Microsoft has published the latest release of their Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) implementation for running Linux distributions within the confines of Windows
Anyone out there using this? | Spectre: A password manager that doesn’t store passwords
Password managers are not without security flaws, as seen in a recent high-profile breach. The database storing all the user's passwords is a very attractive target for hackers. Spectre is a new password manager that aims to solve this problem by using a unique password generation and management approach.
Microsoft’s supply chain is hooked on fossil fuels
Despite Microsoft’s big climate change ambitions, its supply chain depends on fossil fuels, with some large suppliers not even having a single renewable energy source to power their operations.
CISA orders US civilian agencies to remove tools from public-facing internet
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered all federal civilian agencies to remove devices from the public-facing internet in an effort to solve one of the government’s most prevalent security issues.
PostgreSQL now top developer choice ahead of MySQL, according to massive new survey • DEVCLASS
A survey of 90,000 developers shows that PostgreSQL is ahead of MySQL as the choice of database engine, a notable change from the same survey last year. The May 2023 survey, conducted by developer Q&A site Stack Overflow, has 45.55 percent of respondents using PostgreSQL, versus 41.09 percent MySQL and 30.9 percent SQLite. Three years […]
Accenture plans to invest $3B over three years into its data and AI practice, aiming to have 80,000 staff working on AI, after laying off ~19,000 in March 2023
Accenture said on Tuesday it will invest $3 billion over three years into its data and AI practice, doubling the number of employees that are working with the cutting-edge technology at the IT consulting firm.
This presentation outlines the growing popularity of Rust within the cloud-native ecosystem, hurdles for wider adoption, and opportunities to improve platfor...
OpenAI, DeepMind will open up models to UK government
LONDON — Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic have agreed to open up their AI models to the U.K. government for research and safety purposes, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced at London Tech We…
Hold up. Docs are using AI to be more human? Wow… That’s sad. | Doctors Are Using Chatbots in an Unexpected Way
Despite the drawbacks of turning to artificial intelligence in medicine, some physicians find that ChatGPT improves their ability to communicate empathetically with patients.