The messy TikTok saga in the US over the past five years has shown that lawmakers are as spineless and skittish as everyone suspects them to be (Nitish Pahwa/Slate)

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Nitish Pahwa / Slate:
The messy TikTok saga in the US over the past five years has shown that lawmakers are as spineless and skittish as everyone suspects them to be  —  Well, that escalated slowly over the course of four years.  —  It is 2020.  The United States government threatens to forbid access …

Coinbase and Binance plan to list the TRUMP token, with Binance opening trading on Jan. 19; CoinGecko: $TRUMP is trading on Bitget, Kraken, and other exchanges (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

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Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk:
Coinbase and Binance plan to list the TRUMP token, with Binance opening trading on Jan. 19; CoinGecko: $TRUMP is trading on Bitget, Kraken, and other exchanges  —  The ‘official’ memecoin of the second Donald Trump administration will be listed on major cryptocurrency exchan

Card game Marvel Snap, published by ByteDance-owned Nuverse, cuts off access for US gamers, as the TikTok divest-or-ban law impacts other ByteDance-linked apps (Richard Lawler/The Verge)

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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Card game Marvel Snap, published by ByteDance-owned Nuverse, cuts off access for US gamers, as the TikTok divest-or-ban law impacts other ByteDance-linked apps  —  The divest-or-ban law aimed at TikTok is also taking down other ByteDance-linked apps, including the popular card game Marvel Snap.

Apple Updates TestFlight to Block Access to TikTok Beta in U.S.

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Apple tonight updated its beta testing app TestFlight, seemingly to block U.S. users from accessing the TikTok beta on the iPhone and other devices.


The update adds this fine print to the app, according to MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris:

Apple may use the IP address of your internet connection to approximate your location in order to determine whether certain beta apps that are subject to legal restrictions in some regions can be made available to you.

Apple Removes TikTok From App Store on iPhones and iPads in the U.S.

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Apple tonight removed TikTok from the App Store in the U.S., meaning that the app can no longer be freshly installed on iPhones and iPads there. In other countries, the app remains available on the App Store and is fully functional.


iPhone and iPad users in the U.S. who already installed TikTok can no longer use the app either as of tonight, as TikTok has made the app "temporarily unavailable."

In the U.S., a law banning TikTok unless Chinese company ByteDance divests its ownership of the social media platform takes effect this Sunday, January 19. Lawmakers expressed concern that TikTok's ties to China pose national security risks.

TikTok is now showing the foll [...]

TikTok is not available for download in the App Store and Play Store in the US, as the app halts service in the country to comply with the divest-or-ban law (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
TikTok is not available for download in the App Store and Play Store in the US, as the app halts service in the country to comply with the divest-or-ban law  —  Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday night, complying with a law requiring China's ByteDance to divest …

ByteDance's TikTok and CapCut suspend service in the US, telling users "Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok" (NBC News)

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NBC News:
ByteDance's TikTok and CapCut suspend service in the US, telling users “Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok”  —  Users reported being unable to access TikTok Saturday after a pop-up message from the company came up on their screens saying “a law banning TikTok has been enacted.”

TikTok bans in countries around the world have played out quite differently; Instagram Reels largely replaced TikTok in India, following TikTok's ban in 2020 (Will Oremus/Washington Post)

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Will Oremus / Washington Post:
TikTok bans in countries around the world have played out quite differently; Instagram Reels largely replaced TikTok in India, following TikTok's ban in 2020  —  India's 2020 crackdown helped give rise to Instagram Reels, which has largely replaced it there.  But TikTok has proved more resilient elsewhere.

A close look at some privacy implications of AI interfacing with messaging apps and other E2EE systems, Apple's approach to "Private Cloud Compute", and more (Matthew Green/A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering)

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Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering:
A close look at some privacy implications of AI interfacing with messaging apps and other E2EE systems, Apple's approach to “Private Cloud Compute”, and more  —  Recently I came across a fantastic new paper by a group of NYU and Cornell researchers entitled “How to think about end-to-end

As the TikTok eulogies pour in from some creators, very few Americans seem concerned that one of the nation's most popular social media apps will disappear (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
As the TikTok eulogies pour in from some creators, very few Americans seem concerned that one of the nation's most popular social media apps will disappear  —  So this may be the

A whistleblower complaint claims Amazon paid $380M for licensing robot maker Covariant's tech and hiring its staff, and the deal merits antitrust scrutiny (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)

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Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
A whistleblower complaint claims Amazon paid $380M for licensing robot maker Covariant's tech and hiring its staff, and the deal merits antitrust scrutiny  —  Filing details $400 million license for smart robot system and claims retail giant's “reverse acquihire” contract limits competition and merits antitrust scrutiny.

This Week In Techdirt History: January 12th – 18th

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Five Years Ago This week in 2020, an excellent piece in the New York Times looked how years of copyright maximalism were killing pop music. AG William Barr was sparring with Apple over the DOJ’s ability to crack iPhones, and Devin Nunes was extending his legal threats to fellow congressional representatives. We looked at the […]

MacBook Air With OLED Display Reportedly Delayed

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The wait for a MacBook Air with an OLED display might take longer than initially expected.


Korean website The Elec yesterday cited an industry source who said the first MacBook Air with an OLED display will likely be released around 2029, instead of by 2027 as originally planned. The report said Apple made this decision as a result of lower-than-expected sales of the first iPad Pro models with OLED displays, which launched last year.

Essentially, the report claims that since OLED displays did not help to boost iPad Pro sales as much as Apple anticipated, the company has decided to delay bringing the expensive technology t [...]

Source: Perplexity AI made a TikTok US bid to ByteDance, proposing a merger that brings video to Perplexity, with ByteDance investors retaining their stakes (Hayden Field/CNBC)

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Hayden Field / CNBC:
Source: Perplexity AI made a TikTok US bid to ByteDance, proposing a merger that brings video to Perplexity, with ByteDance investors retaining their stakes  —  Perplexity AI officially made a play for TikTok on Saturday, submitting a bid to its parent company, ByteDance …

A profile of Charlwin Mao, founder of Xiaohongshu or "Little Red Book", who claims the name references the color of his university Stanford and ex-employer Bain (Financial Times)

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Financial Times:
A profile of Charlwin Mao, founder of Xiaohongshu or “Little Red Book”, who claims the name references the color of his university Stanford and ex-employer Bain  —  A sudden surge of US users on Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, could threaten China's Great Firewall

Congressional leaders seem flummoxed by the growing popularity of Chinese-owned apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8, an unintended consequence of the TikTok ban (Politico)

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Politico:
Congressional leaders seem flummoxed by the growing popularity of Chinese-owned apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8, an unintended consequence of the TikTok ban  —  The Chinese apps RedNote and Lemon8 have exploded in popularity as TikTok faces an imminent ban and the Supreme Court upheld the law forcing its sale.

Trump says he will "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day reprieve after he takes office on Monday "because it's appropriate" (NBC News)

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NBC News:
Trump says he will “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve after he takes office on Monday “because it's appropriate”  —  Trump spoke to NBC News' Kristen Welker in an exclusive phone interview Saturday, discussing his plans on what to do about the popular social media app.

The White House says TikTok's threat to shut down is a "stunt" as there is "no reason for TikTok or other companies to take actions" before Trump takes office (Ana Faguy/BBC)

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Ana Faguy / BBC:
The White House says TikTok's threat to shut down is a “stunt” as there is “no reason for TikTok or other companies to take actions” before Trump takes office  —  The White House has said a threat by TikTok to shut down in the US on Sunday unless tech firms get assurances …

Vitalik Buterin outlines "large changes" to Ethereum Foundation leadership structure, after fellow Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin called for new EF leadership (Zack Abrams/The Block)

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Zack Abrams / The Block:
Vitalik Buterin outlines “large changes” to Ethereum Foundation leadership structure, after fellow Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin called for new EF leadership  —  - Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, in a post on X, said “large changes” to the leadership

Microsoft’s Hyperlight WebAssembly for VMs Is Open Source

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Microsoft’s Azure Core Upstream team says its Hyperlight provides over 100% lower cold-start latency for serverless applications while benefiting from

The post Microsoft’s Hyperlight WebAssembly for VMs Is Open Source appeared first on The New Stack.

Best Buy Kicks Off Weekend Sale With Sitewide Discounts on iPads, MacBooks, TVs, and More

Summary:
Best Buy is hosting a new weekend sale that includes a few solid deals on iPads and MacBooks. There's also plenty of non-Apple discounts during the event, with big savings on TVs, smart home products, video games, and more.

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iOS 19 Rumors: Redesigned Camera App, ChatGPT-Like Siri, and More

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iOS 19 is still around six months away from being unveiled, but rumors about the upcoming software update are already starting to stack up.


Below, we recap iOS 19 rumors so far.

Redesigned Camera App

Ghostty Will Get You Excited About Using a Terminal Again

Summary:

I’ve used so many terminal apps over the years that I’ve lost track of what they are, were or will

The post Ghostty Will Get You Excited About Using a Terminal Again appeared first on The New Stack.

Service as Software: How AI Agents Are Transforming SaaS

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The convergence of generative AI with traditional Software as a Service (SaaS) creates a new paradigm: Service as Software. This

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Top Stories: iPhone 17 Rumors, MacBook Air Updates, and More

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We're finally coming out of Apple's slower holiday season for news and rumors, and it looks like we've got some hardware and software updates arriving in the fairly near future to kick off what's expected to be a busy year for Apple.


The iPhone 17 lineup will be the big launch of the year as usual, but there's plenty more on the docket that should keep our attention all year long. Apple TV+ is also starting the year off with a bang with the highly anticipated season two premiere of Severance, the season two finale of popular sci-fi show Silo, and more, so read on below for all the details!

iPhone 17 Pro Launching Later This Year With These 8 New Features

Vite’s New Rust-Based JavaScript Bundler Available in Beta

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Rolldown, a JavaScript bundler written in Rust created by void(0) — the company also responsible for Vite — is now

The post Vite’s New Rust-Based JavaScript Bundler Available in Beta appeared first on The New Stack.

Cloudsmith Adds Portals to Streamline Delivery of Software Artifacts

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Justin Baldoni Sues Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds, Streisanding All Of This Into A Mega-Story

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I suppose this was probably inevitable, but boy do I wonder if it’s smart. We were just talking about the celebrity drama du jour between Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and Justin Baldoni. The very short version of this is that Lively and Baldoni starred in a movie together, Lively sued Baldoni and made a series […]

In Upholding The TikTok Ban, SCOTUS Compromises, And With It The First Amendment

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As the we wrote in our amicus brief (which it appears the justices did not read – guess they didn’t have time…), if the TikTok ban is blessed, it provides a roadmap for how to avoid the Constitution’s prohibition to “make no law” abridging free expression. All the government needs to do is declare that […]

Here's How Thin the iPhone 17 Air Might Be

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For the last several months, we've been hearing rumors about a redesigned version of the iPhone 17 that Apple might call the ‌iPhone 17‌ "Air," or something along those lines. It's going to replace the ‌iPhone 17‌ Plus as Apple's fourth iPhone option, and it will be offered alongside the ‌iPhone 17‌, ‌iPhone 17‌ Pro, and ‌iPhone 17‌ Pro Max.


We know the ‌iPhone 17‌ Air is going to be super slim, but there have been mixed rumors on just how thin Apple will be able to make it. Rumors have coalesced around 6mm, though in a recent report, reliable Apple analy [...]

FTC Bans GM From Selling Driver Location Data For 5 Years

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Last year, Kashmir Hill at the New York Times published a major story confirming that automakers collect all sorts of driver behavior data then sell it to a long list of companies — without making that clear to car owners or getting consent. That includes insurance companies, which are now jacking up insurance rates if they see […]

Best Apple Deals of the Week: Apple Pencil Pro Hits $99 Plus Discounts on MacBook Air and AirTag

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Amazon this week dropped the Apple Pencil Pro back down to $99.00, a match of the accessory's all-time low price. We're still tracking this deal, plus solid savings on MacBook Air, AirTag, and more.

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iOS 19 Rumored to Feature Redesigned Camera App Inspired by visionOS

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iOS 19 will feature a redesigned Camera app inspired by visionOS, according to a new video from Jon Prosser, host of the YouTube channel Front Page Tech.

A re-created render of ‌iOS 19‌'s redesigned Camera app (Credit: Front Page Tech)

Instagram Adds New Features to Reels as TikTok Ban Looms

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With TikTok on track to be banned from U.S. app stores starting on Sunday, Instagram is adding new features to Reels, its video-based feature that's modeled after TikTok.


Going forward, there will be a new Reels feed that includes videos that your friends have liked or commented on, so you can see what your friends have watched and what they like. Your friends will also be able to see the videos that you have liked, which is something to be aware of.

In this new Reels feed filled with friend recommendations, there will be an option to "start a conversation" with someone over a reel that they've liked.

"We want Instagram to not only be a place where you consume entertaining content, but one where you connect over that content with friends," Instagram head Adam Mosseri <a href="https://www.instag [...]

Italian Legislators Rekindle Decade-Long Grudge Match Against Tripadvisor And Its Reviewers

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Italy remains pretty fucking weird when it comes to all things Italian. From top prosecutors taking aim at vendors who “debase” respected Italian art by, say, offering products featuring Michelangelo’s “David” (mainly the naked bits, which is all of it) or fining government entities (even those engaged in promoting tourism) for using any other language […]

Other people's robots (Friends)

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Jerod & Adam discuss Nvidia's recently announced personal AI supercomputer, Waymo's latest infinite loop, what's involved in getting a "modern" terminal setup, and whether or not AI has gone mainstream... warts & all!

How to Use AI for Company Documents: Summarization, Extraction, and Beyond

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Every organization handles documents in some way: Registration forms, invoices, blog posts, and technical write-ups, just to name a few.

The post How to Use AI for Company Documents: Summarization, Extraction, and Beyond appeared first on The New Stack.

Camera owner asks Canon, skies: Why is it $5/month for webcam software?

Summary:
Just because it's a good rig doesn't mean you can use it on Zoom.

SCOTUS: TikTok’s China Connection Is So Scary & Urgent, We Can Ban An Entire App. Biden Admin: Just Kidding, We Won’t Enforce It

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It seemed pretty obvious from the way the Supreme Court’s oral arguments went regarding the TikTok ban that this would be the outcome: a 9-0 per curiam decision saying “eh, it’s fine to ban TikTok.” There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, […]

Daily Deal: Fuse Vint Vintage Retro Radio

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Fuse Vint is a retro radio, speaker, and charger all in one! Indulge in the nostalgia of traditional radio broadcasts. Fuse Vint comes equipped with a built-in AM/FM radio tuner. Tune in to your favorite local radio stations and immerse yourself in the charm of traditional frequency-based broadcasting. It also works as a standalone speaker […]

PostgreSQL Hacking Workshop - February 2025

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Please considering joining us next month (February 2025) for a discussion of Heikki Linnakangas's talk on The Wire Protocol, from PGCONF.EU 2024. For those not familiar with the concept, this hacking workshop is basically a virtual meetup: you watch the talk, and then you sign up to participate in one of two or three Zoom meetings where we discuss the talk. Usually, we're able to get the original author of the talk to join us; thanks to Heikki for agreeing to join us this month.

Docker Replacement Flox Has Libraries for Kubernetes

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The startup Flox has demonstrated how its adaptation of Nix can serve as a viable alternative to Docker, making it

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MacRumors Giveaway: Win an iPad Air and Rock Paper Pencil Kit From Astropad

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For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with Astropad to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an M2 iPad Air, an Apple Pencil Pro, and Astropad's best iPad accessory, the Rock Paper Pencil.


Rock Paper Pencil is an all-in-one kit that features a textured screen protector and ‌Apple Pencil‌ tip. The two components of the kit make writing and drawing on the ‌iPad‌ feel like you're writing on a piece of paper instead of on a glossy display.

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TikTok Facing U.S. Ban on January 19 After Supreme Court Upholds Law

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On Sunday, January 19, Apple will need to remove TikTok from the U.S. App Store, because the app will be officially banned in the United States. On the 19th, app distributors and websites will be prohibited from distributing, maintaining, or updating the TikTok app, though the app itself could continue to function on devices where it has already been downloaded. TikTok has said, however, that it plans to shut down the app when the ban begins.


TikTok did not receive a delay or reprieve from the United States Supreme Court, which today said [PDF] that it is upholding the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Co [...]

A Cloud Architect’s Guide to E-Commerce Data Storage

Summary:

E-commerce has transformed the way the world shops, and the convenience of online shopping has created immense opportunities for retailers.

The post A Cloud Architect’s Guide to E-Commerce Data Storage appeared first on The New Stack.

eBPF Tool Identifies Cross-Zone Kubernetes Network Traffic

Summary:

Like most cloud providers, Google does not charge users for networking traffic within a single availability zone. Google currently has

The post eBPF Tool Identifies Cross-Zone Kubernetes Network Traffic appeared first on The New Stack.

As Zuckerberg Goes Around Whining About Biden, He Made Sure To First Get His New Approach Approved By Trump

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Remember how Zuckerberg was “done with politics”? Remember how he promised that he was going to stop doing what politicians demanded he do? Now it turns out that he not only did his big set of moderation changes to please Trump, but did so only after he was told by the incoming administration to act. […]

Introduction to Go Programming Language

Summary:

Overview of Go Programming Language Go, often referenced as golang, is an open source programming language developed by . Renowned

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Apple Studio Display 2: Here's What the Latest Rumors Say

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It has been nearly three years since Apple released the Studio Display. Below, we recap rumors about a potential next-generation model.


Apple released the Studio Display in March 2022 alongside the Mac Studio. The standalone display features a 27-inch LCD screen with 5K resolution, a 60Hz refresh rate, up to 600 nits brightness, a built-in camera and speakers, one Thunderbolt 3 port, and three USB-C ports. In the U.S., the Studio Display continues to start at $1,599.

There have been on-again, off-again rumors about Apple planning a new 27-inch external display with mini-LED backlighting, which would allow for increased brightness and higher [...]

iOS 18.3 beta disables news notification summaries after high-stakes errors

Summary:
Summaries are often incorrect or strange; Apple is working on improvements.

Woot's Big Apple Watch Band Sale on Solo/Braided Loops Ends Today

Summary:
Earlier this week, Woot brought back a massive sale on the Braided Solo Loop and Solo Loop bands for Apple Watch, and the sale is set to end later tonight. All bands are in brand new condition and come with a one year Apple limited warranty.

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Woot says the sale will end at 11:59 p.m. Ce [...]

AI Agents Are About To Blow Up the Business Process Layer

Summary:

When people think of generative AI, many envision it working as part of a “system of engagement” — a customer

The post AI Agents Are About To Blow Up the Business Process Layer appeared first on The New Stack.

Apple TV+ Has Big Day With 'Severance' Return and 'Silo' Season Finale

Summary:
With so much hype surrounding the return of Severance, it can be easy to forget that another Apple TV+ hit show, Silo, is wrapping up its second season.


Silo follows the lives of 10,000 people living in an underground bunker to escape the seemingly toxic wasteland outside. The people are unaware of why the silo was built, and those who seek the truth face deadly consequences. Rebecca Ferguson stars as Juliette Nichols, an engineer who attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding the silo following a loved one's murder. The show is based on Hugh Howey's best-selling book series.

Apple says the season t [...]

Five Trends That Will Drive Software Development in 2025

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8 Free Tools Every Web Developer Should Know

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Are you a web developer, or are you starting out on your quest to become a web developer? If either

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Amazon Discounts USB-C AirPods Max to $449.99 ($99 Off)

Summary:
Amazon today has the USB-C AirPods Max on sale for $449.99 in every color, down from $549.00. This is a new all-time low price on the USB-C headphones, and the first time in 2025 that we've tracked any notable sale.

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Colors available on sale include Blue, Midnight, Orange, Starlight, and Purple. Some colors are still available to be delivered in January, but others have started slipping into a February delivery estimate, so be [...]

Apple Store App Launches in India

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Apple has launched its dedicated Apple Store app in India, marking another increase in the company's presence in the country (via TechCrunch).


The app builds upon Apple's existing retail infrastructure in India, which includes its online store, which launched in September 2020, and its first physical retail locations that opened in Mumbai and New Delhi in 2023.

The ‌Apple Store‌ app is available in most major markets across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Latin America, but there are still some notable exceptions such as South Korea.

Apple has confirmed plans to open four additional retail stores i [...]

Apple Expected to Launch 20+ Products This Year: Here's the Full List

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2025 promises to be quite a big year for Apple, with the company rumored to be planning more than 20 product announcements this year.


Apple's rumored smart home hub will be its second all-new product to launch in as many years, following the Apple Vision Pro headset last year. And of course, we will get several new iPhone and Apple Watch models, like every year. Beyond that, Apple could update some products that have not received any hardware refreshes in at least a few years, including the iPhone SE, AirTag, Apple TV, HomePod mini, and Mac Pro.

Below, we recap what to expect from Apple this year.

First Half of 2025

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FTC Finally Sues John Deere Over Years Of ‘Right To Repair’ Abuses

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A few years ago agricultural equipment giant John Deere found itself on the receiving end of an antitrust lawsuit for its efforts to monopolize tractor repair. The lawsuits noted that the company consistently purchased competing repair centers in order to consolidate the sector and force customers into using the company’s own repair facilities, driving up costs and […]

What Organizations Get Wrong With User-Centricity

Summary:

Some concepts represent a flash of counterintuitive brilliance and others are obvious when you say them out loud. User-centricity involves

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iPhone 17 Rumored to Feature Major Thermal Design Upgrade

Summary:
The iPhone 17 lineup will feature a vapor chamber heatsink to improve thermal performance, according to a new report.


The news comes from Chinese tech news site MyDrivers, which claims that the entire ‌iPhone 17‌ lineup, consisting of the ‌iPhone 17‌, ‌iPhone 17‌ Air, ‌iPhone 17‌ Pro, and ‌iPhone 17‌ Pro Max, will adopt the improved thermal heat spreader.

Vapor chamber technology is already used in many high-end Android devices. Vapor chambers work by spreading heat evenly across a larger surface area, preventing thermal throttling and maintaining consistent performance, which is particularly beneficial in [...]

Supply Chain Forming for 2025 HomePod With LCD Display

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The supply chain for Apple's upcoming HomePod or smart home "Command Center" with an LCD display is increasingly visible as launch approaches, DigiTimes reports.


The paywalled report claims that the device's 7-inch LCD panel will be exclusively supplied by Tianma Microelectronics in China, corroborating other reports dating back to early 2023.

The display panels are believed to cost just $10 each, undercutting other suppliers. Tianma doesn't currently make any displays for existing [...]

Report Surfaces DevSecOps Progress Despite Decline in Developer Training

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Bullshit In A China Shop

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online […]

SolidJS Creator on Confronting Web Framework Complexity

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Angular and Vue will be the frameworks to watch this year, predicted frontend expert and Solid.js creator Ryan Carniato recently.

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Google is about to make Gemini a core part of Workspaces—with price changes

Summary:
New plans will be cheaper for those who want Gemini, pricier for those who don't.

Why Your API Strategy Needs a Rethink

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Modern engineering teams are under relentless pressure to deliver new features, scale operations, and release faster to drive business value

The post Why Your API Strategy Needs a Rethink appeared first on The New Stack.

Home Microsoft 365 plans use Copilot AI features as pretext for a price hike

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"Classic" plans without AI or price increases are only for current subscribers.

Open Source Drives the Twelve-Factor Modernization Project

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The Twelve-Factor methodology is a set of 12 principles that enable companies to create, run, and maintain enterprise-level software-as-a-service (SaaS)

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Why AI Loves Object Storage

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AI doesn’t just run on data — it’s built on it. Every decision an AI model makes, every insight it

The post Why AI Loves Object Storage appeared first on The New Stack.

The Rise of Rust and WebAssembly in Web Development

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With the emergence of viable WebAssembly-powered web frameworks for Rust developers, it’s worth looking at how often Rust is used

The post The Rise of Rust and WebAssembly in Web Development appeared first on The New Stack.

Measuring productivity impact with Diff Authoring Time

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Do types actually make developers more productive? Or is it just more typing on the keyboard? To answer that question we’re revisiting Diff Authoring Time (DAT) – how Meta measures how long it takes to submit changes to a codebase. DAT is just one of the ways e measure developer productivity and this latest episode [...]

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Arm: See a Demo About Migrating a x86-Based App to ARM64

Summary:

The hardware space is hotter than it’s been in ages, thanks to the disruptive influence of AI and its resource-gobbling

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The Architect’s Guide to Understanding Agentic AI

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Often, while accessing the legitimacy of a new technology receiving a lot of hype, studying existing core capabilities and history

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Spacelift Scales Legacy Automation: Terraform First, Ansible Next

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Last week saw the 1.9 release of OpenTofu, a fork of HashiCorp Terraform brought about due to licensing restrictions, making

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Intel Arc B570 review: At $219, the cheapest good graphics card

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Competitive with a 4060, with 10GB RAM and a lower price (if you can get one).

The Editors weaves Wikipedia’s volunteers into a global suspense tale

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Fiction gives a Wikipedia expert room to explore a small but powerful community.

Are executives prepared for employees that 30% more productive?

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Now that we’ve replaced all these people with a robot, how can we climb the CAGR?

I was a guest on the Cloudcast this week. I go over how I use AI and then Brian and I discuss how companies could get more use out of AI.

Most of it, I think, rests on how management behaves and uses AI. As with all “productivity” tools, management can get some quick-wins on “productivity” by replacing people with automation - firing humans, favoring computers. But that’s empty calories. That’s a one-time bottom line numbers juice.

After AI “optimizes” your company by removing costs, how is management then going to grow revenue and company valuation? To do that, you need to take the free time people have after automating all the bullshit tasks out, and do something new with that free-time.

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What CIOs should know as DORA regulations kick in - All the great -ility’s. // “The business continuity standards laid out in the EU’s DORA require banks, insurers, securities exchanges, trading venues and other financial services providers to maintain backup systems for swift incident recovery. The EU expects impacted parties to be able to restore critical functions within two hours of an outage incident, per DORA."

The world of embedded systems (Interview)

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Elecia White, host of Embedded.fm and author of Making Embedded Systems, joins us to discuss all things embedded systems. We discuss programming non-computers, open source resources for embedded, self-driving cars, embedded system like the GoPro, Traeger smokers, and even birthday cards. According to Elecia, embedded is going everywhere.

Extending CI/CD and GitOps for Better K8s App Deployments

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Kubernetes has fundamentally transformed how organizations deploy and manage containerized applications in cloud environments. However, while Kubernetes enables organizations to

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Terraform Gets AI Boost in New Cloud Management Platform

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Aharon Twizer has spent much of the past 10 years trying to make life in the cloud easier for enterprises,

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The Hidden Cost of Open Source Waste

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Open source has reshaped software development, driving innovation, enabling collaboration, and allowing teams to build faster than ever before. Yet,

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How To Prepare API Products for Low-Code and No-Code Integrations

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It’s 2025, and we’re witnessing the unprecedented rise of the citizen developer. Recent advancements in generative AI fully empower non-developers

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As AI Reshapes Tech, Microsoft, Others Refocus Dev Structure

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The impact of AI on software organizations has been huge, so much so that major companies such as Microsoft are

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5 Useful Datasets for Training Multimodal AI Models

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With the ability to perform tasks across a range of combined modalities like text, image, audio, video and more, multimodal

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How CIOs can Implement and Execute an Effective AI Coding Strategy

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Demystifying data fabrics – bridging the gap between data sources and workloads

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The term “data fabric” is used across the tech industry, yet its definition and implementation can vary. I have seen this across

The post Demystifying data fabrics – bridging the gap between data sources and workloads appeared first on Gigaom.

DevOps Security Metrics

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An interactive tour of Go 1.24

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Honey: all the news about PayPal’s alleged scam coupon app

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Some YouTubers say Honey’s practices are stealing money from them.

PayPal’s Honey browser extension has been lauded for years as an easy way to find coupons online. But some are calling it a “scam” after a deep dive from YouTuber MegaLag, who accused Honey of “stealing money from influencers.”

The video shines a light on Honey’s use of last-click attribution, an approach to online shopping referrals that gives credit for a sale to the owner of the last affiliate cookie in line before checkout. As MegaLag’s video tells it, Honey takes that credit by swapping its track

After CEO exit, Sonos gets rid of its chief product officer, too

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Sonos won't replace Maxime Bouvat-Merlin in "redundant" role.

Amid a flurry of hype, Microsoft reorganizes entire dev team around AI

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Shift ensures the majority of Microsoft's developer resources will focus on AI.

Instagram alternative Pixelfed now has apps

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Pixelfed, a decentralized and ad-free Instagram alternative, now has apps on iOS and Android, as reported by TechCrunch. The iOS app launched today, while the Android app launched on January 10th.

The platform is seeing a surge in popularity following Meta’s announcement last week that it would be drastically <a href="

Meet the 2024 DevOps Dozen Awards Winners

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Parallels can finally run x86 versions of Windows or Linux on Apple Silicon

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"Early technology preview" is promising but has lots of limitations for now.

Lawsuit: Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to quietly track driving behavior

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With connected cars and revenue-hungry apps, insurers are flush with data.

An AI-enabled Supergraph: From text-to-query to conversational agents

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Join Ben Newman, Principal Software Engineer at Apollo as he explores how generative AI and GraphQL APIs are better together.

Demonstrating reduction of vulnerability classes: a key step in CISA’s “Secure by Design” pledge

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Cloudflare strengthens its commitment to cybersecurity by joining CISA's "Secure by Design" pledge. In line with this, we're reducing the prevalence of vulnerability classes across our products.

Software Dev Culture Shock: “I Have to Do WHAT Now!?”

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