An anonymous reader writes: Facebook unveiled a new compression technique they call ‘Superpack compression.’ In a blog post written by software engineer Sapan Bhatia, they claim that their compression improves Android app size by 20% over the default Zip compression used by Android. The post gives an overview of the compression ideas. The basis of…

And Piplup, where are you? …read more Source:: CNet

Deathloop, Psychonauts 2, Ratchet and Clank, and much more. …read more Source:: CNet

Called Privateer Space, the new company is designed to “keep space safe and accessible,” according to a promo video. …read more Source:: CNet

Intuit plans to leverage Mailchimp to connect marketing and customer management to Quickbooks, the SMB system of record. …read more Source:: ZDNet

IT executives see the talent shortage as the most significant adoption barrier to 64% of emerging technologies, according to a new Gartner survey. From a report: Across compute infrastructure and platform services, network, security, digital workplace, IT automation, and storage and database, respondents cited a lack of qualified candidates as a leading factor impeding tech…

The game has a memorable cast of characters, an imaginative combat system, and an irresistible setting in Blackreef Island. …read more Source:: CNet

Forget Agent Smith, we want to see Neo fighting implementation bugs The Matrix.org Foundation, which oversees the Matrix decentralized communication protocol, said on Monday multiple Matrix clients and libraries contain a vulnerability that can potentially be abused to expose encrypted messages.… …read more Source:: Register

Still, Oracle touted its cloud growth, noting that its IaaS and SaaS businesses brought in 25% of quarterly revenue. …read more Source:: ZDNet

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