Unstoppable exploit in Nintendo Switch opens door to homebrew and piracy – TechCrunch The Nintendo Switch may soon be a haven for hackers, but not the kind that want your data — the kind that want to run SNES emulators and Linux on their handheld gaming consoles. A flaw in …
Read More »Pivotal CEO talks IPO and balancing life in Dell family of companies – TechCrunch
Pivotal CEO talks IPO and balancing life in Dell family of companies – TechCrunch Pivotal has kind of a strange role for a company. On one hand its part of the EMC federation companies that Dell acquired in 2016 for a cool $67 billion, but it’s also an independently operated …
Read More »NS1 brings domain name services to the enterprise – TechCrunch
NS1 brings domain name services to the enterprise – TechCrunch When you think about critical infrastructure, DNS or domain naming services might not pop into your head, but what is more important than making sure your website opens quickly and efficiently for your users. NS1 is a New York City …
Read More »Kubernetes and Cloud Foundry grow closer – TechCrunch
Kubernetes and Cloud Foundry grow closer – TechCrunch Containers are eating the software world — and Kubernetes is the king of containers. So if you are working on any major software project, especially in the enterprise, you will run into it sooner or later. Cloud Foundry, which hosted its semi-annual …
Read More »LinkedIn’s AutoFill plugin could leak user data, secret fix failed – TechCrunch
LinkedIn’s AutoFill plugin could leak user data, secret fix failed – TechCrunch Facebook isn’t the only one in the hot seat over data privacy. A flaw in LinkedIn’s AutoFill plugin that websites use to let you quickly complete forms could have allowed hackers to steal your full name, phone number, …
Read More »Login With Facebook data hijacked by JavaScript trackers – TechCrunch
Login With Facebook data hijacked by JavaScript trackers – TechCrunch Facebook confirms to TechCrunch that it’s investigating a security research report that shows Facebook user data can be grabbed by third-party JavaScript trackers embedded on websites using Login With Facebook. The exploit lets these trackers gather a user’s data including …
Read More »Google Cloud releases Dialogflow Enterprise Edition for building chat apps – TechCrunch
Google Cloud releases Dialogflow Enterprise Edition for building chat apps – TechCrunch Building conversational interfaces is a hot new area for developers. Chatbots can be a way to reduce friction in websites and apps and to give customers quick answers to commonly asked questions in a conversational framework. Today, Google …
Read More »Mirantis bets on Spinnaker, Netflix’s open-source continuous delivery platform – TechCrunch
Mirantis bets on Spinnaker, Netflix’s open-source continuous delivery platform – TechCrunch Spinnaker is the new open-source project to watch. It’s a multi-cloud continuous delivery platform that came out of Netflix and that now also has the backing of Google. The typical cycle for these kind of products, which mirrors what …
Read More »DeferPanic secures $1.5 M seed round to popularize unikernel concept – TechCrunch
DeferPanic secures $1.5 M seed round to popularize unikernel concept – TechCrunch We’ve all probably heard of containers and virtual machines by now. Virtualization enabled IT to break down a single server into multiple machines. Containers allowed you take that concept and make it even smaller. DeferPanic wants to take …
Read More »Google’s ‘Semantic Experiences’ let you play word games with its AI – TechCrunch
Google’s ‘Semantic Experiences’ let you play word games with its AI – TechCrunch Google does a great deal of research into natural language processing and synthesis, but not every project has to be a new Assistant feature or voice improvement. The company has a little fun now and then, when …
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