OffHeap 54. BLM and on how Tech like Facial Recognition helps (and hinders) Us
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Ah, it's been a while, but on this two-hour long take we have @divideby0) Join us as we dive into tech and the current political climate. Here at OffHeap we stand behind #BLM and explore what technology (and our role as engineers) play on this.

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• Oracle Open sources Coherence https://blogs.oracle.com/oraclecoherence/announcing-coherence-community-edition)
• Shenandoah backport to Java 11 (https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-updates-dev/2020-June/003384.html))
• Microprofile looking to form working group (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microprofile/G5WZvF0wZuY))
• Jakarta EE Platform 9 Milestone: https://jakarta.ee/specifications/platform/9/)
• Jakarta EE Developer Survey Released (https://jakarta.ee/documents/insights/2020-Jakarta-EE-Developer-Survey-Report.pdf?mc_cid=539fdd6d35&mc_eid=16c65e3727))
• Adopt Open JDK to Eclipse (https://blog.adoptopenjdk.net/2020/06/adoptopenjdk-to-join-the-eclipse-foundation/))
• Micronaut 2.0: https://micronaut.io/blog/2020-06-26-announcing-micronaut-20.html)
• Micronaut Foundation: https://objectcomputing.com/news/2020/06/29/micronaut-foundation-established)
• Trump suspends green cards. Impact on Tech (https://www.npr.org/2020/06/20/881245867/trump-expected-to-suspend-h-1b-other-visas-until-end-of-year))
• IBM will not do Facial Rec (https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21284683/ibm-no-longer-general-purpose-facial-recognition-analysis-software)
• Redis Leader steps down (http://antirez.com/news/133))