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  • Methane From Landfills Is a Big Driver of Climate Change, Study Says
    Freitag 3:30 BeauHD at Slashdot
    An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: They’re vast expanses that can be as big as towns: open landfills where household waste ends up, whether it’s vegetable scraps or old appliances. These landfills also belch methane, a powerful, planet-warming gas, on average at almost three times the rate reported to federal regulators, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. For the new study, scientists gathered data from airplane flyovers using a technology called imaging spectrometers designed to measure concentrations of methane in the air. Between 2018 a …
  • Michigan Nuclear Plant Aims To Be First Ever To Reopen In US
    Freitag 1:00 BeauHD at Slashdot
    The Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan has won a $1.5 billion conditional federal loan to reopen after being closed for decommissioning in 2022. Canary Media reports: If the loan is granted (subject to Holtec meeting closing conditions) and the 800-megawatt reactor located on Lake Michigan is repowered, it would be the first nuclear plant in the U.S. to reopen after being closed for decommissioning. Surprisingly, it would be just the second or third reactor to restart in the history of global civil nuclear power, according to Mycle Schneider, lead author of the World Nuclear Industry Status R …
  • Cloud Server Host Vultr Rips User Data Ownership Clause From ToS After Web Outage
    Freitag 0:20 BeauHD at Slashdot
    Tobias Mann reports via The Register: Cloud server provider Vultr has rapidly revised its terms-of-service after netizens raised the alarm over broad clauses that demanded the „perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free“ rights to customer „content.“ The red tape was updated in January, as captured by the Internet Archive, and this month users were asked to agree to the changes by a pop-up that appeared when using their web-based Vultr control panel. That prompted folks to look through the terms, and there they found clauses granting the US outfit a „worldwide license … to use, reproduce, process, …
  • Meta Is Adding AI To Its Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
    Donnerstag 23:40 BeauHD at Slashdot
    Starting next month, Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses will support multimodal AI features to perform translation, along with object, animal, and monument identification. The Verge reports: Users can activate the glasses‘ smart assistant by saying „Hey Meta,“ and then saying a prompt or asking a question. It will then respond through the speakers built into the frames. The NYT offers a glimpse at how well Meta’s AI works when taking the glasses for a spin in a grocery store, while driving, at museums, and even at the zoo. Although Meta’s AI was able to correctly identify pets and artwork, it didn’t …
  • Facebook Allegedly Killed Its Own Streaming Service To Help Sell Netflix Ads
    Donnerstag 23:00 BeauHD at Slashdot
    An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Do you remember Facebook Watch? Me neither. Mark Zuckerberg’s short-lived streaming service never really got off the ground, but court filings unsealed in Meta’s antitrust lawsuit claim „Watch“ was kneecapped starting in 2018 to protect Zuckerberg’s advertising relationship with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. „For nearly a decade, Netflix and Facebook enjoyed a special relationship,“ said plaintiffs in filings (PDF) made public on Saturday. „It is no great mystery how this close partnership developed, and who was its steward: from 2011-2019, Netfli …
  • US, UK Investigate $20 Billion of Crypto Transfers To Garantex Russian Exchange
    Donnerstag 22:20 BeauHD at Slashdot
    According to Bloomberg, the U.S. and U.K. are investigating more than $20 billion worth of USDT transactions that have passed through Garantex, a Russia-based crypto exchange. Milk Road reports: If confirmed, the $20 billion in transactions would represent one of the most significant breaches of the sanctions imposed on Russia since the conflict began. However, the sources cautioned that the inquiries are ongoing and that it is too early to draw conclusions given the complexity of crypto transactions. They also noted that there was no immediate suggestion of wrongdoing by Tether. Key points: – …
  • Linux Foundation Launches Valkey As A Redis Fork
    Donnerstag 21:40 BeauHD at Slashdot
    Michael Larabel reports via Phoronix: Given the recent change by Redis to adopt dual source-available licensing for all their releases moving forward (Redis Source Available License v2 and Server Side Public License v1), the Linux Foundation announced today their fork of Redis. The Linux Foundation went public today with their intent to fork Valkey as an open-source alternative to the Redis in-memory store. Due to the Redis licensing changes, Valkey is forking from Redis 7.2.4 and will maintain a BSD 3-clause license. Google, AWS, Oracle, and others are helping form this new Valkey project. Th …
  • Biden Orders Every US Agency To Appoint a Chief AI Officer
    Donnerstag 21:00 BeauHD at Slashdot
    An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The White House has announced the „first government-wide policy (PDF) to mitigate risks of artificial intelligence (AI) and harness its benefits.“ To coordinate these efforts, every federal agency must appoint a chief AI officer with „significant expertise in AI.“ Some agencies have already appointed chief AI officers, but any agency that has not must appoint a senior official over the next 60 days. If an official already appointed as a chief AI officer does not have the necessary authority to coordinate AI use in the agency, they must be …
  • How Apple Plans To Update New iPhones Without Opening Them
    Donnerstag 20:01 msmash at Slashdot
    An anonymous reader writes: What if you could update the device while it’s still in the box? That’s the latest plan cooked up by Apple, which is close to rolling out a system that will let Apple Stores wirelessly update new iPhones while they’re still in their boxes. The new system is called „Presto.“ French site iGeneration has the first picture of what this setup looks like. It starts with a clearly Apple-designed silver rack that holds iPhones and has a few lights on the front. The site (through translation) calls the device a „toaster,“ and yes, it looks like a toaster oven or food heating …
  • AI Leaders Press Advantage With Congress as China Tensions Rise
    Donnerstag 19:20 msmash at Slashdot
    Silicon Valley chiefs are swarming the Capitol to try to sway lawmakers on the dangers of falling behind in the AI race. From a report: In recent weeks, American lawmakers have moved to ban the Chinese-owned app TikTok. President Biden reinforced his commitment to overcome China’s rise in tech. And the Chinese government added chips from Intel and AMD to a blacklist of imports. Now, as the tech and economic cold war between the United States and China accelerates, Silicon Valley’s leaders are capitalizing on the strife with a lobbying push for their interests in another promising field of tech …
  • New York City Welcomes Robotaxis – But Only With Safety Drivers
    Donnerstag 18:40 msmash at Slashdot
    An anonymous reader shares a report: New York City announced a new permitting system for companies interested in testing autonomous vehicles on its roads, including a requirement that a human safety driver sit behind the steering wheel at all times. As cities like San Francisco continue to grapple with the problems posed by fully driverless for-hire vehicles, New York City is trying to get ahead of the problem by outlining what it calls „a rigorous permitting program“ that it claims will ensure applicants are „ready to test their technology in the country’s most challenging urban environment s …
  • 'Software Vendors Dump Open Source, Go For the Cash Grab'
    Donnerstag 18:00 msmash at Slashdot
    Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, writing for ComputerWorld: Essentially, all software is built using open source. By Synopsys‘ count, 96% of all codebases contain open-source software. Lately, though, there’s been a very disturbing trend. A company will make its program using open source, make millions from it, and then — and only then — switch licenses, leaving their contributors, customers, and partners in the lurch as they try to grab billions. I’m sick of it. The latest IT melodrama baddie is Redis. Its program, which goes by the same name, is an extremely popular in-memory database. (Unless y …
  • Claude 3 Surpasses GPT-4 on Chatbot Arena For the First Time
    Donnerstag 17:22 msmash at Slashdot
    Anthropic’s recently released Claude 3 Opus large language model has beaten OpenAI’s GPT-4 for the first time on Chatbot Arena, a popular crowdsourced leaderboard used by AI researchers to gauge the relative capabilities of AI language models. A report adds: „The king is dead,“ tweeted software developer Nick Dobos in a post comparing GPT-4 Turbo and Claude 3 Opus that has been making the rounds on social media. „RIP GPT-4.“ Since GPT-4 was included in Chatbot Arena around May 10, 2023 (the leaderboard launched May 3 of that year), variations of GPT-4 have consistently been on the top of the c …
  • Pythagoras Was Wrong: There Are No Universal Musical Harmonies, Study Finds
    Donnerstag 16:40 msmash at Slashdot
    An anonymous reader shares a report: According to the Ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras, ‚consonance‘ — a pleasant-sounding combination of notes — is produced by special relationships between simple numbers such as 3 and 4. More recently, scholars have tried to find psychological explanations, but these ‚integer ratios‘ are still credited with making a chord sound beautiful, and deviation from them is thought to make music ‚dissonant,‘ unpleasant sounding. But researchers from the University of Cambridge, Princeton and the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, have now discovered …
  • Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced To 25 Years in Prison
    Donnerstag 15:51 msmash at Slashdot
    Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years [non-paywalled link] in prison for a massive fraud that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, once one of the world’s most popular platforms for exchanging digital currency. From a report: Bankman-Fried, 32, was convicted in November of fraud and conspiracy — a dramatic fall from a crest of success. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan imposed the sentence in the same Manhattan courtroom where, four months ago, Bankman-Fried testified that his intention had been to revolutionize the emerging cryptocurrency market with his i …
  • PyPI suspends registrations amid malware attack
    Donnerstag 12:52 Ryan Daws at Developer Tech News
    The Python Package Index (PyPI) has suspended new project creation and user registration to mitigate an ongoing malware upload campaign. This move comes as security researchers at Checkmarx uncovered a campaign involving multiple malicious packages related to the same threat actors. The attackers are targeting victims through typosquatting attacks, tricking users into installing malicious Python… Read more » The post PyPI suspends registrations amid malware attack appeared first on Developer Tech News.
  • Puppet explores the benefits of platform engineering for security
    Donnerstag 12:48 James Bourne at Developer Tech News
    An increasing number of organisations have built platform teams to help improve the developer experience – and the latest State of DevOps Report from Puppet has looked to show how platform engineering is improving security as well. The 13th annual State of DevOps Report – which is also being called the State of Platform Engineering… Read more » The post Puppet explores the benefits of platform engineering for security appeared first on Developer Tech News.
  • Apple refutes all of the DoJ’s antitrust claims
    Mittwoch 16:51 Ryan Daws at Developer Tech News
    Apple has firmly rejected the US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) antitrust claims, dismissing them as either outdated or misrepresentations of the company’s business model. The DoJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple alleges that the tech giant has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act on multiple fronts, including imposing restrictive contracts and commissions on developers,… Read more » The post Apple refutes all of the DoJ’s antitrust claims appeared first on Developer Tech News.
  • Backend Software Engineers are Designers Too
    Dienstag 10:22 Thomas Johnson, CTO and co-founder of Multiplayer at Developer Tech News
    In technology, we typically associate ‘design’ with front-end developers and visual aesthetics – a beautiful website or a visually appealing user interface. But, backend developers are designers too. They are masters of System Design, meticulously crafting the architecture, dependencies, and data structures that influence user experiences. This post will explore the hidden artistry in their… Read more » The post Backend Software Engineers are Designers Too appeared first on Developer Tech News.
  • The Future of Kubernetes: Potential Improvements Through Generative AI
    Montag 15:30 Elias Naduvath Varghese at DZone.com Feed
    Kubernetes, the open-source platform for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications, has revolutionized the IT industry. However, like all innovative technology, it continuously seeks enhancements to improve efficiency, usability, and functionality. One such area promising potential improvements is Generative AI. This sophisticated technology can generate new data that shares the same characteristics as the original data, such as images, music, text, or code. As we delve into the possibilities, we realize the potential improvements in Kubernetes as part of Gen …
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation: A More Reliable Approach
    Montag 14:30 Yash Mehta at DZone.com Feed
    In the rapidly changing world of artificial intelligence, it has evolved far more than just predictions based on data analysis. It is now emerging with limitless potential for generating creative content and problem-solving models. With generative AI models such as ChatGPT in place, chatbots are presenting improvements in language recognition abilities. According to the Market Research Report, the global Generative AI market is poised for exponential growth, expected to surge from USD 8.65 billion in 2022 to USD 188.62 billion by 2032, with a staggering CAGR of 36.10% during the forecast perio …
  • C4 PlantUML: Effortless Software Documentation
    Montag 13:30 Oriol Sr at DZone.com Feed
    Documentation plays a crucial role in any project, serving as a compass for development teams, and as a good way for the new joiners to know how the project is done. More often than not, documentation becomes a task that is either indefinitely postponed or completed once and never updated, leaving it outdated and potentially counterproductive. An effective strategy for developers is to leverage a tool seamlessly integrated into their IDE. This eliminates friction caused by the need to switch between different tools, ensuring convenience, ease of use, and the ability to effortlessly update docu …
  • I Built My First Go Application and Deployed It to Heroku
    Montag 11:30 Alvin Lee at DZone.com Feed
    Go (aka Golang) came to life at Google in 2009. It was designed by a few big names: Robert Griesemer, who had a large hand in the development of the Java Virtual Machine. Rob Pike, who holds the U.S. patent for windowing UI systems as well as helped build the Plan 9 operating system at Bell Labs. (In fact, the mascots for Plan 9 and for Golang are remarkably similar because Pike’s wife, Renée French, is a renowned illustrator.) Ken Thompson, who designed and implemented a little thing called Unix. In this article, we’ll demonstrate how simple it is to build a RESTful web service in Go. Then, w …
  • New OutSystems data fabric unifies data across the enterprise  
    Montag 11:00 Duncan MacRae at Developer Tech News
    OutSystems, a specialist in high-performance application development, has unveiled what it describes as one of the most significant updates to OutSystems Developer Cloud since its initial release. With the launch of OutSystems Data Fabric, organisations can lay the groundwork to build dynamic applications, harness data across the enterprise, and increase developer productivity.  In an era… Read more » The post New OutSystems data fabric unifies data across the enterprise   appeared first on Developer Tech News.
  • Distributed Caching: Enhancing Performance in Modern Applications
    Montag 10:39 AMARDEEP SINGH at DZone.com Feed
    In an era where instant access to data is not just a luxury but a necessity, distributed caching has emerged as a pivotal technology in optimizing application performance. With the exponential growth of data and the demand for real-time processing, traditional methods of data storage and retrieval are proving inadequate. This is where distributed caching comes into play, offering a scalable, efficient, and faster way of handling data across various networked resources. Understanding Distributed Caching What Is Distributed Caching? Distributed caching refers to a method where information is sto …
  • Exploring the Frontiers of AI: The Emergence of LLM-4 Architectures
    Freitag 23:00 Ashok Gorantla at DZone.com Feed
    The relentless advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technology reshapes our world, with Large Language Models (LLMs) spearheading this transformation. The emergence of the LLM-4 architecture signifies a pivotal moment in AI development, heralding new capabilities in language processing that challenge the boundaries between human and machine intelligence. This article provides a comprehensive exploration of LLM-4 architectures, detailing their innovations, applications, and broader implications for society and technology. Unveiling LLM-4 Architectures LLM-4 architectures represent the cu …
  • Organizing Knowledge With Knowledge Graphs: Industry Trends
    Freitag 22:00 Stelios Manioudakis at DZone.com Feed
    Knowledge graphs are a giant web of information where elements and ideas are linked to show how they are related in the real world. This is beyond databases that just store information. Knowledge graphs also store the connections between information. This makes knowledge graphs very useful in various fields. Here are a few examples:
  • Empowering Developers With Scalable, Secure, and Customizable Storage Solutions
    Freitag 21:00 Tom Smith at DZone.com Feed
    In today’s data-driven world, businesses face numerous challenges when it comes to storing, securing, and analyzing vast amounts of information. As a developer, engineer, or architect, finding the right storage solution that seamlessly integrates with your infrastructure while providing the necessary scalability, security, and performance can be a daunting task. Enter StoneFly, a leading provider of storage area network (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS) solutions that aim to simplify your life and tackle complex business problems head-on. The 54th IT Press Tour had an opportunity to mee …
  • Ethical Considerations in AI Development
    Freitag 20:00 Ileana Diaz at DZone.com Feed
    Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly evolved, empowering us with remarkable capabilities, from predictive analytics to autonomous systems. However, this technological leap also brings forth ethical dilemmas and challenges. As AI development becomes deeply integrated into various aspects of our lives, navigating its development with a keen awareness of ethical considerations is crucial. This article explores the multifaceted ethical considerations in AI development, highlighting the need for responsible and ethical AI deployment. Ethical Considerations in AI Development Bias and Fairness On …
  • A Deep Dive Into CDC With Azure Data Factory
    Freitag 19:00 Oriol Sr at DZone.com Feed
    Change Data Capture (CDC) in SQL Server is a powerful feature designed to track and capture changes made to data within a database. It provides a reliable and efficient way to identify alterations to tables, allowing for the extraction of valuable insights into data modifications over time. By enabling CDC with Azure Data Factory, SQL Server enables a systematic and automated approach to monitoring and capturing changes, facilitating better data management, auditing, and analysis within the database environment. Most Common Use-Cases: CDC With Azure Data Factory Common scenarios where the CDC …
  • Automated Data Extraction Using ChatGPT AI: Benefits, Examples
    Freitag 18:00 Oleksandr Stefanovskyi at DZone.com Feed
    Since the release of ChatGPT by OpenAI in 2022, most people in nearly all industries have tried a generative AI tool at least once. The market size for Generative AI is expected to show a CAGR of 24.40%, resulting in a market volume of US $207 billion by 2030. The technology can be useful in multiple ways. One such is extracting data from documents with OpenAI. Read this post to discover applications and use cases of ChatGPT-based AI to extract data from documents, the challenges and limitations of the technology, and its prospects.
  • Improved Debuggability for Couchbase's SQL++ User-Defined Functions
    Freitag 17:00 Dhanya Gowrish at DZone.com Feed
    User-defined functions (UDFs) are a very useful feature supported in SQL++ (UDF documentation). Couchbase 7.6 introduces improvements that allow for more debuggability and visibility into UDF execution. This blog will explore two new features in Couchbase 7.6 in the world of UDFs:
  • An Explanation of Jenkins Architecture
    Freitag 16:00 Ruchita Varma at DZone.com Feed
    In the fast-paced world of software development, efficiency is paramount. Automating repetitive tasks is key to achieving faster delivery cycles and improved quality. This is where Jenkins comes in — a free and open-source automation server that has become synonymous with continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD). Jenkins, the open-source automation powerhouse, plays a pivotal role in the DevOps world. But have you ever wondered how it all works under the hood? This blog delves into the intricate architecture of Jenkins, breaking down its core components and how they orchestrate …
  • Redis switches to more restrictive license
    Freitag 15:16 Ryan Daws at Developer Tech News
    Leading in-memory database vendor Redis is adopting a dual-licensing model, imposing far stricter terms on companies offering Redis as a service.  In an official announcement, Redis Labs stated that starting with version 7.4, Redis will be dual-licensed under the Redis Source Available License (RSALv2) and the controversial Server Side Public License (SSPLv1). This is not… Read more » The post Redis switches to more restrictive license appeared first on Developer Tech News.
  • Integration of AI Tools With SAP ABAP Programming
    Freitag 15:00 Jayapal Vummadi at DZone.com Feed
    As the landscape of enterprise technology evolves, the marriage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with SAP ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) is reshaping the way businesses approach software development within the SAP ecosystem. This article delves into the groundbreaking integration of AI with SAP ABAP programming, exploring how this fusion is revolutionizing SAP development processes. SAP ABAP and Its Legacy The Foundation of SAP Development SAP ABAP has long been the backbone of SAP development, providing a powerful and versatile language for customizing SAP applications. ABAP‘ …
  • Build Your Own Programming Language
    Freitag 14:00 Imran Ahmad at DZone.com Feed
    Expanding on „Build Your Own Programming Language“ by Clinton Jeffery, this second edition embarks on an ambitious journey to demystify the intricacies of programming language development. Its inception, driven by real-world application and feedback, signifies a pivotal moment in the dialogue between authors and the programming community. This enhanced discussion delves deeper into the book’s multifaceted contributions, exploring its role as a beacon for aspiring language designers and its broader implications for the future of software development. A Responsive Evolution The evolution from th …
  • Maximizing Developer Efficiency and Productivity in 2024: A Personal Toolkit
    Freitag 13:00 Navdeep Malik at DZone.com Feed
    Numerous developers embark on their tech journey only to find themselves disoriented, intimidated by coding sessions, and wrestling with the notion that they might not possess the quintessential programmer’s mindset. The path they tread is fraught with challenges, stemming not only from a lack of proper experience but also from the absence of essential tools.Crafting exceptional software is no small feat. It demands an extensive repertoire of knowledge, an eye for detail, astute logical reasoning, relentless research, and, most crucially, time. 
  • Understanding Escape Analysis in Go
    Freitag 12:00 Pranoy Kundu at DZone.com Feed
    Go uses escape analysis to determine the dynamic scope of Go values. Typically, go tries to store all the Go values in the function stack frame. The go compiler can predetermine which memory needs to be freed and emits machine instructions to clean it up. This way it becomes easy to clean up memory without the intervention of the Go Garbage Collector. This way of allocating memory is typically called stack allocation. But when the compiler cannot determine the lifetime of a Go value it escapes to the heap. A value may also escape to the heap when the compiler does not know the size of the vari …
  • Modern Digital Authentication Protocols
    Freitag 11:14 Divya Marupaka at DZone.com Feed
    Digital authentication is no longer a new term in today’s technology-driven society. It is a critical security mechanism that helps to protect our cyberspace from various types of fraud and identity theft. It is used to enable electronic transactions that are performed over the Internet and provide the necessary confidence in the validity and security of the information being transferred. We use this mechanism almost every day, when logging into our email accounts, social media, internet banking, etc., to verify our identity. The securement of personal data and the relevant digital environment …
  • Getting Started With NCache Java Edition (Using Docker)
    Freitag 1:00 Gowtham K at DZone.com Feed
    NCache Java Edition with distributed cache technique is a powerful tool that helps Java applications run faster, handle more users, and be more reliable. In today’s world, where people expect apps to work quickly and without any problems, knowing how to use NCache Java Edition is very important. It’s a key piece of technology for both developers and businesses who want to make sure their apps can give users fast access to data and a smooth experience. This makes NCache Java Edition an important part of making great apps. This article is made especially for beginners to make the ideas and steps …