SecureWorks layoffs affect 15% staff
SecureWorks said Monday it will let go of 15% of its workforce, the cybersecurity company’s second round of layoffs this year. In a regulatory filing, SecureWorks said that it would incur about $14.2 million in expenses due to the layoffs, mostly related to employee termination benefits and real-estate costs. SecureWorks
Read moreTelegram rolls out its Stories feature to all users
Telegram is officially rolling out Stories to all users, the company announced on Monday. The feature first launched to Premium users last month, and is now available to everyone on the platform. Today’s announcement comes as Telegram is celebrating its 10th birthday. One major factor that sets Telegram’s new feature
Read moreHow I Migrated a 3 TB PostgreSQL Transactional Database
Images by authorDisclaimer: I used ChatGPT’s assistance in composing this article because English is not my native language, and I wanted to make the reading really enjoyable. The first time I tried to write this article, it was like a roller coaster talking about everything and nothing at the same time.
Read moreNetflix begins testing its games on TVs and computers in Canada and U.K.
Netflix announced today it will begin testing its games across more devices, including TVs and computers, in addition to mobile phones, where its games already run today. The tests will begin today in Canada and the U.K. with a “limited number” of Netflix subscribers who will be given the chance
Read moreFord’s hands-off driving tech available by subscription
Ford shared on Monday that it’s heading deeper into the software game by making its hands-free driving hardware — BlueCruise — standard in many of its future vehicles. In other words, the Detroit automaker’s Tesla-ification continues. Excluding the Mustang Mach-E, Ford had previously only given folks the option to buy
Read moreChris’ Corner: React is Good, Bad, Old, Reliable, Stodgy, Stable, and Obsoleted
There is something about [INSERT MOST POPULAR THING] that inspires people to philosophize. Sometimes it’s a bummer. It’s tough to avoid the never-ending stream of “news” about Elon Musk, which strongarms your brain into having an opinion about him. WordPress, by the numbers, is pretty popular, so I’ll bet you
Read moreGetting Started With LLM Application Development (Based on My Medium Day Talk)
Photo by Azamat E on UnsplashYesterday, I had a small session on Medium Day, where I briefly talked about developing applications that use large language models.I wanted to do a short follow-up today and write up all the talk's content as an article as well — primarily for people who did not have the
Read moreScotiatrust US customers sideswiped by MOVEit hack
The U.S. investment advisory division of a Canadian-headquartered bank is among the latest companies to admit it was sideswiped by the exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEit file transfer application. Scotia Wealth Management, part of the Bank of Nova Scotia, acknowledged in a letter filed with the
Read moreRobomart is banking on ‘store-hailing’ to bring self-driving stores directly to customers
The last few years have dramatically disrupted the way many people get their food. What started as a safety precaution has become an everyday occurrence for many, as people are skipping restaurant waits and grocery store lines for the convenience of apps like Instacart and Seamless. Of course, the apps
Read moreWeb3 gaming adoption is skewing towards Asia, and the rest of the world may have to play catch-up
Culture is often inseparable from entertainment. Your affinity for the kind of books, music, film or art you consume has more to do with the language you speak, the values your family and friends espouse, and the economics of where you live than anything else. You could argue that those
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