Microsoft Visual Studio Code gets official Snap version for Linux
Two days after the general availability of Visual Studio 2019 for Windows and Mac, Microsoft will make Visual Studio Code available on Linux as Snap. This version has been available for Windows, Linux and Mac since 2016 and now benefits from Snap support for seamless automatic updates.
Microsoft rel... Read more
Hackers hijacked DNS traffic on D-Link routers for three months
A hacker group has been hacking in-house routers over the past three months - especially D-Link models - to adjust DNS server settings and hijack traffic intended for legitimate sites and redirect them to rogue cloning.
The attackers use known exploits and router firmware to hack into vulnerable de... Read more
AI from IBM learns by playing Flappy Bird
IBM scientists have unveiled research on how machines can constantly learn tasks, getting better and better instead of getting stuck on one level. The game Flappy Bird was used as a test, writes ZDNet.
The scientists carried out research into something that is also known as 'lifelong learning' or '... Read more
LinkedIn tool prepares data for TensorFlow
LinkedIn has created an internally built open source tool. This is Avro2TF, a conversion tool that transforms data from Apache Spark to a format that can easily be used by TensorFlow, for machine learning purposes.
The new tool allows data scientists and other users to convert data sets in Apache Av... Read more
Slack launches new search function
Slack has made it easier for users with many channels in the chat service to find information in a specific channel. A new search function has been released for this, reports UC Today.
The new Channel Search feature builds on the company's Work Graph, which allows users to find the best available c... Read more
Exact Spring ’19 release should make administrative operations more efficient
Exactly presented his Spring '19 release. The release will include several new features that will enable entrepreneurs and accountants to handle administrative tasks more quickly and efficiently. Among other things, it is possible to send electronic invoices directly from Exact Online via the PEPPOL... Read more
Leak in Google Chrome shows problems in Google’s patch process
István Kurucsai, security researcher for Exodus Intelligence, has published proof-of-concept code for a vulnerability in Google Chrome that has not yet been plugged. The researcher wants to show that there are problems with Google's patch process.
The vulnerability - a remote code execution error... Read more
Barracuda Networks sees sharp rise in malware with malicious documents
Research by Barracuda Networks shows that hackers are increasingly sending out e-mails with compromised documents. In the first three months of this year, the number of intercepted mails with this attempted hacking has increased by more than half.
According to the security experts, in the first thre... Read more
SUSE aims arrows at SAP HANA at Azure
SUSE has announced the first Enterprise Linux image for SAP HANA 'large instances' on Azure. The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for SAP Applications image on Azure must provide consistent build and management capabilities on Azure.
SAP HANA Large Instances on Azure are hardware configurations d... Read more
Huawei spied on by United States in search of evidence for fraud case
Huawei was secretly spied on by the United States. That way, the country tried to gather evidence in the fraud case against the Chinese company. That's what prosecutors in America have announced, Reuters writes.
The evidence was collected through electronic surveillance, but also through physical se... Read more