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A few weeks ago, I went to DC to start engaging policymakers and be the voice of little tech. Here's why.
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The murky world of password leaks – and how to check if you’ve been hit
Password leaks are increasingly common and figuring out whether the keys to your own kingdom have been exposed might be tricky – unless you know where to look
Experimenting with local alt text generation in Firefox Nightly
Firefox 130 will introduce an experimental new capability to automatically generate alt-text for images using a fully private on-device AI model. The feature will be available as part of Firefox’s built-in PDF editor, and our end goal is to make it available in general browsing for users with screen readers. The post Experimenting with local alt text generation in Firefox Nightly appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the...
What happens when facial recognition gets it wrong – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
A facial recognition system misidentifies a woman in London as a shoplifter, igniting fresh concerns over the technology's accuracy and reliability
Issue 663
One week to go before dub dub! Here's a round-up of what's happening.
The origins of RevenueCat
If you build something because you need it, chances are good others need it too. In this interview, RevenueCat CEO Jacob Eiting shares how solving his own frustrations led to building a tool that helps power over 30,000 apps.
User Research Is Storytelling
Ever since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated with movies. I loved the characters and the excitement—but most of all the stories. I wanted to be an actor. And I believed that I’d get to do the things that Indiana Jones did and go on exciting adventures. I even dreamed up ideas for movies that my friends and I could make and star in. But they never went any further. I did, however, end up working in user experience (UX)....
Kodeco Podcast: Making Seats at the Table (V2, S2, E10) [FREE]
We dig down deep as the entire podcast team is joined by Manda Frederick, formerly with Women who Code, and Aaron Douglas, head of Figma’s Desktop app engineering. We discuss the essential topics surrounding bias in the workplace.
All the Flutter news from a busy Google I/O 2024
Catch up on all the big product updates, new resources, and success stories announced at Google I/O2024It’s hard to believe that Google I/O 2024 was already two weeks ago. We couldn’t be more grateful for the Flutter community’s support—the energy was uplifting!Flutter logo illustrationWe shared a lot of product updates, resources, developer stories, technical sessions, and workshops, across several blogs, videos, and...
AI in HR: Is artificial intelligence changing how we hire employees forever?
Much digital ink has been spilled on artificial intelligence taking over jobs, but what about AI shaking up the hiring process in the meantime?
Upcoming Changes to the AWX Project
By Matthew Jones, Chief Architect, Ansible Automation at Red Hat Back in 2013, a small team of engineers worked for over a year to make the first commercial release of Ansible Tower (before we expanded and evolved to Ansible Automation Platform) and during that time we put down the foundation of an application that I’m immensely proud of. We, the original architects of Tower, were trying to find the best way to create...
The Ultimate Guide to Navigating SQL Server With SQLCMD
Dive into our comprehensive guide on the SQL Server command-line interface. Learn how to connect to SQL Server, execute queries, work with SSMS and PowerShell, and more. Continue reading The Ultimate Guide to Navigating SQL Server With SQLCMD on SitePoint.
ESET World 2024: Big on prevention, even bigger on AI
What is the state of artificial intelligence in 2024 and how can AI level up your cybersecurity game? These hot topics and pressing questions surrounding AI were front and center at the annual conference.
Announcing the Devcon SEA Supporter Program & Impact Teams
Ethereum community friends, We're excited to share that the Devcon Supporter Program, which explores new ways to fund Ethereum-related public goods and impactful projects, is BACK for Devcon 7 in SEA. Originally launched at Devcon VI in Bogotá as an alternative to traditional event sponsorships, we’re excited to share...
Beyond the buzz: Understanding AI and its role in cybersecurity
A new white paper from ESET uncovers the risks and opportunities of artificial intelligence for cyber-defenders
Retrieval-augmented Generation: Revolution or Overpromise?
Learn what RAG promises and its practical reality as we explore how RAG works, its potential benefits, its challenges and solutions. Continue reading Retrieval-augmented Generation: Revolution or Overpromise? on SitePoint.
How AI will create more successful founders
When a major new technology comes out, huge new opportunities open up for founders that get in on the ground floor. In this episode of Dalton and Michael, we’ll talk about why this is that moment for AI and who will find those opportunities.
Mandatory reporting of ransomware attacks? – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
As the UK mulls new rules for ransomware disclosure, what would be the wider implications of such a move, how would cyber-insurance come into play, and how might cybercriminals respond?
Issue 662
The new developer forum refresh must mean it's nearly time for WWDC!
Google I/O 2024: Build a Cat Chatbot using Gemini on Android [FREE]
In this tutorial, you’ll use Google’s Gemini API to create a chatbot in Android that has the persona of a cat and is also safe for different audiences.
Nvidia RTX 5090: prices, specs, and everything else we know
The Nvidia RTX 5090 is finally out with plenty of reviews in the wild - including our own - revealing everything we know about the performance, pricing, specs, and more.
Introducing Nimfilt: A reverse-engineering tool for Nim-compiled binaries
Available as both an IDA plugin and a Python script, Nimfilt helps to reverse engineer binaries compiled with the Nim programming language compiler by demangling package and function names, and applying structs to strings
What happens when AI goes rogue (and how to stop it)
As AI gets closer to the ability to cause physical harm and impact the real world, “it’s complicated” is no longer a satisfying response
Learn the Kotlin Language
In this course you will learn the Kotlin programming language from the ground. It is a comprehensive overview of the language as well as an overview of best object-oriented programming practices.
Nyota Interop Recap ✨
Last week, Ethereum client, testing and research teams from around the world gathered together for a week of intense work on the Pectra network upgrade, PeerDAS and the Verge. Similarly to previous events like Edelweiss or Amphora , the focus of the Nyota interop was achieving multi-client...
Object-Oriented Programming in Kotlin
Learning to write code is easy, but learning to write “good” code is a different story entirely. In this course, developers will learn best practices when writing object-oriented code as well as be introduced to design patterns.
Google I/O 2024: Shared Element Transitions in Jetpack Compose [FREE]
Learn how to animate your UI with the Android Transition Framework that was featured in Google I/O 2024.
Chris’ Corner: Stand Alones
It continues to be a big year for Web Components. I’m noticing it more this week as it’s effecting some of my friends. My long-time ShopTalk co-host Dave Rupert just got a job at Microsoft working on Fluent UI Web Components. Probably didn’t hurt that he wrote the book on them. I’m stoked that big, […]
Looking ahead to the AI Seoul Summit
How summits in Seoul, France and beyond can galvanize international cooperation on frontier AI safety
Introducing the Frontier Safety Framework
Our approach to analyzing and mitigating future risks posed by advanced AI models
Announcing the winners of the Global Gamers Challenge
Our 10 top projects, and how to stay involved with sustainability gamesWe asked the Flutter and Global Citizen communities to come together to build epic Flutter games that focused on helping the planet. Hundreds of innovative game projects were submitted by thousands of passionate developers spanning over 50 countries.Each project aimed to empower players with knowledge and actions that can protect our planet. From...
What’s new in Flutter 3.22
WebAssembly, Graphics rendering enhancements, and more options for AI integrationWelcome back for another exciting Flutter stable release! This time, we’re thrilled to present Flutter 3.22. We’re bringing WebAssembly to the stable channel, a fully featured Vulkan backend for Impeller on Android, promising smoother graphics and a major performance boost. We’re also introducing streamlined workflows with new widget state...
Landing Flutter 3.22 and Dart 3.4 at Google I/O 2024
Major milestones for Flutter web apps, graphics performance upgrades, productivity experiments, andmoreIt’s been a particularly busy last few months in Dart & Flutter air traffic control, but we’re happy to announce that Flutter 3.22 and Dart 3.4 have landed and are available today, just in time for this year’s GoogleI/O!We remain committed to providing a strong language and framework pairing, enabling you to build...
Gemini breaks new ground: a faster model, longer context and AI agents
We’re introducing a series of updates across the Gemini family of models, including the new 1.5 Flash, our lightweight model for speed and efficiency, and Project Astra, our vision for the future of AI assistants.