Software
Thank Zuck it's Friday #11 - Open source manoeuvrings and spies on LinkedIn
Why it's a bad idea to reveal too much on social media (part 94)
Grafana Labs becomes the latest open source firm to change its licensing
Grafana, Loki and Tempo move to AGPLv3 - but for once AWS is not to blame
Internal email reveals Facebook's plan to 'normalise' data scraping
The company intends to deflect criticism by framing scraping as a broader industry issue
Does the choice of enterprise Linux really matter anymore?
We speak to Canonical, Red Hat and SUSE about the place of Linux in a cloud-based future - and what the CentOS EOL foretells
Why humans are still an important part of AI at Dow Jones
Human oversight ensures accuracy and trust, says Dow Jones’ head of data strategy Ingrid Verschuren
The vision thing: When Teams and Zoom won't see you through
Why One Voice Wales chose StarLeaf to move meetings and training online
British software reseller files £270 million antitrust court action against Microsoft
ValueLicensing alleges that Microsoft pressurises customers not to sell unused Windows and Office licences, to the detriment of the secondhand market
Is it time you switched to Database-as-a-Service? Join us on 13th April to find out
More than 80 per cent of firms surveyed have moved part or all of their databases to the cloud
Why the best clubs are code clubs
Michelle Slee, Agile delivery manager at DVLA and Alice Genevois, senior data science manager at Lloyds Banking Group, two winners from last year's Women in Technology Excellence Awards, discuss the importance of coding clubs to bring people together...
How hyperconvergence helped City firm JM Finn ditch its data centre and ride out the pandemic
The financial services company slashed its infrastructure footprint by two-thirds allowing it to close an expensive London data centre
Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs grilled by US Congress over spread of disinformation
All three executives have declined to take responsibility for spreading misinformation that resulted in the Capitol riots earlier this year
Facebook sued in France over hate speech
The lawsuit is based on the French consumer code, which protects consumers from deceptive commercial practices
When to upgrade to an enterprise version of the open source software you love
'Free' may get the job done in the short term, but the long term health of your code - and of your operational systems - must be taken into account
Facebook is building a kids version of Instagram for children under 13
It will likely be similar to the Messenger Kids which was launched in 2017 for children aged between 6 to 12 years
Using bug bounties to spot bias in AI algorithms
Bug bounties, or paying ethical hackers to find software flaws, are common in the infosec space. Can the same be applied to AI?
Why engineering firm Buro Happold uses two ERP systems - Unit4 and Deltek
As a mid-sized company with complex needs, the engineering firm believes in buying the best and integrating between them
Facebook to pay Murdoch's News Corp for content, announces self-publishing platform for writers
The new platform will be initially introduced in the US and is aimed at taking on Substack and Medium
JDK 16 brings many 'small but significant' changes to Java
The latest features are about tightening up the functionality and cutting verbosity, with easier integrations coming down the line
PAC report: Home Office's IT border projects are 'a litany of failures'
Delays to the DSAB programme have cost £173m so far
Russia slows Twitter's speed over banned content
Russian regulator says Twitter could be blocked completely if it does not comply with government demands
Open source software worth up to £43bn to UK economy, report
Open source usage continues to grow at 28.6 per cent year-on-year finds OpenUK research
Upgrade Oracle in a pandemic? No thanks! Why Kent County Council opted for third-party support
EBS support through Rimini Street will buy the Council time as well as saving 60 per cent on maintenance costs
Trends in business intelligence software: Augmented analytics and cloud
Computing research: How is BI changing and who are the leaders?
Reaping the rewards of GraphQL: How to minimise pain points of implementation
GraphQL is a relatively new API technology, but only a few of the common concerns are justified, expains Martin Buhr
