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Gimp development release 2.99.12 includes initial CMYK support
Release news for development version GIMP 2.99.12
The Future of the Web Is on the Edge
A brief history of the internet explaining why building for the edge is faster, more secure, and easier than ever.
Unintended consequences of blocking IP addresses
A discussion about IP blocking: why we see it, what it is, what it does, who it affects, and why it’s such a problematic way to address content online.
Safari now supports File System Access API with private origin
WebKit supports new API that makes it possible for web apps to create, open, read, and write files directly, or create directories and enumerate their contents.
The Incredibly Stupid One
After being captured by enemy soldiers during the Vietnam War, U.S. Navy sailor Douglas Hegdahl’s cleverness and creativity allowed him to uncover valuable information about the prison camp.
Gitea 1.17.0 is released – includes package registry support
We are proud to present the release of Gitea version 1.17.0, a relatively big release with a lot of new and exciting features and plenty breaking changes. We highly encourage users to update to this version after carefully reading about the breaking changes for some important bug
A new day for Insteon
We are a small group of passionate Insteon users that have successfully acquired Insteon. Like many of you, our homes are powered by Insteon’s amazing dual-mesh technology and highly configurable products. Most of you discovered that the Insteon Hubs began coming back online. Our first priority was getting the hubs on
Can Grafana run Doom?
Using time series panels and Grafana Live streaming, Doom fans can now pursue total annihilation on Grafana.
We Are Changing the License for Akka
Today, we're announcing a change to Akka's license model so that Akka can be a thriving project for many decades.
Best Font for Online Reading: No Single Answer
Among high-legibility fonts, a study found 35% difference in reading speeds between the best and the worst. People read 11% slower for every 20 years they age.
Next.js Layouts RFC: Nested routes and layouts, designed for Server Components
Nested routes and layouts, client and server routing, React 18 features, and designed for Server Components.
Next.js 13
Next.js 13 introduces layouts, React Server Components, and streaming in the app directory, as well as Turbopack, an improved image component, and the brand new font component.
Reading academic computer science papers
You read documentation and tutorials to become a better programmer, but if you really want to be cutting-edge, academic research is where it's at.
Lyra V2 – a better, faster, and more versatile speech codec
We are now releasing Lyra V2, with a new architecture with a wider platform support, provides scalable bitrate capabilities, has better performance.
Why I’m Cryptophobic
Adam Fisher’s exegesis on why he believes that despite the recent crash, crypto will rise again to the detriment of society.
Have lots of AWS accounts
“You should have lots of AWS accounts” has moved to https://src-bin.com/substrate/blog/you-should-have-lots-of-aws-accounts/ .
Study links omega-3s to improved brain structure, cognition at midlife
Holy mackerel! Could eating salmon, cod, tuna, herring or sardines keep our brains healthy and our thinking agile in middle age? New research makes this connection. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 5, 2022) — Eating cold-water fish and other sources of omega-3 fatty acids may…
Raid-Z Expansion Feature for ZFS Goes Live
The Foundation sponsored feature reflows existing data to rewrite it onto a new arrangement of disks thereby freeing space at the end of the logical RAID-Z group The FreeBSD Foundation funded the project to ensure the completion and release of an easy-to-use and practical application. The project came in under budget…
Timescale raises $110M Series C
Timescale just raised $110 million in our Series C, led by Tiger Global alongside all existing investors: Benchmark, New Enterprise Associates.
We decided to move 90% of our workload from the cloud to on-prem infrastructure
Since the foundation of the first public cloud companies in the early 2000s, they have radically transformed the landscape of the internet…
SSH commit verification now supported
GitHub now supports SSH commit verification, so you can sign commits and tags locally using a self-generated SSH public key, which will give others confidence about the origin of a…
Russia’s Possible Invasion of Ukraine
If peace talks fail, the Russian military has several options to invade Ukraine through northern, central, and southern routes, raising critical questions for the United States and its NATO allies according to analysis by the CSIS International Security Program.
Elastic and Amazon reach agreement on trademark infringement lawsuit
We’re pleased to share that Elastic and Amazon have resolved the trademark infringement lawsuit related to the term Elasticsearch. Now the only Elasticsearch service on AWS and the AWS Marketplace is ...
When to use generics
When to use generics when writing Go code, and when not to use them.
GlobalFoundries joins Google’s open source silicon initiative
The latest news from Google on open source releases, major projects, events, and outreach programs for early career developers.
WebVM: WASM virtual machine in browser with networking via Tailscale
WebVM, our virtual Linux environment running fully client-side in the browser, now supports networking via Tailscale.