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Facebook finally shuts down its Parse mobile development platform

By Duncan Riley Jan 30, 2017

Facebook Inc. has officially closed its Parse mobile development platform some 12 months after announcing that it intended to do so. Parse, which was used by developers to build mobile applications for iOS, Android, Windows and other platforms,…

Big Data

MXNet, Amazon’s preferred deep learning framework, gets open source blessing

By Mike Wheatley Jan 30, 2017

Amazon Web Services is hoping for a little open-source love to boost the development of its preferred deep learning neural network framework, MXNet. The cloud computing giant Monday announced that MXNet has been accepted…

Silicon Valley’s next battle: Trump’s proposed work visa program

By James Farrell Jan 30, 2017

President Donald Trump’s next move likely to provoke the ire of Silicon Valley could leave companies scrambling to find staff. On the back of Trump’s highly controversial immigration ban comes the possibility of new work…

Emerging Tech

Microsoft and Tierion link up on blockchain certificate technology

By Kyt Dotson Jan 30, 2017

Software giant Microsoft Corp. and blockchain technology company Tierion Inc. today announced a collaboration to build a system of distributed proof of integrity and existence for data. The resulting platform will be used to allow…

Apps

Dropbox aims at enterprise businesses with Smart Sync and Paper

By Eric David Jan 30, 2017

File backup and syncing platform Dropbox Inc. has been steadily adding new features aimed at the enterprise, and today the company has finally launched Smart Sync, a tool for Dropbox Business users that makes…

Big Data

How one university tries to balance student privacy with campus security

By Eric David Jan 30, 2017

Striking a balance between privacy and security is a difficult problem for any industry, but it has become especially challenging for universities in the wake of multiple instances of campus violence over the last…

Apps

Internet providers finally retire ‘six strikes’ piracy warnings

By Eric David Jan 30, 2017

Media pirates in the U.S. may be able to rest a little easier now, as the controversial “six strikes” copyright infringement warning system has officially been retired. Internet service providers began sending warnings to…

ACLU gets millions in donations from tech companies, execs

By James Farrell Jan 30, 2017

The overwhelming and highly critical response from the tech industry to President Donald Trump’s immigration ban has now manifested into hard cash. The American Civil Liberties Union has received $24 million over the weekend, in…

Infra

Jennifer Lawrence photo hacker sentenced to nine months in jail

By Duncan Riley Jan 30, 2017

The hacker behind the infamous “celebgate/fappening” hacking scandal in 2014 that resulted in erotic images of celebrities appearing online has been sentenced to nine months in prison. Edward Majerczyk, 28, of Chicago, had previously pleaded…

Infra

Controversial hack repository LeakedSource offline following alleged raid

By Duncan Riley Jan 30, 2017

Controversial online hack repository LeakedSource is offline following unconfirmed reports that the owner was raided by authorities who seized the servers running the site. The site, which had been running for a number of years,…

all stories

Facebook finally shuts down its Parse mobile development platform

MXNet, Amazon’s preferred deep learning framework, gets open source blessing

Silicon Valley’s next battle: Trump’s proposed work visa program

Microsoft and Tierion link up on blockchain certificate technology

How one university tries to balance student privacy with campus security

Internet providers finally retire ‘six strikes’ piracy warnings

ACLU gets millions in donations from tech companies, execs

Jennifer Lawrence photo hacker sentenced to nine months in jail

Controversial hack repository LeakedSource offline following alleged raid

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