The LightNeuron Microsoft Exchange backdoor can read, modify or block emails going through the compromised server, and even compose and send new emails.
Source: Researchers discover highly stealthy Microsoft Exchange backdoor – Help Net Security
Author: Andreas
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Stealthy Microsoft Exchange backdoor discovered
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IntelliCode for AI-assisted now available
Microsoft trained an AI with Github projects that have more than 100 stars on them. The AI is supposed to help coding. And it is available now. AI is not yet there to take a programmers job, but Facebook took similar approaches to speed up development. Be afraid, coding people.
Symbolbild (Techcrunch) IntelliCode, Microsoft’s tool for AI-assisted coding, is now generally available. It supports C# and XAML in Visual Studio and Java, JavaScript, TypeScript and Python in Visual Studio Code. By default, it is now also included in Visual Studio 2019, starting with the second preview of version 16.1, which the company also announced that. IntelliCode is […]
Source: Microsoft’s IntelliCode for AI-assisted coding comes out of preview | TechCrunch
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Why Do Companies Need All That Personal Data They’re Collecting?
It’s the Tech perspective, but has the potential for a good debate. Under GDPR it’s not even compliant and still plenty of companies collect all data they can get hold of. Driven by Big Data vendors telling the narrative of Data Lakes, that only require you the data today, should you want to ask any question you don’t know yet in the future.
Only – have you ever come up with a question that you could not answer based on the data that is already available? Based on data that you collected in a Data Lake?
Big disclaimer: personally I don’t conclude with the assumptions made in the initial article, but the question is worth thinking about. In particular because most organizations I met until today are not metric driven in first place.
Source: Ask Slashdot: Why Do Companies Need All That Personal Data They’re Collecting? – Slashdot
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What Makes People Upgrade Products?
With the release, a product ain’t done yet. Customers may like that product and go for with this product for a long while. At some point, a new release will bring them to make a decision. HBR has a perspective on the drivers for these decision points.
CULTURA RM EXCLUSIVE/ROB PRIDEAUX/GETTY IMAGES through Article source People splurge when they think they’ve grown.
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AWS opens up its managed blockchain as a service to everybody | TechCrunch
So, there is a Blockchain service on the cloud. As such this is no news, the news is it’s AWS that gives you this offering. If you are planning to leverage this option because you need Blockchain in your organization, you definitely need help understanding the technology.
It’s not AWS to blame to take your $
After announcing that they were launching a managed blockchain service late last year, Amazon Web Services is now opening that service for general availability. It was only about five months ago that AWS chief executive Andy Jassy announced that the company was reversing course on its previous dismissal of blockchain technologies and laid out a […]Source: AWS opens up its managed blockchain as a service to everybody | TechCrunch
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Infocom text adventure classics
Not actually brand new, but given all of these are 30+ years old, it’s still worth mentioning that all Infocom Text Adventures are on Github now!
Yes, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Zork are both included.Source: You can now download the source code for all Infocom text adventure classics | Ars Technica
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Fastly files for IPO
Crunchbase has a First Look At The Fastly IPO Filing
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Facebook is working on an AI voice assistant similar to Alexa
Facebook had a rough 2018 and 2019 didn’t really start too well either, when Instagram leaked passwords. Meanwhile, Amazon’s Alexa had it’s own scandal when it turned out that not machines but humans listened to their customers commands. With all of this combined, it doesn’t sound like a great idea to offer more surface for these kind of events. Still, Facebook seems to plan to release a voice assistant of its own.
There’s no indication that it will extend outside Facebook’s own hardware—yet.
Source: Facebook is working on an AI voice assistant similar to Alexa, Google Assistant | Ars Technica
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Meanwhile in Japan
Science Professor Reportedly Admits to Making MDMA With His Students Because What the Hell
A pharmaceutical science professor in Japan allegedly taught his students how to make the illegal drug MDMA, and claimed it was important for their education.Source: Science Professor Reportedly Admits to Making MDMA With His Students Because What the Hell