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TechCrunch[^]:

Here’s an idea: Let’s set our computers to defend our computers. Let’s build a computer strong enough, fast enough and smart enough to defend us all from hackers on its own. Can we do this? Probably not; and if it turns out that we can… we’ll end up in a be-careful-what-you-wish-for scenario. Let’s explore why artificial intelligence will probably never be smart enough to end cybercrime.

SD Times[^]:

From the developer’s perspective, the Internet of Things might well appear as a nebulous blob of a million SDKs all layered on top of one another and manifesting in droplets of code everywhere.

For the manager, it can mean lots of little projects and orphaned items running around in the corners, as single items enter the market, become obsolete, and are replaced.

InfoQ[^]:

Alongside a few other features, three major ones are described: pattern matching, tuple syntax and nullable references.

Current Biology[^]

Couvillon et al. show that naturally occurring caffeinated forage tricks honeybees into acting as if nectar quality, measured by bees as sugar content, is higher than it really is. Workers increase foraging and recruitment behaviors, which ultimately quadruples colony-level recruitment, tempting the colony into sub-optimal foraging strategies.

Gizmodo[^]:

You’ve heard it before: In space, no one can hear you scream. That’s because sound doesn’t move through a vacuum, and everyone knows that space is a vacuum. The thing is, that’s not completely true.

Techcrunch[^]:

In this past year, HTML5 adoption has gone into overdrive, with more and more companies moving to HTML5 to deliver rich cross-platform web applications.

CIO[^]:

Citizen developers can produce valuable businesses applications quickly, but is speed to market worth the risk of security and compliance considerations flying out of the window?

Softopedia[^]:

Symantec has uncovered an ongoing campaign in which hackers are using malware to hijack MySQL servers, enrolling them into a botnet specialized in launching DDoS attacks.

Infoworld[^]:

Emerging from its Windows 8 midlife crisis is a mature company that mixes confidence and forward thinking.

TechCrunch[^]:

Rackspace is getting deeper into the container game. The company today announced the beta launch of its Carina container service. Carina gives developers access to a fully managed container environment that offers bare-metal performance and still allows them to use the same native Docker tools they are used to from their local development environments.