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Cette année sera le dixième VMworld Europe et aussi mon 10ème (sans compter celui de Las Vegas en 2011). C'est le moment de refaire un point sur cet événement devenu l'un des deux évènements incontournable de l'IT en Europe avec Cisco Live! 2008 @ Cannes, France 2009 @ Cannes, France 2010 @ Copenhague, via Latest imported feed items on VMware Blogs https://ift.tt/2nRf4m5 If New feed item from https://blogs.vmware.com/feed , then send me an email at kr

Cette année sera le dixième VMworld Europe et aussi mon 10ème (sans compter celui de Las Vegas en 2011). C'est le moment de refaire un point sur cet événement devenu l'un des deux évènements incontournable de l'IT en Europe avec Cisco Live! 2008 @ Cannes, France 2009 @ Cannes, France 2010 @ Copenhague, via Latest imported feed items on VMware Blogs https://ift.tt/2nRf4m5 If New feed item from https://blogs.vmware.com/feed , then send me an email at kr

Cette année sera le dixième VMworld Europe et aussi mon 10ème (sans compter celui de Las Vegas en 2011). C'est le moment de refaire un point sur cet événement devenu l'un des deux évènements incontournable de l'IT en Europe avec Cisco Live! 2008 @ Cannes, France 2009 @ Cannes, France 2010 @ Copenhague, via Latest imported feed items on VMware Blogs https://ift.tt/2nRf4m5 If New feed item from https://blogs.vmware.com/feed , then send me an email at kr

The European Union is no longer convinced that self-policing is enough to purge online extremist content . The Financial Times has learned that the EU is drafting legislation to force Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other internet companies to delete material when law enforcement flags it as terrorist-related. While EU security commissioner Julian King didn't provide details of how the measure would work, a source said it would "likely" mandate removing that content within an hour of receiving notice, turning the existing voluntary guidelines into an absolute requirement. King argued that a law was necessary as officials had "not seen enough progress" through the existing approach. Europeans "cannot afford to relax or become complacent" in dealing with extremism, he added. The EU is poised to publish the draft legislation in Se

Active Prominences on a Quiet Sun Why is the Sun so quiet? As the Sun enters into a period of time known as a Solar Minimum , it is, as expected, showing fewer sunspots and active regions than usual. The quietness is somewhat unsettling , though, as so far this year, most days show no sunspots at all. In contrast, from 2011 - 2015, during Solar Maximum , the Sun displayed spots just about every day. Maxima and minima occur on an 11-year cycle , with the last Solar Minimum being the most quiet in a century. Will this current Solar Minimum go even deeper ? Even though the Sun's activity affects the Earth and its surroundings, no one knows for sure what the Sun will do next , and the physics behind the processes remain an active topic of research . The featured image was taken three weeks ago and shows that our Sun is busy even on a quiet day. Prominences of hot plasma , some lar

Implants are supposed to represent the future of medicine, as they can deliver medicine and track illnesses in ways that just aren't possible with conventional pills and scans. But there's a problem: how do you place them in deeper parts of the body without surgery or intrusive cameras? MIT's CSAIL might have an idea. It's developing a system, ReMix, that it likens to a GPS for implants. The locator doesn't need to make physical contact -- it just needs wireless signals and math. The technology bounces radio signals off the patient, using an algorithm to track the implant. The main challenge is simply determining the difference between reflections from the skin and the implant itself. For that, the CSAIL team uses a diode to create combinations of the signals that help it filter out skin reflections. It's capable of "centimeter-level

Tesla is planning to bring games to its electric cars' giant touchscreens, so why doesn't it have video playback while the car isn't moving -- something drivers have wanted for years? Don't worry, you'll get your wish soon. Elon Musk has responded to a question about the feature with a claim that video playback will be available with "version 10" of Tesla's car software. He didn't say what services would be available or when you could expect to see the update, but version 9 (with Atari games) is due to arrive by the end of August. You could be waiting a while, to put it bluntly. It's safe to say that Tesla will put tight restrictions on video whenever it arrives. Drivers have already crashed while watching video on stand-alone devices, and the last thing Tesla needs to do is suggest that owners can use Autopilot as an opport

If you're like many smartphone owners using non-stock versions of Android, you're probably twiddling your thumbs waiting for your device maker to release an upgrade to Android 9 Pie . But have you wondered why you're waiting so long when your Pixel- and Essential-toting friends already have their upgrades? Sony can explain. In a blog post promising Pie updates for recent Xperia phones (the XZ Premium, XZ1 family and XZ2 series ) in November, the company also provided an infographic outlining the steps between Google's OS release and seeing the new software on your handset. It's a simplified take on what's happening, but it does provide a good summary of what's involved. It's not as simple as grafting some custom code on top of Google's platform. A company like Sony, which doesn't just use an off-the-shelf Qualcomm approach, has t

Tesla's new Roadster has been virtually impossible to see outside of its original launch event unless you've been fortunate enough to spot a prototype in the wild. You're about to get a better peek, though. CNBC is teasing a close look at the electric supercar with the August 23rd episode of Jay Leno's Garage , with Jay Leno talking to Tesla design chief Franz von Holzhausen about the upcoming machine. There's no guarantee you 'll receive any profound insights from the TV segment (and its likely YouTube follow-up), but it's a rare chance to see the Roadster in action before its 2020 launch. It's not completely surprising that Tesla would limit exposure to the new Roadster, as the company has repeatedly suggested that you'll see changes for the production vehicle. It's likely to ditch the yoke-like steering wheel and intro

Twitter chief Jack Dorsey's media tour has swung past CNN , and he's using this latest opportunity to defend more of the social network's controversial decisions over subjects like fake news. In an interview with Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter, Dorsey argued that his company hadn't "figured this [fake news] out" and was reluctant to outright remove false reports. It would be "dangerous" for Twitter staffers to serve as "arbiters of truth," he claimed. The exec also further explained why Twitter didn't proactively suspend the accounts of Alex Jones and InfoWars despite the public outcry. According to Dorsey, the company doesn't have the resources to actively hunt for offending content (it would have to spend "hours and hours and hours" looking through videos, he said) and wants to be "c

Facebook has a new headache when it comes to housing advertisements. The federal government has filed charges (via Axios ) that the social media site violated the Fair Housing Act by allowing ads to discriminate against some protected groups. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) filed its complaint last week over the company's advertising practices, something that investigative reporting and nonprofit groups have alleged for the last two years. In 2016, a ProPublica investigation revealed that anyone advertising housing could discriminate on the basis of race, and a year later, a followup investigation found that Facebook hadn't solved the problem . The company had updated its advertising policies, but despite those... Continue reading… via The Verge - Tech Posts https://ift.tt/2N09dFI

Snap promised a sorely needed redesign for Snapchat's sluggish Android app back in November, and it's now clear what that tune-up will entail. Jane Manchun Wong has discovered (with additional detail from Kieron Quinn) that Snapchat's Android app hides a rough alpha version of the revamp with an experience more on par with the iOS version. The new interface is slightly tidier, but the most noticeable change is performance -- gone is the choppiness that you usually have to endure on Android. As a rule, the new app should be smooth as silk on reasonably powerful devices. You might not want to rush to try the test release. As the alpha status implies, this is a very rough-around-the-edges app with missing controls (including access to Snapcodes on profiles) and buggy behavior. The camera app still captures screenshots rather than direct photos, for that