Infosys Campus Connect Daily K10 : 2019/056

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Dear Professor, Greetings from Infosys Campus Connect Team!!! Free Courses 1.       Business English 2.       Business Communication 3.       Programming Fundamentals using Python 4.       OOP using Python 5.       Data Structures & Algorithms using Python 6.       Learning DBMS and SQL 7.       Big Data 8.       NoSQL Databases 9.       Artificial Intelligence 10.   Cloud Computing 11.   Cyber Security https://infytq.infosys.com 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 Why Phone Numbers Stink As Identity Proof Phone numbers stink for security and authentication. They stink because most of us have so much invested in these digits that they’ve become de facto identities. Google, Microsoft work together for a year to figure out new type of Windows flaw Researcher finds building blocks for privilege escalation: Can they be assembled to create a flaw? AMD Believes SPOILER Vulnerability Does Not Impact Its Processors AMD thinks that its processors are not impacted by the new SPOILER vulnerability that uses speculative execution to improve the efficiency of memory and cache attacks such as Rowhammer. Programmer News for the Day Researchers propose AI agents that learn from human programmers’ eye movements The eye movements we make while engaged in cognitively demanding tasks communicate a lot about us. Most Java developers don’t want to adopt a new language in the near future, report shows Last autumn, JetBrains surveyed more than 1,500 Java developers on their learning patterns and preferences and the results are in! An Introduction to Apache Kafka Check out this great primer to the Apache Kafka framework and learn how to utilize its features. Word for the Day petulant adjective pet· u· lant | \ ˈpe-chə-lənt  \ : insolent or rude in speech or behavior He was moody and quite petulant. More Puzzle for the Day Anagram for the Day Sentence Formation Puzzle Can you create a sentence that contains the word 'and' five times in a row? Note: with no other word between each 'and'. Solution (Previous Puzzle): There are more 2s because of the numbers beginning with 20,000. 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: Runts Rusts Sacks Solution (Previous): ROCKS : CORKS ROPES : PORES, SPORE RULED : LURED Innovation of the Day In 1846, Adolphe Sax applied for a French patent on his new instrument, the saxophone, which was granted on 22 Jun 1846 (No. 3326). In 1942, a secret report was submitted suggesting the name “plutonium” for artificial element 94 since it followed neptunium and uranium (elements 93 and 92). In 1999, a balloon achieved the first non-stop round-the-world balloon flight. After 20 days of flight, the experimental Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon, flown by Brian Jones and Bertrand Piccard, touched down in the Egyptian desert. Video for the Day Podcast for the Day Where are the baby dinosaurs? In a spellbinding talk, paleontologist Jack Horner tells the story of how iconoclastic thinking revealed a shocking secret about some of our most beloved dinosaurs. Chins : BBC 6 Mins English Almost every part of our body seems to be the subject of endless debate. But there’s one part you don’t hear much about - the chin. Join Rob and Neil as they investigate this forgotten part of our face and explain some related vocabulary. Idiom for the Day armed to the teeth heavily and formidably armed, usually with deadly weapons. When someone is physically and mentally prepared to compete with others in any field of life. The alleged tax-defaulter was ready for all their questions, and armed to the teeth with proof of his innocence. More Quote for the Day “Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” Golda Meir Thanks & Regards, Team Campus Connect, Infosys Limited