Data Center Networking Performance: New Apps Bring New Requirements

Large cloud services providers such as Amazon, Google, Baidu, and Tencent have reinvented the way in which IT services can be delivered, with capabilities that go beyond scale in terms of sheer size to also include scale as it pertains to speed and agility. That’s put traditional carriers on notice: John Donovan, chief strategy officer and group president at AT&T technology and operations, for instance, said last year that AT&T wants to be the “most aggressive IT company in the world.” He noted that in a world where over-the-top (OTT) offerings have become commonplace, application and services development can no longer be defined by legacy processes.

Google Reveals a Powerful New AI Chip and Supercomputer

The announcement reflects how rapidly artificial intelligence is transforming Google itself, and it is the surest sign yet that the company plans to lead the development of every relevant aspect of software and hardware. Perhaps most importantly, for those working in machine learning at least, the new processor not only executes at blistering speed, it can also be trained incredibly efficiently. Called the Cloud Tensor Processing Unit, the chip is named after Google’s open-source TensorFlow machine-learning framework.

Google's AlphaGo AI is about to face off against the world's best Go player

This week, the matter will be settled once and for all. Ke Jie and AlphaGo will face off in a three-game match in Wuzhen, China, as part of the Future of Go Summit being held by Google.

Keynote: Cloud Native Networking- Amin Vahdat, Fellow & Technical Lead For Networking, Google

Google's Networking Lead Talks SDN Challenges for the Next Decade

Peace, love and SDN

Virtualization has been a blessing for data centers – thanks to the humble hypervisor, we can create, move and rearrange computers on a whim, without thinking about the physical infrastructure. The simplicity and efficiency of VMs has prompted network engineers to envision a programmable, flexible network based on open protocols and REST APIs that could be managed from a single interface, without worrying about each router and switch.

Bryan Cantrill on Integrity

Amazon has 14 leadership principles and integrity is not on it.

Bankrupt school ITT pleads 'don't let Microsoft wipe our cloud data!'

The estate of bankrupt US trade school ITT Technical Institutes is today asking a court to stop Microsoft from erasing its cloud data. In a filing [PDF] to the US District Bankruptcy Court of Southern Indiana, the caretakers of the defunct for-profit university seek an order to bar the Redmond giant from wiping the contents of ITT's Office 365 and webmail accounts for students, faculty, and administrators.

Newly Found Malware Uses 7 NSA Hacking Tools, Where WannaCry Uses 2

New SMB Worm Uses Seven NSA Hacking Tools. WannaCry Used Just Two

Researchers have detected a new worm that is spreading via SMB, but unlike the worm component of the WannaCry ransomware, this one is using seven NSA tools instead of two. The worm's existence first came to light on Wednesday, after it infected the SMB honeypot of Miroslav Stampar, member of the Croatian Government CERT, and creator of the sqlmap tool used for detecting and exploiting SQL injection flaws.

Fight ransomware by running Windows in Linux as a virtual machine

The cool thing about all this virtual storage stuff is that the entire Windows application–files, applications, the works–are contained in one file. That file can easily be backed up, archived, encrypted and stored on the cloud, copied hundreds of times, or deleted. VirtualBox can even take snapshots of the virtual drive within the application, freeing you from any hassle of backing up virtual storage files yourself.

WannaCry ransomware hit Windows 7 the hardest [iophk: "IIRC Kaspersky found it to be 97%"

In a survey for Reuters, BitSight found that 67 per cent of infected PCs it infected were running Windows 7, despite the OS being installed on fewer than half of Windows PCs worldwide.

Windows 10 Enterprise appears to be blatantly ignoring privacy group settings

All connections except Updates to Microsoft blocked. Still connects to a range of ad servers. Yes advertising servers. Burnett confirms that all these calls are made by Windows 10, not by any apps.

The real battle of Android's future – who controls the updates

Google: Fuchsia OS Isn't Replacing Android Yet

Google's Fuchsia OS Is Open Source and Independent of Android, Burke Explains

This Was Google I/O 2017

The Cartoon Network app for Android now supports Chromecast

Android Go is just a config, not new version, of Android

Chrome now uses Android O's adaptive icons for home screen shortcuts

Useful or Little Known Android Features

Nokia 9 leak shows off dual cameras, 5.3-inch QHD display, Snapdragon 835

The best Android smartphones you can buy in 2017

Combination of features produces new Android vulnerability

How about an Android Pro?

The LG X Venture is a tough, affordable Android phone with a big battery

Lenovo rep confirms 3000mAh battery for the Moto Z2 Play

Google plays a strong hand with new Android security features

Total War: SHOGUN 2 & Fall of the Samurai Launch on Linux and SteamOS on May 23

Turn-based strategy fans will be happy to learn that Feral Interactive, the UK-based video games publisher, has announced that it's porting the Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai titles to Linux and SteamOS platforms. Launched on March 15, 2011, Total War: SHOGUN 2 is a turn-based strategy (TBS) game with real-time tactics developed by The Creative Assembly and published by Sega. The action is set in the middle of the 16th century in Feudal Japan and features enhanced full 3D battles that take place both on land and at sea.

Reus finally updated for Linux bringing it out of Beta, now properly supported

Reus [Steam, Official Site] landed on Linux in some form of Beta quite some time ago, but the game has been updated today to bring it in line with the Windows version with official support.

Two Worlds II Call of the Tenebrae DLC & Standalone delayed, Linux version having issues

Two Worlds II Call of the Tenebrae is a new DLC & Standalone game coming to Two Worlds II along with full Linux support, but sadly the release date has slipped for everyone. They also seem to be having issues with the Linux version.

Two Worlds II HD - Call of the Tenebrae, a standalone version of the DLC will see Linux support

While we knew Two Worlds II and the new DLC was coming to Linux, I've only just noticed that there will be a standalone version too. They claim you don't need to have played any of Two Worlds II to enjoy it, which is why it will have a standalone version too.

The Mesa fixes needed for Dying Light and Dead Island Definitive Edition are now in Mesa-git