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: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 09 January 2019; Hits: 470

The proper use of artificial intelligence is that which frees people to pursue the things that humans do best: being creative and connecting with other human beings.

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So says Jeff Green, chief executive of the The Trade

: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 09 January 2019; Hits: 468

News briefs for January 9, 2019.

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Qubes OS 4.0.1 was released ^[1] today, marking the first stable point release in the 4.0 series. Updates include all 4.0 dom0 updates, Fedora 29 TemplateVM, Debian 9 Template VM,

: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 09 January 2019; Hits: 410

Yubico has finally gotten the green light from Apple to make a hardware authentication token that works on iPhones and iPads.

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: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 08 January 2019; Hits: 993

In Star Trek, the Borg adds individuals to its collective consciousness, an apt metaphor for any backup application that stores individual files in an archive. BorgBackup creates folder repositories for multiple archives, making it an especially befitting description...

: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 08 January 2019; Hits: 525

Search came a long way this past year. We saw the appearance of the zero-result SERP, featuring knowledge cards for answers such as conversions and times.

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We welcomed the mobile-first index ^[1]

: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 08 January 2019; Hits: 454

An article inspired by a KubeCon North America 2018 conference talk was our biggest hit last week. Read on to see our round up of...

: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 08 January 2019; Hits: 444

Lenovo launched a Smart Clock that goes along with its Smart Display and Smart Home Essentials devices. And as far as clocks go Lenovo isn't exactly reinventing the category. In fact, Lenovo's device, which is "purpose-made for your...

: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 08 January 2019; Hits: 408

News briefs for January 8, 2019.

GitHub's CEO Nat Friedman yesterday announced that free accounts now can create private repositories (previously only paid accounts could have private repositories). Ars Technica reports^[1] that "Now every...

: Written by: J D; Category: News; Published: 08 January 2019; Hits: 447

The special counsel has lots of unfinished business on his to-do list this year, including a final report. Here's a rundown.

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