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Written by: ZDNet

Category: News

Published: 22 October 2020

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Kite, the maker of an AI-powered tool that automatically completes lines of code, has added support for 11 new languages beyond Python and JavaScript. 

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The newly supported languages consist of Java, C, C++, C#, TypeScript, Kotlin, Objective

Read more: These 11 programming languages now work with Kite's AI code-completion tool

Written by: ZDNet

Category: News

Published: 22 October 2020

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Scripting language PHP might not be that cool to know these days, but it is very valuable if you're new to the workforce and looking for a tech job in the US, according to job search engine Indeed. 

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Read more: 2020's fastest-rising tech jobs? Programming language PHP leads the way

Written by: ZDNet

Category: News

Published: 22 October 2020

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Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant has rejected the practicality of a know your customer-type regime for social media companies to verify the identities of their users.

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Read more: eSafety thinks identity verification for social media would be impractical

Written by: ZDNet

Category: News

Published: 22 October 2020

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The New South Wales government has announced it will invest AU$192 million...

Read more: NSW government commits AU$192m to arm firefighters with new equipment

Written by: ZDNet

Category: News

Published: 22 October 2020

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Back in June, a report^[1] from LinkedIn noted that the Covid crisis had cooled off demand for artificial intelligence skills. However, four months later, companies are still struggling with finding AI skills. 

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Read more: Artificial intelligence skills shortages re-emerge from hiatus

Written by: ZDNet

Category: News

Published: 22 October 2020

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In a short press conference held today by the US Department of Justice, high-ranking officials with the US government claimed that Iran was behind a wave of emails sent...

Read more: US blames Iran for spoofed Proud Boys emails threatening Democrat voters

Written by: ZDNet

Category: News

Published: 22 October 2020

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In an interview with ZDNet this evening, programmable chip maker Xilinx's CEO, Victor Peng, said the main takeaway from the company's fiscal Q2 report this afternoon^[1] was that the strategy the company has...

Read more: Xilinx CEO: Despite headwinds, the strategy is on track

Written by: ZDNet

Category: News

Published: 21 October 2020

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Australia's two largest mobile network operators want the Australian government to take into account in-building mobile coverage when selecting sites for future rounds of the mobile blackspot program...

Read more: Telstra and Optus want mobile blackspot program to consider indoor coverage

Written by: ZDNet

Category: News

Published: 21 October 2020

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After failing to kill off^[1] its 40% capacity boost to retailers in September, NBN has unveiled a new plan to dial the boost down over two months.

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Using a new baseline that is

Read more: NBN details COVID-19 CVC boost tapering across December and January 2021