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.
About 60% of qualified workers could carry out their professional work from home. The potential number of jobs that could be developed from home amounts to something over 30%. This is data provided by the Banco de España in its report “Remote working in Spain”, prepared after surveying a group of companies. The objective of this document is to analyze how the adoption of remote work has evolved, the current situation, and the possibilities it offers in the future for different groups of workers and companies.
