Canadian security expert applauds new White House initiative
David Shipley, co-founder and CEO of Fredericton, N.B.-based Beauceron Security, today described a new strategy announced this week by the Biden administration as something that is “bold, smart and shows the depth of the U.S. thinking and commitment on cyber.” On Monday, the White House launched the National Cyber Workforce
Read moreMondee security lapse exposed flight itineraries and unencrypted credit card numbers
Travel giant Mondee has secured an exposed database that was spilling sensitive customer information, including detailed flight and hotel itineraries and unencrypted credit card numbers. Anurag Sen, a good-faith security researcher known for discovering inadvertently exposed data on the internet, found the database and shared details with TechCrunch to alert
Read moreApple Card’s Savings account reaches over $10B in deposits
Apple announced today that Apple Card’s high-yield Savings account offered by Goldman Sachs has reached over $10 billion in deposits from users since launching in April. The Savings account offers an APY (annual percentage yield) of 4.15%. Since launch, 97% of Savings customers have chosen to have their Daily Cash
Read moreSubaru doubles its plans for new EVs, targeting 8 models by 2028
It seems like Subaru is finally getting ready to release a full lineup of electric vehicles. Known for clever marketing schemes that won over sporty lesbians, dog-loving dinks, outdoorsy families and Crocodile Dundee fans alike, the Japanese automaker has so far lagged behind the competition as far is its electrification
Read moreA Better Frontend Component Structure: Component Trees
Easily avoid frontend component directories with high cognitive loadA clear and concise way to look at your frontend components in a frontend project (source: Midjourney)Since following advice on the internet long ago, I adopted a certain component structure that “just works.”ScenarioLet’s first imagine a simplified frontend app directory structure, taking some
Read moreUK privacy watchdog warns Meta over plan to keep denying Brits a choice over its ad tracking
The U.K.’s data protection watchdog has responded to Meta’s announcement yesterday that it intends to offer (other) Europeans a free choice to deny its tracking-for-ad-targeting but won’t be asking U.K. users for their consent to its surveillance — with some, er, pointed remarks. Take it away, Stephen Almond, the Information
Read moreI Built a Trashtalk Wordle With ChatGPT Using LLM Decorator and Function Calling
Photo by Nils Huenerfuerst on UnsplashWith the new release of ChatGPT callback functions, I wanted to test it out with a new simple app.After a brainstorming session that was shorter than it should have been, I came up with the idea of the trashtalk Wordle. Just imagine how fun (and annoying) it
Read moreBloom Filters and Beyond: Probabilistic Membership in Practice
Image generated by OpenAI DALL.E 2Optimizing large systems is incredibly satisfying. Very few things are more exciting than seeing a large baseline shift in your metrics after a clever new algorithm is deployed. Optimization can save money, make systems easier to operate, improve developer productivity, or sometimes unlock scale that wouldn’t
Read moreUnderstanding iOS Memory Management With Toy Analogies
I’ve been an iOS developer for over five years now. I must confess that I’ve somewhat tiptoed around one particular topic all this time…Continue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreKenya suspends Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project
Image: Worldcoin via Twitter Kenya is pumping the brakes on Worldcoin — the eyeball-scanning crypto project launched by OpenAI founder Sam Altman. The Kenyan government has ordered Worldcoin to stop collecting data in the country while it reviews the project for potential privacy and security risks, as reported earlier by
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