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A Letter to F5 Employees from CEO François Locoh-Donou Announcing NGINX Acquisition

For additional background on today’s announcement, I wanted to share a copy of the email I sent to our global staff announcing F5’s agreement to acquire NGINX. From: François Locoh-DonouTo: F5 StaffDate: March 11, 2019Subject: F5 to Acquire NGINX All – I am thrilled to announce we have signed an agreement to acquire the open source leader in application delivery, NGINX.… Read more

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How to permanently delete Facebook from your life

Buh-bye, Facebook. It’s been real.  So you’ve had it with endless scrolling through the News Feed, notifications that wake you up in the middle of the night, memories that remind you how little your life has changed over the years, and groups that are just too big and you don’t even know why you joined in the first place.  In short, you want to delete Facebook from your life. … Read more

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IBM didn’t inform people when it used their Flickr photos for facial recognition training

IBM took nearly a million photos from Flickr, used them to figure out how to train facial recognition programs, and shared them with outside researchers. But as NBC points out, the people photographed on Flickr didn’t consent to having their photos used to develop facial recognition systems — and might easily not have, considering those systems could eventually be used to surveil and recognize them.… Read more

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Amazon and Google Are Currently Racing to Invest in This Industry (and It’s Not Technology)

Here’s the deal: Amazon and Google are two powerhouses that almost always get it right. These guys clearly know their stuff. So when Amazon and Google suddenly pour a ton of time and money into a new industry, you better pay attention to it. Now, if you’re wondering what is this magical industry I’m speaking of, it’s none other than the home services industry.… Read more

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Amazon’s latest program to curb emissions? One delivery day per house, per week

On Thursday, Amazon announced that it would be making a program widely available to Amazon Prime members that would allow them to schedule all deliveries for a single day, once a week. The so-called “Amazon Day” service will be voluntary and targets customers who are concerned about their carbon footprint. Grouping purchase deliveries will help Amazon cut down on emissions associated with sending a delivery truck to the same house multiple times a week, and the company says holding orders for a single day during the week will also allow it to group orders within a single package, thereby reducing packaging.… Read more