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The Coral Dev Board Micro is an exciting new microcontroller board that comes equipped with a camera, microphone, and the powerful Coral Edge TPU. It is perfect for quickly creating and deploying low-power embedded systems that utilize on-device machine learning inferencing. The board combines the Cortex M4 and M7 processors with the Coral Edge TPU, […]
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In this episode of “5mins of Postgres,” the host discusses the exciting addition of incremental backups to the Postgres 17 development branch. The feature allows users to perform full backups at regular intervals and then perform incremental backups that only capture the changes made since the last full backup. This approach is more efficient than […]
Exploit Observer has revolutionized automated exploit discovery and analysis at A.R.P. Syndicate. The author, a self-proclaimed lazy navigator in offensive cybersecurity, felt that exploit discovery needed to be easier and quicker. Existing platforms like Shodan Exploits and Vulners didn’t meet their needs, so they created Exploit Observer. The platform’s API queries a vast database of […]
In this web content, the author discusses their experience using Emacs, a text editor/operating system. The author explains that they initially used Emacs years ago but then moved on to newer applications. However, they recently decided to give Emacs another try and found it to be a good decision. They describe Emacs as a powerful […]
htmx is often criticized for being just another complex frontend framework. However, the distinction between a library and a framework is important in understanding htmx’s role. While some argue that htmx is a library, it can also be considered a framework due to its impact on the project’s structure. If htmx is used to handle […]
Deegen is a research meta-compiler that automatically generates high-performance virtual machines (VMs) for dynamic languages. It takes in a semantic description of VM bytecodes in C++ and uses it to generate a high-performance VM at build time. Deegen has been used to generate a JIT-capable VM for Lua 5.1, named LuaJIT Remake, which includes optimizations […]
In this web content, the author discusses the interesting features and extensions of the High C Compiler, which was used for the FM TOWNS platform in the late ’80s. The author highlights several unique features of High C, such as the ability to use underscores in numeric literals, labeled arguments, case ranges, and nested functions. […]
At the recent CES 2024, Samsung showcased the world’s first transparent MicroLED display at its annual First Look event. The transparent MicroLED display outshone its OLED and LCD counterparts in terms of brightness and design, with a frameless and more transparent glass panel. The content displayed on the transparent MicroLED display appeared almost holographic, creating […]
Bending Spoons, the technology company behind popular consumer products like Remini, Splice, and Evernote, has announced its agreement to acquire Meetup, a community-based platform. Luca Ferrari, co-founder and CEO of Bending Spoons, personally shared the news with the Meetup community, expressing excitement and gratitude for the opportunity to be the new steward of Meetup. Ferrari […]
Microsoft’s new Outlook for Windows has transformed into a surveillance tool for targeted advertising. While Google and Apple are often criticized for their privacy-washing campaigns, it seems that Outlook is also collecting user data for Microsoft and its 772 external partners. European users are at least informed about this data sharing, but Americans are left […]