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Wipro Fires 2-Job Staff | Python Bug from 2007 | Lite Layoffs

DevOps.com

The post Wipro Fires 2-Job Staff | Python Bug from 2007 | Lite Layoffs appeared first on DevOps.com. In this week’s The Long View: Wipro fires 300 for moonlighting at competitors, Python has a nasty 15-year-old bug, and companies are finding new ways to lay people off without calling it a “layoff.”.

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Apple is killing the iPhone’s silent switch

TechCrunch

The ring/silent switch has been on the iPhone since the very first one was announced in 2007 by Steve Jobs, but now the writing is on the wall for the device’s last significant moving part. With its replacement by a haptic “action button,” it’s just a matter of time before the rest of the lineup […]

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History of MongoDB

The Crazy Programmer

The MongoDB development happened when the organization was putting all force into developing a Microsoft Azure-type PaaS in 2007. If you’re a programmer, you might hear about MEAN or MERN stacks daily. MongoDB History. MongoDB is a document-oriented server that was developed in the C++ programming language.

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Complaints in EU challenge Meta’s plans to utilize personal data for AI

CIO

“Unlike the already problematic situation of companies using certain (public) data to train a specific AI system (eg a chatbot), Meta’s new privacy policy basically says that the company wants to take all public and non-public user data that it has collected since 2007 and use it for any undefined type of current and future ‘artificial intelligence (..)

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Building a PC, Part IX: Downsizing

Coding Horror

My PC build blog entry series spans 13 glorious years: Building a PC, Part VIII: Iterating (2015) Building a PC, Part VII: Rebooting (2011) Building a PC, Part VI: Rebuilding (2009) Building a PC, Part V: Upgrading (2008) Building a PC, Part IV: Now It's Your Turn (2007) Building a PC, Part III: Overclocking (2007) Building a PC, Part II: Burn in (2007) (..)

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Will Brazil’s Roaring 20s see the rise of early-stage startups?

TechCrunch

Since 2007, the number of publicly listed companies in Brazil has decreased from 400 to just a little over 300. Matheus is a hedge funds investment analyst for a major global investment manager and technology provider. In the past six years there were only 21 IPOs — an average of just 3.5

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Security testing firm NSS Labs ceases operations, citing coronavirus

TechCrunch

NSS Labs, founded in 2007, was one of the most well-known product security testing companies, allowing customers to use real threat data to stress-test their products and discover potential vulnerabilities and security issues. .” (Brvenik listed himself as a former chief executive on his LinkedIn profile.).

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