Increasingly, our networks seem to be steering our history in ways we don’t like and can’t control.

PDF slides from a presentation by [Paul Gerste](https://twitter.com/pspaul95) at DEF CON 32. It turns out some databases have vulnerabilities in their binary protocols that can be exploited by carefully crafted …

San Francisco is looking to ban the use of property management software from companies such as RealPage that critics allege is used to artificially raise rents.

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Pixel Watch 3, the latest version of our flagship smartwatch, offers a stunning design combined with even better performance.

“It becomes like an old, overused rubberband.”

You’ve probably seen this Python 101 thing before:
@memoized
def fib(n):
if n <= 1:
return n
return fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2)
Leaving aside the absurdity of computing Fibonacci numbers recursively, it’s a common first introduction to Python…

Low-level Concurrency in Practice. This practical book helps Rust programmers of all levels gain a clear understanding of low-level concurrency. You'll learn everything about atomics and …

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In an unexpected move, Bloomberg reports, the Justice Department may be considering busting Google up.

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The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) supports transformative research to drive biomedical and health breakthroughs ranging from molecular to societal to provide transformative health solutions for all.

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Novel view synthesis via feed-forward 3D Gaussian inference from sparse multi-view images.

You can now create passkeys for your Fastmail account, giving you a quicker, more secure way to log in.

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