“HTTP over QUIC” – the new standard for the web, enabling faster, more reliable, and more secure connections to web endpoints like websites and APIs. … Read more here.
HTTP/3: the past, the present, and the future
Web scraping doesn’t violate anti-hacking law, appeals court rules
Scraping a public website without the approval of the website’s owner isn’t a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, an appeals court ruled on Monday. The ruling comes in a legal battle that pits Microsoft-owned LinkedIn against a small data-analytics company called hiQ Labs. … Read more here.
The Case for Hiring Older Workers
There’s a lot of talk about gender bias, racial bias, and culture bias at work, and each are important for many reasons. But perhaps one of the biggest and most problematic types of bias we face is the bias of age: we often evaluate people based on their age, and this is now becoming a major challenge in the workplace. Read more here.
Amazon Web Services Announces Cryptography-Using Quantum Ledger Database
Amazon Web Services, Inc., an Amazon.com company, announced that the Amazon quantum ledger database (QLDB) was now available. … Read more here.
Your older work colleagues can teach you your future
If you want to know who you’ll be in a few years, you might get a preview by observing your older colleagues. Apart from sprouting grey hair (kidding!), there’s a good chance that, like them, you’ll acquire more responsibilities, and not just at work. You might start dating someone seriously or get married, maybe even have kids, rise through the ranks, move abroad for a job, take a sabbatical—or perhaps, none of those things. But by studying your older co-workers, you can decide whether their career choices and accompanying lifestyles will suit you someday. … Read more here.
USB4 To Roll Out Next Year With Transfer Speeds Of Up To 40Gbps
The speedy USB4 is nearly ready to roll out as the USB Implementers Forum announces the final specifications of the upcoming device. With the technical specifications confirmed, hardware and software developers can now begin to build and produce products that can support the USB4 in time for its expected launch in 2020. … Read more here.
Open source champion Microsoft makes the Linux kernel better with exFAT
Windows 10 Version 1809 Bringing Added Support for Linux Distros
Microsoft plans to deliver more Linux love with the Windows Subsystem for Linux when it finally releases Windows 10 version 1809, otherwise known as the “October 2018 Update.”. … Read more here.