I am happy to be able to announce that we are making yet another EC2 price reduction! We are reducing the On-Demand and Reserved instance, and Dedicated host prices for C4 and M4 instances running Linux by 5% in the US East (N. Virginia), US West (N. California), US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland), Europe (Frankfurt)…
Emailed password reset links are a common part of web applications. Is your site leaking these confidential links to third party sites?
8 out of 10 businesses successfully survive their first year and increase their chances of survival with every year they stay in business.
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announces today that the first beta release of PostgreSQL 9.6 is available for download. This …
A new simulation of our Milky Way galaxy has solved a decades-old mystery.
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The Nim programming language is a concise, fast programming language that compiles to C, C++ and JavaScript.
We’ve heard from a lot of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) users that they like to edit code and configuration files without leaving their browser. We're now making that easier by offering a new feature: an integrated code editor.
When people think of “data science” they probably think of algorithms that scan large datasets to predict a customer’s next move or interpret unstructured te...
Scientists have discovered three Earth-sized exoplanets, just 40 light years away, that could be potentially habitable for life. The extrasolar planets were found with the TRAPPIST telescope orbiting a dim dwarf star.
Billions of Messages a Day - Yelp's Real-time Data Pipeline Justin C., Software Engineer Jul 14, 2016 This post is part of a series covering Yelp's real-time streaming data infrastructure....
Discover Firebase, Google’s mobile and web app development platform that helps developers build apps and games that users will love.
Law to be introduced in 2017 The use of open standards is to be made mandatory for public administrations in the Netherlands. A law proposed by MP Astrid Oosenbrug was adopted by the Lower House of...
MIT spinout SolidEnergy Systems has developed an anode-free lithium metal battery with double the energy capacity of lithium ion batteries that power smartphones, electric cars, wearables, and drones. The device was created by Qichao Hu, former postdoc in the group of batteries expert Donald Sadoway.
This website is developed, maintained, and hosted by Sal Soghoian as a service to the user automation community.
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We were exposed to an intrusion today. It was brief and it shouldn’t impact many people, but if it impacts you, it’s very important you read the information below.
Online payment processing for internet businesses. Stripe is a suite of payment APIs that powers commerce for businesses of all sizes.
I recently wrote about some work I’ve done to speed up the Rust compiler . Since then I’ve done some more.
We're excited to announce the formation of a new grassroots network, the Electronic Frontier Alliance. Bringing together community and campus organizations across the U.S., the Alliance will serve as an increasingly vital hub for activism and organizing addressing a spectrum of civil liberties and...
