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- A project managers guide to Ansible
From application deployment to provisioning, Ansible is a powerful open source tool for automating routine IT tasks. It can help an organization[he]#039[/he]s IT run smoothly, with core IT processes networked ... read more19 mins ago - Attack of the Clones with custom Proton builds for Steam Play on LinuxI know how you all love to tinker, so how about tinkering away with some custom builds of Steam Play Proton on this fine Tuesday afternoon? ... read more19 mins ago
- Four great summer reads for technology executives
As a co-founder of a digital health startup, my daily reading list typically consists of industry news. When I have some downtime, however, I tend to lean towards books that ... read more24 mins ago - Your heatwave could be worse because of a drought somewhere else
Enlarge / Temperatures during the third week of July, 2019. (credit: NASA Earth Observatory) Long-lived heatwaves in the mid-latitudes are typically the result of an atmospheric pattern known ... read more37 mins ago - Guarding and Rescuing the FSF Titanic: The Simplest Ways that AI will Change ComputingAI is already used to help kill people. We should be cautious, and know that the best rules we come up with (like no doing magic outside the school grounds) ... read more49 mins ago
- KDE Applications 19.08 Open-Source Software Suite Released, Here’s What’s New
The KDE Project released the final version of the KDE Applications 19.08 open-source software suite for GNU/Linux distributions, a major release that adds many new features and dozens of improvements. ... read more52 mins ago - Can digital identity verification save the sharing economy?With online sharing services (such as Uber, Airbnb and TaskRabbit) expected to be utilized by 86.5 million people by 2021, it is evident that the sharing economy is now mainstream. ... read more54 mins ago
- New Hampshire Supreme Court: Of Course It’s Not Defamatory To Call A Patent Troll A Patent Troll
Earlier this year, we wrote about a legal fight in New Hampshire, where patent trolling firm ATL, had sued a bunch of critics for defamation for calling them a ... read more1 hour ago - After seven roof fires, Walmart sues Tesla over solar panel flaws
Enlarge / A photo from Walmart's lawsuit shows charred solar panels on top of a Walmart store. (credit: Walmart) Walmart filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Tesla on ... read more1 hour ago - The cloud isn't killing open source softwareOver the last few months, I participated in two keynote panels where people asked questions about open source licensing:Do we need to redefine what open source means in the age ... read more1 hour ago
