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Tech News Flash: Friday -- April 21, 2017

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Facebook's Latest Moon Shot: I Think, Therefore I Type
Apple May Be Getting Its Innovation Groove Back
Moby, LinuxKit Kick Off New Docker Collaboration Phase
Facebook Builds a VR Space, but Will Anyone Come?
Report: Commercial Software Riddled With Open Source Code Flaws
Microsoft's Timely Response to Shadow Brokers Threat Raises Questions
Tiny Core: Small Footprint, Big Potential
Why Is It OK to Abuse Customers?
Apple May Transform Diabetes Care and Treatment: Report

Today's Story Highlights

Facebook's Latest Moon Shot: I Think, Therefore I Type
Facebook on Wednesday told its F8 conference audience about two new
cutting-edge projects that could change the way humans engage with
devices. Over the next two years, the company will work on a new
technology that will allow anyone to type around 100 words per minute --
not with fingers, but using a process that would decode neural activity
devoted to speech. What Facebook envisions is a technology that would
resemble a neural network.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84475.html

Apple May Be Getting Its Innovation Groove Back
Apple reportedly has begun testing a premium iPhone with a revamped
display and body, which could be one of three new models the company is
expected to launch this fall. The other two likely will be upgrades to
the two existing iPhones. The new design will incorporate curved glass
and stainless steel. It will increase the surface area of the display
without increasing the size of the phone.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84470.html

Moby, LinuxKit Kick Off New Docker Collaboration Phase
Docker this week introduced two new projects at DockerCon with an eye to
helping operating system vendors, software creators and in-house
tinkerers create container-native OSes and container-based systems. The
projects are based on a new model for cross-ecosystem collaboration and
the advancement of containerized software. Both projects aim to help
users adopt container technology.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84474.html

Facebook Builds a VR Space, but Will Anyone Come?
Facebook has announced the beta launch of Facebook Spaces, a new app
that allows users to connect with friends and colleagues in an
interactive virtual reality environment. It provides a way for social
media users to hang out as they might otherwise in person -- even
bridging great distances -- noted Rachel Franklin, head of social VR at
Facebook. An avatar represents each user in the VR world.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84468.html

Report: Commercial Software Riddled With Open Source Code Flaws
Black Duck Software has released its 2017 Open Source Security and Risk
Analysis, detailing significant cross-industry risks related to open
source vulnerabilities and license compliance challenges. Black Duck
conducted audits of more than 1,071 open source applications for the
study. There are widespread weaknesses in addressing open source
security vulnerability risks across key industries.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84469.html

Microsoft's Timely Response to Shadow Brokers Threat Raises Questions
Just as the Shadow Brokers hacker group started crowing about a dump of
never-seen-before flaws in Windows, Microsoft announced it already had
fixed most of the exploits. "Today, Microsoft triaged a large release of
exploits made publicly available by Shadow Brokers," said Microsoft
Principal Security Group Manager Phillip Misner. "Most of the exploits
are already patched."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84463.html

Tiny Core: Small Footprint, Big Potential
Tiny Core Linux 8.0, released last week, is a minimalist Linux OS built
from scratch with a focus on being as small as possible. That means you
should be able to run this Linux distro on a wide range of legacy
machines. The tradeoff for ultra smallness, however, often is a not-so-
powerful OS that can leave you longing for better options. The Core
Project is based on a highly modular system.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84465.html

Why Is It OK to Abuse Customers?
I don't know about you but I can't seem to get out of my head the image
of that poor Asian doctor who, seemingly unconscious, was dragged off
that United flight. The fact that the airline did that to a 69-year-old
doctor just so it could save money moving employees around is nearly as
unbelievable as the initial tone-deaf response from United's CEO, who
blamed the passenger.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84460.html

Apple May Transform Diabetes Care and Treatment: Report
Apple is working on a secret project to develop wearable devices that
can monitor the blood sugar of diabetics without using invasive finger
sticks, according to a report. Apple has assembled a team of biomedical
engineers from various companies to work on the project. Glucose
monitoring traditionally has required that diabetics use lancets to
pierce their fingertips at least four times daily.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84459.html

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