Articles for category: Software (Tech & Development)

March 30, 2025

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Instagram Finally Lets You Play Reels at 2X Speed. Here’s How to Do It

Don’t have time to sit through an entire Instagram Reel but still want to see the whole thing unfold? Good news — you can now watch Reels at twice the speed. Instagram, which is owned by Meta, called it “a highly requested feature from our community.” “We hope being able to fast forward helps give you more control over your Reels experience,” a representative for Instagram said in a statement Thursday.  The feature has been available on other social media and video services, including Netflix, TikTok and YouTube, although it’s not yet on YouTube Shorts, YouTube’s TikTok rival. Read more: Best Live TV Streaming Services for 2025

March 30, 2025

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We went to 10 anti-Tesla protests — and a couple counter protests, too

Thousands of anti-Tesla protesters took to the streets Saturday March 29th in opposition to Elon Musk and his efforts with DOGE to eliminate humanitarian aid, close federal agencies, and fire government workers. It was the culmination of nearly two months of steady, almost daily demonstrations aimed at hurting Tesla’s sales — and ultimately Musk himself. Today was billed as a “Global Day of Action” with protests targeting hundreds of Tesla locations in the US, Canada, and Europe. The Verge wanted to check the temperature and see how these protesters were thinking about this current moment, and whether they felt their

March 30, 2025

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Ubisoft spins out subsidiary with a billion-dollar investment from Tencent

Ubisoft is continuing its efforts to course-correct after several . Today, the video game company that it will launch a subsidiary centered around three of its most familiar franchises: Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. The as-yet-unnamed subsidiary will fold in the teams working on those three series, including Ubisoft studios in Montréal, Quebec, Sherbrooke, Saguenay, Barcelona and Sofia. This new business will receive an investment of €1.16 billion (roughly $1.25 billion) from its longstanding partner Tencent, granting the conglomerate a minority ownership stake. Following the transaction, Ubisoft will narrow focus to its other franchises, such as

March 30, 2025

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Aptera Takes First 300-Mile Highway Trip in Solar-Powered EV

“I’ve been dreaming of this moment for 20 years,” says Aptera co-CEO Steve Fambro. Aptera’s solar-powered electric car just drove 300 miles on a single charge. “We’re one step closer to a future where every journey is powered by the sun,” Aptera says in their announcement. “This go around, Aptera took to the highway for the first time ever…” writes the EV blog Electrek. “At one point, Aptera’s video noted that its solar EV was pulling over 545 watts of solar input, even though it was overcast.” “Less time searching for chargers,” Aptera says in their announcement, adding that their

March 30, 2025

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Day-9: Unlock the Power of Git: Common Commands and Examples Explained

What is GIT? Git is a free, open-source, and distributed version control system (DVCS) used to track changes in code, allowing developers to collaborate efficiently and manage project history. Who created Git, and when? Git was created by Linus Torvalds in 2005 to manage the Linux kernel’s source code. Here are some popular Git providers: GitHub GitLab Bitbucket Install and validate the git in Linux Machine: sudo apt install git -y git –version Git Workflow: Local → Staging → Remote Here’s a brief explanation of each stage in the Local – Staging – Remote flow: Local: This is your working

March 30, 2025

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GitHub – stuzero/pg-mcp

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for PostgreSQL databases with enhanced capabilities for AI agents. PG-MCP is a server implementation of the Model Context Protocol for PostgreSQL databases. It provides a comprehensive API for AI agents to discover, connect to, query, and understand PostgreSQL databases through MCP’s resource-oriented architecture. This implementation builds upon and extends the reference Postgres MCP implementation with several key enhancements: Full Server Implementation: Built as a complete server with SSE transport for production use Multi-database Support: Connect to multiple PostgreSQL databases simultaneously Rich Catalog Information: Extracts and exposes table/column descriptions from the database catalog Extension Context:

March 30, 2025

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Coders Block?

So I've been enrolled in a cyber security course since September and we have a class in writing C. I have no problem understanding things like loops/functions/variables etc… but once I sit down to write a program small or large, it's like I completely blank and don't know where to start. It doesn't help that LLM's have become like a devil on your shoulder acting as the easy way out for many in my class but it's not the route I'd like to go. Has anyone else experienced this and what practices helped you overcome it? submitted by

March 30, 2025

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Need Help Choosing the Right Certs – DevOps/Cloud Career Path

Hey everyone, I’m currently a grad student graduating this May, and I’ve been doing an internship since last Fall where I’ve been working mostly with AWS. As I’m starting my full-time job hunt now, I feel the need to validate my skills with some certifications; just to have that extra edge on my resume and feel more confident about what I bring to the table. What I’ve Been Working On (Internship Experience): • Working with AWS services (mostly – Lambda, S3, EventBridge, CloudWatch) • Fetching data from APIs, transforming it, and storing it in MongoDB for analysis • Built the

March 30, 2025

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Anime Database and Tracker

I built an anime database and tracker – seeking feedback from fellow devs! Hey r/webdev community! I'm excited to share a project I've been working on for the past few months: AnimeNexus – a comprehensive anime database and personal tracker. What It Does AnimeNexus allows users to: Browse a database of thousands of anime titles with detailed information Create accounts to track their watching progress Rate and review shows they've watched Filter shows by genre, season, studio, etc. View analytics about their watching habits Import their existing MAL (MyAnimeList) lists Share user activity in the community tab with other users

March 30, 2025

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Open Source Representative Finder.

Since the Google civics API is shutting down and I used it for my representative finder website I needed a different solution. It probably isn’t the best code wise since it uses PHP but I’m not a programmer myself so I made a simple to execute solution. I uploaded a stripped CSS file so it is a good CSS building block but I uploaded all the data files I have so far and the PHO code, I figured I’d open source the data and the PHP code itself to help others in a world without the Google civics API as