXD 3.15 has been released
The LXD team is very excited to announce the release of LXD 3.15!
This release both includes a number of major new features as well as some significant internal rework of various parts of LXD.Awesome!
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Slack isn’t worried about Microsoft’s big Teams push
Slack’s CEO compares Microsoft’s Teams bundling to Google+
Microsoft revealed last week that it now has more than 13 million people using its Microsoft Teams chat software, a milestone that means the app has overtaken Slack.It's hard not to agree. Actual engagement is the only thing that matters.
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
LXD 3.15 has been released
The LXD team is very excited to announce the release of LXD 3.15!
This release both includes a number of major new features as well as some significant internal rework of various parts of LXD.This looks like is has some interesting changes in it. I may have to start playing with it now...
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Slack isn’t worried about Microsoft’s big Teams push
Slack’s CEO compares Microsoft’s Teams bundling to Google+
Microsoft revealed last week that it now has more than 13 million people using its Microsoft Teams chat software, a milestone that means the app has overtaken Slack.It's hard not to agree. Actual engagement is the only thing that matters.
Actually, it's businesses being willing to pay for the service is all that matters.
