IBM Research has announced two container-based open-source projects — Encrypted Container Images and Trusted Service Identity — to enable confidentiality of code and data. Encrypted Container Images protects the confidentiality of the workload/code by extending the OCI container image specification with +encrypted media types while Trusted Service Identity protects sensitive data access.
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YouTuber Marc Verdiell, a.k.a. CuriousMarc, has turned a 1930s teletype machine into a Linux terminal. To do that, he had to make circuitry and programming that translates five-bit Baudot code into eight-bit ASCII code. Let’s take a crash course in the history of over-wire communication.
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It looks like Lenovo may upstage Dell as the big name in OEM Linux laptops—not counting specialty retailers like System76, of course. Red Hat and Lenovo are announcing pre-installed and factory-supported Fedora Workstation on several models of ThinkPad laptops at Red Hat Summit this week.
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Con Kolivas is out with his Linux 5.6-ck1 optimization patch-set and version 0.199 of the MuQSS scheduler. This re-base against the Linux 5.6 stable kernel is coming late due to Kolivas leading a team making 3D printed COVID-19 equipment in Australia. No major changes this time besides re-basing against the latest stable kernel series.
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In order to navigate out of Covid-19 lockdown, Amanda Brock, CEO at OpenUK, suggests open source is needed for the acceptance of contact tracing apps. Tracking those who have had Covid-19 is a non-technical problem, but of course technology can provide a tool to facilitate tracking.
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Free open source hardware and 3D printing could help to alleviate the burden of Covid-19 on global health systems, according to scientists at the University of Sussex. FOSH follows an ethos where blueprints for a tool are made freely available so that anyone can study, customize and commercialize them.
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Linus Torvalds just released the third weekly release candidate of the forthcoming Linux 5.7 kernel. As we approach the midway point of the RCs for Linux 5.7, Linus noted that “In a world gone mad, the kernel looks almost boringly regular. Which is just how I like it. Thanks, guys and gals.”
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Micron Technology has launched the first open-source, heterogeneous-memory storage engine (HSE), designed specifically for solid-state drives (SSDs) and storage-class memory (SCM). HSE, originally developed by Micron and now available to the open-source community, is ideal for developers using all-flash infrastructure who require the benefits of open-source software.
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Boston Dynamics has released hardware and software designs for robotics potentially valuable in the field for use during the coronavirus pandemic. Over the past six weeks, the company’s most famous design, the Spot robot, has been the focus of application architectural development for frontline hospital use.
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It comes as no surprise, but the JavaScript ecosystem is huge. Slashdata reports that roughly 12.2 million developers use it. JS excels in web development, the cloud, and third-party app extension ecosystems. Popular apps such as Duolingo saw success after migrating from Java to Kotlin.
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