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Daily Crunch: Major tech firms partner with Linux Foundation to support open map data development

TechCrunch

A gaggle of companies, including Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom, have partnered with the Linux Foundation to form the Overture Maps Foundation to do a few things: develop interoperable open map data and knock Google’s map dominance down a few pegs. Image Credits: Jonathan Knowles (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Paul has more.

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Radar trends to watch: November 2021

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Kerla is a Linux-like operating system kernel written in Rust that can run most Linux executables. I doubt this will ever be integrated into Linux, but it’s yet another sign that Rust has joined the big time. library (UA-Parser-JS) installs crypto miners and trojans for stealing passwords on Linux and Windows systems.

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I’ve Been Everywhere, and the Risks it Can Bring to your Workplace

Ivanti

At Ivanti we talk about the Everywhere Workplace, and when I think about my work journey over the past 9 years I have worked from a lot of different locations, across hotel lobbies, cafes, airport lounges, offices, the back of an Uber, and of more recent times from home. You will by now be wondering what has this to do with an Ivanti blog?

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How to securely send your personal information

The Parallax

Suspect a hidden camera in your Airbnb or hotel? The challenge with PGP is that not only do you have to use it correctly, with different instructions for Windows , Mac , and Linux , but so does your recipient. When sending between Gmail accounts or within a company, he adds, secure transport “probably isn’t an issue.”

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Are AWS Reserved Instances Better Than On-Demand?

ParkMyCloud

An instance reservation is not like a hotel reservation, where you end up with a specific room for the duration of your stay. By the way, remember that per-second billing only applies to instances running an open-license OS like Amazon Linux or Ubuntu. . It is NOT APPLICABLE to any flavor of Windows or other licensed software and OS.

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Business Intelligence tools & use cases

Apiumhub

Airlines and hotel chains are big users of BI for things such as tracking flight capacity and room occupancy rates, setting and adjusting prices, and scheduling workers. In healthcare organizations, BI and analytics aid in the diagnosis of diseases and other medical conditions and in efforts to improve patient care and outcomes.

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Camunda Cloud: The why, the what and the how

Bernd Rucker

What followed was a painful process of creating the right Docker images, understanding Kubernetes specifics, Helm charts and some shell scripting which even led me to get to know the Linux subsystem of my Windows 10 machine (OK?—?I I am actually grateful for that?—?but but it took quite some time).