Infosys Campus Connect Daily K10 : 2019/157

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Dear Professor, Greetings from Infosys Campus Connect Team!!! Infosys Certification : Course Modules 1.       Programming Fundamentals using Python 2.       OOP using Python 3.       Data Structures & Algorithms using Python 4.       Learning DBMS and SQL 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 Windows 10 Security Alert: Vulnerabilities Found in Over 40 Drivers Researchers analyzing the security of legitimate device drivers found that more than 40 drivers from at least 20 hardware vendors contain vulnerabilities that can be abused to achieve privilege escalation. Biohackers chase Johnny Mnemonic with ‘Pegleg’ implanted hard drive The Four Thieves Vinegar biohacking collective has not figured out how to precisely mimic the memory data transfer scenario Gibson conjured, but it has built a device to enable people to store and transfer data wirelessly in their bodies. Security researchers find that DSLR cameras are vulnerable to ransomware attack Canon has issued a security advisory and firmware patch for the vulnerability Programmer News for the Day Python Continuous Integration and Deployment From Scratch Python is the oldie-but-goodie of programming languages. Since the ’80s, it has provided developers with reliability and ease-of-use. The Rule of Seven: how to overload the brain of a programmer for no good reason There is an old, but very important paper in psychology called The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information. A Turbulent Year: The 2019 Data & AI Landscape It has been another intense year in the world of data, full of excitement but also complexity. Web Developer News for the Day How to make HTTP requests like a pro with Axios In this post we will take a good look at Axios, a client HTTP API based on the XMLHttpRequest interface provided by browsers, and examine the key features that has contributed to its rise in popularity among frontend developers. Tips for rolling your own lazy loading Lazy loading is a popular technique for gradually requesting images as they come into view, rather than all at once after the HTML of the page has been parsed. Automatically detect memory leaks with Puppeteer In general a memory leak is the situation in which a software holds on to a piece of memory which it doesn't really need anymore. In JavaScript this most likely means that there is a reference to an object somewhere which you totally forgot about. Word for the Day vilify verb vil·​i·​fy | \ ˈvi-lə-ˌfī  \ : to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : DEFAME He was vilified in the press for his comments. More Puzzle for the Day Rope Puzzle Place letters into the grid such that every row, column, and 2x2 block has letters (in any order) that form a common word. Each letter is only used once, and no letter is repeated in the rows/cols/blocks. Letters allowed: S O N A T A. Solution (Previous Puzzle): 6.28 metres, a lot less than you might think! If we call the radius of the Earth (in metres), R. Then the difference between the two circumferences is: 2*Pi*(R+1) - 2*Pi*R = 2*Pi metres = 6.28 metres. Innovation of the Day In 1898, the loop-de-loop Roller Coaster having a section of  vertical circular spiral track was patented by Edwin Prescott (U.S. No. 609164). In 1988, IBM introduced software for artificial intelligence. In 2003, chemists met in Ottawa to vote and make official a proposed name for the element 110: Darmstadtium, symbol Ds. This was first identifieded in a high-energy physics laboratory in Germany (1994) Video for the Day Podcast for the Day What is the coldest thing in the world? - Lina Marieth Hoyos The coldest materials in the world aren’t in Antarctica or at the top of Mount Everest. They’re in physics labs: clouds of gases held just fractions of a degree above absolute zero. Lina Marieth Hoyos explains how temperatures this low give scientists a window into the inner workings of matter, and allow engineers to build incredibly sensitive instruments that tell us more about the universe. Why pay for bottled water? : BBC 6 Mins English Can you tell the difference between the taste of bottled water and tap water? Is water in a bottle really better for you. Neil and Rob quench your thirst for new vocabulary and discuss H2O. Idiom for the Day Bite Someone’s Head Off to reply or speak to someone in a very sharp and angry way; to scold harshly. I know you had a bad day but you don’t have to bite my head off. All I said was hello! More Quote for the Day “Without ambition no conquests are made, and no business created. Ambition is the root of all achievement.” James Champy Thanks & Regards, Team Campus Connect, Infosys Limited