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Supply Chain Attack Using PyPI Packages “Colorslib”, “Httpslib”, and “Libhttps”
The FortiGuard Labs team discovered an attack embedded in three PyPI packages called ‘colorslib’, ‘httpslib’, and “libhttps”. Read our blog to learn more.…
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Recent improvements to Safari
How recent improvements may shake up perceptions of Apple’s long-derided browser Although not widely remarked upon, 2022 was a transformative year for Apple’s popular web browser.
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Twitter has blocked 3rd party apps
At 7:30 PM PST on January 12th, access to Twitter from Tweetbot and many other 3rd party apps have stopped working. We've reached out to Twitter for more details, but as of yet have not heard anything back.
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Emacs Is Not Enough
Project Mage is a quest for seamless structural editing, a decent GUI toolkit, and, overall, an environment where interactivity, flexibility and power are valued very highly. A few applications are on the roadmap, notably the ones providing for note-taking, computational notebook capabilities, project-info tracking…
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Docker 2.0 went from $11M to $135M in 2 years
Just 2 years after laying off 80% of their team and being left for dead, we estimate Docker is now at $135M+ ARR growing roughly 150% YoY—and rebuilding Docker 2.0 as a bottom-up, developer-first company. For more on Docker’s future, check out our interview with Docker CEO Scott Johnston along with our Docker profile…
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An Update on the Open Game License (OGL)
Although we are not yet able to release the OGL at this time, we would like to update you on how things are developing, and the goals we have in mind fo...
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Paizo Announces System-Neutral Open RPG License
<p>For the last several weeks, as rumors of Wizards of the Coast’s new version of the Open Game License began circulating among publishers and on social media, gamers across the world have been asking what Paizo plans to do in light of concerns regarding Wizards of the Coast’s rumored plan to de-authorize the existing…
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Loss of epigenetic information can drive aging in mice
Study implicates changes to way DNA is organized, regulated rather than changes to genetic code
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This Voice Doesn't Exist – Generative Voice AI
We’re deploying our own generative model which lets users design entirely new synthetic voices. Discover more about generative voice AI
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Supporting the use of Rust in the Chromium project
Posted by Dana Jansens (she/her), Chrome Security Team We are pleased to announce that moving forward, the Chromium project is going to s...
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Webb confirms its first exoplanet
Researchers have confirmed the presence of an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. Formally classified as LHS 475 b, the planet is almost exactly the same size as our own, clocking in at 99% of Earth’s diameter.
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From Ruby to Node: Overhauling Shopify’s CLI for a better developer experience
In this blog post, Pedro explains why we rewrote Shopify CLI into Node instead of Ruby, the tradeoffs that came with the decision, the principles we embraced in this new iteration, and the challenges and ideas ahead of us to explore.
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Liquid democracy: two experiments on delegation in voting
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
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CEO Jack Altman’s email to Lattice employees
Earlier today, Lattice CEO Jack Altman sent the following note to Lattice employees. — Jan 12, 2023
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Do heat pumps work in cold climates?
Heat pumps work even in very, very cold weather. Thanks to technological advancements in recent decades, heat pumps keep your home toasty warm even when the temperature drops dramatically. In fact, eight of the major heat pump companies — Bosch, Carrier, Daikin, Johnson Controls, Lennox, Midea, Rheem, and Trane…
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“Expect tests” make test-writing feel like a REPL session
At Jane Street we use a pattern/library called “expect tests” that makes test-writing feel like a REPL session, or like exploratory programming in a Jupyter ...
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Setting the TZ environment variable avoids thousands of system calls (2017)
In this article, you can find how setting the TZ environment variable can prevent thousands of system calls.
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What happens when you open a terminal and enter `ls’
This article explores how terminal emulators function, decoding the process of sending commands to the shell for execution. Unveil the mystery behind what happens when you open a terminal and enter Is.
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Apache Hudi vs. Delta Lake vs. Apache Iceberg Lakehouse Feature Comparison
A thorough comparison of the Apache Hudi™, Delta Lake, and Apache Iceberg™ data lakehouse projects across features, community, and performance benchmarks. This includes a focus on common use cases such as change data capture (CDC) and data ingestion.
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On leading underscores and names reserved by the C and C++ languages
The rules laid out.
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Bringing MathML back to Chromium
Igalia is an open source consulting firm specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and client-side web technologies, graphics pipeline, compilers and virtual machines. We have the most WPE, WebKit…
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Fewer than 40% of New Yorkers earn a living wage
The Cornell ILR Wage Atlas shows who in New York state earns living wages and where, helping policymakers and other stakeholders to understand patterns of inequality.