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Working with PDF files on Linux

Network World

It became an open ISO standard in 2015. The PDF (portable document format) standard was created in the 1990s by Adobe cofounder John Warnock to make it possible for people to share reliably formatted documents across a wide range of platforms. Today, you can save documents as PDF files from many applications (e.g., using a PDF editor).

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Data breaches decline 33% in the first half of 2020

Tech Republic Security

The Identity Theft Resource Center projects 2020 is on pace to see the lowest number of breaches and exposures since 2015.

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North Korean hackers are actively robbing banks around the world, US government warns

Tech Republic Security

The BeagleBoyz have made off with nearly $2 billion since 2015, and they're back to attacking financial institutions after a short lull in activity.

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4 Ways to Excel as a Female Data Scientist

Information Week

Glassdoor has ranked data science as one of the top 10 best jobs in the US every year since 2015. Here's how you can stand out in this field.

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CEO of Salesforce AI Clara Shih has left

CIO Business Intelligence

SalesforceIQ, a software development company he co-founded in 2015, was acquired by Salesforce in 2018, while his next venture, low-code platform vendor Airkit, was swallowed up by Salesforce in October 2023. Evans has been in and out of Salesforce too.

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Do data centers threaten the water supply?

Network World

The city of Chandler, Arizona passed an ordinance in 2015 that restricted new water-intensive businesses from setting up shop which slowed data center development. He notes that Microsoft took heat last year because it was draining the water supply of a small Arizona town of Goodyear with a new AI-oriented data center.

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Are PWAs At An Inflection Point?

Forrester IT

Progressive web apps (PWAs) have been around since the standard was created by Google in 2015. It’s arguable that Steve Jobs announced them back in 2007—although his enthusiasm may have been curbed later by the fees the Apple App Store could claim for iOS platform apps.

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