Month: March 2023
We Really Recommend This Podcast Episode
This week, we talk about the recommendation engines on platforms like YouTube and Spotify, and how a pair of US Supreme Court cases is putting them under renewed scrutiny. Source
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GitHub can now tell you if you ever leak any secrets in your code
Audio player loading… GitHub’s secret scanning alert feature, which was launched in public beta format in December 2022, is now generally available for free across all public repositories. In a blog post (opens in new tab), the developer platform noted that 70,000 public repositories had turned on secret scanning alerts…
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The Morning After: The Moon needs its own time zone
Space agencies and private companies around the world have been scheduling their own lunar missions over the next few years, and that could be quite complicated to coordinate when they all use different time zones. During a meeting at the European Space Agency's ESTEC technology center in the Netherlands last…
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Snapchat’s Snapstreaks are about to get more flexible — for a fee
Snapstreaks, a Snapchat feature that tracks how long you’ve been trading daily snaps with a friend, are about to get a little more forgiving. In a short blog post, the company says it’s testing the option to let users restore broken streaks. “Starting today, we’re making it easier to take…
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Your SaaS setup could be a major security risk to your business
Audio player loading… A large number of companies could be putting their data at risk by failing to properly secure their SaaS environments, new research from DoControl has warned. Its report (opens in new tab) found that large companies (between 1,001 to 6,696 employees) and medium companies (between 50 to…
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Microsoft Teams is going to use green screen technology to make your video calls better
Audio player loading… Scratchy, low quality virtual backgrounds have been a staple of video conferences at work since the Covid-19 pandemic began, but, from April 2023, Microsoft Teams will have a solution, in the form of green screen support. Artificial intelligence is at the point where software such as NVIDIA…
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