Having open-source programming chops or Linux sysadmin skills is only the start. …read more Source:: Open Source
Month: August 2017
Expedia invests $26m in hospitality tech startup Alice
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•One of Dara Khosrowshahi’s last moves at Expedia before agreeing to join Uber was facilitating Alice’s $26 million Series B round. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Hands-on with Raspbian GNU/Linux Stretch for Raspberry Pi
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•A new release of Raspbian GNU/Linux for Raspberry Pi systems is available. I have made upgrade installations as well as clean installations, and here are the results. …read more Source:: Open Source
NAS Wars 2017: We test the Western Digital MyCloud PR4100 RAID
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•Welcome to the fourth of seven NAS stress tests, where we brutalize NAS devices to failure and then attempt to see if they can be recovered. This week, we dig …read more Source:: Open Source S
Lip reading bots in the wild
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•In the movie “2001” I found the scariest moment was when astronauts David Bowman and Frank Poole met in the EVA pod to discuss the artificially intelligent HAL 9000 computer’s …read more Source:: Open Source S
Salesforce attempts to replace SQL with natural language
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•Salesforce wants to make database querying easy for non-technical business users. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Vocus confirms subsea cable outage
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•Vocus has confirmed that the SMW3 subsea cable between Perth and Singapore is experiencing an outage thanks to a cable break, with an expected repair date of mid October. …read more Source:: Open Source S
NBN knocks back Telstra receipt monetisation plan
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•NBN has said it cannot see how its position would be improved by consenting to Telstra’s securitisation plan. …read more Source:: Open Source S
The tech industry has an issue with diversity: SAP Ariba
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•SAP Ariba CEO Alex Atzberger wants organisations, including his own, to lift their game when it comes to promoting diversity from within. …read more Source:: Open Source S
WhatsApp tests out verified business accounts
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•The Facebook-owned messaging platform has a pilot program in the works that could facilitate its efforts to better connect users with businesses. …read more Source:: Open Source S