Miscellaneous Tech News
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Microsoft makes $20bn bet on speech AI firm Nuance
Microsoft Corp plans to buy a tech firm known for helping to develop Apple's Siri speech recognition software in a deal valued at $19.7bn (£13.3bn).
The purchase of Nuance Communications is the second largest in Microsoft's history, after its acquisition of networking site LinkedIn in 2016. Microsoft said it would bolster its software and artificial intelligence expertise for healthcare companies. So-called "telehealth" and remote doctor visits have boomed in lockdown. This growth is forecast to continue after the pandemic. -
@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I think it's more likely that they are cheap copies to save money. They are knock-offs, pretty sure the only goal is squeezing them for as much profit as possible.
You do realize that at this point, China is way ahead of us on a lot of core tech, right? It's our lack of access to their processors that holds us back in some cases. Sure, overall, the US is still leading in the processor market. But the gap is closing, fast, and they have some components ahead of us.
Don't confuse toy manufacturing and other low end, unimportant stuff, with China's world class engineering capabilities.
Let me add context...
- I wasn't talking about processors - or really tech in general.
- i was specifically thinking about things like knock-off purses and other crap... all in the name of selling to stupid Americans.
Now when it comes to making that stuff for their own citizens, or possibly other countries - sure I'm sure they are making good/better/best shit...
Oh, but we were talking in the context of supercomputing.
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It's so warm in Texas tonight, but I really don't want to switch to air conditioning.
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Dell to spin out VMWare
https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/14/dell-is-spinning-out-vmware-in-a-deal-expected-to-generate-over-9b-for-the-company/Dell announced this afternoon that it’s spinning out VMware, a move that has been suspected for some time. Dell acquired VMware as part of the massive $58 billion EMC acquisition (announced as $67 billion) in 2015.
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Dell to spin out VMWare
https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/14/dell-is-spinning-out-vmware-in-a-deal-expected-to-generate-over-9b-for-the-company/Dell announced this afternoon that it’s spinning out VMware, a move that has been suspected for some time. Dell acquired VMware as part of the massive $58 billion EMC acquisition (announced as $67 billion) in 2015.
Interesting. I had forgotten that Dell owned VMware in the first place...
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@pete-s said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Dell to spin out VMWare
https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/14/dell-is-spinning-out-vmware-in-a-deal-expected-to-generate-over-9b-for-the-company/Dell announced this afternoon that it’s spinning out VMware, a move that has been suspected for some time. Dell acquired VMware as part of the massive $58 billion EMC acquisition (announced as $67 billion) in 2015.
Interesting. I had forgotten that Dell owned VMware in the first place...
VMware kind of feels forgotten altogether at this point, lol. I used to hear about them daily. Now it's like a surprise when they get mentioned.
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Backdoored developer tool that stole credentials escaped notice for 3 months
AWS credentials and private repository tokens could allow self-perpetuating attacks.
A publicly available software development tool contained malicious code that stole the authentication credentials that apps need to access sensitive resources. It's the latest revelation of a supply chain attack that has the potential to backdoor the networks of countless organizations. The Codecov bash uploader contained the backdoor from late January to the beginning of April, developers of the tool said on Thursday. The backdoor caused developer computers to send secret authentication tokens and other sensitive data to a remote site controlled by the hackers. The uploader works with development platforms including Github Actions, CircleCI, and Bitrise Step, all of which support having such secret authentication tokens in the development environment. -
Google is going to try to weasel their way out but precedent is being set.
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https://blog.js.wiki/news/2021/wiki-js-3-going-full-postgresql
While getting an instance set up to try out Wiki.js 2.5, I've been reading this post about Wiki.js 3.0 and
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://blog.js.wiki/news/2021/wiki-js-3-going-full-postgresql
While getting an instance set up to try out Wiki.js 2.5, I've been reading this post about Wiki.js 3.0 and
postgresql.We are migrating off of them. It's a good platform but they can't get any version to stable before starting over and they never finish the basics.
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Founder of Adobe, creator of PDFs passes away...
https://apnews.com/article/business-john-warnock-san-francisco-b77f216f52d736a6b5a383a429208f51
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pete-s said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Dell to spin out VMWare
https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/14/dell-is-spinning-out-vmware-in-a-deal-expected-to-generate-over-9b-for-the-company/Dell announced this afternoon that it’s spinning out VMware, a move that has been suspected for some time. Dell acquired VMware as part of the massive $58 billion EMC acquisition (announced as $67 billion) in 2015.
Interesting. I had forgotten that Dell owned VMware in the first place...
VMware kind of feels forgotten altogether at this point, lol. I used to hear about them daily. Now it's like a surprise when they get mentioned.
I deal with VMware daily, it may be a forgotten system in your circle, but it is definitely not a "forgotten product"
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pete-s said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Dell to spin out VMWare
https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/14/dell-is-spinning-out-vmware-in-a-deal-expected-to-generate-over-9b-for-the-company/Dell announced this afternoon that it’s spinning out VMware, a move that has been suspected for some time. Dell acquired VMware as part of the massive $58 billion EMC acquisition (announced as $67 billion) in 2015.
Interesting. I had forgotten that Dell owned VMware in the first place...
VMware kind of feels forgotten altogether at this point, lol. I used to hear about them daily. Now it's like a surprise when they get mentioned.
I deal with VMware daily, it may be a forgotten system in your circle, but it is definitely not a "forgotten product"
Yeah, it's still in the majority of businesses that I've dealt with. Wherever there has not been any good IT for any length of time it crops up.
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Huawei denies spying accusation in the Netherlands
A report accusing Huawei of having once had "unlimited access" to phone calls made using one of the Netherlands' leading operators, KPN, has been published by a Dutch newspaper.
The report was compiled by the CapGemini consultancy in 2010 but never released. Those affected would have included former Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. The Chinese technology giant has completely denied the allegations. One cyber-security expert told BBC News it was "doubtful we will ever know" whether the claims made in the report were true. "Huawei may be blameless but insider threat is a powerful one," Prof Alan Woodward, from Surrey University, said. News of the report was published in De Volkskrant. -
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Founder of Adobe, creator of PDFs passes away...
https://apnews.com/article/business-john-warnock-san-francisco-b77f216f52d736a6b5a383a429208f51
Couldn't believe I read he got held at gunpoint for ransom, that must be one hell of a story.
