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https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/16/google-launches-cloud-service-to-manage-internet-of-things-data/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook Google Cloud launched a new Internet of Things management service today called Google Cloud IoT Core that provides a way for companies to manage IoT devices and process data being generated by those devices. It works with Google’s software services like Google Cloud Dataflow, Google BigQuery, andGoogle Cloud Machine Learning Engine. Customers can work with third-party partners like ARM, Intel and →

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/semiconductors/design/a-circuit-that-sees-radiation-strikes-could-keep-errors-at-bay For a short time, it looked like the worlds electronics would be safe (well, safer) from radiation. With the switch from planar transistors to FinFETs, ICs suddenly became naturally resistant (literally) to having their bits flipped by a neutron splashing into them and blasting lose a small cloud of charge.  But two things are now →

https://opensource.com/business/16/6/managing-passwords-security-linux?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY Managing password and security related issues in Linux is important, but there are some simple steps you can take to make your system more secure.  We’ve seen that there can be a large number of attempts to log on to a publicly accessible system. So, what can we do? There are a few things →

http://mediatemple.net/blog/tips/many-benefits-http2/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=blog&utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_term=linkpreview&utm_content=http2 Now there is a budding new alternative to the endless caching and performance supplements. HTTP/2 — a new protocol update for HTTP by IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force).  HTTP/2 is the spiritual successor to HTTP/1 and provides much needed changes in security, speed, and usability. Let’s explore some of the key features and main benefits of implementing →

https://opensource.com/article/17/5/wisdom-half-life-open-source?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY A software engineer at Google working on the Go programming language keynotes at OSCON this year. Fitzpatrick’s keynote at OSCON this year was based on bits of wisdom from half a life in open source. This article highlights the key points fr that keynote – worth to read. →

http://www.edn.com/design/power-management/4458391/How-smart-is-it-to-deploy-smart-meters-on-the-smart-grid-?utm_content=buffer93829&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Conventional grids are ‘dumb’ and ‘blind’ since they do not monitor themselves using various modern sensor technology like those deployed in a typical smart grid architecture. In a smart grid architecture, numerous sensors are deployed throughout the grid infrastructure that can monitor, test, and communicate. This may even lead to self-repair and healing/removing and →

https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/05/an-nsa-derived-ransomware-worm-is-shutting-down-computers-worldwide/ A highly virulent new strain of self-replicating ransomware is shutting down computers all over the world. The malware, known as Wanna, Wannacry, or Wcry, has infected at least 57,000 computers, according to antivirus provider Avast. AV provider Kaspersky Lab said organizations in at least 74 countries have been affected. Wcry uses weapons-grade exploit published by the →

https://www.nixcraft.com/lmao-command-line-russian-roulette-for-linux-and-unix-users/295/ Shell kung-fu deletes all your files one out of six times. Hence, you must not run it in production.  →

https://blog.hackster.io/how-to-save-money-and-reduce-risk-developing-a-new-electronic-hardware-product-1d554c5bb762 Bringing a new electronic product to market is generally difficult, risky, and expensive. To succeed, and make it to eventual profitability, you need to focus your early efforts on minimizing risk and cost. This article gives tips if you plan to go to hardware business.  Here is another related article worth to read: Let’s →

https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/10/with-cosmos-db-microsoft-wants-to-build-one-database-to-rule-them-all/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=FaceBook&sr_share=facebook Cosmos DB is the new globally distributed database Microsoft is launching at its Build developer conference today. The project that started seven years ago to prototype what a globally distributed (or “planet-scale,” as Microsoft often likes to call it) database would look like. This project was called “Project Florence”, turned into DocumentDB, Azure’s NoSQL database service, and is →