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Tech News Flash: Friday -- March 1, 2019

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Why Children Should Learn to Code
Google Taps ML to Boost Wind Farm Output
Microsoft Defends Jumping in AR Bed With Military
B0r0nt0K Ransomware Threatens Linux Servers

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Today's Story Highlights

Why Children Should Learn to Code
Learning to code, regardless of the path a child chooses to take, is
crucial today. Research shows us that this knowledge will be important
in any career. As both a female leader in technology and a mother of a
10-year old boy, I am acutely aware of its critical importance in both
my professional and personal life. Coding is a necessary literacy in
this technological age.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85874.html

Google Taps ML to Boost Wind Farm Output
Predicting the power output of wind farms has been challenging, but it's
becoming less so with the use of machine learning. Google and British AI
company DeepMind have been using ML algorithms to improve predictions of
the wind power output at Google's wind farms in the Midwest. The farms
use the algorithms to predict wind power output 36 hours ahead of
generation.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85871.html

Microsoft Defends Jumping in AR Bed With Military
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has defended the company's $479 million
contract with the U.S. military -- a commitment that some Microsoft
employees strongly opposed. While pledging to engage with employees and
consider Microsoft's role as a corporate citizen, Nadella said the
company would not withhold technology from institutions in democracies
elected to preserve the freedoms of their citizens.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85868.html

B0r0nt0K Ransomware Threatens Linux Servers
A new cryptovirus called "B0r0nt0K" has been putting Linux and possibly
Windows Web servers at risk of encrypting all of the infected domain's
files. The new ransomware threat and the ransom of 20 bitcoins -- about
$75,000 -- first came to light last week in a forum post. A client's
website had all its files encrypted and renamed with the .rontok
extension appended to them, the forum user indicated.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85870.html

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