Today is the release of Ubuntu 21.10, an intermediate edition with nine months of support and the first to use GNOME 40 for a desktop computer. The Ubuntu launch cycle provides a new version of LTS (long-term support) every two years, with the next one on April 22nd in April. This means that 21.10 is […]
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Register the debate Welcome to the latest discussion in the register, in which writers and experts face each other on technological topics, and you – the reader – choose the winning argument. The format is simple: we propose a proposal, the arguments for the proposal will be presented this Monday and Wednesday, and the arguments
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Thingiverse, a site that hosts free-to-use 3D printer designs, has suffered a data breach — and at least 228,000 e-mail addresses of unfortunate users are circulating in black-cap crime forums. The news of the violation came from Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), whose supporter Troy Hunt uploaded 228,000 violated email addresses on the site after
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Microsoft has made its Emissions Scoreboard – formerly known as the Sustainability Calculator and designed to measure the carbon impact of cloud loads – publicly available. If this sounds familiar to you, it could be due to the fact that Google did a great job this week Carbon footprint a preview that claims to “measure,
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Interview As the British information section industry prepares for government initiatives designed to expand the sector, how should existing companies keep skilled professionals from jumping on the ship? Amanda Finch, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Information Security, tells us something or two about what she thinks works. The institute (CIISec) presents itself as “raising
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