[Uri Shaked] is really into Latin music. When his interest crescendoed, he bought a trumpet in order to make some energetic tunes of his own. His enthusiasm flagged a bit when he realized just how hard it is to get reliably trumpet-like sounds out of the thing, but he wasn’t about to give up altogether….

Let’s start with this eye-opener: The cybersecurity profession is facing a shortfall of 3 million workers worldwide. …read more Source:: DarkReading

If it seems as though the app you deleted last week is suddenly popping up everywhere, it may not be mere coincidence. From a report: Companies that cater to app makers have found ways to game both iOS and Android, enabling them to figure out which users have uninstalled a given piece of software lately…

Server maker drags Bloomberg in note to customers, watchdog, still checking its motherboards The computer server maker at the center of a dramatic secret Chinese spy-chip story has again insisted the yarn is wrong, and called the whole thing “technically implausible.”… …read more Source:: Register

Founders of companies acquired by Facebook continue to unfriend their parent company. …read more Source:: CNet

The time to enter The Hackaday Prize has ended, but that doesn’t mean we’re done with the world’s greatest hardware competition just yet. Over the past few months, we’ve gotten a sneak peek at over a thousand amazing projects, from Open Hardware to Human Computer Interfaces. This is a contest, though, and to decide the…

Trump administration reportedly wants tech giants to make it easy for workers to take leaves of absence to help the government modernize. …read more Source:: CNet

Unfortunately, it’s not for cash. …read more Source:: CNet

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella earned nearly $26 million in overall compensation this past year. Here’s how Microsoft calculates his and other top executives’ pay. …read more Source:: ZDNet

An anonymous reader shares a report: You can add another big name to the list of phone makers found cheating on benchmarks. UL Benchmarks has delisted Oppo’s Find X and F7 phones from its 3DMark charts after testing from itself and news outlet Tech2 revealed that both devices were artificially ramping up processor performance when…