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| | | | | Amazon's First Big 'Go' Grocery Store Opens in Seattle With 5,000 Products | | Engadget | Amazon's checkout-free Go concept has officially morphed into a supermarket. Amazon Go Grocery opened in Seattle yesterday, with 5,000 items for sale across the 10,400-square-foot premises. Using a range of cameras, shelf sensors, and software, shoppers can pick up the items they want and simply walk out the door—their accounts are charged via a smartphone app as they leave. | | Firefox Turns Controversial New Encryption on by Default in the US | | The Verge | Starting yesterday, Mozilla turned on by default DNS over HTTPS (DoH) for Firefox users in the US, the company has announced. DoH is a new standard that encrypts a part of your internet traffic that’s typically sent over an unencrypted plain text connection, and which could allow others to see what websites you’re visiting, even when your communication with the website itself is encrypted using HTTPS. Mozilla says it is the first browser to support the new standard by default, and they will be rolling it out gradually over the coming weeks in order to address any unforeseen issues. | | Google Patches Chrome Zero-day Under Active Attacks | | ZDNet | Yesterday, Google released a Chrome update to address three security bugs, including a zero-day vulnerability that is being actively exploited in the wild. | | 10 Compelling Stats on the State of Enterprise Open Source for IT Leaders | | The Enterprisers Project | Here's what CIOs and IT leaders say about the growing use of enterprise open source and how it fits with their container and hybrid cloud strategies |
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| | | 13 Ways to Make Up Passwords That Are Secure and Memorable | | MakeUseOf | Using a different password for every service is a requirement in today’s online world. But there’s a terrible weakness to randomly generated passwords: they’re impossible to remember. The human brain is only capable of so much, isn’t it? Here are some priceless tips for coming up with creative and secure password ideas that are impossible to guess, but easy to remember. | | IT Career Goals 2020: Most-wanted Technology and Core Skills | | The Enterprisers Project | What are your career goals for 2020? Will it be the year you go after a big promotion? Explore a few new certifications? Change careers altogether? If you are in IT, it’s wise to check in regularly on career progress—because staying still for too long could quickly lead to falling behind. |
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| | | 7 Team-building Activities to Move Forward as One | | Several People Are Typing | No SaaS updates to report today. In lieu of a SaaS update we have an article from Slack that will help you improve collaboration, boost employee motivation, and unlock your team’s creative potential. |
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