Day: October 17, 2018

Friday Hack Chat: Visual Synthesis

For this week’s Hack Chat, we’re going to be discussing generating analog video for visual synthesis. What’s on the front porch? Our guest for this week’s Hack Chat will be Jonas Bers, an audiovisual artist and performer. For their work they used hacked video mixers, a hand-built video synthesizer, and various pieces of restored/modded lab…


Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is worth 154 median minions

But that’s not as bad as Barbie flinger Mattel or, indeed, Oracle It has been a bumper year for Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, whose compensation soared to $25.8m in fiscal 2018. Quite a bit more than the median salary of the rest of the company, which hovered at an admittedly none-too-shabby $167,689.… …read more Source::…


How easy is serverless computing to use?

Here we look at serverless usability – for both developers and admins …read more Source:: ZDNet


There’s now a limited-edition Taco Bell themed Xbox One X, because why not – CNET

It’s for those gamers out there who really like their chalupas. …read more Source:: CNet


Multiple D-Link Routers Open to Complete Takeover with Simple Attack

The vendor only plans to patch two of the eight impacted devices, according to a researcher. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Twitter opens huge archive of tweets tied to Russia, Iran misinformation – CNET

See with your own eyes what Twitter calls “nefarious attempts” to wreak havoc on social media. …read more Source:: CNet


Will Compression Be Machine Learning’s Killer App?

Pete Warden, an engineer and CTO of Jetpac, writes: When I talk to people about machine learning on phones and devices I often get asked “What’s the killer application?”. I have a lot of different answers, everything from voice interfaces to entirely new ways of using sensor data, but the one I’m most excited about…


Softcat warns of Brexit cloud forming over UK tech, vows: If prices rise, we’ll pass them on…

…ahem, as is ‘normal in our industry’ Though the wheels keep rolling at unstoppable reseller juggernaut Softcat, fuelled by a Windows 10 refresh and returning demand for servers, the CEO has voiced caution about the potential implications of Brexit.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Oracle Releases Patch To Address Over 300 Security Issues

…read more Source:: PacketStorm


Our processor tech’s got legs, says Arm: ‘One million’ data center servers* will ship in 2018

* By servers, it means boxes that do networking, storage, security Analysis One million Arm-powered data center servers will ship in 2018, the processor design house claimed on Tuesday.… …read more Source:: TheRegister