Daily Byte from Infosys Campus Connect : 2018/243

Dear Professor, Greetings from Infosys Campus Connect Team!!! Please find below links for the information related to latest technology and trends. This could help your faculty members and/or your college students. Tech News for the Day Researchers make RAM from a phase change we don’t entirely understand Two ways to switch tiny patches of a material from semiconducting to metallic. How Hackers Are Stealing High-Profile Instagram Accounts In the Wild West of “influencer” marketing, there are few protections and plenty of easy marks. Microsoft wants AI to predict if your Windows PCs will get malware Microsoft wants new models to predict when Windows machines need extra protection from malware. Programmer News for the Day Graph Databases for Beginners: Graph Search Algorithm Basics why graph technology is the future, why connected data matters, the basics (and pitfalls) of data modeling. What Is a Data Frame? (In Python, R, and SQL) A data frame is a table-like data structure available in languages like R and Python. Statisticians, scientists, and programmers use them in data analysis code. Developing a Single Page App with Flask and Vue.js The following is a step-by-step walkthrough of how to set up a basic CRUD app with Vue and Flask. Word for the Day annuity noun an·​nu·​i·​ty | \ə-ˈnü-ə-tē,  -ˈnyü-\ : a sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals Part of her retirement income will come from an annuity. More Puzzle for the Day Roundtrip Puzzle Our local scrap merchant had to travel to the county recycling plant, 60 miles away. On the way there he could only manage a steady 12mph, fully laden. On the way back, he could manage a steady 16mph. He placed 24 gallons of fuel in the tank ready for the round trip, thinking that this would be enough as the wagon managed to travel 8 miles per gallon. Unfortunately, a piece of metal pierced his fuel pipe at the start of the trip and the wagon started to lose 1 gallon of fuel per hour. Luckily he only lost fuel when moving and he lost no fuel whilst unloading his scrap metal. Were 24 gallons enough for the round trip? Solution (Previous Puzzle): Choose from: beekeeper, freewheel, geegee, greenfeed, greenweed, peewee, squeegee, teepee. Innovation of the Day In 1845, ether anesthetic was first used in childbirth by Dr. Crawford W. Long in Jefferson, Ga, who gave it to his wife, and she successfully gave birth to a baby girl, their second child, Fanny. In 1956, the formerly believed “law” of conservation of parity was disproved in the first successful results from an experiment conducted by Madame Chien-Shiung Wu at Columbia University on the beta-decay of cobalt-60. In 1831, Charles Darwin set sail from Plymouth harbour on his voyage of scientific discovery aboard the HMS Beagle, a British Navy ship. The Captain Robert FitzRoy was sailing to the southern coast of South America in order to complete a government survey. Video for the Day Reasons for the seasons - Rebecca Kaplan Why do some regions experience full-time heat while others are reckoning with frigid temperatures and snow? And why are the seasons reversed in the two hemispheres? Rebecca Kaplan explains how the shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun and the Earth's tilt on its axis affect the amount of sunlight each region receives. Wiki for the Day Bron–Kerbosch algorithm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bron–Kerbosch_algorithm Quote for the Day “The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.” Robert Frost Thanks & Regards, Team Campus Connect, Infosys Limited