“When I first heard they’d found a cure for dyslexia, it was like music to my arse.”

—source unknown

GitLab discovers widespread npm supply chain attack Malware driving attack includes

Yikes 😮
about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-...

Google Antigravity Exfiltrates Data An indirect prompt injection in an implementation blog can manipulate Antigravity to invoke a malicious browser subagent in order to steal credentials and sensitive code from a user’s IDE.

An indirect prompt injection in an implementation blog can manipulate Antigravity to invoke a malicious browser subagent in order to steal credentials and sensitive code from a user’s IDE. www.promptarmor.com/resources/go...

something like wakatime can integrate with the IDE. you could then use API to get bits out and group based on filenames, paths etc wakatime.com/faq#data-col... gives an idea of what it grabs

😂

38 known car brands

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An Open Source sustainability story in two slides. (for a coming talk of mine)

Slide 1: car brands using #curl
Slide 2: car brands sponsoring or paying for #curl support

Meta and Russian Yandex engaged in unprecedented internet tracking practices, likely illegal with EU data protection law. localmess.github.io

The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs A decades-old tax rule helped build America's tech economy. A quiet change under Trump helped dismantle it

"They'll keep pushing this as they're replacing workers with AI!" no they're not! That isn't happening. They're laying people off because they sunsetted Section 174 of the tax code that let tech companies immediately deduct 100% of R&D if it "helped improve products."

qz.com/tech-layoffs...

A Fatal Tesla Crash Shows the Limits of Full Self-Driving As Elon Musk touts robotaxis in Austin, federal regulators are investigating whether Tesla’s system is dangerous even with a human behind the wheel.

BIG doc score by @danahull.bsky.social

@bloomberg.com is publishing photos & partial footage of a fatal Tesla crash, which was recorded by the Model Y and downloaded by police, for the 1st time after obtaining the images & video through a public records request
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

The State of Reactive Extensions for .NET in 2025 | endjin Ian Griffiths discusses the current state of Rx.NET, its challenges, and plans for v7.0 in this hour-long talk.

Want to understand what's going on with the Reactive Extensions for .NET? Watch Ian Griffith's "state of Rx in 2025" talk:

endjin.com/what-we-thin...

because in some cases that "turning itself on" is actually what is happening. as of Jan some people have been rolled into a license change without actually being told and won't find out until their new renewal cycle when the price goes up. support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office...

#MayThe4thBeWithYou

France and Germany unveil Docs, a homegrown alternative to Google Docs The Trump administration has set out to drastically reshape the relationship between the US and Europe. In response, Brussels is scrambling to adapt to this new reality,...

The days of Google Docs are ending; we enter the age of Docs, made by France's Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs and Germany's Center for Digital Sovereignty of Public Administration.

We need more governments to collaborate on public software projects to achieve digital sovereignty.

Practical Zombie Hunting for Kubernetes Users - Holly Cummins Zombies? Yup, zombies. Zombies are servers which aren’t doing useful work. They’re everywhere, costing money, eating electricity, and…

Hurray! My zombie talk is one of my favourites, but I never had a video recording of it. #KubeCon have been super-fast publishing their videos, so this is live already.

hollycummins.com/zombies-kube...

CVE Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2025 CVE Foundation Launched to Secure the Future of the CVE Program [Bremerton, Washington] – The CVE Foundation has been formally established to ensure the long-term ...

www.thecvefoundation.org assuming it's genuine

Environmental Impact of Generative AI | Stats & Facts for 2025 Generative AI helps us with our creativity. But it might be coming at a cost. Let's take a look at 20 statistics on generative AI's environmental impact.

Have you ever thought about the CO2 emissions related to training an AI model? There are many people globally diving into promptathons and excited about AI, which is not surprising with all the benefits. It's also useful to consider the environmenal impact: thesustainableagency.com/blog/environ...

I'm surprised that Edgio (formerly Verizon, and sold via Azure) going bankrupt hasn't made bigger splashes in the news.

In good news, SMASH! is no longer using this CDN... as of yesterday. 🙃

Buyer Beware: Azure SQL Managed Instance Storage is Regularly as Slow as 60 Seconds Kendra Little writes and draws comics about SQL Server, Data Platforms, and Database DevOps.

New post: Buyer Beware: Azure SQL Managed Instance Storage is Regularly as Slow as 60 Seconds
kendralittle.com/2024/12/18/a...

Get Azure cost estimates in Azure DevOps PR comments with Bicep - Rios Engineer Azure cost estimations from your Bicep templates in Azure DevOps Pull Request Comments. Not too long ago I discovered an open source project on GitHub called...

🚀 [𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠] Get Azure Cost Estimates in Azure DevOps PR comments with Bicep💲

In what is likely to be my last blog of 2024, I wanted to share a proof of concept I put together for getting a cost report into your pull request comments on review.

#azurebicep #devops

rios.engineer/get-azure-co...

everything is awesome until a random login issue and \ or you roam with dodgy\no internet :)

can you grab a key from my.visualstudio.com if it's just the IDE functionality and not copilot etc?

We are beyond excited to announce the Service Bus local emulator! This has been the most requested feature for Service Bus, and today is the day.

You can find the official announcement at techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/messagi....

New ImageSharp release v3.1.6

Hit that update button and get the new shiny!

#dotnet #oss

Release Notes:

github.com/SixLabors/Im...

NuGet:

www.nuget.org/packages/Six...

Men: It’s time to disrupt bro code and shut down misogyny Going against your gender's long-standing bro code to promote an equitable and inclusive workplace is where the cost of allyship gets real.

Men: Be an ally and disrupt the bro code. When you hear harassment directed at women, you can say:
- "Not funny"
- “We don’t do that here.”
- “I find that offense, and I don’t ever want to hear that again.”
www.fastcompany.com/91229814/men...