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Who invented the alphabet?
Who really invented the alphabet? Although we are still uncertain about precisely where the world’s most influential communication system came from, we know more than we did 20 years ago.
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Learning COBOL: A Journey for the Modern Programmer (2021)
A guide to learning COBOL for the modern programmer.
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Roland’s 50th Anniversary Concept Piano
Stunning and adventurous, Roland's 50th Anniversary Concept Piano combines sound, design, and connectivity into an instrument of the future.
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Why SaaS prices are still going up when companies are spending less
Discover why software prices surge despite reduced spending. Explore the 2023 landscape of hikes, inflation, and AI investments.
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What codegen is good for
Codegen isn't a replacement, but an extension of your programming. In this post, we share recommendations for using codegen to augment your workflows.
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Is React Having an Angular.js Moment?
React Server Components, while innovative, risk causing division in the React community due to their potential to undermine Single-Page App architecture.
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Using enums to represent state in Rust
Many Rust beginners with a background in systems programming tend to use bool (or even u8 – an 8-bit unsigned integer type) to represent “state”. For example, how about a bool to indicate whether a user is active or not? struct User { // ... …
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Red algae proteins grafted into tobacco double plant growth
Cornell researchers have successfully transferred key regions of a highly efficient red algae into a tobacco plant to dramatically improve plant productivity and increase carbon sequestration.
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DuckDuckGo Launches DuckAssist
A new feature that generates natural language answers to search queries using Wikipedia.
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Obsidian 1.4.10 Desktop (Public)
Improvements Editor - Empty lines before the frontmatter block are no longer allowed. Previously this was supported by some parts of the app and ignored by othe...
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Validating Data in Elixir: Using Ecto and NimbleOptions
In the second part of our series, we'll explore how to avoid bad data using Ecto and NimbleOptions.
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AdaCore Announces Gnat Pro for Rust
For the first time, AdaCore’s GNAT Pro subscribers will be able to develop safety- and security-certifiable embedded applications using Rust while…
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Chemists develop new way to split water
The news portal offers current information about studies, research and life at Münster University.
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Deno 1.31: Package.json Support
Deno 1.31 adds support for package.json, stabilizes Node-API, Deno.Command API, adds `node:v8` module, and more.
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Strong Consistency with Raft and SQLite
In the recent past, a typical client/server environment consisted of multiple clients connected to a central database server. A central database architecture is a system where all data is stored in a single centralized location. When client A from Si...
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What's Postgres got to do with AI?
Chris is cooking up some examples for us on how to use AI inside Postgres. We have a simple demo of using pgvector and Open AI to grab relationships and query for other similar items.
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UK Online Safety Bill threatens encryption, secure communication, and reporting
Does the image above, depicting the rescue of a child who attempted to reach the U.K. by sea, present the act of immigration in “a positive light”? It’s an absurd question, of course. It’s journalism – an effort to convey in visual terms the stark truth that tens of thousands of migrants and asylum-seekers try to…
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86Box v4.0
Release for August 2023.
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Fentanyl vaccine tested in rats
Study Suggests New Vaccine Could Prevent Deadly Opioid from Entering the Brain
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If you travel to China, be aware of an exit ban
China Exit Bans: Understanding the Risks. Learn about the use of exit bans in China and what you can do to mitigate the risks. Get expert insights.
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Mexico seeks to solidify rank as top U.S. trade partner, push further past China
Mexico's emergence followed fractious U.S. relations with China, which had moved past Canada to claim the top trading spot in 2014. The dynamic changed in 2018 when the U.S. imposed tariffs on China’s goods and with subsequent pandemic-era supply-chain disruptions that altered international trade and investment flows…
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Nearly 500 brands exited smartphone market during 2017-2023
Counterpoint Research Insight
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Brave launches self-serve ads program
Today, Brave is launching its Self-Serve Ads Program. These new tools allow brands to set up and run advertising for their products and services within the privacy-preserving Brave Ads and Rewards ecosystem.
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Google's response to Reptar CPU vulnerability
Just as Vulnerability Research is an important area of focus at Google, so is Vulnerability Response to critical and complex vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Response at Google not only helps secure Google’s products and users, but in certain cases, it affects millions of devices across the Internet. In this post, we'll…
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Black holes as the source of dark energy
New research suggests that as our universe expands, black holes gain mass, and this connection between black holes and the universe's expansion is the source of dark energy.
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Virtualizing development environments in 2023
The limits of two modern virtualization methods: containers and virtual machines.
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Protecting customers with generative AI indemnification
Google Cloud assumes responsibility for potential legal risks of using our generative AI, offering indemnities for training data and generated output.