IBM enters the esports fray with Overwatch League partnership

IBM Watson will have its day in the emerging technology, sports, and cloud entertainment industry.

IBM has announced its debut into the esports arena through a multi-year deal inked with the Overwatch League. 

Esports is roughly described as competitive videogaming, team-based play, and digital tournaments. The industry goes far beyond a casual, friendly gaming session between friends, however, as professional teams have now formed to face other groups worldwide. 

Apple iPhone 12: Price, Oct. 13 announcement, 5G, plus rumors of a ‘Mini’ surprise

Curious what Apple is planning for the iPhone 12? We’ve rounded up all of the leaks and rumors so you don’t have to hunt them down.

In a normal year, Apple would have already announced and started shipping the latest iPhone models, but this isn’t a normal year. Instead, Apple still held its annual September event where the company announced new Apple Watch and iPad models, but no iPhone. And now we know that Apple will hold another event on Oct. 13, just as rumors had claimed, where the company is expected to announce the new iPhones.

GitHub: Now our built-in bug checker gets these third-party code-scanning tools

GitHub users can now customize the Microsoft platform’s code-checking feature with third-party scanning tools.

GitHub has released a host of third-party security tools for its just-launched code-scanning feature, which helps open-source projects nix security bugs before they hit production code. 

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New Ucam security camera is powered by the blockchain

IoTeX and Tenvis have released the first security camera that delivers complete privacy over the images captured by the device

Silicon Valley,CA-based open source platform IoTeX wants to extend the concept of the Internet of Things and bring its vision alive for the Internet of Trusted Things. And it is using the blockchain to bring privacy to your security.

Microsoft: Playwright for Python language lets you test web apps in all major browsers

Microsoft extends Playwright web-app testing tool from programming language JavaScript to Python.

Microsoft has announced Playwright, a tool that lets developers write tests in Python for web applications across Chrome, Chromium-based Edge, Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox. 

Playwright, a Python library, allows developers to essentially control the browser with a few lines of Python code to automate cross-browser testing for single-page web apps and Progressive Web Apps. 

VMware using Carbon Black to secure the distributed workforce

Announced advance security for the public and private clouds, security operations, and distributed workforces.

Realising the future of work has shifted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, VMware is looking to centralise the security controls its customers now need, saying legacy networking and security approaches lack the automation, cloud scale, and intrinsic security needed to connect and protect apps, data, and users that are globally distributed.

ATO wants to verify citizens are alive and physically present for myGovID registrations

The agency has gone to market seeking to introduce a “liveness” solution to the digital identity app.

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is looking to introduce a “liveness” feature to myGovID, the Australian’s government’s digital identity credential.