Programmers

Every now and again, a security vulnerability is discovered in a program with little fanfare, despite the fact that it’s buried in plain sight inside software lots of people depend on. A good example is libarchive, which has a flaw…
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Linux based operating systems are very popular among programmers, developers and server administrators. But still, there are many new programmers unaware of the power of Linux and it’s flexibility. I’m talking about those programmers…
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Sudo one of the most important, powerful, and commonly used utilities that comes as a core command installed on almost every UNIX and Linux-based operating system. The vulnerability in question is a…
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Apple on Monday released macOS Catalina to the public, allowing everyone to install the newest version of the operating system for the Mac. Based on reports on the MacRumors forums, Twitter, and other social networks, some people are…
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The big reason to care is avoiding single-compiler monoculture. Let’s look at an example. A little while ago I was working on a piece of software which did some number crunching and would return a numeric answer. It ran and worked…
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Generate UML diagrams from Java code stored in GitHub repositories. Diagrams automatically update when you push code using git. Browse through community UML diagrams, surf through “Java awesome” listed GitHub repositories and visualise the…
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As part of a bipartisan investigation of competition in digital markets, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee today sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook requesting that the company provide any documents and executive communications related to…
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Slack today launched dark mode for all desktop apps, including Mac, Windows, and Linux. This follows the company previously making dark mode available on iOS back in June. To find dark mode in Slack on Mac, click on your name in the left…
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Hum, buzz, hiss, or whirr: noise kills good audio. If there’s a distracting noise in the background of your take, you’ll drive away listeners in droves. People just will not listen to poor audio. But noise reduction algorithms can be a…
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Apple today asked developers to begin building, testing, and submitting watchOS 6 apps for inclusion in the new standalone Apple Watch App Store. Starting with watchOS 6, developers are able to distribute apps built solely for the Apple…
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