Cognitive Services APIs: Knowledge

2017-02-17 KENNETH 0

Cognitive Services APIs: Knowledge “Ipsa scientia potestas est.” – Sir Francis Bacon In the last two posts in this series, we covered the Speech APIs and the Language Understanding APIs. In the current post, we’ll go over the Knowledge APIs. There is a natural progression to this since from speech, we derive meaning, and with meaning we obtain knowledge. The Knowledge APIs provide ways to link our collective knowledge and to access that knowledge in more effective ways. Academic Knowledge API Sometimes we want to find out what our social networks are saying about a given topic, like a recent wardrobe malfunction at a star-studded celebrity event. The Academic Knowledge API isn’t for that and would return terrible results if we tried. The Academic Knowledge API, as you might guess from the name, acts as a computer librarian for retrieving [ more… ]

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USN-3200-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

2017-02-17 KENNETH 0

USN-3200-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3200-1 16th February, 2017 webkit2gtk vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK+. Software description webkit2gtk – Web content engine library for GTK+ Details A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web andJavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a maliciouswebsite, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to webbrowser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of serviceattacks, and arbitrary code execution. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.10: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.14.5-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.14.5-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.14.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.14.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. This update uses a new upstream release, which [ more… ]

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USN-3201-1: Bind vulnerabilities

2017-02-17 KENNETH 0

USN-3201-1: Bind vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3201-1 16th February, 2017 bind9 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Bind could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software description bind9 – Internet Domain Name Server Details It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled rewriting certain queryresponses when using both DNS64 and RPZ. A remote attacker could possiblyuse this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.10: bind9 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-10.1ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: bind9 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: bind9 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.13 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: bind9 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.21 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system [ more… ]

This Week on Windows: Doctor Strange, The Walking Dead and Halo Wars 2: Live

2017-02-17 KENNETH 0

This Week on Windows: Doctor Strange, The Walking Dead and Halo Wars 2: Live We hope you enjoyed today’s episode of This Week on Windows! Catch up on all the news about security trends & Windows 10 and Spectator View, a new tool to help others see what you see in HoloLens. Or, head over here for tips on how to declutter your digital space and stay organized with Task View and Snap! Here’s what’s new in the Windows Store this week: Tune in today to Halo Wars 2: Live We’re only days away from the official launch of Halo Wars 2 next week, and just a few hours from early access availability tomorrow! As announced back in January, Xbox is celebrating the launch of Halo Wars 2 by inviting you to tune-in to a livestreamed launch event hosted at [ more… ]