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Software Engineering Institute Makes CERT C++ Coding Standard Freely Available
SEI News | A collection of the latest news articles from the CMU Software Engineering Institute.
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 2,293 posts.
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Request for Education Startups
At YC, we’re deeply interested in education because of its power to transform lives and societies and to maximize human potential. On a micro level, we believe technology can help reverse the trend in K-12 of spending more and more money to achieve the same learning outcomes. We believe tech can also create…
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Unit Testing Doesn’t Affect Codebases the Way You Would Think
I did yet another study on 100 codebases, this time to see the effects of unit testing. The results surprised me, and I'm guessing they'll surprise you.
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27000 errors in the Tizen operating system
This article will demonstrate that during the development of large projects static analysis is not just a useful, but a completely necessary part of the development process. This article is the first...
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LibreOffice 5.4 released with new features for Writer, Calc and Impress
Berlin, July 28, 2017 – The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 5.4, the last major release of the LibreOffice 5.x family, immediately available for Windows, macOS and Linux, and for the cloud. LibreOffice 5.4 adds significant new features in every module, including the usual large number of incremental…
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Jennifer Widom Named Dean of Stanford School of Engineering
Widom, an innovator in engineering education, taught one of Stanford’s first MOOCs.
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2017 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythm
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017 was awarded jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm"
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AWS Amplify: JavaScript Open Source Library with React, React Native Extensions
The JavaScript ecosystem is thriving. Every day there are new use cases and functionality across web and mobile ecosystems. Developers are building highly interactive and functional applications across social, consumer, and enterprise spaces. We’ve spent a lot of time talking to these developers. They want to scale…
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Disqus Security Alert: User Info Breach
More publishers trust us to engage, grow, and understand their audiences than any other. Build your on-site community with Disqus.
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Verizon announces plans to install a download-tracking app on its Android phones
UPDATE: We have received additional information from Verizon and based on that information we are withdrawing this post while we investigate further. Here is the statement from Kelly Crummey, Director of Corporate Communications of Verizon: "As we said earlier this week, we are testing AppFlash to...
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Intelligent Tracking Prevention
Note: Read about improvements to this technology in recent blog posts about Intelligent Tracking Prevention, and the Storage Access API.
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Coco: Framework for enterprise blockchain networks
Microsoft is committed to bringing blockchain to the enterprise—and is working with customers, partners, and the blockchain community to continue advancing its enterprise readiness.
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Faster 3D rendering with WebGL 2.0
The WebGL JavaScript API exposes hardware-accelerated 3D graphics to the web. Chrome 56 brings support for WebGL 2.0 , a major upgrade to ...
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How We Deliver Global SSL with Let's Encrypt
News, tips, and tricks from the team at Fly
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TensorFlow machine learning now optimized for the Snapdragon 835 and Hexagon 682
Boost your TensorFlow apps with the Snapdragon 835 and Hexagon 682 DSP. Unleash the power of AI and machine learning. Download the SDK now.
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100 days of postmarketOS
Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones
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How to Scale PostgreSQL on AWS: Learnings from Citus Cloud
Lessons learned in scaling out the PostgreSQL database in the cloud using Citus, an open source extension to Postgres that is also available as a fully-managed database as a service. From operational pain points like HA to disaster recovery to backups to monitoring and logging and alerts.
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The threat from within
Former Provost John Etchemendy, in a recent speech before the Stanford Board of Trustees, outlined challenges higher education is facing in the coming years. Following is an excerpt from that talk.
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Generation UX – How to make websites age-friendly
UserZoom empowers your team with sophisticated UX insights to create digital experiences that delight customers and drive business growth.
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Tools for Remote Software Development and Pair Programming
Examines the software stack Zapier uses to enable collaborative coding and deployment in distributed teams.