Microsoft’s move to please devs: free private GitHub!
Last year’s acquisition of GitHub by Microsoft got quite a few standing in opposition on their hind heels. The Redmond giant is known for its opposition to open-source. And developers are known for their approval of open-source. Hence the fierce statements when the acquisition announcement was made. To start the year, Microsoft sends a nice […]
Net neutrality: France is world champion
Arcep (independent French agency in charge of regulating telecommunications in France) has launched the app, Wehe. It evaluates if an internet provider respects net neutrality. After the first series of analysis, France is far ahead with positive results. Net neutrality (or network neutrality) is a principle of digital governance. All internet content must have […]
Google kills off Google + even sooner than expected
Last October, Google announced they were sunsetting the consumer version of Google + following some privacy breaches and low usage. The deadline was August 2019. Because of yet another bug, the demise will come earlier. One bug too many A new bug was discovered following the November update. Once again, it affects […]
#FrenchTechFriday: Keep your home private with Snips
Personal assistants have made their way into our homes. We have opened our doors to Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook… We are giving them the key to our most best-kept secret: our family. And we pay for it with private information. French startup Snips wants to take to nosing out of voice assistants with strong […]
Minority Report is real : we can now foresee crime
1956: That was the year the book “Minority Report” was written by Philip K. Dick. 2019: That’s when it will become a reality. With the National Data Analytics Solution, welcome to the age of preventing crime before it happens. Maybe. Preventing crime “Minority Report” is a novel written by Sci-Fi author Philip K. Dick. […]
It’s Christmas early for IBM as they put on a Red Hat
It’s official, IBM is acquiring RedHat, the open-source software company. Although the deal will only be closed in 2019, IBM’s strategic – and costly – move will help the company catch up on cloud computing. Lagging in the clouds Cloud computing has already made its way into numerous businesses. But it is […]
Last call for “unsafe” websites as Chrome 70 rolls in
Chrome 70, the updated web-browser from Google, is due out on October 16th. The websites lacking appropriate SSL certificates will display a highly deterring “unsafe” warning sign. Thousands of websites are in cross-hairs. What’s an SSL certificate? You may have noticed some websites begin with http:// and some with https://. The […]
The ugly side of the Google+ demise
It’s not really a surprise. Google has announced the end of Google+ for consumers. It seems logical since you probably can’t recall the last time someone told you “please join my Google+ circle so we can stay in touch”. But there is a back story to it. A story of flaws, cover up and a […]
Let’s clear up the Russian trolls involvement in the Last Jedi bashing
“Half of negative tweets about the Last Jedi were the works of Russian trolls”. It’s the breaking news of the week since researcher Morten Bay released his preprint paper. But aren’t we a little quick in jumping to conclusions? I’m a Star Wars fan since the Empire Strikes Back (yes, I’m that old). So when […]
China’s plan for domination in Artificial Intelligence
The already pervasive influence of Artificial Intelligence in our lives The key selling point of this year’s iPhone, Apple’s most expensive device yet, is not it’s battery life or speed, but the AI capabilities that are built into it. One feature, revealed in Cupertino at an early September presentation, was the enhanced camera present […]