today's leftovers
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Five South African IT inventions that changed the world [Ed: Ubuntu is not an "invention"; it's Debian with another name and some staff that customises it.]
In 2004, Ubuntu computer operating system was invented by Mark Shuttleworth. It is a Debian-based Linux operating system and it is distributed as free and open source software. The word Ubuntu comes from the Bantu language and it means “humanity towards others” or “I am because we are”.
Ubuntu is popular for its ease of use and its wide range of applications. Over 20% of the web runs on Ubuntu. French Police migrated over 80 000 desktops to Ubuntu from Windows and saved over 2 million euro.
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Canonical Announces Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Support for FlexRAN Reference Software
Canonical is thrilled to announce today the availability of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with real-time kernel support and optimizations for Intel’s latest FlexRAN Reference Software. Designed to meet telecom network transformation needs for 5G, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS real-time kernel delivers performance, guaranteed ultra-low latency and security for critical infrastructure. With this release, Canonical strengthens its commitment to help telecommunications service providers benefit from the technological and economic benefits of open source-software in a secure and supported manner.
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Besides offering real-time-kernel capabilities in Ubuntu which are suited for today’s 5G networks, Canonical offers a full stack of supported open-source technology building blocks, providing a unified approach for telco transformation.
Canonical conducted detailed performance testing, with OpenRAN on bare metal as well as on Canonical’s MicroK8s and Charmed Kubernetes distributions. The tests showed that Ubuntu delivers better results than any other operating system thanks to the company’s tight collaboration with upstream kernel development and extremely fast patching and release cycles. Telecom providers can deploy containers without compromising on performance or security.
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A team that grows together, builds together
With fresh faces wide-eyed for new challenges, Collabora happily welcomes new teammates to the growing roster! A testament to the open environment created by collaborative remote work, our latest joiners are equipped to contribute to the exciting projects we have in the works.
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Hugging Face and ServiceNow launch BigCode, a project to open source code-generating AI systems [Ed: More "hype" and hot air]
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How open-source data labeling technology can mitigate bias | VentureBeat
Data labeling is one of the most fundamental aspects of machine learning. It is also often an area where organizations struggle – both to accurately categorize data and reduce potential bias.
With data labeling technology, a dataset used to train a machine learning model is first analyzed and given a label that provides a category and a definition of what the data is actually about. While data labeling is a critical component of the machine learning process, recently it has also proven to be highly inconsistent, according to multiple studies. The need for accurate data labeling has fuelled a bustling marketplace of data labeling vendors.
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Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop
The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 106 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks.
Chrome 106.0.5249.61 ( Mac/linux) and 106.0.5249.61/62( Windows) contains a number of fixes and improvements -- a list of changes is available in the log. Watch out for upcoming Chrome and Chromium blog posts about new features and big efforts delivered in 106.
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Oracle fined US$23m for violations of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act [Ed: Like Microsoft, Oracle relies on crime to do "business"]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has asked Oracle to pay more than US$23 million (A$35.7 million) to resolve charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
In a statement, the SEC said Oracle's subsidiaries in Turkey, the UAE and India had created and used slush funds to bribe officials for business between 2016 and 2019.
Oracle subsidiaries in Turkey and the UAE also used these slush funds to pay costs for foreign officials to attend tech conferences. This violated the company's policies and procedures, the statement said.
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The SEC said its investigation was conducted by Samantha Martin and Laura Bennett and supervised by David Reece. It thanked the Capital Markets Board of Turkey, Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority, and the Securities and Exchange Board of India for their help.
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Top 5 Best NFC Apps for Android Devices in 2022
When someone is thinking about the best contactless card payment system, he must count NFC as the best option. Basically, NFC stands for near-field communication, and it is one of the most popular contactless payment or money transfer systems. Most people use their smartphones to use this service.
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How the HPC-AI Rocky Linux Server Operating System Rose from the CentOS Ashes - High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC
If you were an advocate of CentOS Linux, you knew all about it. You knew its traits, its ways, its bugs, its quirks. You knew its personality. You knew how to tease the best out of it, and how to avoid the things it did that drove you crazy. You developed a CentOS skill set that became second nature. Together with CentOS, big things got done, systems and careers were built, successes achieved. So when CentOS passed into end-of-life two Decembers ago, something central was taken out of the work life of its users.
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Plasma Mobile Gear ⚙ 22.09 is Out - Plasma Mobile
The Plasma Mobile team is happy to announce the developments integrated into Plasma Mobile between July-September 2022. In this report you can also read about the release of Plasma Mobile Gear ⚙ 22.09.
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5 of the Best Solutions for Monitoring Website Changes - Make Tech Easier
One of the quickest ways to check a website for new updates is to add the site to your favorite RSS reader and let the tool notify you of any new content. However, an RSS reader can only check for updates within the confines of RSS-formatted code.
This limitation means RSS readers won’t work on any static webpages or dynamic websites without RSS components. Fortunately, you can use third-party tools to monitor website changes and receive notifications for any new changes.