The GitLab import feature contains a vulnerability that allows an attacker to import a project that creates a service template. Service templates can normally only be created by a GitLab instance...

Building Virtual Bridges to and from Silicon Valley

Philadelphia is the first major U.S. city to ban cashless stores, placing it at the forefront of a debate that pits retail innovation against lawmakers trying to protect all citizens’ access to the marketplace.

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Simple and Distributed Machine Learning

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Our Biggest Data Breach Discovery of 2019 a massive 800 million emails leaked online. This data breach uncovered how an email verification service uses spam

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Dr. Ioannidis is not just a bull in a china shop; he's a bazooka in a china shop. And now the bazooka is aimed at shoddy nutrition research, which he suggests is in need of "radical reform."

I was always interested in economics. However until a few years ago I never really studied finance. Since I decided to change that, I have…

What are those barges floating next to the Bay Bridge, and why do ships stay anchored for so long?

A framework for creating Python/C++ polyglots, programs valid in both programming languages - wmww/Python-plus-plus

Update #1: this post hit the front page of r/programming and HN. Thank you for the great feedback! I’ve added some corrections below.