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Thursday, 6 February 2020

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February 6, 2020

The Two Faces of Open Source: ECT News Roundtable, Episode 5

With large companies increasingly embracing open source, what does it mean to be a part of the free and open source software, or FOSS, "community"? Why have consumers been so slow to adopt open source software? Our roundtable of industry insiders tackled those questions during their lengthy virtual conversation on technology trends.

Oops - Google May Have Sent Your Embarrassing Private Video to a Stranger

Google misdirected a number of private videos that users of its Google Photos app intended to back up to Google Takeout, sending them instead to strangers' archives. The company emailed affected users to inform them that a technical issue caused the error.

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Bridging the IoT Innovation-Security Gap

There is a problem with the Internet of Things: It's incredibly insecure. This is not a problem that is inherent to the idea of smart devices. Wearables, smart houses, and fitness tracking apps can be made secure -- or at least more secure than they currently are.

Coronavirus Pandemic: 6 Things We Should Be Doing

Since it has spread across the world, the Coronavirus can be considered a pandemic. The World Health Organization has declared it a global health emergency. Here are six things we should be doing immediately.

The CEO of the Decade

Historically the focus in choosing CEO of the decade has been on their financial accomplishments, but that approach has left us in a world lacking diversity and empathy in positions of power -- particularly noticeable in the tech industry -- and one where global climate change may end the human race.

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