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Last updated: 2025/02/10, 08:05:44 UTC (updates every 4 hours)

A study found that phishing tests and other training programs designed to educate employees about online dangers reduced phishing success rates by just 2% (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)

Published: 2025-02-10 02:30:00-05:00

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Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:
A study found that phishing tests and other training programs designed to educate employees about online dangers reduced phishing success rates by just 2%  —  Researchers say the ruses, aimed at teaching gullible employees about the dangers lurk

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Sources: Shein asked some top apparel suppliers in China to set up new production lines in Vietnam, with incentives like higher procurement prices of up to 30% (Bloomberg)

Published: 2025-02-09 23:40:00-05:00

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Bloomberg:
Sources: Shein asked some top apparel suppliers in China to set up new production lines in Vietnam, with incentives like higher procurement prices of up to 30%  —  - It's offering higher procurement prices and guaranteed orders  — Fast fashion giant racing to mitigate impact of Trump tariffs



Watch the Apple Music Halftime Show With Kendrick Lamar — Full Video

Published: 2025-02-09 19:54:47-08:00

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If you missed the Apple Music Halftime Show during Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans tonight, or simply want to rewatch it, a video of the full performance is now available for playback on the NFL's official YouTube channel.


We would have embedded the video here, but the NFL is not allowing that right now, so use the direct link to watch it on YouTube.

This year's Apple Music Halftime Show featured hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar. Other stars who appeared on stage alongside Lamar included singer SZA, DJ Mustard, former professional tennis player Serena Williams, and actor Samuel L. Jackson.

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TrendForce: China's share of global mature node manufacturing capacity in 2024 was 34%, vs. Taiwan's 43%; China's share is forecasted to exceed Taiwan's by 2027 (Wen-Yee Lee/Reuters)

Published: 2025-02-09 22:15:03-05:00

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Wen-Yee Lee / Reuters:
TrendForce: China's share of global mature node manufacturing capacity in 2024 was 34%, vs. Taiwan's 43%; China's share is forecasted to exceed Taiwan's by 2027  —  When Taiwan's Powerchip Technology entered a deal with the eastern Chinese city of Hefei in 2015 to set up a new chip foundry …



iPhone Users Can Sign Up to Try Starlink Connectivity For Free Until July

Published: 2025-02-09 18:55:55-08:00

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T-Mobile today announced that its Starlink satellite feature is now available in public beta, meaning anyone in the U.S. with a compatible iPhone or Android smartphone can sign up to test the off-the-grid connectivity, even if they use another carrier like AT&T or Verizon. Starlink is a subsidiary of Elon Musk's SpaceX.


Approved beta testers can use the Starlink satellite connectivity for free until July, with limited spots available. Afterwards, T-Mobile customers with a Go5G Next plan or another eligible plan will continue to have access to the feature at no additional cost, while T-Mobile customers with other plans can add the service for $15 per mon [...]


T-Mobile's satellite texting feature, currently in beta and powered by SpaceX's Starlink, will cost customers $15/month starting in July for users on most plans (Kelcee Griffis/Bloomberg)

Published: 2025-02-09 20:25:00-05:00

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Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg:
T-Mobile's satellite texting feature, currently in beta and powered by SpaceX's Starlink, will cost customers $15/month starting in July for users on most plans  —  - Anticipated upgrade goes into a free beta period until July … The service is in beta mode now and users can sign up online to partici

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A look at the debate over how much authors should get paid for licensing books to train AI; Microsoft offered HarperCollins $5K/title, of which authors get 50% (Alice Robb/Bloomberg)

Published: 2025-02-09 20:10:01-05:00

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Alice Robb / Bloomberg:
A look at the debate over how much authors should get paid for licensing books to train AI; Microsoft offered HarperCollins $5K/title, of which authors get 50%  —  Most experts agree that tech companies should pay creators whose work is used to train artificial intelligence.



Apple Increases Mac Trade-In Values for a Limited Time

Published: 2025-02-09 15:53:31-08:00

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Apple today increased its estimated trade-in values for select Mac models in the United States, with the full changes outlined below.


Apple says the extra trade-in credit for select Macs is available with the purchase of an eligible new Apple device through April 2.

The trade-in values increased by between $10 and $50.













Model New Value Old Value
MacBook Pro
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Observations on AI and how it may change society, the likely uneven impact of AGI, which could mess up the balance of power between capital and labor, and more (Sam Altman)

Published: 2025-02-09 18:35:00-05:00

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Sam Altman:
Observations on AI and how it may change society, the likely uneven impact of AGI, which could mess up the balance of power between capital and labor, and more  —  Our mission is to ensure that AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) benefits all of humanity.



Macron announces that companies have agreed to invest €109B in AI projects in France in the coming years, saying it's France's equivalent to Stargate for the US (Financial Times)

Published: 2025-02-09 18:30:32-05:00

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Financial Times:
Macron announces that companies have agreed to invest €109B in AI projects in France in the coming years, saying it's France's equivalent to Stargate for the US  —  French president speaks ahead of AI summit in Paris involving executives such as OpenAI's Sam Altman



Chainalysis: just under 700K wallets recorded gains on $TRUMP, 810K+ have lost money, and $6.6B has been secured in cashed-out profits, mostly by early buyers (New York Times)

Published: 2025-02-09 15:25:01-05:00

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New York Times:
Chainalysis: just under 700K wallets recorded gains on $TRUMP, 810K+ have lost money, and $6.6B has been secured in cashed-out profits, mostly by early buyers  —  Some traders made tens of millions off a new cryptocurrency launched by President Trump and his sons.  Many others lost o

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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

Published: 2025-02-09 20:00:00+00:00

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This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Stephen T. Stone with a comment about the assault on the idea that laws have any meaning at all: A lot of people⁠—especially in right-wing circles⁠—tend to forget that the process of civilization is the process of everyone forgetting that they can grab a […]


Edison: despite Spotify's video push, only two of the top 10 US podcasts post videos on Spotify; 37 of the top 50 US podcasts regularly post videos on YouTube (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

Published: 2025-02-09 13:10:01-05:00

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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Edison: despite Spotify's video push, only two of the top 10 US podcasts post videos on Spotify; 37 of the top 50 US podcasts regularly post videos on YouTube  —  Popular programs like New Heights and Club Shay Shay have yet to put their videos on the streaming service  —  Hello, and welcome bac

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How DeepSeek's R1 led to more chatbots' "chains of thought" being shown to users; an expert says seeing a chatbot's supposed inner monologue can trigger empathy (Nitasha Tiku/Washington Post)

Published: 2025-02-09 11:10:00-05:00

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Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
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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

The post Prepare Your Mac for Python Development appeared first on The New Stack.



Valentine's Day Deals: Get All-Time Low Prices on AirPods, iPad, Apple Watch, and More

Published: 2025-02-09 07:50:55-08:00

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We're less than one week away from Valentine's Day, which falls on Friday, February 14, this year. Similar to years past, many third-party Apple resellers and accessory companies have opened up notable discounts on Apple products and accessories to coincide with the holiday.

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.

Additionally, there are a few solid discounts on Apple products like AirPods, Apple Watch, iMac, and iPad. In this article you'll find deals from third-party retailers collected first, including special Valentine's Day themed sales from AT&T, ZAGG, Casely, and more.

Valentine's Accessory Sales


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Gurman: New iPhone SE Coming 'This Week'

Published: 2025-02-09 07:45:00-08:00

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Apple plans to announce a new iPhone SE this week, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


In his Power On newsletter today, and a corresponding social media post, Gurman said the new iPhone SE is "coming this week." Until now, he said that Apple planned to announce the device "as early as" this week, but his wording is now more firm.

Apple has not scheduled an event, so the new iPhone SE will likely be announced in a press release published on the Apple Newsroom website.

The so-called iPhone S [...]


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

The post The Metamorphosis of Open Source: An Industry in Transition appeared first on The New Stack.



A look at WikiTok, a site that lets users vertically swipe through an endless stream of random Wikipedia article stubs without an algorithm that tracks the user (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica)

Published: 2025-02-09 09:35:03-05:00

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Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
A look at WikiTok, a site that lets users vertically swipe through an endless stream of random Wikipedia article stubs without an algorithm that tracks the user  —  On Wednesday, a New York-based app developer named Isaac Gemal debuted a new site called WikiTok, where users can vertically swipe through …



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

The post Pixelfed Crowdfunds More Open Source Social Alternatives for the Fediverse appeared first on The New Stack.



An analysis of US DOL data: the IT sector unemployment rate rose from 3.9% in December to 5.7% in January, with the number of unemployed rising from 98K to 152K (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)

Published: 2025-02-09 08:10:01-05:00

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Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal:
An analysis of US DOL data: the IT sector unemployment rate rose from 3.9% in December to 5.7% in January, with the number of unemployed rising from 98K to 152K  —  Artificial intelligence continues to impact the technology labor market  —  The unemployment rate in t

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Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association projects India's chip market, valued at $52B in 2024-2025, to grow to $103.4B at a CAGR of 13% through 2030 (The Economic Times)

Published: 2025-02-09 05:05:00-05:00

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The Economic Times:
Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association projects India's chip market, valued at $52B in 2024-2025, to grow to $103.4B at a CAGR of 13% through 2030  —  India's semiconductor consumption market, valued at $52 billion in 2024-25, is expected

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Crypto.com and Kalshi launched sports wagers tied to the Super Bowl in 50 US states, creating a turf war with the sports betting industry and state regulators (Bloomberg)

Published: 2025-02-09 02:00:00-05:00

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Bloomberg:
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Source: TikTok CEO Shou Chew proposed to senior White House officials a US-based joint venture between US investors and TikTok that would oversee data security (Wall Street Journal)

Published: 2025-02-09 01:50:01-05:00

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Wall Street Journal:
Source: TikTok CEO Shou Chew proposed to senior White House officials a US-based joint venture between US investors and TikTok that would oversee data security  —  Vance tapped to help oversee negotiations, with companies including Oracle and Amazon signaling interest while TikTok officials hope to avoid a sale



How to Watch Super Bowl LIX Free on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV

Published: 2025-02-08 20:04:23-08:00

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Super Bowl LIX kicks off today. In the U.S., the game will be streaming for free in upscaled 4K on FOX's ad-supported streaming service Tubi, which is available on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pro, and many other devices.


This year, the Kansas City Chiefs are facing the Philadelphia Eagles at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The Chiefs are looking to win three consecutive Super Bowl championships, while the Eagles are looking for revenge after losing to the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII two years ago, so the stakes are high for both teams.

To watch Super Bowl LIX for free, simply install the Tubi app from the App Store [...]


This Week In Techdirt History: February 2nd – 8th

Published: 2025-02-08 20:00:00+00:00

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Five Years Ago This week in 2020, Facebook paid out a hefty settlement in a facial recognition lawsuit in Illinois, which looked like bad news for the also-just-sued new kid on the block: Clearview AI, about whom we were learning lots of disturbing new things. In an ongoing attempt to avoid its own similar problems, […]


AirPods Pro 2 Hit Lowest Price of the Year So Far at $169 ($80 Off)

Published: 2025-02-08 08:10:35-08:00

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Amazon this weekend has Apple's AirPods Pro 2 for $169.00, down from $249.00. This is the lowest price that we've tracked so far in 2025, and Amazon is providing a mid February delivery estimate for most residences in the United States.

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

Although we saw a better deal over the holiday season, it's very unlikely that all-time low price will return any time soon. Amazon's price today is still a solid deal on the AirPods Pro 2, w [...]


5 iPhone Apps Apple Still Hasn't Brought to iPad

Published: 2025-02-08 08:00:00-08:00

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While Apple has made strides in bringing long-missing apps to the iPad in recent years, there are still five iPhone apps that remain noticeably absent.


After years of requests from users, Apple finally introduced the Health, Weather, and Calculator apps to the ‌iPad‌ in iPadOS 16, 17, and 18, providing a tweaked experience for the bigger screen. However, this week's debut of Apple Invites, an event-planning app exclusive to the ‌iPhone‌, highlights that Apple is still not bringing all of its first-party applications to the ‌iPad‌. Here are five apps we're still waiting on t [...]


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

The post Bluefin, a Next-Gen Linux Workstation for Containerized Apps appeared first on The New Stack.



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

The post Where AI Benchmarks Fall Short, and How To Evaluate Models Instead  appeared first on The New Stack.



Top Stories: Apple 'Invites' App, iPhone SE 4 Imminent, AppleCare Changes, and More

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

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While we're still waiting for Apple's first major hardware releases of the year, we may not have much longer to wait, though Apple has also been tiding us over with this week's release of a new "Invites" app.


This week also saw some AppleCare changes, the debut of the first native pornography app for iPhone via an alternative app store in the European Union, and more, so read on below for all of this week's biggest news!

Apple Launches New 'Invites' App


Apple this week announced the launch of a new app called "Invites," which is designed to allow users to plan events like birthday parties, graduations, vacations, baby showers, and more. While event creation is limited to iCloud+ subscribers, anyone can reply t [...]

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

The post Angular Documentary Debuts With Star-Studded Cast of Devs appeared first on The New Stack.



Federal Court Shuts Down Louisiana’s Unconstitutional ‘Police Buffer Zone’ Law

Published: 2025-02-08 03:39:00+00:00

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Last June, Louisiana became the third state to decide the US Constitution was subservient to cops’ wishes that they not be filmed while performing their public duties. Arizona had already tried this twice, starting at 25 feet before trimming the “halo” to an 8-foot diameter. It didn’t matter. A federal court permanently blocked the law […]


KC Chiefs Entering Licensing Deal With Pat Riley For ‘Three-peat’ Trademark

Published: 2025-02-07 23:57:44+00:00

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And there you have it. It was a mere couple of weeks back that I wrote about the Kansas City Chiefs potential to reach the Super Bowl and go for a third straight title and how that would mean you’d start hearing a whole lot about Pat Riley. I don’t want to say I told […]


The state of homelab tech (2025) (Friends)

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

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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.


iPhone SE 4 Launch is Imminent - What to Expect

Published: 2025-02-07 14:42:24-08:00

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Apple's next-generation low-cost iPhone is almost here, with rumors suggesting we're going to see it introduced as soon as next Tuesday. With a release happening in the very near future, we thought we'd highlight everything we know about Apple's newest ‌iPhone‌.

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The iPhone SE 4 will look like the iPhone 14, featuring a 6.1-inch OLED display. The device's launch will mark the end of smaller iPhones, as Apple will no longer sell anything smaller than 6.1 inches. The current ‌iPhone SE‌ is 4.7 inches, so the updated size will be noticeable, but getting rid of the bezels means there's not a huge difference in ov [...]

Automakers Sue To Kill Maine’s Hugely Popular ‘Right To Repair’ Law

Published: 2025-02-07 22:25:59+00:00

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A little over a year ago, Maine residents voted overwhelmingly (83 percent) to pass a new state right to repair law designed to make auto repairs easier and more affordable. More specifically, the law requires that automakers standardize on-board diagnostic systems and provide remote access to those systems and mechanical data to consumers and third-party independent repair shops. […]


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

The post How a Critical Hosting Failure Solved a DevOps Crisis appeared first on The New Stack.



Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction

Published: 2025-02-07 21:10:02+00:00

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WikiTok cures boredom in spare moments with wholesome swipe-up Wikipedia article discovery.


Why Fitting Open Source and AI Together Is So Messy

Published: 2025-02-07 21:00:56+00:00

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Panel on AI and open source at State of OpenCon 2025. From left: Alex Williams, Amanda Brock, Luis Vilas and Sam Johnston.

LONDON — At a panel of leading open source AI experts at the third annual State of Open Con (SOOCon25),

The post Why Fitting Open Source and AI Together Is So Messy appeared first on The New Stack.



UK Orders Apple To Break Encryption Worldwide While World Is Distracted

Published: 2025-02-07 20:37:45+00:00

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In a stunning escalation that confirms our worst fears, the UK government has finally shown its true hand on encryption — and it’s even worse than we predicted. According to a bombshell report from Joseph Menn at the Washington Post, British officials have ordered Apple to create a backdoor that would allow them to access […]


Dbrand's Always-On 'Aperture' Case Protects Your Vision Pro Without Interfering With Sensors and Buttons

Published: 2025-02-07 12:37:43-08:00

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Dbrand today announced the launch of its new Aperture protective cover for the Apple Vision Pro, which is designed to protect the large glass display of the device.


Made in a Voronoi style with multiple cutouts in a polyurethane material, the cover fits onto the front of the Vision Pro. The cover does not block any of the sensors or buttons on the Vision Pro, so it can be left on the device at all times, which is useful for VR games and activities that might lead you into walls.

Dbrand developed the case after seeing a 3D printed version from Kyle Goodrich, a former AR designer at Snap. Apple bundles the Vision Pro with a protective cover, but Apple's cover is designed to be i [...]


Telemetry Pipelines, Collectors and Agents: What’s the Difference?

Published: 2025-02-07 20:30:08+00:00

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"Telemetry Pipelines, Collectors and Agents: What’s the Difference?" featured image. Bamboo trees that look like pipes

Not so long ago, choosing an observability solution was simpler: You went all-in with a vendor or you committed fully

The post Telemetry Pipelines, Collectors and Agents: What’s the Difference? appeared first on The New Stack.



Resolving a Mutual TLS session resumption vulnerability

Published: 2025-02-07 20:13:14+00:00

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Cloudflare patched a Mutual TLS (mTLS) vulnerability (CVE-2025-23419) reported via its Bug Bounty Program. The flaw in session resumption allowed client certificates to authenticate across different


GenAI Meets SLMs: A New Era for Edge Computing

Published: 2025-02-07 20:00:27+00:00

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Let’s imagine a scenario: There is a hospital where patients own their medical records. The hospital wants AI-enabled healthcare assistants

The post GenAI Meets SLMs: A New Era for Edge Computing  appeared first on The New Stack.



iOS 18.4 Beta 1 Coming as Soon as Next Week

Published: 2025-02-07 11:32:22-08:00

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The first beta of Apple's upcoming iOS 18.4 update could be released as soon as the middle of next week, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


Next week may be busy with the launch of Apple's new Powerbeats that have a heart rate sensor and the iPhone SE 4, but we could still get the new beta on February 12 or February 13. If Apple waits until the week after that, the software could come on February 18, as February 17 is Presidents' Day, a U.S. a holiday.

Apple often follows software releases with new betas, but there has been a delay between iOS 18.3 and the iOS 18.4 beta. Apple released iOS 18.3 11 days ago on Monday, January 27, and we'll be at [...]


MAGA’s Sickening Hypocrisy: From ‘Save The Children’ To ‘Defund The Org That Actually Saves Children’

Published: 2025-02-07 19:08:56+00:00

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After years of screaming “save the children” while baselessly accusing others of exploiting kids, the Trump administration is now trying to destroy the actual infrastructure that saves children. This one crosses from standard MAGA hypocrisy into genuinely evil territory. I’m one of those people who doesn’t think you can (or should) call most people inherently […]


Daily Deal: The Ultimate Software Testing Bundle

Published: 2025-02-07 19:03:56+00:00

Summary:
Get the skills you need to become a software tester with the Ultimate Software Testing Bundle. Software testing is performed to identify differences between given input and expected output and to verify that software products function according to pre-defined requirements. Courses cover the basics, Bugzilla, JIRA, testing techniques, Java TestNG, and more. It’s on sale […]


2025 Is the Last Year of Python Dominance in AI: Java Comin’

Published: 2025-02-07 19:00:30+00:00

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2025 is the last year of Python dominance in AI, according to the deputy CTO of a major Java platform

The post 2025 Is the Last Year of Python Dominance in AI: Java Comin’ appeared first on The New Stack.



Become a Firefighter for Democracy

Published: 2025-02-07 19:00:27+00:00

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Wildfires are terrifying. They are especially gobsmackingly horrible when you add in hurricane-style winds. I will never forget the day of the Marshall Fire when my daughter stepped out of the car and literally blew down the street, forcing us to race after her and catch her. In those environments, it’s easy to see how […]


Deep Dive into Columnar Databases: What Makes Them Shine

Published: 2025-02-07 18:00:10+00:00

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Columnar storage has emerged as a game-changer in the data engineering and analytical landscape. It offers significant performance advantages over

The post Deep Dive into Columnar Databases: What Makes Them Shine appeared first on The New Stack.



Nevada Court Shuts Down Federal Civil Forfeiture Loophole That Bypassed State Restrictions

Published: 2025-02-07 17:31:48+00:00

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Marine vet Stephen Lara’s lawsuit against the Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) and forfeiture abuse in general in that state has paid off. Not just for Lara, whose $86,900 was returned to him shortly after he filed this lawsuit, but for all residents of the state, who are now less likely to see cops walk off […]


Apple Leaker Issues Apology: 'Profound and Expensive Mistake'

Published: 2025-02-07 09:21:48-08:00

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Last year, we reported that Apple sued its former software engineer Andrew Aude for providing journalists with confidential information about the company's future plans, including details about the Journal app, Vision Pro headset, and more.


As reported by 9to5Mac, the Superior Court of Santa Clara County on Thursday dismissed the lawsuit after Apple and Aude reached an agreement to resolve this matter. The court doc [...]


Could Apple Pull iCloud Services From the UK Market?

Published: 2025-02-07 09:04:43-08:00

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Given today's bombshell report revealing the UK government's unprecedented demand for backdoor access to encrypted iCloud data, it's clear that Apple now faces a massive challenge. How it responds could have major implications for not only the company's privacy stance, but also its global operations as well as its reputation.


According to The Washington Post, the British government has secretly demanded that Apple give it blanket access to all encrypted user content uploaded to iCloud. The spying order reportedly came by way of a "technical capability notice," a document sent to Apple ordering it to provide access under the sweeping UK Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) of 2016.

According to sources that spo [...]


FOSDEM 2025: Rust Runs Riot in Linux Despite Backlash

Published: 2025-02-07 17:00:56+00:00

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Rust should eventually replace C code in the Linux kernel. The rub is that you’ll have to wait decades for

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Best Apple Deals of the Week: Best Prices of the Year Hit AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro 2, Plus Apple Watch SE Discounts

Published: 2025-02-07 08:09:44-08:00

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This was one of the biggest weeks for Apple deals so far in 2025, headlined by up to $80 in savings across the AirPods lineup. You can still find these great deals online today, along with savings on Anker accessories, Apple Watch SE, Studio Display, and more.

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Clean Container Images: A Supply Chain Security Revolution

Published: 2025-02-07 16:00:29+00:00

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Supply chain security startup  has spent the last four-plus years trying to change the way developers and enterprises look at

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The MacRumors Show: Apple's All-New 'Invites' App

Published: 2025-02-07 07:42:22-08:00

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On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss Apple's all-new "Invites" app for iPhone and iCloud.

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Earlier this week, Apple announced "Invites," which is designed to help users plan group events like birthday parties, graduations, vacations, baby showers, and more. Users can choose a background image or generate one using Image Playground and customize the look of the invite with different fonts. Apple automatically adds in data from the Maps and Weather apps so that invi [...]

Digma Adds Ability to Predict Coding Issues to Observability Platform

Published: 2025-02-07 15:11:00+00:00

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Digma, code, Go, code, kernel, eBPF, Veracode GitKraken JFrog GitGuardian organizations, quality fear unknown software app Rust Contrast Security Adds API Support to Application Security Platform
Digma, code, Go, code, kernel, eBPF, Veracode GitKraken JFrog GitGuardian organizations, quality fear unknown software app Rust Contrast Security Adds API Support to Application Security PlatformDigma this week added a predictive analytics capability to its observability platform that makes it possible to identify issues before code is added to a production environment.

Beyond DX: Developers Must Now Learn Agent Experience (AX)

Published: 2025-02-07 15:00:56+00:00

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In a blog post this month introducing the concept of “Agent Experience” (AX), Netlify CEO Matt Biilmann noted that “today,

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Work on Apple TV+'s 'Severance' Season 3 Now Underway

Published: 2025-02-07 06:30:13-08:00

Summary:
Production on the third season of "Severance" is already underway, with its writers room currently active in Los Angeles.


While Apple has not yet officially announced Severance's renewal, executive producer and director Ben Stiller told The Hollywood Reporter that work on the next season has begun. Stiller said that he hopes to avoid the nearly three-year gap that separated the first and second seasons.

The prolonged development of Severance's second season is attributed to multiple factors, including the 2023 Hollywood strikes, which virtually halted production industry-wide. The second season also underwent extensive rewrites and reshoots as Stiller and the [...]


Did You Know iPhones Can Measure a Person's Height? Here's How

Published: 2025-02-07 06:27:42-08:00

Summary:
iPhones equipped with a LiDAR Scanner have a useful trick: they can be used to measure a person's height. In order to take advantage of this feature, you will need an iPhone Pro or Pro Max model released in 2020 or later.


Below, we outline how to measure a person's height with an iPhone.

How to Measure


The ability to measure a person's height is built into Apple's pre-installed Measure app.

  1. Open the Measure app on a compatible iPhone (see list below).

  2. Make sure the person is visible on your iPhone's screen from head to toe.

  3. Wait a moment, and a line should appear at the top of the person's head with their height measurement.

  4. To take a photo of the measurement, tap the shutter button (filled-in white circle) i
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A Deep Dive Into Amazon EKS Auto (Part 2)

Published: 2025-02-07 14:00:27+00:00

Summary:

This is the second part of a two-part article exploring Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Auto Mode. In Part

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Broadband And TV Customers Continue To Flee Charter And Comcast As Ridiculous Merger Talks Percolate

Published: 2025-02-07 13:28:48+00:00

Summary:
For a long while there it was good to be a lumbering U.S. cable monopoly. Companies like Comcast and Charter pretty much enjoyed a monopoly on broadband at “next generation” speeds (over 100 Mbps) in most towns. So while they were losing traditional cable TV customers to streaming (or piracy), they could still extract their […]


Enable End-to-End Encryption for Your iCloud Backups

Published: 2025-02-07 05:20:00-08:00

Summary:
Apple's Advanced Data Protection for iCloud feature uses end-to-end encryption to provide the highest level of cloud data security that Apple offers. Here's everything you need to know about enabling it on your devices.


The encrypted security feature gives you the choice to further protect your important iCloud data, including iCloud Backup, Photos, Notes, and more.

Apple's use of end-to-end encryption means the vast majority of your most sensitive iCloud data can only be decrypted on your trusted Apple devices where you're signed in with your Apple ID account, ensuring that the data remains secure even in the case of a data breach in the cloud. In other words, no-one – not even Apple – can access your data except you.

iCloud already protects 1 [...]


Report: iPhone SE could shed its 10-year-old design “as early as next week”

Published: 2025-02-07 13:18:59+00:00

Summary:
New budget phone may include bigger screen, USB-C, Face ID, Apple Intelligence.


Mac App Store Stops Working on Older macOS Versions

Published: 2025-02-07 05:02:29-08:00

Summary:
Mac users running macOS Mojave (10.14) and earlier versions are reporting widespread issues accessing the Mac App Store, with many unable to sign in or download previously purchased apps.


Based on reports compiled by Michael Tsai, the problems appear to have emerged around January 24, 2025, coinciding with Apple making changes to Mac App Store receipts. Users attempting to access the store on affected systems are receiving various error messages, including "An unexpected error occurred while signing in" and "The data couldn't be read because it isn't in the correct format."

Different behaviors have been reported across affected macOS versions. [...]


Bridging the Gap: How DevOps Fosters Collaboration and Rapid Delivery

Published: 2025-02-07 11:29:39+00:00

Summary:

delivery, devops, continuous, on-premises continuous delivery
delivery, devops, continuous, on-premises continuous deliveryStrategies that implement DevOps effectively produce quantifiable results, including faster deployments, shorter change delivery times and happier team members.

The Future of AI Development is Global: Building World-Class Teams Across Borders

Published: 2025-02-07 11:08:41+00:00

Summary:

AI development, teams, operations as code, operations, code, Linux collaboration IaC
AI development, teams, operations as code, operations, code, Linux collaboration IaCAs artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform software development, companies face a critical challenge: How to build and maintain world-class AI development teams while managing costs and ensuring quality.

Microsoft Edge now has an AI-powered scareware blocker

Published: 2025-02-07 04:44:23-05:00

Summary:
Microsoft has started rolling out a new scareware blocker in its Edge browser this week. The AI-powered feature runs on Windows PCs and can identify and block existing scams, and even detect new and emerging ones thanks to a local machine learning model. “Scareware blocker adds a new, first line of defense to help protect […]


Cloudflare incident on February 6, 2025

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

Summary:
On Thursday, February 6, 2025, we experienced an outage with our object storage service (R2) and products that rely on it. Here's what happened and what we're doing to fix this going forward.


My AI Python Coding Test: Surprising Results

Published: 2025-02-06 19:15:55+00:00

Summary:

You know it’s coming. You’ve heard the grumblings. You’ve read the memos and listened to the talks. AI is writing

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5 Frameworks That Embrace Declarative State Management

Published: 2025-02-06 18:32:25+00:00

Summary:
abstract

State management and reactivity are at the heart of modern frontend development, determining how applications update and respond to user

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Open Source Software Security Concerns with Spike Curtis

Published: 2025-02-06 17:56:06+00:00

Summary:

Spike Curtis, principal engineer for Coder Technologies, dives into why open source software security concerns are valid, and why the only viable option is to invest more in securing software supply chains to mitigate potential threats. While open source benefits from community oversight, organizations must vet the projects they rely on to avoid security gaps. […]

OpenTelemetry: What’s New With the Second-Biggest CNCF Project?

Published: 2025-02-06 16:30:28+00:00

Summary:
Morgan McLean, co-founder of OpenTelemetry and senior director of product management at Splunk, reflected on his early frustrations debugging high-scale services and the need for better observability tools in this New Stack Makers podcast.

Morgan McLean, a former employee at and who’s now at Splunk, has long wrestled with solving the challenges of observability

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Anjali Arora on DevOps Teams Embracing Platform Engineering

Published: 2025-02-06 16:00:45+00:00

Summary:

Anjali Arora, chief technology officer at Perforce Software, discusses the inefficiencies in DevOps infrastructure and the role of platform engineering in addressing them. She notes the shift from traditional IT-managed infrastructure to DevOps-driven provisioning, and how it’s led to a fragmented and costly environment. To counter this, organizations are turning to platform engineering to strike […]

How I get ChatGPT and Claude to help me write and write like me

Published: 2025-02-06 16:31:34+01:00

Summary:

Writing with ChatGPT and Claude

I’ve been using ChatGPT and Claude a lot for writing recently. I had a long conversation in the car ride between Ghent and Amsterdam with one of my old DevOps pals and they described their AI writing process. It’s best describe it as “layering.” Well, actually, it’s just how writing is always done: incrementally at first, and then iteratively until you run out of time.

Here’s the technique. I’m going to mix together what they told me they do with what I do:

Setup

One does not simply start writing with ChatGPT and Claude, you need to do a certain amount of setup:

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The Staging Bottleneck: Microservices Testing in FinTech

Published: 2025-02-06 15:30:39+00:00

Summary:

A leading FinTech company found that adding more ephemeral environments didn’t improve quality. The reason? Managing multiple high-fidelity setups introduced

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Celebrating 10 Years of the North American DevOps Group with Jim Schild

Published: 2025-02-06 15:09:41+00:00

Summary:

Jim Schild, founder and head of community at the North American DevOps Group (NADOG), discusses the journey of building a DevOps community from the ground up. Originally an English literature major with aspirations of teaching, Jim found himself in the tech industry, eventually immersing himself in the DevOps space. In 2015, he launched NADOG as […]

Open Source Redefines Data Platforms

Published: 2025-02-06 14:33:40+00:00

Summary:
Rows and rows of servers with colorful blinking lights

Supporting modern workloads like AI, real-time analytics and cloud native applications creates a challenge for tech leaders who must optimize

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Published: 2025-02-06 14:33:20+01:00

Summary:

Ten Trends That Shaped the Cloud Market in 2024 - ”Around 60% of cloud buyers told IDC’s 3Q24 Cloud Pulse Survey October 2024 that their business’ IT or digital infrastructure currently requires major transformation, and 82% said their cloud also required modernization.” // Good summary of a very expensive analyst report.



How AI Is Transforming Legal Research and Practice

Published: 2025-02-06 13:00:27+00:00

Summary:
"How AI Is Transforming Legal Research and Practice" featured image.

The legal profession, steeped in centuries of tradition, is at a transformative crossroads. With 72% of legal professionals now viewing

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How Continuous Learning Fuels Successful DevOps Teams

Published: 2025-02-06 11:02:05+00:00

Summary:

learning, skills,
learning, skills,Continuous learning can enhance staff skills to make the most of DevOps frameworks and help developers streamline key processes to reduce total stress.

DevOps Evolution: From Movement to Platform Engineering in the AI Era

Published: 2025-02-06 10:05:28+00:00

Summary:

platform engineering, ai, opportunities, jobs, DevOps, development DevOps job Git mainframe AI predictions IT Ops FAANG Web Monsters hiringFuture of DevOps
platform engineering, ai, opportunities, jobs, DevOps, development DevOps job Git mainframe AI predictions IT Ops FAANG Web Monsters hiringFuture of DevOpsDynatrace's Andi Grabner discusses how DevOps is transforming through platform engineering and AI-driven automation to scale best practices and reduce friction.

Breaking Down Testing Barriers: How Observability is Bridging Dev and Ops

Published: 2025-02-06 09:44:51+00:00

Summary:

testing, tricentis, test, DevOps, testing, test, AI, AI tools, challenges, testing, ETL, continuous testing code, exercised, negative, testing, CI/CD SAST productivity product organizations development testing devops compliance developers Shortcut testing QA PractiTest Mabl
testing, tricentis, test, DevOps, testing, test, AI, AI tools, challenges, testing, ETL, continuous testing code, exercised, negative, testing, CI/CD SAST productivity product organizations development testing devops compliance developers Shortcut testing QA PractiTest MablTricent [...]

Copado Adds Support for Salesforce Data Cloud to DevOps Platform

Published: 2025-02-06 09:33:34+00:00

Summary:

copado, salesforce, release management, GPT, Gearset, Clayton, Salesforce, SaaS, salesforce, updates, AI, improvement, Salesforce, summer, API continuous Puppet
copado, salesforce, release management, GPT, Gearset, Clayton, Salesforce, SaaS, salesforce, updates, AI, improvement, Salesforce, summer, API continuous PuppetCopado this week extended the reach of its DevOps platform to include the Salesforce Data Cloud service, which is at the core of the artificial intelligence (AI) agents that Salesforce hopes organizations will build and deploy on its platforms.

Hee-haw cars and slinky kinks

Published: 2025-02-06 00:00:58+01:00

Summary:

Today it’s all wastebook.

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Developers Unhappy With Tool Sprawl, Lagging Data, Long Waits

Published: 2025-02-05 23:00:35+00:00

Summary:

Over the last couple of years, the tech industry has accelerated efforts to consolidate tooling and increase automation, in an

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The Promises of Agentic AI and How to Sidestep Challenges

Published: 2025-02-05 22:00:03+00:00

Summary:

In boardrooms worldwide, top decision-makers are likely asking their IT executives, “What more can we do with AI?” It’s a

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AMD promises “mainstream” 4K gaming with next-gen GPUs as current-gen GPU sales tank

Published: 2025-02-05 21:28:03+00:00

Summary:
9070-series Radeon GPUs were announced at CES, with plans to launch in March.


Vercel Rolls Out More Cost-Effective Infrastructure Model

Published: 2025-02-05 21:00:06+00:00

Summary:
A blue cloud that appears to be moving fluidly.

Gone are the days of the edge worker/runtime for frontend cloud hosting provider Vercel, CEO Guillermo Rauch tweeted early yesterday.

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From ChatGPT to Gemini: how AI is rewriting the internet

Published: 2025-02-05 15:58:06-05:00

Summary:
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 […]


Build software that lasts! (Interview)

Published: 2025-02-05 20:15:00+00:00

Summary:
After 30+ years in the software industry, Bert Hubert has experienced a lot. He founded PowerDNS, published articles for places like IETF / IEEE, and built his own parliament monitoring system. That just scratches the surface. Recently, Bert wrote about what it takes to build software for the long term. Let's dig in.


Top Strategies for Building Scalable and Secure AI Applications

Published: 2025-02-05 20:00:02+00:00

Summary:

The global enterprise AI market is expanding rapidly, and more and more businesses are exploring AI’s potential to drive innovation

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Use generative AI on AWS for efficient clinical document analysis

Published: 2025-02-05 19:04:42+00:00

Summary:
In this post, we show how Clario uses the AWS platform to accelerate clinical document analysis.


Revolutionizing software testing: Introducing LLM-powered bug catchers

Published: 2025-02-05 18:30:51+00:00

Summary:

WHAT IT IS Meta’s Automated Compliance Hardening (ACH) tool is a system for mutation-guided, LLM-based test generation. ACH hardens platforms against regressions by generating undetected faults (mutants) in source code that are specific to a given area of concern and using those same mutants to generate tests. When applied to privacy, for example, ACH automates [...]

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Let’s Encrypt is ending expiration notice emails—for some very good reasons

Published: 2025-02-05 18:25:27+00:00

Summary:
To save money and protect privacy, the successful service won't bug you.


Kagi search engine won’t bill you next month if you forget to use it

Published: 2025-02-05 09:43:55-05:00

Summary:
Kagi, a paid alternative to Google Search, now says it will credit your account if you subscribe and forget to use it. The company introduced what it calls “Fair Pricing” in a blog post yesterday, writing that any time you don’t use any of your searches during a full billing cycle, it will apply a […]


Cloudflare’s commitment to advancing Public Sector security worldwide by pursuing FedRAMP High, IRAP, and ENS

Published: 2025-02-05 14:00:00+00:00

Summary:
Cloudflare achieves ENS certification, and intends to pursue FedRAMP High and IRAP.


As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders

Published: 2025-02-05 12:00:59+00:00

Summary:
Ars staffers take aim at some of the web's worst predatory practices.


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