Day: January 22, 2021

AWS has been doing things that are ‘just NOT OK since 2015,’ says Elastic as firm yanks Apache 2.0 licence – FOSS blues

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Elastic CEO and co-founder Shay Banon has attacked AWS for what he claims is unacceptable use of the open-source Elasticsearch product and trademark. Banon’s post is part of the company’s defence of its decision to drop the open-source Apache 2.0 licence for its ElasticSearch and Kibana products and instead use the copyleft SSPL or restrictive Read more about AWS has been doing things that are ‘just NOT OK since 2015,’ says Elastic as firm yanks Apache 2.0 licence – FOSS blues[…]

Laptops given to British schoolkids came preloaded with malware and talked to Russia when booted

Posted on by Robin Edgar

A shipment of laptops supplied to British schoolkids by the Department for Education to help them learn under lockdown came preloaded with malware, The Register can reveal. The affected laptops, supplied to schools under the government’s Get Help With Technology (GHWT) scheme, which started last year, came bundled with the Gamarue malware – an old Read more about Laptops given to British schoolkids came preloaded with malware and talked to Russia when booted[…]

Prostate Cancer can be precisely diagnosed using a urine test with artificial intelligence

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among men. Patients are determined to have prostate cancer primarily based on PSA, a cancer factor in blood. However, as diagnostic accuracy is as low as 30%, a considerable number of patients undergo additional invasive biopsy and thus suffer from resultant side effects, such as bleeding Read more about Prostate Cancer can be precisely diagnosed using a urine test with artificial intelligence[…]

Elon Musk to offer $100 million prize for ‘best’ carbon capture tech

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Elon Musk on Thursday took to Twitter to promise a $100 million prize for development of the “best” technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions. Capturing planet-warming emissions is becoming a critical part of many plans to keep climate change in check, but very little progress has been made on the technology to date, with efforts Read more about Elon Musk to offer $100 million prize for ‘best’ carbon capture tech[…]