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Last updated: 2025/02/13, 08:05:16 UTC (updates every 4 hours)

Sony reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $28.6B, operating income up 1% YoY to $3.05B, and gaming revenue up 16% YoY to $10.92B, driven by strong PS5 sales (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)

Published: 2025-02-13 03:01:27-05:00

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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Sony reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $28.6B, operating income up 1% YoY to $3.05B, and gaming revenue up 16% YoY to $10.92B, driven by strong PS5 sales  —  Sony Group Corporation turned in a strong third quarter for 2024, riding high on gaming and music while its film unit faced headwinds.



DeepSeek signals India's last chance to back foundational tech via state-funded research, as its private sector remains too risk-averse to lead AI innovation (Andy Mukherjee/Bloomberg)

Published: 2025-02-13 02:55:01-05:00

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Andy Mukherjee / Bloomberg:
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SoftBank-backed P2P vehicle sharing service Getaround is shutting down US operations, including HyreCar, to focus on Europe, where it operates in six countries (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

Published: 2025-02-13 02:45:03-05:00

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Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:
SoftBank-backed P2P vehicle sharing service Getaround is shutting down US operations, including HyreCar, to focus on Europe, where it operates in six countries  —  Getaround, a company that helps vehicle owners rent out their cars, trucks and SUVs to other peers, is shutting down its U.S. operations …



At the World Government Summit in Dubai, Alibaba Chairman Joe Tsai said Apple will use the Chinese tech giant's AI technology on iPhones sold in China (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg)

Published: 2025-02-13 02:35:01-05:00

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Vlad Savov / Bloomberg:
At the World Government Summit in Dubai, Alibaba Chairman Joe Tsai said Apple will use the Chinese tech giant's AI technology on iPhones sold in China  —  “Apple has been very selective, they talked to a number of companies in China, and in the end they choose to do business with us …



Court filing: Elon Musk will withdraw his $97.4B bid if OpenAI's board of directors "preserve the charity's mission" and halt its conversion to a for-profit (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Published: 2025-02-13 02:10:01-05:00

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Court filing: Elon Musk will withdraw his $97.4B bid if OpenAI's board of directors “preserve the charity's mission” and halt its conversion to a for-profit  —  In a court filing on Wednesday, a lawyer for Elon Musk said the billionaire will withdraw his $97.4 billion bid …



Drata, which uses automation to help companies adhere to compliance frameworks, agrees to buy SafeBase, which automates security reviews, sources say for $250M (Eduard Kovacs/SecurityWeek)

Published: 2025-02-13 01:40:01-05:00

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Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek:
Drata, which uses automation to help companies adhere to compliance frameworks, agrees to buy SafeBase, which automates security reviews, sources say for $250M  —  Security and compliance automation firm Drata has acquired trust center platform SafeBase in a quarter billion dollar deal.



Sources: US PE firms have invested in data centers serving ByteDance as a tenant, some without knowing if ByteDance is using the sites to access Nvidia's chips (Financial Times)

Published: 2025-02-13 01:25:01-05:00

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Financial Times:
Sources: US PE firms have invested in data centers serving ByteDance as a tenant, some without knowing if ByteDance is using the sites to access Nvidia's chips  —  Global buyout groups often do not know whether ByteDance uses their facilities to exploit a legal loophole to access chips



Candid Health, which helps simplify medical billing by automating claims processing and eliminating manual work for billing teams, raised a $52.5M Series C (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Published: 2025-02-13 01:15:04-05:00

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Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
Candid Health, which helps simplify medical billing by automating claims processing and eliminating manual work for billing teams, raised a $52.5M Series C  —  With over 1,000 insurance companies in the U.S., figuring out how to get paid by each company is a complex challenge for doctors and hospitals.



Thoma Bravo stands to gain $4B+ from SailPoint's IPO, which is expected to value the company at $12B+; Thoma Bravo acquired SailPoint for $6.9B in April 2022 (Financial Times)

Published: 2025-02-13 01:05:00-05:00

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Financial Times:
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Recorded Future: Salt Typhoon breached five more telcos and ISPs worldwide, including two US telcos, and 12+ universities in Dec-Jan by exploiting Cisco routers (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

Published: 2025-02-13 01:00:45-05:00

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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Recorded Future: Salt Typhoon breached five more telcos and ISPs worldwide, including two US telcos, and 12+ universities in Dec-Jan by exploiting Cisco routers  —  Despite high-profile attention and even US sanctions, the group hasn't stopped or even slowed its operation, including the breach of two more US telecoms.



Malaysia plans to roll out Google AI tools to 445,000 civil servants to help modernize public services and improve efficiency across government agencies (Norman Goh/Nikkei Asia)

Published: 2025-02-13 00:30:01-05:00

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Norman Goh / Nikkei Asia:
Malaysia plans to roll out Google AI tools to 445,000 civil servants to help modernize public services and improve efficiency across government agencies  —  KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia's government plans to roll out Google AI tools to 445,000 civil servants, accelerating the Southeas

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London- and SF-based Latent Labs, which is building AI foundation models to "make biology programmable", emerges from stealth with $50M across seed and Series A (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Published: 2025-02-13 00:15:01-05:00

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Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
London- and SF-based Latent Labs, which is building AI foundation models to “make biology programmable”, emerges from stealth with $50M across seed and Series A  —  A new startup founded by a former Google DeepMind scientist is exiting stealth with $50 million in funding.



Sources: Bain Capital, Advent International, and EQT AB are among the PE firms competing to acquire Trend Micro, which has a market value of about $8.54B (Milana Vinn/Reuters)

Published: 2025-02-12 23:50:00-05:00

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Milana Vinn / Reuters:
Sources: Bain Capital, Advent International, and EQT AB are among the PE firms competing to acquire Trend Micro, which has a market value of about $8.54B  —  Bain Capital, Advent International and EQT AB are among the private equity firms competing to acquire Japanese cybersecurity firm Trend Micro …



Baidu says it will make its AI chatbot Ernie free starting April 1 to all users on both desktop and mobile platforms, citing improved tech and reduced costs (Reuters)

Published: 2025-02-12 23:40:01-05:00

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Reuters:
Baidu says it will make its AI chatbot Ernie free starting April 1 to all users on both desktop and mobile platforms, citing improved tech and reduced costs  —  China's Baidu (9888.HK) said on Thursday that its artificial intelligence model Ernie would be free from April 1.



Sources: Thoma Bravo-backed enterprise security software company SailPoint raised $1.38B in an upsized IPO at $23 per share, giving it a $12.8B market cap (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)

Published: 2025-02-12 23:20:00-05:00

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Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
Sources: Thoma Bravo-backed enterprise security software company SailPoint raised $1.38B in an upsized IPO at $23 per share, giving it a $12.8B market cap  —  The Austin-based company and the sellers sold 60 million shares Thursday for $23 each after marketing 50 million for $21 to $23 apiece …



Sony, MarkScan Go On ‘Bloodborne’ DMCA Blitz Of Fun, Fan-Made Creations

Published: 2025-02-13 03:59:00+00:00

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It’s always interesting to me to see companies identify what they see as a threat by looking at what type of content they attempt to DMCA or otherwise disappear. When actual direct and flagrant wholesale copying of a digital product occurs, you can understand why the takedowns are issued. We might still want to argue […]


Media Equipment Maker Terumo Cardiovascular Trying To Monopolize Repair Of Costly Gear

Published: 2025-02-12 23:44:03+00:00

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Terumo Cardiovascular, a company that makes six-figure medical equipment used in heart surgeries, is apparently keen on attracting the ire of the “right to repair” movement. But given the Trump administration’s assault on state and federal consumer protection, it’s not clear they’ll face many meaningful repercussions for it. In a letter obtained by 404 Media, […]


Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 213 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

Published: 2025-02-12 14:25:30-08:00

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Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to allow users to test features that are planned for future release versions of the Safari browser.


‌Safari Technology Preview‌ 213 includes fixes and updates for CSS, Editing, Forms, HTML, JavaScript, Media, Networking, PDF, Rendering, Storage, SVG, Tables, Text, Web Animation, Web API, Web Extensions, Web Inspector, and WebRTC.

The current ‌Safari Technology Preview&zwn [...]


Apple Resumes Advertising on X

Published: 2025-02-12 14:18:43-08:00

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Apple this month started advertising on X for the first time in more than a year. The company had stopped advertising on the social media platform in November 2023 following controversial remarks made by its owner Elon Musk.


For example, the @Apple account is running an ad promoting Safari's privacy features. The ad was spotted by MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris. The @AppleTV account has also been running ads for the Apple TV+ show Severance.

A report last month indicated that Apple was consideri [...]


Steve Wynn Asks Supreme Court To Gut Key First Amendment Standard

Published: 2025-02-12 21:51:41+00:00

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Billionaires are already deleting parts of our government, as well as various safety mechanisms on the internet that sought to minimize hate and abuse. Do we also want them to be able to rewrite our understanding of the First Amendment? Steve Wynn’s latest Supreme Court petition represents a dangerous escalation in the ongoing assault on […]


Apple TV+ App Now Available on Android

Published: 2025-02-12 13:05:00-08:00

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Apple today announced the release of an Apple TV app for Android smartphones and tablets. The app is now available on the Google Play store.


With the Apple TV app, Android smartphone and tablet users have a more convenient way to access the Apple TV+ streaming service, instead of having to rely on tv.apple.com on the web. Apple TV+ includes a variety of original TV shows and films, MLB's Friday Night Baseball, and more. The app also provides access to MLS Season Pass, a subscription service that provides access to the entire MLS regular season and playoffs.

Android users can access Apple TV+ and MLS Season Pass by signi [...]


Testing the New ASUS ProArt 5K Display

Published: 2025-02-12 12:38:57-08:00

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There aren't too many 5K displays on the market that can compete with Apple's Studio Display, but ASUS recently came out with the ASUS ProArt Display 5K, which is a solid competitor. The ProArt Display 5K features a 27-inch 5K screen with 218 pixels per inch, aka retina quality.

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ASUS sells the ProArt Display 5K for $799, so it's actually half the price of the Studio Display, and much, much cheaper than the Pro Display XDR. The ProArt Display is more generic looking than Apple's monitors, so you're not getting Apple style, but if you're used to looking at a 5K Retina display and you need a second monitor, you can get that same general screen quality at a cheaper price.

In our testing, the ProArt Display 5K was color accurate, sharp, and very similar to the Studio Display. Make sure to watch our video [...]

Agentic AI: The Next Frontier of AI Power

Published: 2025-02-12 20:33:47+00:00

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On Nov. 30, 2022, OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT popularized generative AI and provoked a storm of enthusiastic acclaim. Today, we

The post Agentic AI: The Next Frontier of AI Power appeared first on The New Stack.



Federal Court Allows Lawsuit Over Network Of 172 Flock ALPR Cameras To Move Forward

Published: 2025-02-12 20:25:26+00:00

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Late last fall, a number of Norfolk, Virginia residents — with the assistance of the Institute for Justice (IJ) — sued the city for blanketing Norfolk with nearly 200 automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) provided by Flock Safety. Flock Safety made its first inroads with the private market, selling plate readers to gated communities and […]


Apple Begins Selling Refurbished M4 Macs

Published: 2025-02-12 11:35:27-08:00

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Apple today added MacBook Pro and Mac mini models with M4 series chips to its certified refurbished store in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland for the first time since the computers were introduced in October 2024.


Some refurbished MacBook Pro models with M4 chips are also available in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and select other European countries.

As usual for refurbished Macs, prices are discounted by approximately 15% compared to the equivalent new models on Apple's online store. Note that Apple's refurbished inventory changes often, and the order button is still grayed out for some configurations in some countries, so keep checking back if you are eyeing a particular model.
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US Moves To Designate Agency CIOs as Political Appointees

Published: 2025-02-12 18:58:39+00:00

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In the federal U.S. government, there are two types of employees, roughly speaking. One is the career-long civil servant, dedicated

The post US Moves To Designate Agency CIOs as Political Appointees appeared first on The New Stack.



DOGE May Now Be Aware Of The CFAA But It’s Still Violating It, Along With Lots Of Other Laws

Published: 2025-02-12 18:47:00+00:00

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Another day, another computer system for DOGE to unlawfully access. This time it is the one running the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one of the latest to be unlawfully shut down. Bloomberg is reporting that this time the DOGE bros incursion into the systems came with some sort of MOU, which did a few things […]


Daily Deal: The 2025 Business & Leadership Skills Bundle

Published: 2025-02-12 18:42:09+00:00

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The 2024 Business & Leadership Skills Bundle has 5 courses to help you learn skills you need to advance your career. Courses cover strategic planning, leadership styles, marketing communications, the art of professional poise and politeness, office politics, and more. It’s on sale for $25. Note: The Techdirt Deals Store is powered and curated by StackCommerce. […]


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Published: 2025-02-12 18:34:59+00:00

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Apple Releasing Apple TV+ App for Android Smartphones Soon

Published: 2025-02-12 10:03:36-08:00

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Apple plans to release an Apple TV+ Android app as soon as today, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The app will allow Android smartphone and tablet users to watch ‌Apple TV‌+ content in a native app rather than having to rely on watching through a web browser.


Apple has long offered an ‌Apple TV‌ app for iOS devices, and it also has dedicated ‌Apple TV‌ apps for various Android-based smart TVs and set-top boxes. The new ‌Apple TV‌ Android app will be installable on Android smartphones, and it is aimed at increasing ‌Apple TV‌+ subscriber numbers.
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How Developers Are Using Bolt, a Fast Growing AI Coding Tool

Published: 2025-02-12 18:00:19+00:00

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Last month StackBlitz, formally a Cloud Development Environment (CDE), rebranded itself to Bolt, an AI-based online web app builder. Why

The post How Developers Are Using Bolt, a Fast Growing AI Coding Tool appeared first on The New Stack.



iPhone Upgrade Cycles Are Getting Shorter Again

Published: 2025-02-12 09:49:23-08:00

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iPhone users are upgrading their devices at a slightly faster rate, reversing a long-term trend of increasingly long upgrade cycles, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) reports.


According to data from the quarter ending in December 2024, more ‌iPhone‌ buyers retired their devices at an earlier point compared to previous years. Specifically, 36% of those who purchased a new ‌iPhone‌ during the period had owned their previous device for two years or less. This marks an increase from the 31% reported in the same quarter a year earlier. Meanwhile, the percentage of users who kept their previous ‌iPhone‌ for three years or more declined slightly, [...]


GOP Is Quietly Freaking Out About Elon; Time For Them To Take A Stand

Published: 2025-02-12 17:28:00+00:00

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It turns out that when you let the world’s richest man take over significant portions of the federal government, some people might get nervous. Who knew? Last week we wrote about how some staunch conservatives were finally admitting that Elon’s takeover of the government represented a constitutional crisis. Then earlier this week, we showed how […]


How To Build a Quiz App With Nuxt and Xata

Published: 2025-02-12 17:00:33+00:00

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Life is a continuous test of your knowledge. This tutorial delves into how to build a question-answering (quiz) application with

The post How To Build a Quiz App With Nuxt and Xata appeared first on The New Stack.



How GitHub uses CodeQL to secure GitHub

Published: 2025-02-12 17:00:04+00:00

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How GitHub’s Product Security Engineering team manages our CodeQL implementation at scale and how you can, too.

The post How GitHub uses CodeQL to secure GitHub appeared first on The GitHub Blog.



Apple now lets you move purchases between your 25 years of accounts

Published: 2025-02-12 16:50:52+00:00

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Now we can all bring that mandatory U2 album back into our main libraries.


Amazon Has All-Time Low Prices on Apple Pencil Pro ($99) and AirTag 4-Pack ($69.99)

Published: 2025-02-12 07:40:03-08:00

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Today we're tracking a handful of Apple accessory discounts on Amazon, including all-time low prices for both the Apple Pencil Pro and AirTag 4-Pack. Neither deal requires a coupon code this time around, as both have been applied automatically by Amazon.

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.

Starting with the Apple Pe [...]


Here's When Apple's First Robots Are Expected to Enter Mass Production

Published: 2025-02-12 07:25:31-08:00

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Apple is exploring both humanoid and non-humanoid robots as future smart home products, according to Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. However, he does not expect the robots to launch for several more years, if ever.


Kuo today said Apple's robot projects remain in the proof-of-concept stage within the company. In the event that Apple decides to move forward with launching the robots, Kuo believes that mass production likely won't begin until 2028 or later.

Kuo's prediction comes after a team of robotics researchers at Apple designed and prototyped a lamp-like robot with lifelike movements.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman last year reporte [...]


The risk of shadow AI, an example of using ChatGPT Deep Research

Published: 2025-02-12 16:11:54+01:00

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Catch-up: yesterday, I went over everything you need for tech strategy and marketing.

What do I know about security: limiting AI use in enterprises

I find the restrictions on using public AI chat things baffling versus the potential, but obvious benefit. But I don’t know the CISO perspective and way of thinking. What am I missing?

Yes:

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Agentic AI Powers New Harness DevSecOps Suite

Published: 2025-02-12 15:00:35+00:00

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The same year that Jyoti Bansal sold the application intelligence company he founded, AppDynamics, to Cisco Systems for $3.7 billion,

The post Agentic AI Powers New Harness DevSecOps Suite appeared first on The New Stack.



Woot's New Sale Introduces Big Savings on Earbuds and Headphones From Beats, JBL, and More

Published: 2025-02-12 06:58:06-08:00

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Woot today introduced a new sale on earbuds and headphones, including solid discounts on a few Beats products. Every accessory in this sale is in new condition, and all of the Beats headphones come with a one year Apple/Beats manufacturer limited warranty.

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.

You can get the Beats Studio Buds+ for <s [...]


'New' iPhone SE Product Listing Appears on French Website

Published: 2025-02-12 06:49:09-08:00

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As the wait continues for Apple's long-rumored, fourth-generation iPhone SE, French electronics retailer Boulanger has prematurely published a product listing for a "new" model of the iPhone SE. The placeholder page says the device is "coming soon," but it offers no further information, and the price shown is obviously not real.


The listing was spotted by a reader of the French technology news website Numerama. It is unclear if Boulanger has received a heads up from Apple that a new iPhone SE is coming, or if the placeholder page was created in light of rumors.

While the page does not reveal anything specific, it is yet another sign [...]


Apple Announces New Health Study Involving the iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods

Published: 2025-02-12 06:13:56-08:00

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A new comprehensive Apple Health Study is launching today in the Apple Research app. Apple says U.S. residents can participate in the study if they meet the minimum age requirements, and complete the informed consent process.


The new Apple Health Study aims to further understand how technology, including the iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods, can "play a role in advancing and improving physical health, mental health, and overall wellbeing."

The research study will also "explore relationships between various areas of health, such as mental health's impact on heart rate, or how sleep can influence exercise."

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Rethinking AI in the Future of Quality and Testing

Published: 2025-02-12 14:02:56+00:00

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Software testing is undergoing a major transformation with the rise of generative AI. While many are excited about AI’s ability

The post Rethinking AI in the Future of Quality and Testing appeared first on The New Stack.



Phone Companies Still Suck At Stopping Unwanted Scam Robocalls, Something That Will Get Much Worse Under Trump 2.0

Published: 2025-02-12 13:32:19+00:00

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We’ve long noted how absurd it is that scammers, debt collectors, and greedy telemarketers have ruined our voice communications networks. We’ve somehow just normalized it. We’ve also noted how a big reason our robocall problem never gets fixed is because Congress and regulators routinely fixate on scammers and not on the “legit” companies like debt collectors that use […]


WhatsApp Will Soon Let Users Add Instagram Links to Profiles

Published: 2025-02-12 05:12:42-08:00

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WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will allow users to link their social media accounts to their WhatsApp profile, according to findings in the latest iOS beta version of the app (via WABetaInfo).


Based on the beta's current state, the upcoming feature adds a dedicated section within WhatsApp's Account settings where users can input links to their social media profiles. The beta currently only supports Instagram integration, but other Meta-owned platforms like Facebook and Threads are expected to be included in the official update.

Any social media links are displayed on a user's WhatsApp profile alongside existing information such as their name, phone number, and "About" section. According to the report, WhatsApp will use priva [...]


Apple Taps Ultra-Thin Glass Suppliers for First Foldable Device

Published: 2025-02-12 04:48:12-08:00

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Apple's designs on its first foldable device appear to have ramped up a notch, with the company said to be tapping suppliers of ultra-thin glass (UTG).


Chinese manufacturer Lens Technology is set to become Apple's primary supplier of UTG for upcoming foldable devices, according to a new report from The Elec (via DigiTimes). The company is expected to secure approximately 70% of Apple's UTG orders, with US-based Corning likely to provide the raw materials.

Lens Technology has reportedly demonstrated significant advantages in mass production capabilities and financial resources for UTG manufacturing. The company is said to be particularly good at glass strengthening and minimizing side crack [...]


Google's Next Budget Phone Virtually Eliminates the Camera Bump

Published: 2025-02-12 04:30:39-08:00

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Google appears to be tackling one of smartphones' most persistent design quirks – the camera bump. According to leaked renders published by Android Headlines, the upcoming Pixel 9A will feature an almost flush camera housing, which would be a significant departure from the bumper-sized camera bumps common in modern smartphones.


The mid-range device's camera module sits nearly level with the phone's chassis, based on side-view renders. That said, the design choice comes with at least one trade-off in camera specifications, as the Pixel 9A will reportedly feature a 48MP main lens, down from the 64MP sensor in its predecessor, the Pixel 8A. The phone will retain a 13MP ultrawide lens and a 13MP front-facing camera, according to the outlet. <br / [...]


Training IT Teams for Multi-Cloud DevOps Environments

Published: 2025-02-12 12:11:06+00:00

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multi-cloud, devops, five DevOps jobs multi-cloud services steps phases NetAppA multi-cloud approach can also benefit development and operations (DevOps) teams if they have the training and skills necessary to maximize multi-cloud potential.

An update on highly anticipated—and elusive—Micro LED displays

Published: 2025-02-12 12:00:33+00:00

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New (and cheaper) Micro LED TVs have been announced.


iPhone 16 Pro Max Beaten by Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra in App Loading Speed Test

Published: 2025-02-12 02:36:47-08:00

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Apple's iPhone 16 Pro Max has been comprehensively beaten by the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra in a real world app speed test conducted by PhoneBuff, with the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip and 12GB of RAM winning out over the A18 Pro chip and 8GB of RAM in Apple's smartphone.


The performance test measured how long it took each phone to open and process tasks across a series of apps. Each smartphone cycled through identical apps, including Facebook, Starbucks, Microsoft Office apps, Snapseed, and various games.

The Galaxy S25 Ultra established an early lead through productivity apps and maintained its advantage in image editing tasks, with Snapseed exports completing significantly faster than on the iPhone. Most notably, the Galaxy processed video in LumaFusion approximately 25% faster than the iPhone 16 Pro Max – an area where Apple's smartphones have traditionally excelled.

Even [...]

Published: 2025-02-12 11:14:17+01:00

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Do Marketers Need To Be Writing for AI? - SEO for AI model training. Yup, better start doing that. The good news is, all those SEO-trap pages that you generated (those long one you never actually show to users/customers) would probably work here…are working here. But, it’s likely a good idea to start doing more of this ongoing.



India Wants Wide Business Use Of Its Huge Aadhaar Biometric Database, Now With Facial Recognition

Published: 2025-02-12 04:08:00+00:00

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Techdirt has been writing about India’s huge Aadhaar database of biometrics, which assigns a unique 12-digit number to all Indian citizens, for a decade now. The system was introduced to make it easier for people in India to access key government services by authenticating their identity, but there were soon plans to allow businesses to […]


Gurman: iPhone SE 4 Coming 'By Next Week,' Other Announcements Starting Tomorrow

Published: 2025-02-11 19:26:32-08:00

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Exact timing for the debut of the fourth-generation iPhone SE remains up in the air, with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reporting in a tweet tonight that the device "should be announced by next week." Last week, Gurman indicated that it could arrive as early as this week and later claimed that it would be arriving this week, but there once again appears to be some uncertainty about the timing.


Interestingly, Gurman now says that Apple has a few other imminent announ [...]


Go 1.24 arrives

Published: 2025-02-12 00:00:00+00:00

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From ChatGPT to Gemini: how AI is rewriting the internet

Published: 2025-02-11 18:58:55-05:00

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Big players, including Microsoft, with Copilot, Google, with Gemini, and OpenAI, with GPT-4o, are making AI chatbot technology previously restricted to test labs more accessible to the general public. How do these large language model (LLM) programs work? OpenAI’s GPT-3 told us that AI uses “a series of autocomplete-like programs to learn language” and that […]


Apple Now Lets You Move Digital Purchases From One Apple Account to Another

Published: 2025-02-11 15:56:10-08:00

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If you have two Apple Accounts with multiple digital purchases between them, Apple now has a way for you to consolidate the accounts by migrating content from one account to another.


As noted by Stephen Hackett of 512 Pixels, Apple today published a support document that provides instructions for moving purchases from a secondary Apple Account to a primary Apple Account.

Apps, music, books, TV shows, and movies that have been purchased on a secondary account can be migrated to a main account, which is useful for people who have separate accounts for iCloud and [...]


The Red Pill Was Hijacked

Published: 2025-02-11 23:35:40+00:00

Summary:
“Wake up, Neo. The Matrix has you.” These words marked a cultural moment—one that captured our collective anxiety about reality itself. The Matrix wasn’t just a movie about robots and kung fu. It was a story about questioning the systems of power and control that shape our understanding of the world. The red pill became a powerful metaphor for choosing difficult […]


When software updates actually improve—instead of ruin—our favorite devices

Published: 2025-02-11 23:24:23+00:00

Summary:
Opinion: These tech products have gotten better over time.


ColorWare Launches New 'Blended' Custom AirPods Colors

Published: 2025-02-11 14:41:12-08:00

Summary:
ColorWare today launched a new line of custom-painted AirPods, offering the AirPods Max, AirPods Pro 2, and AirPods 4 in various shades of brown. The new shades are meant to be neutral, standing out less than white AirPods when the earbuds are in the ears.


There are three colors available for each product, including a light, cream colored "Glaze" shade, a mid-toned brown called "Toasty," and "Java," a darker brown color. The colors are reminiscent of the neutral color options Apple has int [...]


Apple Adopting 'Gulf of America' Naming for Apple Maps

Published: 2025-02-11 13:19:23-08:00

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Apple is in the process of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and changes are already being made to the Apple Maps app. When searching in the Maps app for Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico name is shown or the name is blank, but tapping into the area shows the "Gulf of America" wording.


According to Bloomberg, Apple is rolling out the Maps change in the United States today, so the name should shift for most U.S. users in the near future. Apple plans to change the name for all users globally in the future.

Google <a href="https://blog.google/products/maps/united-states-geographic-name-change-f [...]


Why Your Infrastructure as Code Strategy Still Sucks

Published: 2025-02-11 20:00:53+00:00

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Most cloud-using enterprises have implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC), looking to automate, standardize and streamline infrastructure management. But a quick

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Google Chrome may soon use “AI” to replace compromised passwords

Published: 2025-02-11 19:01:41+00:00

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Rather than just warn you, Chrome will guide you to making a better password.


Database Scalability and the Giant Flea: A Lesson in Complexity

Published: 2025-02-11 19:00:41+00:00

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Consider the flea. It’s a tiny creature, barely visible to the naked eye. Yet it’s powerful, capable of leaping over

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BuzzFeed wants to fight AI-driven social media with a platform of its own

Published: 2025-02-11 13:21:34-05:00

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BuzzFeed plans on launching a new social platform “built specifically to spread joy and enable playful creative expression.” In a blog post published on Tuesday, BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti highlights the “growing discontent” with platforms using AI-driven algorithms to keep users glued to their screens, adding that BuzzFeed’s social network would use AI […]


Why AI Agents Need an Operational Database

Published: 2025-02-11 18:00:31+00:00

Summary:
The letters "AI" like a cannon spewing out an explosion of letters.

AI agent applications are poised to transform the way employees and customers interact with computer systems. By gathering data, reasoning

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Create a serverless custom retry mechanism for stateless queue consumers

Published: 2025-02-11 17:44:03+00:00

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In this post, we propose a solution that handles serverless retries when the workflow’s state isn’t managed by an additional service.


Tutorial: Build a RAG Agent With Azure AI Agent Service SDK

Published: 2025-02-11 17:00:25+00:00

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This tutorial will help you build an agent using the Azure AI Python SDK. The agent will complete an action

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Kickstarter will alert backers when a project has failed

Published: 2025-02-11 12:00:00-05:00

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Kickstarter will start notifying supporters when a fundraising campaign faces “significant fulfillment failures” and breaks the platform’s rules. The notification will also inform supporters how it’s addressing the issue, including by “restricting the creator from launching future projects.” The update comes as part of a series of changes Kickstarter plans to make this year that […]


Security Is Blocking AI Adoption: Is BYOC the Answer?

Published: 2025-02-11 16:00:11+00:00

Summary:
Businessman uses tablet on cloud-based system.

The landscape of AI adoption has transformed dramatically in the 18 months since ChatGPT’s debut. According to McKinsey’s 2024 Global

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iOS 18.3.1 update fixes security flaw used in “extremely sophisticated attack”

Published: 2025-02-11 15:17:29+00:00

Summary:
Updates may also re-enable Apple Intelligence for those who turned it off.


Some Devs Turn to TanStack After Remix/React Router Merger

Published: 2025-02-11 15:00:14+00:00

Summary:
A list of JavAscript app files within an IDE.

Meta-frameworks like SolidStart, SvelteKit and Analog are so closely aligned with routers, they’re practically one and the same. In the

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Introduction to C++ Programming Language

Published: 2025-02-11 14:00:18+00:00

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C++ is highly valued for its low latency and high efficiency that’s essential in system-level programming for operating systems and

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Offline celebrations: how Christmas, NYE, and Lunar New Year festivities shape online behavior

Published: 2025-02-11 14:00:00+00:00

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This blog examines how diverse cultural celebrations — from Western Christmas to Orthodox and Lunar New Year festivities — shape global Internet traffic.


How to market the Enterprise of Many Solutions Suite - A Ready to Go Plan for Enterprise Role Playing with Generative AI, Complete with Executive Dinner Meal Options

Published: 2025-02-11 13:48:38+01:00

Summary:

In tech product management marketing, there are three phases of your “story” and execution: strategy, planning, and doing (“execution”). I think a lot of people mix up these phases, talk too much about strategy, don’t do enough planning, often poorly communicate the plans to staff, and are not “throw it all at the wall” enough with doing. I’ve worked in this area for, I don’t know, 20 years. Here’s my latest organized brain-dump from watching people from afar and close-up at many places.

(1) Strategy

This first phase is about figuring it out: researching the market, observing what others are doing, conducting classic competitive analysis (Porter’s Five Forces or however it gets rolled into the strategy airport book meat-loaf du jour). You’re deciding what to do and making the case to your leadership for why you should do it: getting budget, resources, and permission to work on this f

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StackGen’s New Migration Engine: A DevOps Game-Changer for Multi-Cloud Transitions

Published: 2025-02-11 10:17:03+00:00

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StackGen, cloud-to-cloud migration
StackGen, cloud-to-cloud migrationStackGen introduces automated cloud-to-cloud migration capabilities, eliminating manual infrastructure work while maintaining security and compliance. Here's what DevOps teams need to know.

Gcore Radar report reveals 56% year-on-year increase in DDoS attacks

Published: 2025-02-11 07:01:39+00:00

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Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 11th February 2025, CyberNewsWire

Tech is supposed to make our lives easier (News)

Published: 2025-02-10 21:45:00+00:00

Summary:
Bill Maher excoriates the software industry for making our lives more difficult, two professors from the University of Washington put together a curriculum to help us manage life in the ChatGPT world, Daniel Delaney thinks deeply on chat as a dev tool UI, Benedict Evans explores our assumptions that computers be 'correct' & the Thoughtbot team writes up six cases when not to refactor.


Harness Merges with Traceable to Provide Integrated DevSecOps Platform

Published: 2025-02-10 19:36:12+00:00

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Harness,Traceable, DevSecOps, SDLC, Tidelift, DevSecOps, code, open source, AWS, devsecops, Digital.ai DevSecOps business SDLC Integrating Security in the Development Process with DevSecOps
Harness,Traceable, DevSecOps, SDLC, Tidelift, DevSecOps, code, open source, AWS, devsecops, Digital.ai DevSecOps business SDLC Integrating Security in the Development Process with DevSecOpsHarness today announced that Traceable will be merged into the company to create a combined company that will further advance the adoption of best DevSecOps practices across t [...]

What you need to know about the T-Mobile Starlink mobile service

Published: 2025-02-10 19:17:42+00:00

Summary:
Details on beta registration, prices, compatible phones, and technical limits.


Mirantis Tackles Container Sprawl With Open Source k0rdent

Published: 2025-02-10 19:00:12+00:00

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We all use cloud native applications, but no one finds managing them easy. True, Kubernetes enables us to orchestrate them,

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Handful of users claim new Nvidia GPUs are melting power cables again

Published: 2025-02-10 18:45:39+00:00

Summary:
At this point, it's unclear whether the issues are one-offs or systemic.


OpenAPI Initiative: New Standards and a Peek at the Roadmap

Published: 2025-02-10 18:24:33+00:00

Summary:
Points of light across a night sky.

OpenAPI is a standard way to describe your API for both human and machine audiences. From an OpenAPI description, API

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Is Fine-Tuning or Prompt Engineering the Right Approach for AI?

Published: 2025-02-10 17:00:50+00:00

Summary:
Person in a denim shirt touches graphic icon on a screen.

We previously discussed how building a RAG-based chatbot for enterprise data paved the way for creating a comprehensive GenAI platform.

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How To Build Web Components Using ChatGPT

Published: 2025-02-10 16:08:17+00:00

Summary:
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I’ve been thinking about web components for a long time. In a 1996 BYTE story entitled On-Line Componentware, I showed

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Corporate “DEI” is an imperfect vehicle for deeply meaningful ideals

Published: 2025-02-10 15:43:33+00:00

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I have not thought or said much about DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) over the years. Not because I don’t care about the espoused ideals — I suppose I do, rather a lot — but because corporate DEI efforts have always struck me as ineffective and bland; bolted on at best, if not actively compensating […]


"...but there are also disadvantages"

Published: 2025-02-10 16:15:51+01:00

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This episode: AI is coming for your software job, or at least for the parts of it you actually enjoyed. Meanwhile, businesses are still stuck in pilot purgatory with generative AI, IT leaders remain unconvinced of AI’s ROI, and Java is apparently coming for Python’s AI crown. The economy may be changing not because of interest rates or labor shortages, but because everyone is drinking more water and eating fewer snacks. Also: MP3s are free, remote workers may be getting pay cuts, Kubernetes vs. Serverless, and a reminder that laws are now a gentlemen’s agreement, and we are not ruled by gentlemen.

Relative to your interests

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Optimizing for Developer Productivity Creates a Winning DevEx

Published: 2025-02-10 14:39:17+00:00

Summary:
Application development, web site coding, information and mobile technology vector icons.

Developers often face compounding pressures to meet business objectives while maintaining operational excellence. But being hands-on, which some advocate for,

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QUIC action: patching a broadcast address amplification vulnerability

Published: 2025-02-10 14:00:00+00:00

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Cloudflare was recently contacted by researchers who discovered a broadcast amplification vulnerability through their QUIC Internet measurement research. We've implemented a mitigation.


AWS Extends AI Agent Reach into the Realm of Testing Code

Published: 2025-02-10 13:45:46+00:00

Summary:

AWS, agent, AI agent, agentic, agentic ai,
AWS, agent, AI agent, agentic, agentic ai,AWS has extended the reach of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) agents for developers into the realm of application testing.

Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities

Published: 2025-02-10 09:18:21+00:00

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job, devops, career, jobs
job, devops, career, jobsDevOps.com is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it just that much easier for DevOps professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of […]

Context Package Semantics In Go

Published: 2025-02-10 00:00:00+00:00

Summary:
Although first introduced in 2014, the Context package remains a crucial component of Go programming, enabling efficient management of request-scoped data, deadlines, and cancellation signals. As the Go ecosystem continues to evolve, understanding the Context package’s semantics is vital for developing reliable and maintainable software. This blogpost provides an in-depth exploration of the Context package’s semantics, highlighting best practices and common pitfalls to help developers effectively leverage this powerful tool.


Prepare Your Mac for Python Development

Published: 2025-02-09 16:00:13+00:00

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I dabble in the world of Python development for fun, and recently, I decided to get a bit more serious

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The Metamorphosis of Open Source: An Industry in Transition

Published: 2025-02-09 15:00:41+00:00

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Twenty years ago, declaring your project “open source” was a statement of principle, philosophy, and community. Today, it’s more likely

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Pixelfed Crowdfunds More Open Source Social Alternatives for the Fediverse

Published: 2025-02-09 14:00:57+00:00

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It’s happening: A movement is crowdfunding a set of ActivityPub-powered social media apps built around Pixelfed, an increasingly popular grass-roots

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Bluefin, a Next-Gen Linux Workstation for Containerized Apps

Published: 2025-02-08 15:00:42+00:00

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Bluefin is a custom take on Fedora Silverblue. If you’re not familiar with the Silverblue project, it’s a variant of

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Where AI Benchmarks Fall Short, and How To Evaluate Models Instead

Published: 2025-02-08 14:00:09+00:00

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Enterprises face an overwhelming array of large language models (LLMs) from which to choose. With new releases like Meta’s Llama

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Angular Documentary Debuts With Star-Studded Cast of Devs

Published: 2025-02-08 13:00:18+00:00

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A documentary about Angular, created by tech documentary company Honeypot, dropped on YouTube Wednesday. The hour-long video contains enough human

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The state of homelab tech (2025) (Friends)

Published: 2025-02-07 23:00:00+00:00

Summary:
Techno Tim joins Adam to catch up on the state of Homelab for 2025, the state of AI at home and on-prem (AI Homelab) and where that's heading, building a creator PC, choosing the parts for your build, GPU availability, Windows being user hostile, and why Tim is happy to be using Windows, Mac AND Linux.


How a Critical Hosting Failure Solved a DevOps Crisis

Published: 2025-02-07 22:00:14+00:00

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When routine system updates caused critical hosting systems to fail and left machines unbootable, Pentera’s DevOps team found themselves in

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