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Sam Varghese
Sam Varghese has been writing for iTWire since 2006, a year after the site came into existence. For nearly a decade thereafter, he wrote mostly about free and open source software, based on his own use of this genre of software. Since May 2016, he has been writing across many areas of technology. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years in India (Indian Express and Deccan Herald), the UAE (Khaleej Times) and Australia (Daily Commercial News (now defunct) and The Age). His personal blog is titled Irregular Expression.
Monday, 19 April 2021 10:03
FIN7 gang member jailed for 10 years by Seattle judge
One of the three people indicted by the US over involvement in stealing millions of credit card and debit card numbers, which were then either used by the gang or sold, has been sentenced to a 10-year jail sentence by the US District Court in Seattle.
Published in
Security
Monday, 19 April 2021 08:32
WordPress to treat Google's new ad-tracking tech as a security issue
The project that manages the WordPress content management system, which claims to power about 41% of the Web, will treat Google's new ad-tracking technology, Federated Learning of Cohorts, as a security issue and block it from working.
Published in
Business Intelligence
Monday, 19 April 2021 07:47
Jonathan Carter wins second term as Debian leader
South African developer Jonathan Carter will continue to lead the Debian GNU/Linux project for a second year, after winning the election for the position, the results of which were declared over the weekend.
Published in
Open Source
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She didn't walk away empty handed, she got a partial win which meant she got 50% of the prize value