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We Chat, They Watch

Citizen Lab20201,417 points512 commentscited by 12Security & Privacy details

WeChat communications conducted entirely among non-China-registered accounts are subject to pervasive content surveillance that was previously thought to be exclusively reserved for China-registered accounts.

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The Patent Office is “adjusting” to a Supreme Court ruling by ignoring it

EFF Deeplinks2020220 points64 comments Society, Policy & Culture details

In 2014, the Supreme Court decided the landmark Alice v. CLS Bank case. The Court held generic computers, performing generic computer functions, can’t make something eligible for patent protection. That shouldn’t be controversial, but it took Alice to make this important limitation on patent-...

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Cross-signing and end-to-end encryption by default

Matrix.org Blog2020615 points186 commentscited by 5Security & Privacy details

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

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Happiness is a freshly organized codebase

Slack Engineering2020184 points90 comments Software Engineering details

Starting From the Top Imagine joining a new team at a new company and you finally get access to a codebase. Slack iOS Xcode File Hierarchy 2017 Where do you add a source file for your team’s project? Great question. Your new team has three source directories for you to add files to, and oh,…

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Researchers unveil a pruning algorithm to shrink deep learning models

MIT News2020208 points59 comments AI & Machine Learning details

MIT researchers have proposed a technique for shrinking deep learning models that they say is simpler and produces more accurate results than state-of-the-art methods. It works by retraining the smaller, pruned model at its faster, initial learning rate.

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Driving engineers to an arbitrary date is a value destroying mistake

IISM2020404 points368 comments Career & Management details

Executive Mandates shutdown the value discovery efforts of software teams

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GCC 10.1 Released

GCC2020323 points139 comments Software Engineering details

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Debt Collectors Are Transforming the Business of State Courts

Pew Charitable Trusts2020141 points174 comments Society, Policy & Culture details

The business of state civil courts has changed over the past three decades. In 1990, a typical civil court docket featured cases with two opposing sides, each with an attorney, most frequently regarding commercial matters and disputes over contracts, injuries, and other harms.

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Zoom Acquires Keybase

Keybase Blog20201,879 points713 commentscited by 8Tech Industry & Business details

You're reading the Keybase blog. There are more posts . When you're done, you can install Keybase .

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Hello, World – Zerodha, India's largest stock broker

Zerodha Tech Blog2020244 points170 commentscited by 5Tech Industry & Business details

TLDR: 30 member tech team formed over seven years built India's largest stock broker. Unconventional setup. The long pending tech blog is finally here. Some backstory and context.

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ESO Instrument Finds Closest Black Hole to Earth

ESO2020131 points46 comments Science & Space details

A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutes has discovered a black hole lying just 1000 light-years from Earth. The black hole is closer to our Solar System than any other found to date and forms part of a triple system that can be seen with the naked eye. The team found…

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Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Surface Earbuds

Windows Blog2020261 points285 comments Hardware & Electronics details

Available for preorder today, new Surface devices and accessories are designed to help you work, learn, connect and play from anywhere The way we work, connect and learn continues to change right in front of us. Our devices have become our window to the world – our office, our school and our social space. To

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Firefox for Mobile now supports NoScript, PrivacyBadger, HTTPS Everywhere

Mozilla Blog2020437 points179 comments Web & Frontend details

Back in February, we announced support for the first extension for Firefox Preview, the new and rebuilt mobile browser for Android that is set to replace Firefox for Android later ...

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Reviving a 16-year-old Mac App

Tumult Blog2020235 points102 comments Life, Learning & Writing details

Today we released Whisk 2.0: a lightweight web page editor with a live preview that updates as you type. The name may be new, but the mac app’s origins are in shareware called HyperEdit that I started while in college over 16 years ago. It is hard to believe I’ve worked on an app old eno

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Nazar: Analyzing malware that was uncovered in leaked NSA files

Check Point Research2020198 points28 comments Security & Privacy details

In mid-2017, The Shadow Brokers exposed NSA files in a leak known as "Lost In Translation".Recently, researcher uncovered "Nazar", a previously-unknown APT that was mentioned in the leak.We decided to dive into each and every one of the components and share our technical analysis. What we found out, is far from being…

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Principles for Building New SaaS Products on AWS

Trek10 Blog2020212 points90 comments Tech Industry & Business details

Explore the latest updates from Caylent, including industry trends, expert insights, company news, and more.

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San Francisco Residents Are Leaving at an Unprecedented Rate

moveBuddha Blog2020139 points120 comments Society, Policy & Culture details

NorthStar Moving Company is the best mover in San Francisco, CA with a 4.66 out of 5 rating and 93% positive reviews. Compare top-rated companies, pricing, and get quotes.

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