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Timing IS everything | Limits for quantum computers: Perfect clocks are impossible
It is becoming increasingly easier to carry out calculations with quantum computers. However, calculations show that there are fundamental limits - namely the quality of the clock used.
AWS exec: Our understanding of open source is changing
Apache Foundation president David Nalley on Amazon Linux 2023, Free software, and more
More Windows laptops to be 'ARM Inside' as Microsoft follows Mac
A few Windows laptops are already powered by ARM CPUs rather than Intel ones, but we can expect to see...
Authorities raise alarm on threats against water, other critical sectors
An ongoing cyber campaign against Unitronics PLC devices has impacted multiple U.S. water facilities, but authorities are also monitoring energy, healthcare, and food and beverage manufacturing.
Asking ChatGPT to Repeat Words ‘Forever’ Is Now a Terms of Service Violation
A technique used by Google researchers to reveal ChatGPT training data is now banned by OpenAI.
Is an ‘employee experience winter’ coming?
Companies are “less interested in employee experience in general,” thus making it an easy target for cutting costs or cutting corners, one Forrester expert said.
'Return to Office' declared dead
Remote work is here to stay despite in-person mandates, this economist says
Breaking Down the Wall in DevOps
The barriers between dev, ops, security and QA hinder software development, but they aren’t inevitable. Learn how to tear down these walls.
remy🐀 on Twitter / X
As another wave of "suspected Flipper zero disrupting BTLE devices" is trending:I probably qualify as an expert and I have data.When you do BTLE connection spamming you are not only messing with phones, you're messing with health devices and Point-of-Sale terminals.Small 🧵 pic.twitter.com/8bmLG7xaA0— remy🐀 (@_mattata) December 2, 2023
Substack Has a Nazi Problem (nomedium.dev applies here too)
The newsletter platform’s lax content moderation creates an opening for white nationalists eager to get their message out.
Report: Google delays Gemini launch from next week to January
According to a report today, Google was originally going to launch Gemini next week, but that has now been delayed until January.
Roundcube Open-Source Webmail Software Merges With Nextcloud
The open-source Roundcube webmail software project has 'merged' with Nextcloud, the prominent open-source personal cloud software.
NSA director appointment blocked over data privacy questions
Senator Ron Wyden puts his foot down – for as long as he can
He Wanted Privacy. His College Gave Him None – The Markup
A Markup examination of a typical college shows how students are subject to a vast and growing array of watchful tech, including homework trackers, test-taking software, and even license plate readers
You don't need JavaScript for that - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
Will ChatGPT write ransomware? Yes. | Malwarebytes
Eight months ago, ChatGPT wrote ugly, broken ransomware code (with much offense). Today, that's all changed.
Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers
YouTube's dramatic content gatekeeping decisions of late have a long history behind them, and there's an equally long history of these defenses being bypassed.
SQLSync - Stop building databases
Join me as we take a look at common application data patterns, and how they relate to the inner-workings of databases. In this post, we discuss data caching, indexing, optimistic mutations, and recursive cache invalidation. We will see how life might be easier if we could just use a frontend optimized database like SQLSync instead.
ChatGPT repeating certain words can expose its training data
This one weird trick will blow the large language model's artificial mind
Above Avalon: Apple to Exit Goldman Sachs Partnership, Apple’s Problem With Banks, Apple’s Solution
Hello everyone. In today's update, we will go over the big Apple / Goldman Sachs news. Neil looks at what the news means and doesn’t mean. In addition, the discussion includes a look at Apple’s major problem with banks and possible solutions management can pursue to overcome the problem. An Above
Local council in Brazil passes ChatGPT-written proposal
'Unfortunately or fortunately, this is going to be a trend'
Baserow - Open source no-code database
Self hosted open source no-code database and Airtable alternative. Baserow gives you the powers of a developer without leaving your browser.
Duke University Libraries decamp from 37Signals' Basecamp
We're canceling our subscriptions, say librarians citing co-founder's views
Cell Phone Plans: Compare the Best Plans | WhistleOut
We monitor 135434 cell phone plan combinations so you can get the best cell phone plan. Carriers change their plans every week - are you on the right plan?
My 2023 Workspace – Worms and Viruses
10 Weird HTML Hacks That Shaped The Internet
From table hacks to CSS kludges, these are some of the techniques that helped web developers get their fancy pages on the internet.
Nation’s 1st inductive-charging road arriving at Michigan Central Innovation District in Detroit
The country’s first public inductive charging road is now active in Detroit. It’s right on 14th Street in Corktown near the Michigan Central Mobility Hub.
Patient data for 1M Corewell Health patients in SE MI exposed after 'security event'
Welltok, Inc., a Virgin Pulse company, says it has notified patients throughout the U.S. about a national data security event caused by vulnerability in MoveIT software.
Plex sharing streaming habits raises privacy hackles
Grandma is watching what?!