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1st actual computer bug found, September 9, 1947 | EDN

http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4420729/1st-actual-computer-bug-found–September-9–1947?utm_content=buffer327f4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer The term “bug” had been used by engineers to describe flaws in machines as far back as Thomas Edison, but Hopper popularized “bug” and “debug” as early computer-programmer language. 

Sun set: Oracle closes down Sun product lines

http://www.zdnet.com/article/sun-set-oracle-closes-down-last-sun-product-lines/ Officially, Oraclehasn’t said a thing.  As many as 2,500 Oracle, former Sun, employees have been laid off. Good bye, SPARC. Good bye, Solaris. Your day is done. None of this is a real surprise.  Indeed, you’d be hard pressed to find anything that went right with Oracle’s $7.2 billion purchase of Sun. Oracle buying Sun was a

It’s time to build our own Equifax with blackjack and crypto | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/08/its-time-to-build-our-own-equifax-with-blackjack-and-crypto/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook This article talks about security breach that will affect verty many people in the USA. It can cause need to rethink the current sloppy security practices on many companies – the identifying data many companies use has now leaked out. The private data of 143 million Equifax “customers” is now available for download. Have no doubt:

5 Google ARCore Experiments That Inject Magic into Everyday Life – Road to VR

https://www.roadtovr.com/5-google-arcore-experiments-inject-magic-everyday-life/ Google just released a preview version of ARCore for Android as the company’s answer to Apple’s ARKit. Since ARKit was released a few months ago, we’ve seen a bevy of really cool experiments and potential apps to come from developers from all over the world, but now it’s ARCore’s turn to shine.

Flip-flop qubits: Radical new quantum computing design invented

https://m.phys.org/news/2017-09-flip-flop-qubits-radical-quantum.html Engineers at Australia’s University of New South Wales have invented a radical new architecture for quantum computing, based on novel ‘flip-flop qubits’, that promises to make the large-scale manufacture of quantum chips dramatically cheaper – and easier – than thought possible.

Test is a key challenge for 5G | EDN

http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/5g-waves/4458755/Test-is-a-key-challenge-for-5G?utm_content=buffer9267c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer The most recent 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) Plenary meeting in West Palm Beach, Florida confirmed that the industry continues to make excellent progress for meeting the goal of having the 5G New Radio (5G NR) physical layer defined by December 2017. But there is still a long road ahead.

Playing with kernel TLS in Linux 4.13 and Go

https://blog.filippo.io/playing-with-kernel-tls-in-linux-4-13-and-go/ Linux 4.13 introduces support for nothing less than… TLS! The 1600 LoC patch allows userspace to pass the kernel the encryption keys for an established connection, making encryption happen transparently inside the kernel. The only ciphersuite supported is AES-128-GCM as per RFC 5288. The kernel only handles the record layer, that is, it only takes care