Crowdbotics Integrates AI Platform for Requirements Docs with GitHub Copilot
Published: 2024-10-29 12:00:43+00:00
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An analysis of the top US congressional X accounts: Republicans had nearly all of the posts with 20M+ views and saw bigger gains in followers since July 2023 (Washington Post)
Published: 2024-10-29 07:50:01-04:00 Washington Post:
An analysis of the top US congressional X accounts: Republicans had nearly all of the posts with 20M+ views and saw bigger gains in followers since July 2023 — A Washington Post analysis found that Republicans are posting more, getting followed more and going viral more now that the world's …
Shopify says it has lured hundreds of Salesforce clients, including Mattel and Casper; analysts say Shopify overtook Salesforce's e-commerce business in 2021 (Bloomberg)
Published: 2024-10-29 07:30:01-04:00 Bloomberg:
Shopify says it has lured hundreds of Salesforce clients, including Mattel and Casper; analysts say Shopify overtook Salesforce's e-commerce business in 2021 — The Canadian company, which has traditionally targeted mom-and-pops, is wooing larger retailers like Mattel.
iPhone Exports From India Surge 33% as Apple Reduces China Reliance
Published: 2024-10-29 04:17:46-07:00
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Apple's iPhone exports from India reached nearly $6 billion in the six months through September, representing a 33% increase compared to the same period last year, according to Bloomberg. The growth puts Apple on track to exceed its fiscal 2024 export target of $10 billion from the region.
The increase in exports is a result of Apple's expanding manufacturing network in India, where the company has benefited from local subsidies, skilled labor, and improving technological infrastructure. Apple's three key iPhone suppliers in the country are Foxconn, Pegatron, and Tata Electronics.
Foxconn's Chennai-based unit leads production and accounts for half of India's iPhone exports. [...]
Sources: TSMC has suspended shipments of 7nm chips to at least two chip developers over suspicions they were trying to circumvent US export controls on Huawei (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
Published: 2024-10-29 07:10:03-04:00 Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia:
Sources: TSMC has suspended shipments of 7nm chips to at least two chip developers over suspicions they were trying to circumvent US export controls on Huawei — TAIPEI — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has suspended shipments to at least two chip developers over suspicions …
Apple Rolls Out Tap to Pay on iPhone in Five More European Countries
Published: 2024-10-29 03:35:59-07:00
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Apple today announced that Tap to Pay on iPhone is available in Austria, Czech Republic, Ireland, Romania, and Sweden, providing a way for independent sellers, small businesses, and larger merchants in these countries to use an iPhone as a contactless payment terminal.
Tap to Pay first arrived in February 2022 in the US, and allows iPhones to accept payments via Apple Pay, contactless credit and debit cards, and other digital wallets. All transactions are encrypted, and Apple has no information about what is purchased or the person who made the purchase.
No additional hardware or credit card machine is required to use Tap to Pay on iPhone. The feature uses N [...]
Sources: in digital euro negotiations, Germany, France, and others say the European Central Bank has gained too much power over how much users' wallets can hold (Politico)
Published: 2024-10-29 06:15:05-04:00 Politico:
Sources: in digital euro negotiations, Germany, France, and others say the European Central Bank has gained too much power over how much users' wallets can hold — Politicians are vying with technocrats for control of a revamp of the single currency that both say poses serious economic risks.
Hiring a Javascript Dev? Use These Interview Techniques
Published: 2024-10-29 10:00:15+00:00
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You decided to hire a JavaScript developer. You want them to be perfect all around — to navigate JS’s crazy
The post Hiring a Javascript Dev? Use These Interview Techniques appeared first on The New Stack.
Hurun China Rich List: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, who stepped down as CEO in 2021, is China's richest person at $49.3B, as ByteDance's global revenue jumps (Casey Hall/Reuters)
Published: 2024-10-29 05:55:01-04:00 Casey Hall / Reuters:
Hurun China Rich List: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, who stepped down as CEO in 2021, is China's richest person at $49.3B, as ByteDance's global revenue jumps — ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming is China's richest person, with personal wealth of $49.3 billion, an annual rich list showed on Tuesday …
Nigeria-based Moniepoint, which offers bank accounts, loans, and POS terminals, raised $110M led by DPI, sources say at a $1B+ valuation, after raising $55M (Aanu Adeoye/Financial Times)
Published: 2024-10-29 05:35:04-04:00 Aanu Adeoye / Financial Times:
Nigeria-based Moniepoint, which offers bank accounts, loans, and POS terminals, raised $110M led by DPI, sources say at a $1B+ valuation, after raising $55M — Company raises $110mn from investors including Google despite slowdown in fundraising for African start-ups
An interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney on the path to the open metaverse, the growth of user-generated content on Fortnite, Epic's 3D assets store Fab, and more (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)
Published: 2024-10-29 04:05:02-04:00 Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
An interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney on the path to the open metaverse, the growth of user-generated content on Fortnite, Epic's 3D assets store Fab, and more — Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney still believes that the path to the open metaverse will yield bring together the entertainment …
A look at the rise of ransomware attacks on schools; a study says the number of ransomware attacks on K-12 increased by 393% from 14 in 2016 to 69 in 2022 (K-12 Dive)
Published: 2024-10-29 03:50:01-04:00 K-12 Dive:
A look at the rise of ransomware attacks on schools; a study says the number of ransomware attacks on K-12 increased by 393% from 14 in 2016 to 69 in 2022 — Cyberattacks inflict logistical, legal and financial damage on schools — and take an emotional and physical toll on their communities.
Q&A with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on "founder mode" and why it's not about micromanagement, obsessing over company structure, Airbnb's Co-Host Network, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
Published: 2024-10-29 02:05:13-04:00 Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on “founder mode” and why it's not about micromanagement, obsessing over company structure, Airbnb's Co-Host Network, and more — The Airbnb cofounder discusses being ‘in the details’ and why traditional management is doing it wrong.
Gartner says AI agents are "one of the most hyped topics in gen AI today"; a survey says 75% of CEOs say AI will impact their industry, up from 21% in 2023 (Taryn Plumb/VentureBeat)
Published: 2024-10-29 01:35:14-04:00 Taryn Plumb / VentureBeat:
Gartner says AI agents are “one of the most hyped topics in gen AI today”; a survey says 75% of CEOs say AI will impact their industry, up from 21% in 2023 — Very quickly, the topic of AI agents has moved from ambiguous concepts to reality. Enterprises will soon be able …
Sources: Apple's iPhone exports from India rose 33% YoY to ~$6B in the six months through September 2024, putting 2025 exports on track to pass FY 2024's ~$10B (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)
Published: 2024-10-29 00:56:09-04:00 Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple's iPhone exports from India rose 33% YoY to ~$6B in the six months through September 2024, putting 2025 exports on track to pass FY 2024's ~$10B — - Exports of device rise a third in six months through September — Apple continues India push to reduce reliance on China
Singapore-based fintech Zinc, which offers financial services tools for overseas students, raised a $25.5M seed led by Nexus Venture Partners (The Economic Times)
Published: 2024-10-28 23:20:06-04:00 The Economic Times:
Singapore-based fintech Zinc, which offers financial services tools for overseas students, raised a $25.5M seed led by Nexus Venture Partners — The Singapore-headquartered company founded by the former PayU Credit chief Prashanth Rangana
Scottish Distillery Beats Silly Trademark Dispute Over Geographic Name ‘Port Of Leith’
Published: 2024-10-29 02:50:55+00:00
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There must be something about the alcohol business that creates silly trademark disputes over geographic terms. We’ve seen this several times in the past, such as in the whole Ravinia Festival dispute, or the time two breweries fought over a trademark for the neighborhood one of them operated out of. While these don’t always turn […]
A now-deleted chart on Amazon leaked the new Mac mini: M4 and M4 Pro options, two front-facing USB-C ports, up to a 14-core CPU, up to 64GB of RAM, and more (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
Published: 2024-10-28 22:41:31-04:00 Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
A now-deleted chart on Amazon leaked the new Mac mini: M4 and M4 Pro options, two front-facing USB-C ports, up to a 14-core CPU, up to 64GB of RAM, and more — Amazon has seemingly leaked the rumored next-generation Mac mini ahead of Apple's announcement this week, revealing several details.
Amazon Leaks Smaller Mac Mini With M4 and M4 Pro Chips, Two Front USB-C Ports, Up to 64GB of RAM, and More
Published: 2024-10-28 19:16:01-07:00
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Amazon has seemingly leaked the rumored next-generation Mac mini ahead of Apple's announcement this week, revealing several details.
According to a comparison chart on Amazon's product listing for the new iMac, the new Mac mini will be available with M4 and M4 Pro chip options, with up to a 14-core CPU and up to a 20-core GPU. In addition, the chart indicates the new Mac mini can be configured with up to 64GB of RAM, which is double the current 32GB limit for unified memory. Storage capacities for the Mac mini will apparently [...]
Gili Raanan's VC firm Cyberstarts has helped launch successful startups like Wiz but faces ethical questions about a profit-sharing program with industry execs (Forbes)
Published: 2024-10-28 20:35:01-04:00 Forbes:
Gili Raanan's VC firm Cyberstarts has helped launch successful startups like Wiz but faces ethical questions about a profit-sharing program with industry execs — Gili Raanan's VC firm Cyberstarts perfected the playbook for launching multi-billion-dollar security startups like Wiz.
The Biden admin says it is finalizing rules to limit US investments in AI and other tech in China that could threaten national security, effective January 2 (Reuters)
Published: 2024-10-28 20:15:08-04:00 Reuters:
The Biden admin says it is finalizing rules to limit US investments in AI and other tech in China that could threaten national security, effective January 2 — The Biden administration said on Monday it is finalizing rules that will limit U.S. investments in artificial intelligence &hell
iOS 18.1 Features: Everything New in iOS 18.1
Published: 2024-10-28 16:45:30-07:00
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iOS 18.1 is the first major update to iOS 18, and it brings a slew of new features including Apple Intelligence, phone call recording, and more, plus bug fixes.
This guide highlights everything that's new in iOS 18.1.
Apple Intelligence
iOS 18.1 includes the first Apple Intelligence features for the iPhone 15 Pro models and the iPhone 16 lineup. It will take some time for Apple to roll out all of the Apple Intelligence capabilities, but a handful are available now.
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iOS 18.1: What You Get If You Don't Have an iPhone With Apple Intelligence
Published: 2024-10-28 15:49:06-07:00
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iOS 18.1 is the first iOS 18 update with Apple Intelligence capabilities, and that's what a lot of the coverage about the new software has focused on. If you don't have an iPhone that's capable of Apple Intelligence, you're probably wondering just what's in the update for you.
While Apple Intelligence does make up the bulk of what's new, if you have an older device, you still get some solid improvements.
Phone Call Recording
In iOS 18.1, you can record any phone call that you're on, with the audio saved to the Notes app. The Notes app is able to automatically generate a tra [...]
Google Antitrust Remedies: Promoting Competition Without Punishing Users
Published: 2024-10-28 22:29:46+00:00
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Considering how to increase competition in the search space without damaging end users is a trickier question than it seems at first. Many of the suggestions that people have tossed out have tended to focus on ideas that are purely punitive to Google, but which would also have negative impacts on users (and even some […]
Apple Card Users Can Get Up to 5% Daily Cash on All Purchases Through Holiday Season
Published: 2024-10-28 15:25:12-07:00
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Apple is launching a new Apple Card promotion for Apple Card users, providing the option to earn up to five percent Daily Cash on purchases made from November 6, 2024 to April 30, 2025.
To unlock the Daily Cash back promotion, users will need to spend between $5,000 and $15,000. At $5,000, three percent Daily Cash is unlocked. Spending $10,000 unlocks four percent Daily Cash, and spending $15,000 unlocks five percent Daily Cash.
You will need to spend at least $5,000 to get the bonus, and it is not retroactive, so it will only apply to purchases made after you hit each spending limit.
Apple says that the offer is limited to select Apple Card users who receive a notification about it in the W [...]
Mac Pro Now Comes With USB-C Accessories, Including Magic Mouse and Keyboard
Published: 2024-10-28 15:15:29-07:00
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Apple today updated its website to indicate that the Mac Pro now ships with a USB-C to USB-C charging cable in the box, instead of a USB-C to Lightning cable, and we have learned that the high-end desktop computer now comes with the new USB-C versions of the Magic Mouse and Magic Keyboard accessories in the box as well.
There are no other changes to the Mac Pro today beyond the Magic accessories and charging cable switching from Lightning to USB-C.
Apple released the current Mac Pro with the M2 Ultra chip in June 2023, with pricing starting at $5,999 in the United States.
Apple released USB-C versions of the Magic Mouse, Magic Keyboard, and Ma [...]
Lower-End Apple Silicon Macs With 10-Core M4 Chip to Fully Support Two External Displays
Published: 2024-10-28 14:18:48-07:00
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In addition to the new iMac with the 10-core M4 chip being the first-ever Mac with support for up to an 8K external display at 120Hz, the computer also supports up to two 6K external displays at 60Hz. That's a very notable upgrade, as lower-end Apple silicon Macs like the MacBook Air, entry-level MacBook Pro, and previous iMac models have mostly been limited to a single external display, at least on an official basis.
Two exceptions are the MacBook Air and 14-inch MacBook Pro models with the M3 chip, which support up to two external displays, but <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2024/07/29/macos-sonoma-14-6 [...]
Everything You Need to Know About Apple Intelligence
Published: 2024-10-28 13:19:04-07:00
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Apple Intelligence is what Apple is calling its artificial intelligence feature set, previewed at WWDC in June 2024. The first Apple Intelligence features launched with iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, but this is only an initial taste of what Apple has planned.
There are a selection of Apple Intelligence features that are available now, along with additional capabilities that will be rolling out across the rest of 2024 and 2025.
Apple Intelligence Features Available Now
Writing Tools
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iMac With 10-Core M4 Chip Supports 8K Display at 60Hz [Updated]
Published: 2024-10-28 13:04:12-07:00
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Update: After this story was published, Apple updated the tech specs for the new iMac to indicate that 10-core configurations support one external display with up to 8K resolution at 60Hz, not 120Hz. It appears that the original 8K at 120Hz mention in Apple's tech specs was an error. Apple still mentions 8K at 120Hz on its international websites, but those will likely be corrected soon as well.
Original story follows.
When configured with a 10-core M4 chip, the new iMac announced today supports up to an 8K external display at 120Hz, or up to two 6K displays at 60Hz each. The impressive feat was noted by Vadim Yuryev, co-host of the YouTube channel Max Tech.
T [...]
How The Cowardice Of The LA Times And Washington Post Highlights The Danger Of The Link Taxes They Demand, And Their Hypocrisy
Published: 2024-10-28 20:02:38+00:00
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As Mike and others have pointed out, the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post have utterly failed the public. While it is of course their right to endorse, or not endorse, anyone they choose, the refusal to provide any such endorsement in an election with such high stakes abandons the important role the press plays […]
INE Launches Initiative to Optimize Year-End Training Budgets with Enhanced Cybersecurity and Networking Programs
Published: 2024-10-28 19:40:56+00:00
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Apple Confirms iOS 18.2 With Image Playground, Genmoji and Siri ChatGPT Integration Will Launch in December
Published: 2024-10-28 12:10:13-07:00
Summary:
The iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 updates that Apple started testing last week are set to be released to the public this December, Apple said today in a newsroom article highlighting Apple Intelligence capabilities.
"New Apple Intelligence features will be available in December," reads Apple's article. The update will add the first image generation features, including Genmoji, Image Playground, and Image [...]
Some of Apple’s last holdout accessories have switched from Lightning to USB-C
Published: 2024-10-28 19:03:53+00:00
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Just a couple more gadgets and USB-C might really feel universal.
Architecting the Modern App: A Case for Simplicity
Published: 2024-10-28 19:00:13+00:00
Summary:
Complexity. Avoiding it is one of the first things that draws many of us into Kubernetes and the Cloud Native
The post Architecting the Modern App: A Case for Simplicity appeared first on The New Stack.
Apple releases iOS 18.1, macOS 15.1 with Apple Intelligence
Published: 2024-10-28 18:38:04+00:00
Summary:
The late, staggered public release of Apple's AI suite begins.
Apple Promises Two More Mac Announcements This Week Following New iMac Today
Published: 2024-10-28 11:18:27-07:00
Summary:
Apple introduced a new iMac today with the M4 chip and more, but that's not all, as it still has two more Mac announcements planned this week.
"This is a huge week for the Mac, and this morning, we begin a series of three exciting new product announcements that will take place over the coming days," said Apple's hardware engineering chief John Ternus, in a video announcing the new iMac.
Based on rumors, those two announcements are very likely to be new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chip options, along with a redesigned, smaller Mac mini with M4 and M4 Pro chip options and two [...]
Court To School: No ‘Imminent Injury’ In Not Being Able To Broadcast Pre-Championship Game Prayer Over PA Because Your Team Sucks
Published: 2024-10-28 18:12:41+00:00
Summary:
Well, this is certainly one of the more entertaining decisions I’ve ever read, even though most of it deals with the more boring side of civil rights litigation, i.e., questions of standing and mootness. I mean, those can be interesting but they’re far less interesting than seeing a court dig into cases where the either […]
Daily Deal: StackSkills Unlimited
Published: 2024-10-28 18:07:41+00:00
Summary:
StackSkills is the premier online learning platform for mastering today’s most in-demand skills. Now, with this exclusive limited-time offer, you’ll gain access to 1000+ StackSkills courses for life! Whether you’re looking to earn a promotion, make a career change, or pick up a side hustle to make some extra cash, StackSkills delivers engaging online courses […]
A Look at Gradio’s AI Playground for Machine Learning Devs
Published: 2024-10-28 18:00:26+00:00
Summary:
Gradio, a component library for Machine Learning developers available on Hugging Face, is now up to version 5. One of
The post A Look at Gradio’s AI Playground for Machine Learning Devs appeared first on The New Stack.
Apple’s $1,299 M4 iMac at long last bumps the base model to 16GB of RAM
Published: 2024-10-28 17:48:45+00:00
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Apple's first M4 Macs also include updated accessories and a tweaked webcam.
These Are Apple's Only Products Still Sold With Lightning After Magic Accessories Switch to USB-C
Published: 2024-10-28 10:26:41-07:00
Summary:
Apple has been gradually transitioning its products from Lightning to USB-C in recent years. This trend continued today with Apple updating the Magic Mouse, Magic Keyboard, and Magic Trackpad accessories for the Mac with USB-C charging ports. The accessories have no other changes, meaning the Magic Mouse's charging port is still on the bottom.
For the time being, Apple is continuing to sell a Lightning version of the Magic Keyboard with a numeric keypad, but it lacks a Touch ID button. Apple has yet to release a USB-C version of this particular Magic Keyboard.
The list of Apple devices and accessories that are still sold [...]
Apple Shares New Ads Highlighting Apple Intelligence Features
Published: 2024-10-28 10:15:37-07:00
Summary:
With the launch of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, Apple is going all in on promoting Apple Intelligence. Today's iMac announcement was heavily focused on the Mac's Apple Intelligence features, and Apple has also shared two new Apple Intelligence ads.
Apple's first ad shows off Writing Tools, featuring an office worker who sends an email and uses the "Professional" rewriting feature to make it sound less casual. The well-crafted email impresses his boss.
The second ad features a woman who forgot it was her husband's birthday, so she whips up a quick Memory Movie slideshow on her iPhone as a gift.
Both Writing Tools an [...]
Apple Intelligence Rolling Out in the European Union Starting in April 2025
Published: 2024-10-28 10:07:08-07:00
Summary:
Apple plans to roll out Apple Intelligence features to iPhone and iPad users in the European Union starting in April 2025, according to information included in today's Apple Intelligence announcement in European countries.
Apple's newsroom post confirms that Apple Intelligence features will roll out beginning in April, with users gaining access to Writing Tools, Genmoji, a redesigned version of Siri, and more.
Mac users in the EU can access Apple[...]
Don’t Trust Security in AI-Generated Code
Published: 2024-10-28 17:00:27+00:00
Summary:
Speaking from more than 20 years of experience in development and cybersecurity, developers need to use all the cutting-edge, time-saving,
The post Don’t Trust Security in AI-Generated Code appeared first on The New Stack.
Watch Apple's Full 10-Minute M4 iMac Keynote
Published: 2024-10-28 09:35:36-07:00
Summary:
To introduce the new M4 iMac models today, Apple didn't hold a standard event, but the company did record a short keynote video to go through all of the machine's new features.
The announcement is themed just like one of Apple's full pre-recorded event videos, starting with a view of Apple Park that zooms in to Apple executives highlighting the M4 iMac's capabilities and once again walking through Apple Intelligence. The first four minutes of the video cover Apple Intelligence, so skip to 4:40 if you just want to watch the bit about the iMac.
Apple has three videos to share this week, so we can expect additional M4 Mac product announcements on Tuesday and Wednesday. We are also expecting Apple to release new <a href="https://www.ma [...]
M1 vs. M3 vs. M4 iMac Buyer's Guide: 25+ Upgrades Compared
Published: 2024-10-28 09:31:48-07:00
Summary:
Apple's third Apple silicon iMac gains the M4 chip alongside a range of other small but notable improvements, so how does the new machine compare to its two predecessors?
The 2021 iMac was the first of its kind to feature an Apple silicon chip, replacing previous Intel-based models with 21.5- and 27-inch displays. It offered an all-new ultra-thin design, a 24-inch Retina display, a six-speaker system with force-cancelling woofers, and an array of seven two-tone color options. The 2023 model was a minor update that added the M3 chip and specification updates like Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6E. One year later, the latest, M4 version of the device looks like a much more substantial upgrade, offering a dramatically more powerful Neural Engine, 16GB of memory as stand [...]
NY Times Gets 230 Wrong Again; Misrepresenting History, Law, And The First Amendment
Published: 2024-10-28 16:30:00+00:00
Summary:
The NY Times has real difficulty not misrepresenting Section 230. Over and over and over and over and over again it has misrepresented how Section 230 works, even having to once run this astounding correction (to an article that had a half-page headline saying Section 230 was at fault): A day later, it had to […]
The Meme Lives On: Magic Mouse's USB-C Charging Port Still on Bottom
Published: 2024-10-28 09:21:52-07:00
Summary:
Apple today updated its Magic Mouse, Magic Keyboard, and Magic Trackpad accessories for the Mac with USB-C charging ports, but the accessories have no other external design changes. Yes, that means the Magic Mouse's charging port is still located on the bottom of the mouse, despite the switch from Lightning to USB-C.
The position of the charging port on the Magic Mouse has been the subject of a meme on social media since 2015, as it means the mouse cannot be used while it is charging in an upside-down position, but Apple is clearly unfazed.
The augmented reality view of the new iMac on Apple's website confirms the bottom position of the USB-C port on the updated Magic Mouse, as shown above.
Apple includes t [...]
Higher-End iMac's Ports Are All Thunderbolt 4
Published: 2024-10-28 09:19:16-07:00
Summary:
Apple today released new iMac models, and while there are few external changes with the exception of some color tweaks, Apple made several internal updates to the machine. The inclusion of the next-generation M4 chip is the biggest update, but the ports have also seen improvement.
For the M4 iMac models with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU, all four of the USB-C ports support Thunderbolt 4 transfer speeds of up to 40Gb/s. The prior-generation M3 iMac with four ports had two Thunderbolt 3 ports and two USB-3 ports.
The 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU models only have two ports, but both of those are Thunderbolt 4. All of the USB-C/Thunderbolt 4 ports also support USB 4 and USB 3.1 Gen 2.
Pricing on the iMac star [...]
4 Ways Organizations Can Simplify Their DevOps Pipeline
Published: 2024-10-28 16:00:25+00:00
Summary:
As organizations increasingly rely on digital tools and solutions to increase efficiency and profitability, the demand for developers’ time has
The post 4 Ways Organizations Can Simplify Their DevOps Pipeline appeared first on The New Stack.
Nano-Texture Display Option Returns to iMac
Published: 2024-10-28 08:47:53-07:00
Summary:
Apple's new iMac models are available with a nano-texture display option for the first time since the product line switched to Apple silicon.
First introduced with the Pro Display XDR in 2019, nano-texture glass is etched at a nanometer scale, which is meant to preserve image quality while scattering ambient light to cut down on glare. It is the most matte display type that Apple makes, and Apple claims that it is useful for high-end, color-managed workflows or demanding ambient lighting environments.
The expansive 24-inch 4.5K Retina display on iMac is its highest-rated feature, and for the first time, it's available with a nano-texture glass option that[...]
Raspberry Pi OS’s yearslong switch from X Window to Wayland is now official
Published: 2024-10-28 15:41:35+00:00
Summary:
Pi owners should hardly notice any changes, though performance will improve.
DORA 2024: AI and Platform Engineering Fall Short
Published: 2024-10-28 14:59:40+00:00
Summary:
While both AI and platform engineering might make developers feel more productive and satisfied at work, they may be contributing
The post DORA 2024: AI and Platform Engineering Fall Short appeared first on The New Stack.
How Apollo Makes LLMs More Reliable With GraphQL
Published: 2024-10-28 13:54:34+00:00
Summary:
NEW YORK — We all know how AI/ML can be a hit or miss for DevOps support and application development.
The post How Apollo Makes LLMs More Reliable With GraphQL appeared first on The New Stack.
The Future of APIs: Lessons in Security, Composability, AI
Published: 2024-10-28 13:24:53+00:00
Summary:
The API economy has arrived, and so have the challenges that come with it. APIs are now everywhere, embedded in
The post The Future of APIs: Lessons in Security, Composability, AI appeared first on The New Stack.
Your ISP Now Requires A Broadband ‘Nutrition Label’ To Clearly Show You You’re Being Ripped Off
Published: 2024-10-28 12:29:00+00:00
Summary:
After countless years pondering the idea, the FCC in 2022 announced that it would start politely asking the nation’s lumbering telecom monopolies to affix a sort of “nutrition label” on to broadband connections. The labels will clearly disclose the speed and latency (ping) of your connection, any hidden fees users will encounter, and whether the connection comes […]
DevOps for Both Discontinuous and Continuous Improvements
Published: 2024-10-28 11:13:03+00:00
Summary:
Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
Published: 2024-10-28 11:00:49+00:00
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Developing with Docker (the right way) (News)
Published: 2024-10-28 11:00:00+00:00
Summary:
Daniel Quinn weighs in on how to develop with Docker The Right Way, Mitchell Hashimoto says Ghostty will be publicly released this coming December, Kevin Li writes about the value of learning how to learn, The Browser Company moves on from Arc & the React Native team ships its new architecture.
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Published: 2024-10-27 19:00:00+00:00
Summary:
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is an anonymous comment about the legality of Elon Musk’s vote-buying scheme: My trainers say it’s illegal (volunteer voter registrar) We were taught that under no circumstances could we induce or attempt to induce anyone to register to vote, let alone to vote, let alone […]
Getting Started With Python on MacOS
Published: 2024-10-27 16:00:36+00:00
Summary:
When I work with Python, I’m always working on my go-to OS, Linux. Besides Linux being my default operating system,
The post Getting Started With Python on MacOS appeared first on The New Stack.
P99Conf: How eBPF Could Make Faster Database Systems
Published: 2024-10-27 15:00:36+00:00
Summary:
One day in the future, database systems may soon get a speed boost thanks to the emerging eBPF technology. Although
The post P99Conf: How eBPF Could Make Faster Database Systems appeared first on The New Stack.
This Week In Techdirt History: November 20th – 26th
Published: 2024-10-26 20:01:00+00:00
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Five Years Ago This week in 2019, congress rushed to pass a bill empowering copyright trolls to shake people down, while Ajit Pai was complaining about the state-level net neutrality laws he helped create. Donald Trump was threatening to sue CNN for its coverage based on a dumb legal theory, while we wrote about how […]
TrueNAS, a Linux Distro for Low Cost Network-Attached Storage
Published: 2024-10-26 15:00:05+00:00
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Network Attached Storage (NAS) is a great way to build out storage for your business. Instead of relying solely on
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Jeffrey Snover Remembers the Fight to Launch PowerShell
Published: 2024-10-26 14:00:01+00:00
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He’s been called the inventor of PowerShell — but Jeffrey Snover always credits the work of his team. In his
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Democracy Dies In Darkness… Helped Along By Billionaire Cowardice
Published: 2024-10-26 02:39:00+00:00
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Newspaper presidential endorsements may not actually matter that much, but billionaire media owners blocking editorial teams from publishing their endorsements out of concern over potential retaliation from a future Donald Trump presidency should matter a lot. If people were legitimately worried about the “weaponization of government” and the idea that companies might silence speech over […]
CFP open for Data on Kubernetes Day at KubeCon EU 2025
Published: 2024-10-25 21:08:11+00:00
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We're excited to announce that the Data on Kubernetes (DoK) Community will once again host a co-located event at KubeCon EU 2025 in London. As the leading gathering for DoK practitioners and enthusiasts, DoK Day showcases cutting-edge innovations and fosters invaluable knowledge sharing within our vibrant community.
Call for Presentations Now Open
Are you pushing the boundaries of what's possible with data on Kubernetes? We want to hear your story! We're seeking compelling presentations in these key areas:
- Production DoK Use Cases and Best Practices
- Day 2 Operations and Maintenance Insights
- Emerging Technologies and Innovations
- Enabling Data Applications for:
- Machine Learning
- Artificial Intelligence
- Streaming Wo
Vitess Joins Data on Kubernetes Community Collaborator Program
Published: 2024-10-25 21:01:22+00:00
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The Data on Kubernetes Community is excited to announce the addition of Vitess as its newest Community Collaborator. Vitess is an open-source database clustering system that helps scale MySQL databases...
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For the first time, beloved IDE JetBrains Rider will be available for free
Published: 2024-10-25 20:27:27+00:00
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Among other things, it could fill a gap left when Visual Studio abandoned macOS.
Annoyed Redditors tanking Google Search results illustrates perils of AI scrapers
Published: 2024-10-25 18:29:10+00:00
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"Spreading misinformation suddenly becomes a noble goal," Redditor says.
How to Run Databases on Kubernetes: An 8-Step Guide
Published: 2024-10-25 18:00:23+00:00
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Even though almost no one questions using Kubernetes (K8s) to manage container applications today, a lot of engineers (including me)
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AI Code Assistants Are Moving Beyond Auto-Complete: Here’s What’s Next
Published: 2024-10-25 17:00:23+00:00
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Until recently, the term AI coding assistant was synonymous with the auto-complete functionality. There was good reason for that. The
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Diff Authoring Time: Measuring developer productivity at Meta
Published: 2024-10-25 16:32:59+00:00
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At Meta, we’re always looking for ways to enhance the productivity of our engineers and developers. But how exactly do you measure developer productivity? On this episode of the Meta Tech Podcast Pascal Hartig (@passy) sits down with Sarita and Moritz, two engineers at Meta who have been working on Diff Authoring Time (DAT) – a [...]
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Ten years of freeCodeCamp (Friends)
Published: 2024-10-25 16:15:00+00:00
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At the tail end of 2019, we got together with Quincy Larson to celebrate ten years of Changelog & five years of freeCodeCamp by recording back-to-back episodes on each other's pods. Can you believe it's now five years later and we're all still here doing our thing?! Let's learn what Quincy and the amazing community at freeCodeCamp have been up to!
Building the Future Together With Community-Driven Open Source
Published: 2024-10-25 16:00:23+00:00
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It’s safe to say that open source software has had a profound impact on the world. From Linux to GNU
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Survey Surfaces Spike in Observability Investments Among DevOps Teams
Published: 2024-10-25 15:34:08+00:00
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How To Define an AI Agent Persona by Tweaking LLM Prompts
Published: 2024-10-25 15:00:38+00:00
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In AI Agents: A Comprehensive Introduction for Developers, I introduced the key traits of AI agents by comparing them to
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Newly Stable Next.js Compiler Faster, Supports Larger Builds
Published: 2024-10-25 14:51:19+00:00
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At the Next.js Conference in San Francisco on Thursday, the Next.js team released the stable version of Turbopack, a faster,
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Why Opera Has Been My Go-To Browser for Years
Published: 2024-10-25 14:00:56+00:00
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Some don’t put much thought into the web browser they use. For most, the decision pretty much lands on whatever
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AI Won’t Fix Your Software Delivery Problems
Published: 2024-10-25 14:00:27+00:00
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It’s complicated. While the industry faces crucial debates over intellectual property and the environmental impacts of AI, there is a
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What ChatGPT and Claude Can See on Your Screen
Published: 2024-10-25 13:00:50+00:00
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Pasting screenshots into ChatGPT, and now Claude, has become a regular practice for me. As we first saw in my
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Elephants in tunnels: how Hyperdrive connects to databases inside your VPC networks
Published: 2024-10-25 13:00:00+00:00
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Hyperdrive (Cloudflare’s globally distributed SQL connection pooler and cache) recently added support for directing database traffic from Workers across Cloudflare Tunnels. We dive deep on what it took to add this feature.
What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs
Published: 2024-10-25 10:45:41+00:00
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When your old PC goes over the Windows 10 update cliff, can Windows 11 save it?
AI is terrible at shift-left
Published: 2024-10-25 10:52:29+02:00
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Start with good content, get better content
I've seen enough generative AI used to help marketing now that my theory is: you should only use it if you're already good at making whatever "the content" or strategy is. The AI will help you make it better, or more broadly consumable. It will do a terrible job starting from a blank slate.
You can coax it, try to get it to know your style, feed/RAG more context in, workshop and refine it…but at that point you’ve spent just as much time as it would taken to just type an email, call someone to plan/brainstorm, blog post, or hit record.
The bigger marketing productivity gains are people-based (just like dev and ops): they need skills/mentoring/pairing/training; more frequent, but quicker/shorter collaboration; a stripped down pipeline that remove/automates governance; and cleaner tops-down direction to be principle self-directed.
And the bigger, obvious AI anti-pattern is simply garbage in, garbage out. The AI is just going to predict the
[...]Published: 2024-10-25 09:03:04+02:00
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Gartner Forecasts Worldwide IT Spending to Grow 9.3% in 2025 - Setting expectations: “CIOs will begin to spend on GenAI, beyond proof-of-concept work, starting in 2025. More money will be spent, but the expectations that CIOs have for the capabilities of GenAI will drop. The reality of what can be accomplished with current GenAI models, and the state of CIO’s data will not meet today’s lofty expectations."
The company behind Arc is now building a second, much simpler browser
Published: 2024-10-24 21:40:14-04:00
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Stop me if this sounds familiar: The Browser Company is building a browser that it thinks can make your internet life a little more organized, a little more useful, and maybe even a little more delightful. It has new ideas about tabs, and what your browser can do on your behalf.
I’ve heard this story before! But the browser that Browser Company CEO Josh Miller wants to talk about when he calls me on Thursday isn’t Arc, the product he and his team have been working on for the last five years. It’s not Arc 2.0, eit
[...]Fearless Concurrency Ep.4: Understanding Mutexes and Thread Safety in Rust
Published: 2024-10-25 00:00:00+00:00
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Introduction: Welcome to Episode 4 of Fearless Concurrency in Rust! In this episode, we explore how Rust’s ownership and borrowing rules impact multithreaded programming, focusing on the complexities of managing memory in a concurrent environment. We’ll break down how Rust’s strict borrowing and ownership model ensures safety and prevents common pitfalls like data races and undefined behavior, making it an ideal choice for building reliable multithreaded applications.
Thread Safety and Ownership: Managing variables across threads using Rust’s ownership rules.
Augment Code AI Assistant Targets Large Development Teams
Published: 2024-10-24 21:00:45+00:00
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Software engineering is not a solo sport but most AI coding assistants are designed as though developers work alone. A
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5 Tips for Designing Highly Effective Mobile SLOs
Published: 2024-10-24 20:00:41+00:00
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Service-level objectives (SLOs) are a familiar concept for DevOps professionals and site reliability engineers (SREs), as they are crucial for
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Apple teases “week of announcements” about the Mac starting on Monday
Published: 2024-10-24 19:02:48+00:00
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Announcements will almost certainly include the first wave of M4-powered Macs.
Platform Engineering: Why You’re Doing It Wrong
Published: 2024-10-24 19:00:08+00:00
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Platform engineering, when implemented well, uses shared resources to improve the internal developer experience. It became a hot topic back
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AlmaLinux Kitten Offers Preview of Distro’s Next Release
Published: 2024-10-24 18:30:25+00:00
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Are you a developer or a power user of AlmaLinux? The hard-working volunteers behind the project have set up a
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Removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics
Published: 2024-10-24 18:21:50+00:00
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Torvalds defends move, says "Russian troll factories" won't deter him.
Why Duplicating Environments for Microservices Backfires
Published: 2024-10-24 18:00:11+00:00
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In microservices development, how long it takes to test your code changes in a production-like environment is critical. Long microservices
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REST vs. GraphQL: Solving API Challenges in Modern Data Transfers
Published: 2024-10-24 17:00:45+00:00
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GraphQL is a relatively new method for creating APIs that offers advantages in efficiency, error handling, and backward compatibility compared
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Augment Code Delivers AI Code Generation Platform to Rival GitHub Copilot
Published: 2024-10-24 16:00:08+00:00
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Elasticsearch is open source, again (Interview)
Published: 2024-10-24 15:00:00+00:00
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Shay Banon, the creator of Elasticsearch, joins us to discuss pulling off a reverse rug pull. Yes, Elasticsearch is open source, again! We discuss the complexities surrounding open source licensing and what made Elastic change their license, the implications of trademark law, the personal and business impact of moving away from open source, and ultimately what made them hit rewind and return to open source.
Google Calendar gets a redesign and dark mode
Published: 2024-10-24 09:51:53-04:00
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Google is finally introducing a dark mode to the web version of Google Calendar and rolling out a “refreshed user interface.” The new UI will include buttons, dialog boxes, and sidebars that are “more modern and accessible” with improved typefaces.
The update started rolling out this week and soon it will be available to everyone, whether they’re using a personal Gmail login or any sort of paid Google Workspace account.
<div class="c-float-left c [...]Build durable applications on Cloudflare Workers: you write the Workflows, we take care of the rest
Published: 2024-10-24 13:05:00+00:00
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Cloudflare Workflows is now in open beta! Workflows allows you to build reliable, repeatable, long-lived multi-step applications that can automatically retry, persist state, and scale out. Read on to learn how Workflows works, how we built it on top of Durable Objects, and how you can deploy your first Workflows application.
Zencoder Emerges From Stealth to Unveil AI Coding Platform
Published: 2024-10-24 13:00:50+00:00
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