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Zen Magnets Wins CPSC Case
TL;DR: Zen Magnets won the 2014 hearing. Judge concludes proper use of magnets creates no danger. Some recalls . Still no Zen Magnets to sell.
Welcome x 11
We have a lot of new additions to the team to announce. Tim Brady is joining YC as a Partner. Previously, he was a Partner at ImagineK12. Tim was Yahoo’s first employee and spent 8 years as the company’s Chief Product Officer. Tim was also the CEO of QuestBridge, an educational startup that helps bright low-income…
ArangoDB Closes 2.2M Euro Investment Led by Target Partners
The only enterprise AI data platform that cuts complexity, reduces costs, and gets you to production faster.
Viking Horde: A New Type of Android Malware on Google Play
Viking Horde Android malware conducts ad fraud, but can also be used for other attack purposes such as DDoS attacks, spam messages, and more.
Windows Hello face recognition is vulnerable to the Jedi mind trick
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
Java Language Support for Visual Studio Code Has Landed
Java language server is an implementation of the language server protocol for Java. If you recall, language server protocol provides a common way for editors and IDEs to integrate with language
A Statement from The Tor Project on Software Integrity and Apple
The Tor Project exists to provide privacy and anonymity for millions of people, including human...
Jupiter Awaits Arrival of Juno
In preparation for the imminent arrival of NASA’s Juno spacecraft, astronomers have used ESO’s Very Large Telescope to obtain spectacular new infrared images of Jupiter. They are part of a campaign to create high-resolution maps of the giant planet. These observations will inform the work to be undertaken by Juno over…
How Coderwall grew over 50% with an A/B test
Turn SEO rankings into revenue. RankScience drives growth across Google, ChatGPT, and AI platforms for startups.
Engines of Evidence – A Conversation with Judea Pearl
In the early 1960s, every company had a huge investment in the future of computers. I fell into a device-oriented research group, wherein the goal was to find new phenomena that we could turn into computer memory. Magnetic core memories were already becoming a nuisance. Some people worked on photochromic phenomena…
Race you to the kernel
Posted by Ian Beer of Google Project ZeroThe OS X and iOS kernel code responsible for loading a s...
Google Cloud to Join .NET Foundation Technical Steering Group
In tomorrow’s enterprise, developers and IT professionals work in an environment characterized by technological choice: open, cross-platform development where the best tools are easily within reach. As enterprises adopt public and hybrid cloud at an accelerated pace, Google Cloud is committed to fostering an open…
Hillary and Bernie’s Quiet Email Battle
SendGrid's trusted email API and marketing campaigns platform is now available through Twilio.com.
Why Unicode Won’t Work on the Internet (2001)
Linguistic, Political, and Technical Limitations.
Changes to Trusted Certificate Authorities in Android Nougat
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
How to avoid brittle code
Here are some techniques to avoid the pain of having brittleness from legacy code.
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14316 Released
Hi everyone, Today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14316 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. At Build 2016 last week, we shared new experiences and new opportunities we’re creating for developers with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update which we will be releasing for free to all Windows 10 customers…
HPACK: the silent killer (feature) of HTTP/2
If you have experienced HTTP/2 for yourself, you are probably aware of the visible performance gains possible with HTTP/2 due to features like stream multiplexing, explicit stream dependencies, and Server Push.
Introducing the Qt Lite project – Qt for any platform, any thing, any size
Explore the Qt Blog for the latest insights on e.g. Qt Creator, your go-to source for cross-platform development tips and updates.