How to Speed up Regular Expressions under Production Pressure

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I feel a bit guilty about pointing out the advantages of using regular expressions in several posts, without ever mentioning how

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A look at Los Angeles' Homelessness Prevention pilot program, which uses AI to identify those at risk of becoming homeless, offering aid to keep them housed (Kate Rogers/CNBC)

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Kate Rogers / CNBC:
A look at Los Angeles' Homelessness Prevention pilot program, which uses AI to identify those at risk of becoming homeless, offering aid to keep them housed  —  A woman walks past tents for the homeless lining a street in Los Angeles, Calif. on Feb. 1, 2021.

Apple Announced the 24-Inch iMac Three Years Ago Today

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Today marks the three-year anniversary of Apple's announcement of the 24-inch iMac, a transformative redesign featuring the first integration of Apple silicon in the product line.


Apple unveiled the new 24-inch ‌iMac‌ on April 20, 2021, almost nine years after the previous ‌iMac‌ redesign debuted. It replaced both the 21.5-inch and the 27-inch Intel iMacs, and represented a recommitment to the long-standing desktop product line.

The highly anticipated redesign offers a much thinner and more compact body compared to its predecessors, available in an array of vibrant colors reminiscent of the original iMacs released in the late 1990s. The 24-inch 4.5K Retina display boasts 11.3 million pixels and support for 1 billion colors. <br [...]

Dev News: Vercel Preps for React 19; New jQuery, pnpm Releases

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Vercel is working with the React team to prepare for the upcoming React 19 release and plans to address those

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An interview with Linus Torvalds at the Open Source Summit North America on the XZ Utils exploit, open source development, RISC-V, AI, and more (David Cassel/The New Stack)

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David Cassel / The New Stack:
An interview with Linus Torvalds at the Open Source Summit North America on the XZ Utils exploit, open source development, RISC-V, AI, and more  —  SEATTLE-Linux creator Linus Torvalds sat down Wednesday for a “keynote interview” at the Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit North America in Seattle.

The US Senate reauthorizes FISA's Section 702; some communication service providers had threatened to stop cooperating with the US government in case of a lapse (Gaby Del Valle/The Verge)

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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
The US Senate reauthorizes FISA's Section 702; some communication service providers had threatened to stop cooperating with the US government in case of a lapse  —  The Senate has passed a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) …

Court filing: OpenAI says Elon Musk's claim that the company has abandoned its altruistic principles is "revisionist history" and a bid to boost his AI company (Robert Burnson/Bloomberg)

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Robert Burnson / Bloomberg:
Court filing: OpenAI says Elon Musk's claim that the company has abandoned its altruistic principles is “revisionist history” and a bid to boost his AI company  —  OpenAI says Elon Musk's claim that the company has abandoned its altruistic principles in pursuit of profits is nothing more than …

Google scraps a 2019 policy requiring US suppliers and staffing firms to pay their employees $15 an hour and provide health insurance and other benefits (Daniel Wiessner/Reuters)

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Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
Google scraps a 2019 policy requiring US suppliers and staffing firms to pay their employees $15 an hour and provide health insurance and other benefits  —  Alphabet Inc's Google (GOOGL.O) on Friday said it will roll back requirements that U.S. suppliers and staffing firms pay their employees …

National Bureau of Statistics: China's integrated circuit output rose 40% YoY to 98.1B units in Q1, a sign that the country is expanding legacy chip production (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)

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Coco Feng / South China Morning Post:
National Bureau of Statistics: China's integrated circuit output rose 40% YoY to 98.1B units in Q1, a sign that the country is expanding legacy chip production  —  - The output has soared thanks partly to strong demand from downstream sectors, such as new energy vehicles

SK Hynix partners with TSMC to develop next-gen HBM4 chips, which are critical for AI and slated for mass production in 2026, and advanced chip packaging tech (Nikkei Asia)

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Nikkei Asia:
SK Hynix partners with TSMC to develop next-gen HBM4 chips, which are critical for AI and slated for mass production in 2026, and advanced chip packaging tech  —  Asian chipmakers aim to supply next-generation high-bandwidth memory for Nvidia  —  SEOUL/TAIPEI — SK Hynix …

Senate Must Follow House’s Lead In Passing Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act

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The Fourth Amendment exists for a reason. It’s supposed to protect our private possessions and data from government snooping, unless they have a warrant. It doesn’t entirely prevent the government from getting access to data, they just need to show probable cause of a crime. But, of course, the government doesn’t like to make the […]

Filing: a group of FTX investors and customers agree to drop their claims against SBF if he cooperates in cases against celebrities and others who pushed FTX (Bloomberg)

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Bloomberg:
Filing: a group of FTX investors and customers agree to drop their claims against SBF if he cooperates in cases against celebrities and others who pushed FTX  —  - Pact would release crypto exchange co-founder from claims  — In return he would help them pursue celebrities who pushed FTX

China publishes measures to boost foreign investment in its domestic technology sector, including encouraging tech companies to raise money via bond issuance (Reuters)

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Reuters:
China publishes measures to boost foreign investment in its domestic technology sector, including encouraging tech companies to raise money via bond issuance  —  China published measures on Friday aimed at promoting overseas investment in its technology sector, in a latest bid …

Bitcoin's fourth halving is now complete, lowering miners' block subsidy rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC; the third halving was in May 2020 (James Hunt/The Block)

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James Hunt / The Block:
Bitcoin's fourth halving is now complete, lowering miners' block subsidy rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC; the third halving was in May 2020  —  - Bitcoin's fourth halving event has completed, ushering in a new epoch for the network.  — Bitcoin's block subsidy reward for miners has dropped from 6.25 BTC t

Pornhub, Stripchat, and XVideos will have to comply with additional obligations, such as submitting risk assessment reports, under the EU DSA starting next week (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Pornhub, Stripchat, and XVideos will have to comply with additional obligations, such as submitting risk assessment reports, under the EU DSA starting next week  —  Adult content companies Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos will have to do risk assessment reports and take measures …

‘Lol, No’ Is The Perfect Response To LAPD’s Nonsense ‘IP’ Threat Letter Over ‘Fuck The LAPD’ Shirt

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We’ve had plenty of posts discussing all manner of behavior from the Los Angeles Police Dept. and/or the LAPD union here at Techdirt. As you might imagine if you’re a regular reader here, the majority of those posts haven’t exactly involved fawning praise for these supposed crimefighters. In fact, if you went on a reading […]

Apple's M4 MacBook Pro Lineup: What to Expect

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Apple is planning to refresh the MacBook Pro with M4 chips starting in late 2024, and this guide aggregates everything that we know about Apple's M4 MacBook Pro plans.

M4 Update

Valkey is Rapidly Overtaking Redis

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Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets (George Steer/Financial Times)

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George Steer / Financial Times:
Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets  —  US stock markets suffer their worst run since October 2022 as investors pull back from AI bets  —  Nvidia's share price plunged …

CNN, record holder for shortest streaming service, wants another shot

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New CNN head thinks CNN+ "was abandoned rather briskly."

Nothing rolls out ChatGPT integration for Nothing Phone (2) and Nothing earbuds, including voice and text widgets for the phone (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

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Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Nothing rolls out ChatGPT integration for Nothing Phone (2) and Nothing earbuds, including voice and text widgets for the phone  —  Following the launch of Nothing Ear and Ear (a) this week, Nothing is also rolling out a new update for Nothing Phone (2) which delivers quite a few upgrades, including ChatGPT integration.

Telegram partners with Tether to let the messaging app's ~900M users send USDT to each other through The Open Network blockchain (Ryan Browne/CNBC)

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Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Telegram partners with Tether to let the messaging app's ~900M users send USDT to each other through The Open Network blockchain  —  Stablecoin Tether and Circle's USDC dominate the market.  —  Telegram users can now start making stablecoin USDT payments to each other through the encrypted messaging service's linked blockchain.

SCOTUS Needs To Take Up The Texas Age Verification Lawsuit

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I think we could witness one of the most important First Amendment legal showdowns ever. The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to rule on the constitutionality of mandatory age verification for porn websites. If the high court takes up the case, it would queue up a landmark debate pertaining to the First Amendment and […]

Struggling with a Moral Panic Once Again

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I have to admit that it’s breaking my heart to watch a new generation of anxious parents think that they can address the struggles their kids are facing by eliminating technology from kids’ lives. I’ve been banging my head against this wall for almost 20 years, not because I love technology but because I care so deeply […]

Post.News, the news-focused social platform launched in 2022 that offered micropayments to publishers, is shutting down after failing to grow "fast enough" (Emma Roth/The Verge)

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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Post.News, the news-focused social platform launched in 2022 that offered micropayments to publishers, is shutting down after failing to grow “fast enough”  —  Post News, a Twitter alternative that emerged in the wake of Elon Musk's takeover, is shutting down.

Huawei phone has a pop-out camera lens, just like a point-and-shoot camera

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The retractable camera lens works like a mini point-and-shoot!

Apple Watch Ultra 2 Now Available on Apple's Refurbished Store in U.S.

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Apple today began selling certified refurbished Apple Watch Ultra 2 models in the U.S. for the first time since the device was released in September.


As of writing, refurbished Ultra 2 models with the Blue, Orange, or <a href="https://www.apple.com/shop/product/FREJ3LW/A/Refurbished-Apple-Watch-Ultra-2-GPS-Cellular-49mm-Titanium-Case-with-White-Ocean-Ban [...]

Guider Daemon Automates Linux Performance Monitoring

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SEATTLE–By the time he finished his presentation on the Guider Linux performance monitoring daemon, Peace Lee got three (3!) separate

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The US Banning TikTok Would Play Right Into China’s Hands, And Destroy Decades Of US Work On Promoting An Open Internet

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Apparently, the TikTok ban bill is back. Speaker Mike Johnson plans to include TikTok divestiture legislation already passed by the House in a fast-moving aid package for Ukraine and Israel that the chamber is set to clear on Saturday. The Senate is expected to quickly take up the measure, and President Joe Biden promised Wednesday […]

Daily Deal: The Ultimate Adobe CC Training Bundle

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The Ultimate Adobe CC Training Bundle has 12 courses to help you get the most out of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite. Courses cover Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, After Effects, and more. It’s on sale for $40. Note: The Techdirt Deals Store is powered and curated by StackCommerce. A portion of all sales from Techdirt […]

Why Observability Was Key to Citigroup’s Cloud Native Transition

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You know that you want to move your applications to the cloud to achieve the always-on, scalable, responsive and agile

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Apple Pulls WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, and Threads From App Store in China Following Order

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Apple on late Thursday into Friday removed the popular messaging and social media apps WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, and Threads from its App Store in China at the request of the Chinese government, The Wall Street Journal reported.


In a statement shared with several media outlets, Apple said China's national internet regulator ordered the removal of the apps from the App Store in the country due to unspecified "national security concerns." Apple said it is "obligated to follow the laws in the countries where we operate, even when we disagree."

Apple has complied with similar App Store removal orders from the Chinese government in the past for apps <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/201 [...]

Roku forcing 2-factor authentication after 2 breaches of 600K accounts

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Accounts with stored payment information went for as little as $0.50 each.

European Regulators Will Soon Approve Apple's Plan to Open Up Tap-to-Pay to Banks and Payment Providers

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As part of the changes introduced in Europe in iOS 17.4, Apple gave third-party payment apps and banks direct access to the NFC chip, allowing for non-Apple Pay tap-to-pay payment options. The European Commission is set to approve Apple's plan to open up tap-and-go mobile payments "as soon as next month," according to Reuters.


With NFC access, banks and third-party payment apps can offer contactless payments directly on the iPhone without having to use the Wallet app or Apple Pay. This feature [...]

Linus Torvalds on Security, AI, Open Source and Trust

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SEATTLE–Linux creator Linus Torvalds sat down Wednesday for a “keynote interview” at the ‘s Open Source Summit North America in

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The MacRumors Show: AI Macs With M4 Chips

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On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss the latest AI consumer technology and Apple's rumored plans to bring major AI-focused hardware enhancements to the Mac later this year.

Rug pull, not cool! (Friends)

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If Changelog News had an extended edition, this might be it! Jerod & Adam discuss Hashicorp’s Cease and Desist letter, Redis getting forked, Boston Dymanics’ scary cool new robot, Justin Searls’ extensive use of the Apple Vision Pro, Thorston Ball moving from Vim to Zed, Firefox becoming hard to use, Beeper joining Automattic & more.

Congressional Testimony On Section 230 Was So Wrong That It Should Be Struck From The Record

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A few months ago, we wondered if Wired had fired its entire fact-checking staff because it published what appeared to be a facts-optional article co-authored by professional consistently wrong Jaron Lanier and an academic I’d not come across before, Allison Stanger. The article suggested that getting rid of Section 230 “could save everything.” Yet the […]

MacRumors Giveaway: Win an iPhone 15 Pro From GRID Studio

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For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with GRID Studio to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a 256GB iPhone 15 Pro. GRID Studio is a company dedicated to taking old, retired Apple devices and giving them new life in the form of art.


To celebrate Earth Day, GRID Studio is hosting a special deal on one of its most popular products, offering the GRID 4 for just $99. The GRID 4 features a disassembled iPhone 4, with all of the components skillfully arranged to give a look back at Apple's history.

The ‌iPhone‌ 4 is one of Apple's most notable designs, because it introduced th [...]

Creating an EKS Cluster with No Manual Coding

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Our customers rely on templates, which we refer to as “blueprints,” to run the applications, infrastructure, services in the context

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PlayStation, GameCube, Wii, and SEGA Emulator for iPhone and Apple TV Coming to App Store

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The lead developer of the multi-emulator app Provenance has told iMore that his team is working towards releasing the app on the App Store, but he did not provide a timeframe. Provenance is a frontend for many existing emulators, and it would allow iPhone and Apple TV users to emulate games released for a wide variety of classic game consoles, including the original PlayStation, GameCube, Wii, SEGA Genesis, Atari 2600, and others.


Apple has so far approved emulators on the App Store for older Nintendo consoles <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/emu [...]

Review: BLUETTI's New SwapSolar Ecosystem Includes App-Enabled Portable Fridge and Power Station

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BLUETTI, a company known for its portable power stations and associated accessories, is currently running an Indiegogo campaign for its new SwapSolar ecosystem of app-enabled products. The launch products in the SwapSolar family include a high-capacity power station with removable hot-swappable batteries plus a multifunction portable cooler. Together, they can keep your perishables cool for up to six days while completely off the grid, or essentially indefinitely with occasional access to power.


The crowdfunding campaign for the SwapSolar campaign is drawing to a close in just a few days with over $1.1 million pledged by backers, and I've been testing out both main products in the lineup [...]

How to Use Low-CVE Chainguard Container Images on Docker Hub

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hardened container images are now available on Hub. This means that you can search for Chainguard on Docker Hub, where

The post How to Use Low-CVE Chainguard Container Images on Docker Hub appeared first on The New Stack.

Best Apple Deals of the Week: Get $60 Off Apple Watch SE, Plus Discounts on Anker and Jackery Accessories

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This week's best Apple deals include low prices on AirPods and Apple Watch SE, as well as great deals on Anker, Jackery, and Samsung products.

Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

AirPods Pro 2

• What's the deal? Get $60 off AirPods Pro 2 with USB-C and more audio deals


• Where can I get it? <a href="https://buy.geni.us/Proxy.ashx?TSID=3088&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB0CHWRXH8B%3Ftag%3Dmacrumors-20%2

iPhone 15 vs. iPhone 16: 15+ Rumored Upgrades Compared

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After over a year of reports, there are now more than a dozen specific rumors about the features and improvements set to be offered by the two non-Pro iPhone 16 models later in 2024.

How an AI Chatbot Can Boost Developer Productivity

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In the fast-paced world of software development, effective communication and efficient knowledge management are crucial for success. With the advent

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macOS 15 Rumored to Feature Revamped Calculator App

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Apple will debut a major revamp of the Calculator app in macOS 15 later this year, according to AppleInsider.



The overhauled version of the Calculator app for Mac will reportedly feature:

• An enhanced unit conversion system located in the main user interface, including for currency conversion with up-to-date exchange rates.


• "Math Notes" to allow the Notes app to communicate with the Calculator app in mathematical notation, also coming to iOS 18.


• A history tape in the sidebar to sho

Apple Praised For Repair Reforms Only Made Possible By New Oregon Law It Tried To Kill

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Last month Oregon state lawmakers passed a new “right to repair” law making it easier and cheaper to repair your electronics. The law requires that manufacturers that do business in the state provide users with easy and affordable access to tools, manuals, and parts. It also cracks down on practices like “parts pairing,” which often […]

The Role of AI in Securing Software and Data Supply Chains

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“Management avoids firing people with paper trails.” Corporate Camouflage

UK Prosecutors Apologize For Pursuing BS Charges Against A Photographer

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Cops hate being watched, no matter where they’re located. In the United States, we’ve seen several arrests and prosecutions of journalists and citizens for daring to record public officials performing their public duties. The case law isn’t completely settled in the United States, but in most parts of the country, it’s understood the First Amendment […]

Palworld Creator Loves That Others Are Trying To Clone The Game

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We’ve had several posts on the video game sensation that is Palworld in the past. Given that the game has been described by others as “Pokémon, but with guns”, we kicked things off both wondering if Nintendo was going to try to take some kind of misguided legal action on the game, while also pointing […]

Best Buy Launches Apple Vision Pro App for Previewing Tech Products

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Best Buy today announced the launch of a new "Envision" app designed for the Apple Vision Pro headset. Envision is designed to allow Best Buy customers to explore different products and see how those products look in their own living spaces.


According to Best Buy, the Envision app is meant to help consumers plan their "ultimate home technology setup." 3D models of Best Buy products are included, so users can see them from all angles and get an idea of the space they take up. The app includes big screen TVs, large and small appliances, computers, furniture, fitness equipment, and more.

There are hundreds of items to scroll through an [...]

Prime Video looking to fix “extremely sloppy mistakes” in library, report says

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Business Insider reports of inaccuracy concerns that could hurt viewership.

Alleged HomePod Display Component Again Shown Off in Photo

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Another image of an alleged screen component designed for a HomePod with a display was today shared by Kosutami, a source that has in the past shown off ‌HomePod‌ components and abandoned Apple prototypes.


The image shows a circular, glossy glass piece that would be located at the top of a ‌HomePod‌ that has the same design as the current standard size ‌HomePod‌. The component would replace the current touch/waveform interface, and in the past, Kosutami has suggested that the LCD display is slightly curved.

Meta Llama 3 available on Cloudflare Workers AI

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We are thrilled to give developers around the world the ability to build AI applications with Meta Llama 3 using Workers AI. We are proud to be a launch partner with Meta for their newest 8B Llama 3 model

Protobom: Paving the Path for SBOM Adoption

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The federal government and the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) are rolling out an open source tool they hope will

The post Protobom: Paving the Path for SBOM Adoption appeared first on The New Stack.

Google merges the Android, Chrome, and hardware divisions

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Google says the new “Platform and Devices” team will let it move faster.

Sextortion Is A Real & Serious Criminal Issue; Blaming Section 230 For It Is Not

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Let’s say I told you a harrowing story about a crime. Criminals from halfway around the world used fraudulent means and social engineering to scam a teenager, causing them to effectively destroy their lives (at least in the mind of the teen). The person whose life was destroyed then took an easily accessible gun from […]

Mac Desk Accessories Worth Checking Out

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Every year or two, MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera shares a desk tour featuring the Mac-centric products that he uses to record and edit his videos for the site. Today, Dan is sharing an updated 2024 desk video, highlighting desk accessories that might be worth checking out for your own setup.

• Uplift Desk - Dan uses an Uplift Standing desk, priced starting at $569. Uplift makes all kinds of accessories for its desks, from drawers to hammocks. Dan has a motion board for increasing movement, microphone arm, and headphone holder.


• Alti Wireless Charging Desk Mat - The $130 Alti Wireless Charging Desk Mat has a bu

Apple Store in Downtown Montréal Reportedly Moving to 125-Year-Old Heritage Building

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Apple is preparing to move its retail store on Saint-Catherine Street in Montréal, Québec, according to Canadian newspaper La Presse.

The current Apple Sainte-Catherine store

Google’s latest layoffs are in finance and real estate

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Google's almost uncountable number of layoffs continues.

Exploring Low/No-Code Platforms, GenAI, Copilots and Code Generators

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New Wasm Project Brings Web Components to Backend Languages

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WebAssembly basically allows non-frontend languages, such as Rust or Python, to run in a web browser. But web developer and

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4 Big Developments in WebAssembly

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At Wasm I/O in Barcelona and KubeCon in Paris, several updates regarding WebAssembly (Wasm) were announced. From these, four big

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Why PHP Usage Has Declined by 40% in Just Over 2 Years

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The latest monthly update of the TIOBE index asks, “Is PHP losing its mojo?” For the month of April, TIOBE’s

The post Why PHP Usage Has Declined by 40% in Just Over 2 Years appeared first on The New Stack.

5 Steps Toward Military-Grade API Security

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Cyberattacks against software are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Advancements in technical tooling provide many ways for malicious parties to automate attacks.

The post 5 Steps Toward Military-Grade API Security appeared first on The New Stack.

Adding Zonal Resiliency to Etsy’s Kafka Cluster

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Kafka is an important part of Etsy’s data ecosystem, moving data that powers a number of things like analytics, A/B testing, and search indexing. Etsy runs its Kafka cluster on...

The post Adding Zonal Resiliency to Etsy’s Kafka Cluster first appeared on Data on Kubernetes Community.

The post Adding Zonal Resiliency to Etsy’s Kafka Cluster appeared first on Data on Kubernetes Community.

Cloudflare named in 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge

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Gartner has once again named Cloudflare to the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge (SSE) report

12.9-Inch iPad Air Now Rumored to Feature Mini-LED Display

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The rumored 12.9-inch iPad Air that is expected to be announced in May will be equipped with a mini-LED display like the current 12.9-inch iPad Pro, according to Ross Young, CEO of research firm Display Supply Chain Consultants. The existing 10.9-inch iPad Air is equipped with a standard LCD panel, and the move to mini-LED technology for the 12.9-inch model would provide increased brightness for HDR content, deeper blacks, and more.


Young revealed this information in a post shared on social media platform X today. He said the 12.9-inc [...]

Apple's 13-Inch M2 MacBook Air Hits Record Low Prices at Best Buy, Starting at $849

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Best Buy today has every model of the 2022 13-inch MacBook Air available for $150 off, matching previous all-time low prices on the notebooks. These prices are available to all shoppers and do not require a My Best Buy Plus/Total membership.

Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Best Buy. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

The 256GB model is on sale for $849.00 and the 512GB model is available for $1,049.00. These deals beat the previous prices we tracked earlier in the year by about $50.

Should Apple Kill Siri and Start Over?

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Few features have promised to revolutionize the way we interact with our Apple devices as much as Siri, the company's ubiquitous virtual assistant. Launched in 2011, Siri was introduced as heralding a new era in human-computer interaction, offering an intuitive voice-controlled interface for accessing information, scheduling appointments, sending messages, and much more. The vision was grand: A personal assistant in your pocket, capable of understanding and acting upon a wide array of voice commands with ease and accuracy. So what happened?


Enthusiasm for Siri has undeniably waned in the intervening years. Despite regular updates and improvements from Apple, Siri has struggled to keep pace with its advancing rivals, and in an era of generative AI chatbots and large language models, Siri's failings have only been [...]

What’s Next for Companies Built on Open Source?

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PARIS — In late 2023, DataCebo, a three-year-old startup, launched the enterprise version of its product, which helps organizations create

The post What’s Next for Companies Built on Open Source? appeared first on The New Stack.

Integrating Real-Time and Historical Data Enhances Decision-Making

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In an era of generative AI (GenAI), where machines craft content with near-human creativity, it’s easy to be enamored by

The post Integrating Real-Time and Historical Data Enhances Decision-Making appeared first on The New Stack.

iPhone's New AirPlay Feature for Hotel Room TVs Begins Rolling Out

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Apple has announced that iPhone and iPad users can wirelessly stream videos, music, and photos from their device to their hotel room TV via AirPlay at select IHG Hotels & Resorts properties in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico starting today, including select Holiday Inn, Kimpton, Hotel Indigo, Candlewood Suites, Staybridge Suites, Atwell Suites, InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, and Avid locations, and some others.


Apple says IHG has made AirPlay available at more than 60 hotels so far, and additional hotels will support the feature "in the coming months."

The feature allows you to scan a unique QR code on the hotel room TV to e [...]

Did Signals Just Land in React?

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Last week, Daishi Kato (creator of Waku) released use-signals, an experimental React hook for TC39 signals, which aims to demonstrate

The post Did Signals Just Land in React? appeared first on The New Stack.

This app tries to do what Apple couldn’t: Multiple Mac monitors on Vision Pro

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New "Splitscreen" app works around the limitations, but it's not perfect.

How We Built Slack AI To Be Secure and Private

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At Slack, we’ve long been conservative technologists. In other words, when we invest in leveraging a new category of infrastructure, we do it rigorously. We’ve done this since we debuted machine learning-powered features in 2016, and we’ve developed a robust process and skilled team in the space. Despite that, over the past year we’ve been […]

The post How We Built Slack AI To Be Secure and Private appeared first on Slack Engineering.

Datadog DevSecOps Report Shines Spotlight on Java Security Issues

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TikTok to restrict users who repeatedly post problematic topics from ‘For You’ feed

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TikTok will make entire accounts temporarily ineligible for its For You feed if users have a pattern of posting about extreme fitness, conspiracy theories, sexually suggestive material, and a wide range of other topics that the platform won’t promote on the feed. The change was included in an update to TikTok’s Community Guidelines issued on Wednesday. While videos about such topics are still technically<

Boston Dynamics’ new humanoid moves like no robot you’ve ever seen

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All-electric, 360° joints give the new Atlas plenty of inhuman movements.

Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service

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Cross-server tracking suggests a new understanding of "public" chat servers.

Your Engineering Organization Is too Expensive

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As central banks worldwide embark on a crusade against inflation, there’s still a lot of uncertainty about the state of

The post Your Engineering Organization Is too Expensive appeared first on The New Stack.

OpenSSF warns of Open Source Social Engineering Threats

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Scala Creator Proposes ‘Lean Scala’ for Simpler Code

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Martin Odersky, creator of the Scala programming language has posted a masterful proposal for developers to pursue the concept of

The post Scala Creator Proposes ‘Lean Scala’ for Simpler Code appeared first on The New Stack.

Drive Developer Self-Service with Crossplane, K8s and a Portal

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There’s a real pain so many engineering organizations are feeling right now: On the operational side, engineers are trying to

The post Drive Developer Self-Service with Crossplane, K8s and a Portal appeared first on The New Stack.

Linux Foundation Overture Maps the Globe with Open Data

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SEATTLE — A Linux Foundation project to map the world with open data has launched a beta of its service

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Comcast rolls out ‘Now’ prepaid phone and internet plans

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Comcast announced today that it’s expanding its “Now” branding to include two prepaid services: Now Internet and Now Mobile. Of the two, the mobile plan appears to be genuinely new, as it’s a prepaid cellular option that offers unlimited 5G data, talk, and text for $25 a month per line. The mobile plan also has free access to the company’s Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots.

That seems like a better deal than Xfinity’s current <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1514734&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.xfinity.com%2Fmobile%2Flearn%2Fplan%2Fdetails&referrer=theverge.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2024%2F4%2F17%2F24132851%2Fcomcast-xfinity-now-mo

Zero-Day Vulnerabilities: A Beginner’s Guide

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As software supply chain attacks continue to evolve, security challenges remain at the forefront of modern software development. Of all

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OpenTofu vs. HashiCorp Takes Center Stage at Open Source Summit

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SEATTLE — The InfoWorld story by Matt Asay about OpenTofu and a cease and desist letter from HashiCorp took center

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Stability AI is giving more developers access to its next-gen text-to-image generator

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The next generation of the text-to-image AI model Stable Diffusion is still in preview, but Stability AI is making it available to some developers via API and a new content creation platform. Stability AI says developers can now access Stable Diffusion 3 from its Developer Platform.

Stability AI says it’s <a href="https:/

Answers to the 5 Most Common Cloud Cost-Optimization Questions

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In the constantly changing world of cloud computing, businesses are on the hunt for ways to enhance efficiency and reduce

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Debunking Myths: All Network Operating Systems are NOT Created Equal

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With the network no longer a commodity but a strategic partner in digital transformation, network operating systems (NOSs) have become indispensable. They

The post Debunking Myths: All Network Operating Systems are NOT Created Equal appeared first on Gigaom.

From Resistance to Resilience: A Strategic Approach to NetDevOps Integration

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NetDevOps is revolutionizing the way networking teams operate by integrating DevOps principles into network management. It contributes to network resilience by embedding

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Navigating the SEC Cybersecurity Ruling

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The latest SEC ruling on cybersecurity will almost certainly have an impact on risk management and post-incident disclosure, and CISOs will need

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The podcast fake-out video

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That’s it for today. Like and subscribe, hey guys.

(I should have made that full room video in black and white, maybe with a glitch and fast-rolling time code. But, what are ya gonna do?)

What Are Python ‘Sets’ and How Do You Use Them?

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A Python Set is a collection data type that is iterable, mutable, and cannot be duplicated. This data type can

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How Cloudflare Cloud Email Security protects against the evolving threat of QR phishing

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Learn about how Cloudflare's Cloud Email Security tackles QR phishing, why attackers favor QR codes, and Cloudflare's proactive defense strategy against evolving threats

From CEO Alan Shimel: Futurum Group Acquires Techstrong Group

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