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In its proposing findings of fact submitted on the first day of Microsoft's court battle with the FTC over the $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has claimed Xbox has officially "lost the console wars".

Millions of GitHub repositories are potentially vulnerable to RepoJacking, which if exploited may lead to code execution on environments

I’ve been using fediverse stuff (Mastodon and, most recently, Calckey – I’m just going to use “Mastodon” as shorthand here, purists can bite me) for over a year now, a…

LastPass password manager users have been experiencing significant login issues starting early May after being prompted to reset their authenticator apps.

By Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer. View the full context on Techmeme.

KubeStellar - a flexible solution for challenges associated with multi-cluster configuration management for edge, multi-cloud, and hybrid cloud - kubestellar/kubestellar: KubeStellar - a flexible s...

It works great, as long as browsers support it.

Starting on August 16, pulling tags other than `:latest` and `:latest-dev` will be available only to Standard and Custom Chainguard Images catalog tier users. This blog post further explains the change and actions required for users of Public tier usage. Everything you need to know about securing the software supply chain.

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AlmaLinux, the popular community-oriented distribution that was established following Red Hat's decision to discontinue development on CentOS (non-Stream) and is backed by AMD and other organizations, is trying to chart its path forward following Red Hat's latest curve ball.

A change proposal that hopes to take place for Fedora 39 would make it easier to have an optionally GRUB-free system by instead performing a clean install with systemd-boot for booting on EFI platforms.

If you’ve ever read DevOps’ish or saw Suggested Reads from me on social media, this is where they are all saved. Since social media platforms are getting very flaky (Twitter, Reddit, etc.), I’ll share the news feed here in case I leave whatever social media site you followed me on. There is also an RSS feed. What is DevOps? I'm glad you asked!

I'm not sure how many people know this, but I thought I'd share something I learned a few years ago when I worked for a mobile phone seller. Most modern smartphones are too expensive for people to purchase outright. At the most extreme end, the iPhone 14 Pro Max costs £1,2001. So a typical customer [...]

They are drawn to the platform’s community-moderated, discussion-based format, which allows for more fringe voices to thrive.

Replacement volunteers have big shoes to fill.

Issue Details A security issue was reported in kOps with the GCP Provider running in Gossip Mode, where Node service account credentials could be used by a container running in the cluster to retri...

The Salesforce-owned company is looking to rebuilt its recently downsized ranks to fuel its new A.I. ambitions.

For people who can’t speak, there has been depressingly little innovation in technology that lets them communicate.

Combine NAS and RAID levels to explore several options for storing data, easily connected to your network.

While rescuers fear for OceanGate crew, Logitech F710 PC gamepad sells out within minutes.

As our resident passkey beat editor, I was glad to see that Apple has now added the ability to log in to your Apple ID or iCloud.com using a passkey instead of your password. The feature’s be…

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Hackers are threatening to release confidential data stolen from Reddit unless the company withdraws its controversial API price hikes

In the fast-moving open-source world, programs can come and go quickly; a tool that has many users today can easily be eclipsed by something better next week. Even in this environment, though, some programs endure for a long time. As an example, consider the PostgreSQL database system, which traces its history back to 1986. Making fundamental changes to a large code base with that much history is never an easy task. As fundamental changes go, moving PostgreSQL away from its process-oriented model is not a small one, but it is one that the project is considering seriously.