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HTMX and Alpine are two low-overhead ways to empower your front end. Neither requires a build step, and both let you add Ajax-style API calls and client-side UI updates with minimal fuss. While the two technologies differ in approach, neither gets in its own way (or yours),...
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Government software development is a curious business. When I was a student at the Naval Postgraduate School, I wrote a paper called “There is a Lot of Money to be Made Writing Bad Software for the Federal Government.”  The general idea is that the incentives to write...
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Want to make a Python user grind their teeth? Just recite three words: Python is slow. In many of the ways that matter, it’s true. “Pure” Python, without external libraries written in C, is nowhere near as fast at computation or object manipulation as C or C++, or...
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£5M in savings? Should've gone to third-party support International optometry company Specsavers has paused the global standardization of its Oracle ERP system and moved to third-party support, saving £5 million ($6.5 million) that can be reallocated to the business.…
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As cyberattacks across sectors continue to rise, businesses face pressure to enhance their security postures amid budget restraints and operational challenges. In the EU, the new Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) is making it mandatory for companies in Europe ...
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The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed that a surprising majority of galaxies rotate clockwise, challenging the long-held belief in a directionally uniform universe; this anomaly could suggest either our universe originated inside a rotating black hole or that...
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Boosted human-computer interface promises better communication for patients who lost ability to speak Some smart cookies have implemented a brain-computer interface that can synthesize speech from thought in near real-time.…
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Tech manufacturers continue misleading consumers with impressive-sounding but less useful specs like milliamp-hours and megahertz, while hiding the one measurement that matters most: watts. The Verge argues that the watt provides the clearest picture of a device's true...
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Cupertino already squashed 'em in more recent releases - which this week get a fresh round of fixes Apple has delivered a big batch of OS updates, some of which belatedly patch older versions of its operating systems to address exploited-in-the-wild flaws the iGiant earlier...
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With help from UK operatives, because it’s getting tougher to run the scam in the USA North Korea’s scamming, thieving, and AI-abusing fake IT workers are increasingly targeting European employers.…
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A new paper [PDF] from the AI Disclosures Project claims OpenAI likely trained its GPT-4o model on paywalled O'Reilly Media books without a licensing agreement. The nonprofit organization, co-founded by O'Reilly Media CEO Tim O'Reilly himself, used a method called DE-COP to...
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An anonymous reader quotes an op-ed from Ars Technica's Scharon Harding: TVs offer us an escape from the real world. After a long day, sometimes there's nothing more relaxing than turning on your TV, tuning into your favorite program, and unplugging from the realities around ...
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With the signing of HB25-1040 on Monday, Colorado now defines nuclear as a 'clean energy resource' since it doesn't release large amounts of climate-warming emissions. 'The category was previously reserved for renewables like wind, solar and geothermal, which don't carry the ...
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But his emails! Sharing them with Google! Senior members of the US National Security Council, including the White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have been accused of using their personal Gmail accounts to exchange sensitive information.…
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Substack has announced it will legally support foreign writers lawfully residing in the U.S. who face government targeting over their published work, partnering with the nonprofit FIRE to expand its existing Defender program. The Verge reports: In their announcement,...
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Thunderbirds are Pro: Open-source email client to get message hosting, appointment scheduling, more Thunderbird, Firefox maker Mozilla's open-source email client, is aiming to reinvent itself as a more comprehensive communications platform.…
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Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration’s latest firing blitz.
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Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, has filed for an IPO aiming for a $5 billion valuation. It marks the company's second attempt at going public amid renewed momentum in the crypto sector and signs of recovery in tech IPO markets. CNBC reports: A prior merger with a...
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TL;DR: Pok Pok is a Montessori-based kids' app that ditches the noise for calm, creative play — Now $59.99 (Reg $250) You're a tech-savvy parent. You love your gadgets. But hand your toddler an iPad, and suddenly, your peaceful home sounds like a Chuck E. — Read the rest T...
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AI accelerators to see the light, literally Lightmatter this week unveiled a pair of silicon photonic interconnects designed to satiate the growing demand for chip-to-chip bandwidth associated with ever-denser AI deployments.…
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