Infosys Campus Connect Daily byte K10 : 2019/005

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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 Hackers hijack thousands of Chromecasts to warn of latest security bug Hackers have hijacked thousands of exposed Chromecast streaming devices to warn users of the latest security flaw to affect the device. Microsoft Research finds Smart Speakers could image rooms with sound Microsoft Research has been doing some research into speaker and microphone arrays as often found in smart speakers. Artificial Intelligence Vs. the Hackers Machine-learning algorithms watch hackers’ behavior and adapt to their evolving tactics. Programmer News for the Day Coconut Coconut is a functional programming language that compiles to Python. A Free Ebook on C++ Smart Pointers To write expressive code in C++, mastering smart pointers is a necessity! Without them, our code becomes littered with memory management, news and delete, and unclear semantics about who owns what resources. Software Developer Jobs Will Increase Through 2026 Over the next eight years, the United States will add more than a quarter-million new software developer roles. Word for the Day babble verb bab· ble | \ˈba-bəl  \ : to talk excessively Pay no attention to her. She's just babbling. More Puzzle for the Day Anagram for the Day Clown Puzzle Four clowns were getting ready for the evening's performance. From the clothes trunk each clown had to get their socks and shoes. There was one pair of each shoes and socks in each colour. The red socks went with the blue shoes. Baba had yellow shoes but not yellow socks. The clown with green shoes did not have blue socks. Boba had neither red shoes nor red socks. Bilpo's shoes were the same colour as Babil's socks. The clown with red shoes had green socks. Can you tell who had which colour shoes and socks? Solution (Previous Puzzle): An anagram is a word made by using letters of another word in a different order. Example: shot à host Find the anagram for the following: Cone Cool Cork Solution (Previous): LOIN : LION LOOPED : POODLE BALMS : LAMBS Innovation of the Day In 1930, the element Fr (francium) was discovered by Marguerite Perey, the last naturally occurring element to be found. It is the heaviest alkali metal atom, with atomic number 87. In 1913, a U.S. patent for the thermal cracking of crude oil was issued to William Merriam Burton (No.1,049,667). In 1714, the world's first patent for a “Machine for Transcribing Letters” was granted in England by Queen Anne to Henry Mill (1683?-1771), a waterworks engineer with the New River Company. The patent (No. 395) Video for the Day Podcast for the Day How tsunamis work - Alex Gendler The immense swell of a tsunami can grow up to 100 feet, hitting speeds over 500 mph -- a treacherous combination for anyone or anything in its path. Alex Gendler details the causes of these towering terrors and explains how scientists are seeking to reduce their destruction in the future. Permission and Trust By Seth Godin On this week’s episode of Seth Godin’s Startup School we learn how to build a community and gain their trust. Seth discusses how easily you can become paralyzed in the pursuit of perfect, why launching is overrated, and how Kickstarter works. Idiom for the Day spin a yarn tell a long and far-fetched story My friend spins a yarn about his trip for all time. More Quote for the Day “It is not enough to get things done; they must be done right.” Arthur Hadley Thanks & Regards, Team Campus Connect, Infosys Limited

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