FUTR Video Briefing: 2018 Re:Invent
OK, this one is from November, but better late than never. As you should be well aware, Re:Invent is one of the key shows to attend. This is a rapidly expanding market, and AWS is the leader. If you are missing the grandeur of the shows of the dot com era, this will bring back some fond memories.
SpaceX To Deploy 1 Million Satellite Uplinks
SpaceX has been talking about their desire to build a space-based array of satellites to bring affordable broadband to the planet. This array of low-earth orbit satellites would orbit as low as 208 miles to provide for reduced latency (pesky physics y’all). Now their subsidiary company, SpaceX Services has reached out to the FCC to get approval to deploy up to a million of earth-based uplinks. Always working at break-neck pace, SpaceX says they could have this service up and running by 2020. Check out more at extremetech.com
Rubrik Launches New Open Source Community
Rubrik launched a new Open Source initiative today called Rubrik Build. The idea is to extend their API-First architecture to developers so they can create applications, automation, and integrations that don’t exist today. Rubrik has entrusted this effort to Rebecca Fitzhugh who has released a great blog post about it.
New Mac Trojan Disguised As EXE File
Trend Micro is reporting on a a Trojan that is disguised as a Windows executable. It is built with the Mono framework built into the file, so it can execute the EXE code. Normally Windows executable files will not run on a mac, so some of the built in safeguards are bypassed by this method of delivery, “This routine evades Gatekeeper because EXE is not checked by this software, bypassing the code signature check and verification since the technology only checks native Mac files.”
Intel Unveils Incredibly Cool Swarming Drone Technology
Intel has a really cool swarming drone technology that it is using for arial shows. They have several showcases of the technology on their site you should check out. This combines the excitement of a fireworks display with the functionality of a Jumbotron.
Image Source: Intel
Marie Kondo Your Digital House
Over the years, I have searched for good ways to optimize my time. I went down the path of Inbox Zero and OmniFocus. I have eliminated most social media from my diet, but there still seems to be constant interruptions from technology. I am always reminding my kids to limit their screen time, but when I use Apple’s handy new Screentime tool, I am far worse than my kids who seem to be immersed in their screens constantly.
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Sequoia Puts $500M into self driving startup Aurora
I am always interested in keeping an eye on what is happening in the autonomous vehicle space, and I am particularly interested in what Sequoia invests in. For those of you unfamiliar with this storied venture capital firm, they have been the money behind many blockbuster investments like, Apple, Cisco and Oracle.
Project Sherpa looks to Address the Ethical and Human Rights issues of Smart Information Systems
With the rise of Smart Information Systems, ie AI, the challenges of living with the implications of these systems is poorly understood. The quality of the information produced is limited by the design of the systems, the data that is used and the context in which the data lives. Project Sherpa looks to work with industry leaders to establish an advocacy group that seeks to address the most challenging problems.
Photo by Christopher Burns on Unsplash
Patch Released for Adobe Zero-Day Bug
The folks over at ThreatPost have an article on a patch for an Adobe Zero Day bug.
‘A temporary patch has been released to address a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader that could enable bad actors to steal victims’ hashed password values, known as “NTLM hashes.”’
A quick briefing on the 2018 VMWorld show in Las Vegas
A brief update from the floor of VMWorld 2018
Chicago AWS Summit
A quick tour of the 2018 AWS Summit show floor