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John Gruber criticizes Merrick Garland and team, but highlights the privacy benefits of using Apple Pay through Wallet. The system obfuscates credit card numbers, making it more private than using the actual credit card itself. The unique feature of Apple Pay is the use of DPAN, which is separate from FPAN and functions as a […]
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BeagleBoard.org Foundation is a non-profit promoting open-source software and hardware for embedded computing. They offer a forum for collaboration and knowledge-sharing in the development of physical computing solutions like robotics and 3D printers. They provide resources, forums, and project submission guidelines for the community. Join them to educate, collaborate, and innovate in the world of […]
The author reflects on the changing age at which people become great-grandparents, noting that their own lineage has seen a shift from having children young to waiting until later in life. They speculate on the implications of this trend, questioning what society may lose as the era of great-grandmothers comes to an end. The author […]
Three months before Hamas attacked Israel, Ronen Bar, director of Shin Bet, announced that his agency had developed its own artificial intelligence platform that had been incorporated into their systems. However, the devastating attack caught Israel completely by surprise, despite Hamas’s preparations being in plain sight. Israeli intelligence failed to predict the attack due to […]
On March 25, 2024, David, a student interested in Swift and the GNOME Project, explored the use of Swift for creating user interfaces with the GNOME platform. Adwaita for Swift leverages Swift’s features to provide an intuitive interface for GNOME apps, offering simplicity and accessibility. The package focuses on enabling the use of Swift for […]
Andreas “Andy” Bechtolsheim, a Silicon Valley heavyweight and co-founder of Sun Microsystems, has been charged with insider trading by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Bechtolsheim allegedly used his knowledge of Cisco’s acquisition of Acacia Communications to buy options in Acacia, earning significant profits. The SEC claims Bechtolsheim knew the information was non-public and failed […]
Jinjabread is a Python-based static site generator that uses Jinja templates and is inspired by staticjinja, jekyll, and hugo. You can easily create a new site project, build sites, and preview them locally. It supports writing pages in Markdown, HTML, or text, using Jinja2 templating language, and YAML metadata in Markdown pages. The file structure […]
STH recently purchased servers with the lesser-known AMD EPYC 7C13 CPU, selling for under $2000. The 64-core, Milan generation chip features 256MB L3 cache and PCIe Gen4 speeds. Despite limited official information, the CPU successfully ran Proxmox VE 8.1. Stress-testing showed CPU clocks at 2.42-2.43GHz and package power peaking at 230W, close to the EPYC […]
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Numerous Apple customers have been targeted in a sophisticated phishing attack where scammers exploit a bug in Apple’s password reset process. This attack inundates the victim’s Apple devices with numerous system notifications, making it impossible to use the device until the prompts are addressed. This attack, known as “push bombing” or “MFA fatigue,” aims to […]