Jon Gold

Massachusetts

Senior Writer, Network World. Cover wireless, IoT. Also, sports are good.

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Tech layoffs this year: A timeline

2 months ago | computerworld.com | Peter Sayer |Jon Gold

2025 began in turmoil, with layoffs at some of the largest tech companies despite the support shown by the new US administration. 2024 had been a year of recovery, with the pace of layoffs slowing and IT employment the highest for years following two years of massive IT layoff in 2022 and 2023.
7 ways to compare text files on Linux

Aug 26, 2024 | networkworld.com | Sandra Henry Stocker |Michael Cooney |Unix Dweeb |Jon Gold

There are numerous ways to compare text files on a Linux system from the command line. This post describes seven commands that can help you do this and explains how to interpret the results.
3 takeaways from AMD’s ZT Systems grab

Aug 21, 2024 | networkworld.com | Andy Patrizio |Denise Dubie |Jon Gold

Credit: 3rdtimeluckystudio / Shutterstock AMD is continuing its acquisition streak with the announced purchase of server supplier and cloud computing specialist ZT Systems for $4.9 billion. The acquisition is the latest in a series of steps to strengthen its AI position.
Google is a 'monopolist' that violated antitrust laws, court finds

Aug 5, 2024 | computerworld.com | Lucas Mearian |Ken Mingis |Jon Gold |Jonny Evans

Credit: Shutterstock/Ascannio In a landmark decision, a US District Court on Monday ruled that Google is a monopoly that used its dominance in the online search market to suppress other search engines and keep them from gaining market share.
OpenAI has tools to watermark ChatGPT text, but doesn't use them

Aug 5, 2024 | computerworld.com | Viktor Eriksson |Lucas Mearian |Ken Mingis |Jon Gold

Credit: Vitor Miranda / Shutterstock OpenAI has for more than a year had a tool to watermark text generated by the company’s AI assistant ChatGPT, according to information provided to The Wall Street Journal via The Verge.
Court blocks US net neutrality reinstatement

Aug 2, 2024 | computerworld.com | Mikael Markander |Charlotte Trueman |Jon Gold |Gyana Ranjan Swain

Six years ago, the end of net neutrality in the US meant that carriers such as AT&T and Verizon were free to prioritize certain services at the expense of others. Since becoming taking office in 2021, President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s administration has been trying to reverse that decision and restore net neutrality. Those efforts hit another snag this week when the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided to block the government’s plans to reinstate rules that were in place before 2018.
Tech layoffs in 2024: A timeline – Computerworld

Apr 2, 2024 | computerworld.com | Charlotte Trueman |Jon Gold

Technology companies have continued to lay off staff in 2024, despite improving fundamentals. Here's an updated timeline of notable layoffs, and reasons why Big Tech is in turmoil.
Patched Apache ActiveMQ bug abused to drop Godzilla web shells

Jan 22, 2024 | csoonline.com | Shweta Sharma |Jon Gold |Lucian Constantin |Cynthia Brumfield

The attack methods being used to abuse the bug can successfully circumvent security measures, evading detection by security endpoints during scanning.
Deprecated npm packages that appear active present open-source risk

Jan 19, 2024 | csoonline.com | Lucian Constantin |Jon Gold |Shweta Sharma |Cynthia Brumfield

A significant percentage of the 50,000 most-downloaded npm packages are deprecated or have a deprecated dependency but provide no warning.
Report: World governments must act to create generative AI safeguards

Jan 19, 2024 | csoonline.com | Jon Gold |John Mello Jr. |Shweta Sharma |Joe Sullivan

Generative AI’s fast-flowering utility in the cybersecurity field means that governments must take steps to regulate the technology as its use by malicious actors becomes increasingly common, according to a report issued this week by the Aspen Institute. The report called generative AI a “technological marvel,” but one that is reaching the broader public in a time when cyberattacks are sharply on the rise, both in frequency and severity.