5 ways to contribute to open source during Hacktoberfest
Here are a few strategies to make the most of participating in the month-long celebration of open source software. Learn how you can get involved:
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350+ hackers hunt down missing people in first such hackathon
More than 350 ethical hackers got together in cities across Australia on Friday for a hackathon in which they worked to “cyber trace a missing face”, in the first-ever capture the flag eventdevoted to finding missing persons.Learn more about this hackathon:
MIT-IBM developed a faster way to train video recognition AI
A team from MIT-IBM has developed a faster way to train video recognition AI, which could make it easier to run machine learning on mobile devices.
Alibaba unveils Hanguang 800, an AI inference chip it says significantly increases the speed of machine learning tasks
Alibaba Groupintroduced its first AI inference chip today, a neural processing unit called Hanguang 800 that it says makes performing machine learning tasks dramatically faster and more energy-efficient. Learn more in an interesting TechCrunch article:
Why the founder of Apache is all-in on blockchain
In this great OpenSource.com article, Brian Behlendorf talks about starting Apache, the tension between pragmatism and idealism, and why he’s excited about blockchain:
4 takeaways from Black Hat 2019
At Black Hat 2019, experts identified new trends and warned of emerging or growing threats, including security's impact on software development and the growing threat social media poses. Learn more an excellent CSO article:
