Articles for category: Software (Tech & Development)

March 4, 2025

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CFPB staff and leaders clash about whether they’re allowed to work

Leadership and staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) are clashing in court over whether the Trump administration is seeking to wind down the agency and if it has allowed workers to continue their legally required duties. Now, a key agency executive is expected to testify in a hearing next week, after a judge expressed concerns the agency would be shut down before she had a chance to weigh in. The CFPB has been targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with Elon Musk posting “RIP” to the agency in early February, and a lawsuit filed by the

March 4, 2025

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The Morning After: At MWC 2025, Lenovo is experimenting with its screens, a lot

Lenovo hasn’t even released its futuristic laptop with a rollable screen, but it’s rejigged all those parts into a whole new thing for MWC in Barcelona. Officially called the (no typos), the laptop uses the same flexible OLED in its rollable, However, instead of disappearing inside its chassis, the display folds outwards. This allows what is normally a 13-inch panel to double to 18.1 inches. Notably, because the Flip’s screen bends instead of sliding in and out of the bottom half of the system, Lenovo can use the panel’s full area. And, just to drill home that it’s a concept,

March 4, 2025

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TSMC to invest $100B as Trump demands more US-made chips, report says

Currently, TSMC only builds its most advanced chips in Taiwan. But when the most advanced US fabs are operational, they’ll be prepared to manufacture “tens of millions of leading-edge chips” to “power products like 5G/6G smartphones, autonomous vehicles, and AI datacenter servers,” the Commerce Department said in 2024. TSMC has not confirmed the WSJ’s report but provided a statement: “We’re pleased to have an opportunity to meet with the President and look forward to discussing our shared vision for innovation and growth in the semiconductor industry, as well as exploring ways to bolster the technology sector along with our customers.”

March 4, 2025

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Private Lunar Lander Blue Ghost Aces Moon Touchdown

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander successfully touched down on the moon, making it the first private company to achieve a stable lunar landing without crashing. The craft is carrying various NASA-funded experiments, including a “vacuum to suck up moon dirt for analysis and a drill to measure temperature as deep as 10 feet (3 meters) below the surface,” reports the Associated Press. There’s also “a device for eliminating abrasive lunar dust — a scourge for NASA’s long-ago Apollo moonwalkers, who got it caked all over their spacesuits and equipment.” From the report: A half hour after landing, Blue Ghost started

March 4, 2025

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SafeLine: A Top-Tier WAF Affordable for SMBs Worldwide!

In an era where cyber threats are growing more sophisticated by the day, web security is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity. Unfortunately, many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) struggle to afford premium security solutions, leaving them vulnerable to attacks. SafeLine changes the game by delivering a high-performance Web Application Firewall (WAF) that is both powerful and affordable, ensuring SMBs worldwide get the protection they deserve without breaking the bank. Why SMBs Need a Strong WAF Cyber threats like DDoS attacks, SQL injections, XSS exploits, and bot traffic don’t just target large enterprises—SMBs are often hit even harder due to

March 4, 2025

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Cloud-Focused .NET Aspire 9.1 Released — Visual Studio Magazine

News Cloud-Focused .NET Aspire 9.1 Released Along with .NET 10 Preview 1, Microsoft released .NET Aspire 9.1, the latest update to its opinionated, cloud-ready stack for building resilient, observable, and configurable cloud-native applications with .NET. Microsoft has been heavily focusing on .NET Aspire among all of its developer tooling, and v9.1 shipped yesterday (Feb. 25), along with .NET 10 Preview 1. [Click on image for larger view.] .NET Aspire (source: Microsoft). “We are excited to announce the release of .NET Aspire 9.1!” announced Maddy Montaquila, senior product manager. “This release includes several new features and quality of life improvements based

March 4, 2025

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Mozilla is under fire for its updated Firefox user agreement – Computerworld

Mozilla last week updated the Firefox user agreement — something that normally does not provoke strong reactions. This time, however, the changes led to a wave of criticism, because some of the wording can be interpreted as giving Mozilla free rein to do whatever it wants with users’ data. In particular, the following paragraph has raised user ire: “When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox” Source link

March 4, 2025

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TypeScript 5.8 reaches general availability

Microsoft’s TypeScript 5.8, the latest version of the company’s strongly typed superset of JavaScript, has reached general availability (GA). However, one new feature introduced at the beta stage, a limited form of checking against conditional types in return statements, was dropped from the GA release. General availability was announced February 28. Since the beta release, which arrived January 29, TypeScript’s builders pulled back some work on how functions with conditional return types are checked. The plan now is to iterate on the feature and release it in TypeScript 5.9. TypeScript 5.8 does add more granular checks for branches within return

March 4, 2025

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How to Build a Social Learning Platform using Next.js, Stream, and Supabase

Social media and real-time communication have transformed how people interact, making it easier to share ideas, collaborate, and learn from others, regardless of location. From professional networks to online study groups, these platforms allow various forms of communication such as instant messaging, video calls, and content sharing. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build a social learning platform that connects students with professionals across various fields. The platform enables users to: Schedule video conferencing sessions that students can join, Share posts or announcements about trending tools and upcoming sessions, and Create community channels where students can engage with one

March 3, 2025

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Handling Dynamic Data Using Schema Evolution in Delta

One of the biggest challenges of managing data nowadays is its constantly changing nature. We recently came across a requirement to ingest survey data and send it for sentimental analysis. The survey data is very dynamic, and even for existing surveys, new questions will be added, modified, or deleted.  As the data source evolves and adapts to new changes, the challenge is how to deal with the dynamically changing data to be represented in a table format. We implemented this by leveraging the schema evolution feature in Delta tables. Why Delta Lake? Delta Lake (or Delta Table) is designed to