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A survey of 2660 open-source software (OSS) professionals by Perforce-owned OpenLogic and the nonprofit Open Source Initiative (OSI) found that 77% of organizations were more reliant on OSS than they were 12 months ago, with 36% reporting they had increased their use of open source “significantly”. Open-source skills are also in high demand, the survey found, with researchers identifying talent shortages as the key barrier to the adoption of OSS....

The Oppo Research Institute Innovation Accelerator programme calls for proposals under two entry categories–accessible technology and digital health. Up to 10 ideas could be selected to receive the grants, each worth 300,000 yuan ($46,000). The accelerator scheme, managed by Oppo Research Institute alongside Microsoft for Startups as a partner, hoped to drive the development of technologies that could solve “some of the most pressing issues facing humanity amidst times of uncertainty”....

The next release of Oracle Autonomous JSON Database cloud service adds support for a MongoDB 4.2-compatible API, making its offering look very familiar to MongoDB developers. The new release, which is branded as Oracle Database API for MongoDB, is in essence, an Oracle Database in MongoDB clothing. Developers can use MongoDB drivers, as well as tools such as Compass (which are not restricted by MongoDB’s SSPL licensing), and they can access most of the features of the 4....

Genevieve Carlton Genevieve holds a Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University. After earning her doctorate in early modern European history, she worked as an assistant professor of history at the University of Louisville, where she developed new courses on the history of science, Renaissance Italy, and the witch trials. Genevieve has published five peer-reviewed articles in top presses and a monograph with the University of Chicago Press. She also earned tenure with a unanimous vote before relocating to Seattle....

The RCE bugs impact PHP Everywhere, a utility for web developers to be able to use PHP code in pages, posts, the sidebar, or anywhere with a Gutenberg block – editor blocks in WordPress – on domains using the content management system (CMS). The plugin is used on over 30,000 websites. According to the WordFence Threat Intelligence team, the three vulnerabilities in PHP Everywhere all lead to remote code execution in versions of the software below 2....

As it currently stands, under the Telecommunications Sector Security Reforms (TSSR), carriers need to “do their best” to protect their networks from unauthorised access or interference for the purpose of security, with carriers to notify the government of any changes to their services, systems, or equipment that could have a “material adverse effect” on their ability to comply with this duty. Although the committee said in its report that the highly regulated telcos are in a better position to handle security obligations from the critical infrastructure framework, formalisation was needed....

And starting this Friday, June 17, Apple will open preorders for the new MacBook Pro. Orders along with retail availability will begin a week later, on Friday, June 24. Apple didn’t announce a preorder date for the new MacBook Air but did say during the WWDC keynote that it would be available in July. Which, by the way, is the same timeframe Apple had originally stated for the MacBook Pro....

On Wednesday, Mandiant Threat Intelligence said the pro-People’s Republic of China (PRC) network was first discovered in June 2019. At the time, the network composed of a web of inauthentic accounts on social media platforms – including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube – used to slam pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. Fake propaganda networks are nothing new. Companies including Facebook are constantly detecting and wiping them out, but others take its place as soon as one vanishes....

The Aspen-M, available in a private beta, is the culmination of Rigetti’s particular take on large-scale quantum computers. The firm is pursuing multi-chip quantum processors and announced plans earlier this year to offer it to customers through its Quantum Cloud Services platform. SEE: Status Report: Is quantum computing worth the leaps of faith? Instead of scaling up a single quantum processor, it’s been linking smaller chips to create a modular processor with a larger number of qubits – the quantum version of bits in classical computers, characterized by 1s and 0s, which can achieve superposition where a bit can be both 1 and 0 or any combination inbetween those states....

Named CLOPS (Circuit Layer Operations Per Second), the metric is the first to measure the number of quantum circuits a quantum processing unit (QPU) can execute per unit of time, and is designed to provide an objective understanding of the amount of work a quantum system can do in a particular period. Speed is only one of the three critical attributes that reflect the performance of a quantum computer, according to IBM, with the two others being scale and quality....

The funding round was led by Main Sequence and the investment arm of Canadian telco Telus, with participation from Mizuho Financial Group-backed InterValley Ventures and Terry Snow’s Capital Property Group. Speaking to ZDNet, QLabs founder and CEO Vikram Sharmasaid the investment would help with the continued development of the company’s quantum-based cybersecurity solutions. Specifically, this will include growing QLabs’ US headcount from eight to more than 20 over the next 18 months, starting with hiring a chief revenue officer, followed by expanding its sales, business development, and marketing teams....

Cybersecurity researchers at Coveware analysed ransomware attacks during the second quarter of this year and have detailed how phishing attacks and RDP attacks are the most popular entry points for starting ransomware attacks. Part of the appeal for cyber criminals is that these are low-cost to carry out while also being effective. Phishing attacks – where cyber criminals send emails containing a malicious attachment or direct victims towards a compromised website which delivers ransomware – have slightly grown in popularity over the last quarter, accounting for 42 percent of attacks....

This lure of quickly making large sums of money is attracting interest from across the cyber-criminal spectrum, from sophisticated gangs specialising in ransomware attacks, to affiliate schemes where wannabe ransomware kingpins can lease out ransomware as a service in exchange for a cut of the profits. It’s also attracted low-level cyber criminals, who see an opportunity to grab a slice of the ransomware pie – even if they have little idea what they’re doing....

According to the findings of a recently released survey, 99% of respondents reported having had an ML project completely canceled due to insufficient training data, and 100% of respondents reported experiencing project delays as a result of insufficient training data. Using synthetic data is one approach to get around the issues associated with obtaining and using high-quality data from the real world. Today Rendered.ai announced the availability of its Platform as a Service offering for synthetic data engineers and computer vision scientists....

“Anyone who wishes to do remote work must be in the office for a minimum (and I mean minimum) of 40 hours per week or depart Tesla,” the company’s chief executive recently said in a message to staff according to reports. It’s not an especially out-of-character statement from the outspoken Tesla boss. But the bigger question is whether Musk – and other execs who want their staff back in the office all the time – have missed what seems to be a large-scale shift in the power dynamic between employer and employee....

Security researchers said all of the dark web sites for the prolific ransomware group – including the payment site, the group’s public site, the ‘helpdesk’ chat and their negotiation portal – went offline on July 13 after the Kaseya attack drew worldwide condemnation and tough threats from US lawmakers. US President Joe Biden spoke personally with Russian President Vladimir Putin after the attack. Many attributed REvil’s closure to the conversation, where Biden pressed Putin about ransomware attacks originating from Russian soil....

The blame for the revenue dip was pinned on a lack of roaming revenue due to border closures in the nation as a response to the pandemic, which left a NZ$38 million hole. “The New Zealand economic recovery has been stronger than expected, but with recent travel bubble pauses, uncertainty remains. Closed international borders continue to impact Spark through the loss of roaming revenues, lower overall growth in some markets, and talent scarcity within the technology sector,” Spark chair Justine Smyth said....

The news is part of a larger shift underway in the quick-serve sector, driven in part by the demand for contactless service and in part by a tight labor market and rising wages toward automation. Just this week, in a similar move, Jamba announced it was strengthening its collaboration with Blendid, which makes a juice robot. White Castle first trialed Miso’s original Flippy robot in a Chicago-area location in 2020....

One thing, however, that did tend to put me off was how slow Ubuntu was to update installed applications. For the longest time, Ubuntu lagged behind so many other distributions with the release versions used for certain applications. Inevitably, I’d had to manually install the latest releases of apps like LibreOffice to get the most recent versions. Also: How to install Ubuntu Linux (It’s easy!) More to the point, one issue was that every 6 months it was time for a new upgrade....

Fresh from unveiling its Bullitt Satellite Connect (BSC) service and Bullitt Satellite Messenger (BSM) OTT app at CES 2023, British company Bullitt Group has announced the fully rugged Cat S75 smartphone, a flagship 5G handset with added satellite comms capability, courtesy of BSC and BSM, at Mobile World Congress (MWC). In the US and Latin America, essentially the same Bullitt-designed and manufactured phone will be sold as the Motorola Defy 2....