Friday, 18 August 2017

Adblock Plus wins again: New court ruling backs ad blocker against media firms

Publishers have failed again in their attempts to have ad blocking ruled illegal.

Drupal patches critical access bypass flaw in engine core

Drupal has released security fixes to smooth over a serious access bypass vulnerability, among other bugs.

ASU, Amazon partner to offer Echo Dot to 1,600 engineering students

Engineering students will get access to the Echo Dot to become ‘leaders in voice-technology development’. Arizona State University also plans to offer three voice-technology courses this semester.

Solar eclipse 2017: By the numbers

Let’s take a look at some of the key facts relating to the solar eclipse happening August 21, 2017, and put some of that data into a tech-related context.

A Pillar of Chinese Growth Starts to Show Cracks

Housing prices rose more slowly in China’s interior for the second time in two months—a potentially worrying sign for growth following a raft of weak data in July.

Post-Brexit Trade Rules as Murky as Ever for U.K.

New British proposals over ‘frictionless trade’ in goods leaves both exporters and importers in a quandary.

Thursday, 17 August 2017

Oracle considers moving Java EE to an open source foundation

Oracle said it’s in talks with several candidate foundations over the possible move, as well as with licensees and the community.