The new way of working that came with the Coronavirus is still a current issue. The articles related to remote working in our blog have been the ones that have aroused the most interest among our followers during this last month.
Linus Torvalds announced the availability of Linux 5.7. This new version of the kernel comes with a long list of new features. In this article, we will mention some of the most significant ones.
Microsoft Virtual Studio Code editor is widely used by developers around the world. It is an Open Source software that is available for download under MIT license. The problem is that official binary compilations are not exactly the same as the public source code. They include a telemetry system enabled by default with a series of components that track the actions performed within the editor.
The change from a proprietary to a free and Open Source environment is often looked on with mistrust by employees, especially when it involves adapting to something new. The municipality of Eyüpsultan in Turkey decided to implement the Open Source model for their computer desktops. They managed to do it successfully and with great criticism from users following a simple premise: the new Open Source desktops had to look a lot like the ones used by workers.
Mobile gaming company King has decided to share the source code of the Defold graphics engine. This cross-platform software has always been free. The company has now gone a step further by releasing the source code and making it available to all users at GitHub.
The security firm Check Point warns of a significant increase in the number of cyber-attacks that take advantage of the search for information about the Covid-19 to infect more and more users. During the last three weeks, there have been 30% more threats, specifically about 192,000 weekly. 17% of the newly registered domains related to Coronavirus are malicious or suspicious and new phishing campaigns have been discovered that impersonate the World Health Organization (WHO) and popular video conferencing platforms to steal sensitive information.
