DuckDB v1.4 ships database encryption capabilities. In this blog post, we dive into the implementation details of the encryption, show how to use it and demonstrate its performance implications.

In March 2024, Mozilla said it was winding down its collaboration with Onerep -- an identity protection service offered with the Firefox web browser that promises to remove users from hundreds of people-search sites -- after KrebsOnSecurity revealed Onerep's…

When I was a child, around 5-9 years old, I came across a story in the Reader’s Digest magazine (El-Mokhtar in its Arabic version) about the Chernobyl disaster.

*TL;DR* Today we’re releasing two research assistants: Quick Assistant and Research Assistant (previously named Ki during beta).

The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

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I declare that today, Nov. 19, 2025 is the 50th anniversary of BitBLT, a routine so fundamental to computer graphics that we don't even think about it having an origin. A working (later optimized) implementation was devised on the Xerox…

Did you know that Gmail can use your emails and attachments for its smart features? Here's how to check your settings.

An open-source OS project that aims to provide source and binary compatibility with macOS® and a similar user experience. - ravynsoft/ravynos

I am still recovering from the fairly challenging logistical project of saving a Lucent 5ESS. This is a whale of a project and I am still in a state of disbelief that I have gotten to this point. Thanks to my wife, brother, and a few friends for their help…

@Fritange@maly.io France is taking state actions against GrapheneOS. They're conflating us with companies which they've previously gone after and taken over their servers. We aren't vulnerable to being attacked in the same way but we still don't want accesses…

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Edward Hasbrouck, The Practical Nomad

OOP is shifting between domains, not disappearing. I think that's usually a bad thing.

The Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill" excludes nursing from graduate degree programs deemed as 'professional.' The move impacts loan funding, healthcare delivery, and patient care access. 140 Lawmakers, from both parties, sent a letter urging…

Exclusive: Clinical guidelines should change to avoid exposing young people to potentially harmful side-effects, researchers say

A small place to discover more about the usage of programming languages in GitHub.

In 2007, I was spending a my norther-hemisphere summer experimenting with UI automation. Born of those efforts, xdotool came into being when I separated it from another project. The goal was modest - …