Google announced the launch of a new job search engine: Google for Jobs. Machine learning algorithms will be used to match job search criteria across multiple job search sites such as CareerBuilder.com, Monster.com, etc.
The project is based on work done for the prior release of Cloud Jobs API.
More information on this project should be released by Google in the coming weeks.
The Google I/O 2017 annual developer event takes place in Mountain View, California from May 17th to 19th and will be streamed worldwide. Session topics include Android O, Chrome OS, Google Home and Assistant, and other products.
More information is at https://developers.googleblog.com/ and #io17.
The “WannaCry” or “WannaCrypt” ransomware that has spread around the world in the past few days has prompted Microsoft to release a security update for long-unsupported Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 8.
The following supported operating systems should not be vulnerable to this ransomware if Windows Updates were completed, since those updates included the Security Bulletin MS17-010 (4013389) in March 2017:
Microsoft released a list of recommendations at https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2017/05/12/customer-guidance-for-wannacrypt-attacks/.
US-CERT Security Operations Center, part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has also issued an alert on WannaCry ransomware at https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA17-132A.
Microsoft’s annual developer conference will run May 10th – 12th 2017 in Seattle, WA. Live streaming of the event can be found at https://build.microsoft.com/ starting at 8 a.m. Pacific Time/11 a.m. Eastern Time.
Sessions at the event include Visual Studio enhancements and the soon to be released Cortana Skills Kit.
More information can be found at https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017 and #MSBuild.
Microsoft Education has announced an online event and press conference to be held on May 2nd 2017 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time ( 6:30 a.m. Pacific Time). This is for the expected release of Windows 10 S, a lightweight and more secure version of Windows, comparable to Google Chrome OS, that will only allow Windows Store apps to be installed.
Follow the event online at http://event.microsoft.com/MayEvent/ and #MicrosoftEDU.