Articles for category: Software (Tech & Development)

March 5, 2025

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Community managers in action: Leading a developer community for good

Managing communities has always been something I wanted to explore. This year, I finally decided to take on every opportunity to do so. And it has been an incredible journey filled with challenges that have pushed me to develop new skills and learn in unexpected ways. One of the most impactful experiences has been joining Social Income as a community manager through the GitHub DPG Open Source Community Manager Program.1 Damilola Oladele is one of 55 community managers that completed GitHub’s Digital Public Goods (DPG) Open Source Community Manager Program this year, giving him the training and experience needed to

March 5, 2025

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Reddit – Dive into anything

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March 5, 2025

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Reddit – Dive into anything

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March 5, 2025

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Reddit – Dive into anything

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March 5, 2025

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Reddit – Dive into anything

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March 5, 2025

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Reddit – Dive into anything

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March 5, 2025

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Reddit – Dive into anything

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March 5, 2025

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Google Cloud Launches Gen AI Toolbox for Databases

Google Cloud has announced the public beta launch of Gen AI Toolbox for Databases, an open-source server developed in collaboration with LangChain. This new tool is designed to help developers seamlessly integrate production-grade, agent-based generative AI applications with databases while ensuring secure access, scalability, and observability. Developing AI-powered applications that interact with databases comes with challenges such as complex configurations, security risks, and limited workflow visibility. Gen AI Toolbox for Databases addresses these issues by simplifying database connections for AI applications. It supports databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, AlloyDB, Spanner, and Cloud SQL, ensuring secure and efficient querying. The Toolbox

March 5, 2025

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Fake BianLian ransom notes mailed to US CEOs in postal mail scam

Scammers are impersonating the BianLian ransomware gang in fake ransom notes sent to US companies via snail mail through the United States Postal Service. The fake ransom notes were first reported by Guidepoint Security today, with BleepingComputer later being sent a scan of the note from a CEO who received the same letter. The envelopes for these ransom notes claim to be from the “BIANLIAN Group” and have a return address located in an office building in Boston, Massachusets: BIANLIAN GROUP 24 FEDERAL ST, SUITE 100 BOSTON, MA 02110 In the letter shared with BleepingComputer, the envelope shows it was mailed

March 5, 2025

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Trump calls for an end to the Chips Act, redirecting funds to national debt

Why it matters: Donald Trump wants to kill off the Chips Act, the 2022 bipartisan law that is handing out $52.7 billion in subsidies to help bring semiconductor manufacturing back to the US. The President wants to use the money to pay the national debt instead. In his first address to the joint session of Congress since he returned as President, Trump blasted the Chips Act. “Your Chips Act is a horrible, horrible thing. We give hundreds of billions of dollars and it doesn’t mean a thing. They take our money and they don’t spend it,” Trump said. “You should