GitHub has denied rumors today of getting hacked after a mysterious entity shared what they claimed to be the source code of the GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise portals. From a report: The “supposed” source code was leaked via a commit to GitHub’s DMCA section. The commit was also faked to look like it originated from GitHub CEO Nat Friedman. But in…
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Pluto’s snowcapped mountains are unlike any on Earth
A new study shows how methane snow accumulates on Pluto’s mountain peaks. These snowcaps – first seen by New Horizons in 2015 – look a lot like ones on Earth, but form in a very alien environment. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/methane-snowcapped-mountains-on-pluto-new-horizons…
Are We Headed For 200 Separate Nationally-Controlled Internets?
Roger Cochetti directed internet public policy for IBM from 1994 through 2000 and later served as Senior Vice-President & Chief Policy Officer for VeriSign and Group Policy Director for CompTIA. This week he warned about signs “that the once open, global internet is slowly being replaced by 200, nationally-controlled, separate internets.” And, while these separate American, Chinese, Russian, Australian, European, British,…
World leaders pledge to protect nature – will it make a difference?
The sheer number of global leaders pledging to protect nature at a virtual UN biodiversity summit is progress – but we need more than warm words to limit habitat loss and species extinction Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2255866-world-leaders-pledge-to-protect-nature-will-it-make-a-difference/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
China Blocks Wikimedia Foundation’s Accreditation To World Intellectual Property Organization
China this week blocked the Wikimedia Foundation’s application for observer status at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations (UN) organization that develops international treaties on copyright, IP, trademarks, patents and related issues. As a result of the block, the Foundation’s application for observer status has been suspended and will be reconsidered at a future WIPO meeting in 2021….
WHO Says No Change To COVID-19 Transmission Guidance After US Draft Change
The World Health Organization has not changed its policy on aerosol transmission of the coronavirus, it said on Monday after U.S. health officials published draft new guidance by mistake warning that it can spread through airborne particles. From a report: Mike Ryan, executive director of the UN agency’s emergencies programme, said he would follow up with the U.S. Centers for Disease…
IBM Will Feed Four Children For a Day For Every Student Who Masters the Mainframe
This week brings a special event honoring the IBM Z line of mainframes, writes long-time Slashdot reader theodp: As part of this week’s IBM Z Day event, looking-for-young-blood IBM is teaming up with tech-backed K-12 CS nonprofits Code.org and CSforALL and calling on students 14-and-up to Master The Mainframe during the 24-hour code-a-thon to open doors to new opportunities with…
Coursera aumenta sus esfuerzos en América Latina al agregar nuevos socios universitarios en México, Colombia, y Argentina
La Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, la Universidad Nacional de Colombia y la Universidad de Palermo, se unen a nuestra comunidad de socios para llegar a estudiantes de habla hispana en todo el mundo. Coursera, la plataforma de educación en línea más grande a nivel mundial, está creciendo con rapidez en América Latina – sólo en el […]
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Open Source Sustainability is Really a People Problem
Matt Asay, a former COO of Canonical now working at AWS, argues that the question of open source sustainability “is really a people problem.” But to make the case, he cites comments by Tobie Langel, formerly W3C’s testing lead (and a former member of Facebook’s Open Source and Web Standards Team) who’s now founded an open-source strategies consulting firm whose clients…
Covid-19 news: World faces catastrophe from school closures, says UN
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237475-covid-19-news-world-faces-catastrophe-from-school-closures-says-un/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…