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Tech News Flash: Thursday -- October 25, 2018

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Another Milestone Achieved: Run Linux Apps on a Chromebook
What Can We Expect From AI?
The CLOUD Act's Privacy Repercussions for Global Businesses
Will Oracle Roil the DB Market?
The Rise of Activist Employees in the Tech Industry
Mostly Hotly Sought-After Linux Skills

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Today's Story Highlights

Another Milestone Achieved: Run Linux Apps on a Chromebook
Linux apps now can run in a Chromebook's Chrome OS environment. However,
the process can be tricky, and it depends on your hardware's design and
Google's whims. It is somewhat similar to running Android apps on your
Chromebook, but the Linux connection is far less forgiving. If it works
in your Chromebook's flavor, though, the computer becomes much more
useful with more flexible options.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85639.html

What Can We Expect From AI?
Fear mongering about killer robots and the recent deaths connected with
Uber and Tesla autonomous vehicles have rekindled concerns about AI in
the machines around us. We are well beyond answering Alan Turing's
question, "can machines think?" There is now good reason to ask how we
should think of AI, and what we should expect from it. There have been
phenomenal advances in just the past few years.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85640.html

The CLOUD Act's Privacy Repercussions for Global Businesses
Just when the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, or
GDPR, was about to go into effect, the United States Congress created
the CLOUD Act. Without any public hearings, review or public comment,
Congress passed the legislation as part of the $1.3 trillion government
spending bill. The CLOUD Act changed the privacy provisions that
previously were in effect.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85637.html

Will Oracle Roil the DB Market?
When we write the history of the IT era, the big factor that has played
an important but not well recognized role will be hardware --
specifically, the Oracle Exadata appliance that puts databases into
memory. All of the cloud software starting with the autonomous database
on view this week at OpenWorld would be vastly different if the database
was still running primarily on disk drives.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85634.html

The Rise of Activist Employees in the Tech Industry
Things have been changing at an almost unprecedented rate with regard to
power structures. The last time I saw this happen was in the 1970s, when
the EEOC took off. Suddenly a lot of the off-color, sexist and racist
jokes that many executives regularly told could get them fired. A
surprisingly large number of people got reassigned, fired, demoted, or
otherwise punished.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85626.html

Mostly Hotly Sought-After Linux Skills
The Linux Foundation's 2018 Open Source Technology Jobs Report shows
rapid growth in the demand for open source technical talent, with Linux
skills a must-have requirement for entry-level positions. Linux coding
is the most sought-after open source skill. Linux-based container
technology is a close second. The report provides an overview of open
source career trends.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85631.html

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