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According to the Rust release team, IntoIterator for arrays was a long-awaited feature but was not implemented before because of backward compatibility problems. This means you can now iterate over arrays by value: as Rust Library Team lead Mara Bos pointed out on Twitter, before IntoIterator for arrays arrived, “you could iterate over &[1,2,3] and &mut [1,2,3], but not over [1,2,3] directly.” SEE: 10 ways to prevent developer burnout (free PDF) (TechRepublic) “The reason we didn’t add it sooner was backwards compatibility,” she explained....

To paint a picture of Apple’s missive, one only needs to keep in mind the warning from Dr Peter Venkman about “human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria!” because make no mistake, Apple wants you to think it would be a disaster of Biblical proportions. “Allowing sideloading would degrade the security of the iOS platform and expose users to serious security risks not only on third-party app stores, but also on the App Store,” the paper states....

The vulnerability, disclosed last week as CVE-2021-3156 (aka Baron Samedit) by security researchers from Qualys, impacts Sudo, an app that allows admins to delegate limited root access to other users. Qualys researchers discovered that they could trigger a “heap overflow” bug in the Sudo app to change the current user’s low-privileged access to root-level commands, granting the attacker access to the whole system. The only condition to exploit this bug was that an attacker gain access to a system, which researchers said could be done by either planting malware on a device or brute-forcing a low-privileged service account....

The company missed expectations on two significant metrics, it’s number of new users and the hours of video streamed. Roku’s gross profit margin turned negative in the quarter, Roku said, as it absorbed higher costs because of the global supply chain debacle. The report sent Roku shares down 9% in late trading. Roku said that as people went outside as pandemic restrictions loosened, it was able to weather the decline in viewing better than traditional linear TV: Revenue in the three months ended in June rose to $645 million, yielding a net profit of 52 cents a share....

The new tools include MuleSoft RPA, Einstein Document Reader and Digital Process Automation. Salesforce introduced Einstein Automate last year as part of its Customer 360 strategy to serve as more of a process engine for companies. Einstein Automate comprises low-code tools that customers can use regardless of their technical background. In addition to offering low-code tools to help users build their own workflows, it offers hundreds of pre-built, industry-specific workflows....

According to Blass, the next Samsung Unpacked will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 11, which is around the usual time for Samsung to hold such an event. Typically the late summer or early fall Unpacked events are when Samsung announces the next Galaxy Note smartphone, sometimes a new Galaxy or Gear watch, and some Galaxy earbuds. However, it’s possible that we won’t see a Galaxy Note this year, and Blass’ leak seems to confirm that....

“We’ve successfully deployed 1,800 or so satellites, and once all those satellites reach their operational orbit we will have continuous global coverage so that should be like [the] September timeframe,” Shotwell said, speaking as part of the virtual Macquarie Technology Summit. But the company still needs regulatory approval from any given country to be able to provide telco services, she said. The launch will come off the back of running beta services in 11 different countries....

The hub will house both the Space Industry Association of Australia and the New South Wales node of the SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre, and it will be operated by Sydney-based incubator Cicada Innovations. “Housing the National Space Industry Hub will allow us to create a home for emerging space ventures in NSW. More importantly, we’ll offer these resources, mentoring opportunities, and vital connections nationally through continued collaboration across the Australian space ecosystem for anyone on the path of creating a space tech venture,” Cicada Innovations CEO Sally-Ann Williams said....

“Tableau has long been a favorite to help individuals see and understand data,” Tableau Chief Product Officer Francois Ajenstat said in a statement. “We’re making it easier for IT leaders to make it a favorite across the entire enterprise and deliver an end-to-end solution to leverage the full power of data analytics.” To scale the use of analytics, the updated Tableau platform will offer a few new tools. The new Enterprise Deployment Guidelines (EDG) provides a reference architecture for enterprise customers to help them meet requirements around availability, scalability and security....

More and more buyers are now not tied in the same way, but the cycle also worked out well from a technological standpoint. Two or three years is a long time in the tech world, and it gives the battery ample time to wear out and the display more than enough time to for the display to take on that scored and cratered look. But could Apple have used a “cheat code” to essentially break the upgrade cycle by giving users a must-have feature?...

According to JetBrains’ survey of developers, JavaScript was used by 69% of all respondents in the past 12 months, and 39% nominated it as their primary programming language. JetBrains, a Czech-based tech company, is the maker of the official Android app programming language, Kotlin, and tools like the Java tool IntelliJ IDEA. Its State of Developer Ecosystem 2021 Report is based on answers from 31,743 developers, most of whom are professional and employed....

The report sent Uber shares down 9% in late trading. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi remarked that the company “invested in recovery by investing in drivers and we made strong progress, with monthly active drivers and couriers in the US increasing by nearly 420,000 from February to July.” Added Khosrowshahi, “Our platform is getting stronger each quarter, with consumers who engage with both Mobility and Delivery now generating nearly half of our total company Gross Bookings....

The group is responsible for some of the most headline-grabbing ransomware attacks seen over the last two years. Hundreds of victims range from Shell and Kroger to Stanford University, the University of Maryland, and the University of Colorado. Ukrainian police said the total damage done by their attacks amounts to an estimated $500 million. The Cyberpolice Department of the Ukrainian National Police released a lengthy report Wednesday morning on the raids that included photos and video....

The wireless giant reported non-GAAP second quarter earnings of $1.40 a share and $1.37 excluding extra items. Revenue for the second quarter checked in at $33.8 billion due to wireless sales gains. Wall Street was looking for second quarter revenue of $32.74 billion and non-GAAP earnings of $1.30 a share. Verizon to bring RCS to all Android smartphones by 2022Business broadband: Best internet service provider in 2021T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T battling it out over 5G download speedsBest phone plans for businesses in 2021...

The “Unity 22” mission will be the 22nd flight test for VSS Unity and the company’s fourth crewed spaceflight. It will also be the first to carry a full crew of two pilots and four mission specialists in the cabin, including Branson himself. Joining the company’s founder will be Virgin Galactic chief astronaut instructor Beth Moses, who will serve as cabin lead and test director in space; lead operations engineer Colin Bennett; and VP of government affairs and research operations Sirisha Bandla....

The browser is one of the most important places for work and Vivaldi could now be a lot more useful for those who rely on email to get things done. Vivaldi 4.0, released this week, brings an email client to the browser. It’s in beta now but can tested and brings support for multiple IMAP or POP email accounts. Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner first aired plans for a Vivaldi email client in 2016....

But most people find it easy to think about bandwidth - more better! - while latency is more abstract (900µs vs 650µs - huh?). Also, bandwidth is easier to measure. How much easier I found out while trying to answer the “which is better?” question. Latency tools for an M1 MacBook Air There aren’t any GUI-based latency tools for the Mac, but I don’t mind diving into the Terminal’s zsh command line interface (CLI) that is standard on recent versions of macOS....

All of these forms of address are the result of what are called protocols. Protocols, the central achievement of the Internet, are an agreement about how things will be addressed so that everything can to be reached. They are protocols because they are not owned by anyone, they are agreed to by everyone who wants to participate, and they are universal. But human beings don’t have a protocol on the Internet....

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) this week said zero trust has become a “very fashionable term” in the tech world. To address the slipperiness of its definition, NCSC has outlined a few traps and pitfalls that organizations running a zero trust migration should be mindful of. So what is zero trust, according to the NCSC? “Zero trust is the idea of removing inherent trust from the network. Just because a device is within the internal “trusted” side of a firewall or VPN, it should not be trusted by default,” it explains in a new blogpost....

The report sent Zoom shares down 3% in late trading. CEO and founder Eric Yuan called it “a very strong first quarter,” noting 191% year-over-year revenue growth and “strong profitability and cash flow.” Added Yuan, “Work is no longer a place, it’s a space where Zoom serves to empower your teams to connect and bring their best ideas to life. We are energized to help lead the evolution to hybrid work that allows greater flexibility, productivity, and happiness to both in-person and virtual connections....