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MakeCode Arcade: Retro Gaming, Modern Programming
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Future of TypeScript on ESLint
A pluggable and configurable linter tool for identifying and reporting on patterns in JavaScript. Maintain your code quality with ease.
Supporters of Mexico’s Soda Tax Targeted with NSO Exploit Links (2017)
An investigation revealing that Mexican soda tax supporters were targeted with NSO Group's government-exclusive spyware and exploit framework.
Building CockroachDB on top of RocksDB
CockroachDB uses RocksDB for its storage engine because of RocksDB's rich feature set, which is necessary for a complex product like a distributed SQL database.
Let’s talk about open-source sustainability
Do you contribute to open source software (OSS)? We'd love to hear your perspective.
ScyllaDB Open Source 3.0
With the release of ScyllaDB Open Source 3.0, we’ve introduced a rich set of new production-ready features that surpass the capabilities of Apache Cassandra.
How to write a rootkit without really trying
We open-sourced a fault injection tool, KRF, that uses kernel-space syscall interception. You can use it today to find faulty assumptions (and resultant bugs) in your programs. Check it out! This post covers intercepting system calls from within the Linux kernel, via a plain old kernel module. We’ll go through a quick…
Oklahoma Department of Securities Leaked Millions of Files
A storage server configured for public access exposed millions of files belonging to the Oklahoma Securities Commission.
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Slack is where work flows. It's where the people you need, the information you share, and the tools you use come together to get things done.
Two creators are not always better than one
Team superiority is a myth.
600 days of postmarketOS
Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones
More Data Is Not Better and Machine Learning Is a Grind
I had an opportunity to sit in on a lecture today by two experts on Machine Learning from Amazon, during a lecture at UNC. Ed Banti is Director of Software Development, Core AI Amazon, and Pat Bajari, was VP and Chief Economist, Core AI, at Amazon as well. Both gentlemen shared their insights on working with AI…
President Signs Government-Wide Open Data Bill
The Data Coalition is dedicated to improving government, business, and society through open data and evidence-informed public policy
DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps
We're excited to announce that map and address-related searches on DuckDuckGo for mobile and desktop are now powered by Apple's MapKit JS framework.
Canary analysis: Lessons learned and best practices from Google and Waze
Waze, maker of the community-based traffic navigation app, estimates that canary releases can prevent a quarter of all incidents on their services.
New Method for Compressing Neural Networks Better Preserves Accuracy
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Pwn2Own Vancouver 2019: Tesla, VMWare, Microsoft, and more
Starting in 2007, Pwn2Own has evolved from a small demonstration with prizes averaging around $10,000 per exploit, to one of the most well-known security contests in the industry, with millions of dollars of cash and prizes made available to contestants over the years. The contest serves as more tha