Hacker News
Those of you who have been following the evolution of my floppy-based Linux gateway in the August and October columns have probably noticed I have been squeezing just about as much onto a 1440K floppy disk as was humanly possible. The gateway disk is now…
5 April 2019Hacker News
Amazon plans to launch a constellation of 3,236 satellites into low Earth orbit in order to provide internet to “unserved and underserved communities around the world.” The so-called Project Kuiper initiative first came to light after GeekWire spotted that…
5 April 2019Hacker News
There are many improvements and new web platform features in WebKit that are now available with the release of Safari 12.1, included with macOS Mojave 10.14.4 and iOS 12.2. This release delivers web platform features that improve website integration with…
5 April 2019Hacker News
An independent group set up to oversee Google's artificial intelligence efforts, has been shut down less than a fortnight after it was launched. The Advanced Technology External Advisory Council (ATEAC) was due to look at the ethics around AI, machine…
5 April 2019Macworld
Apple has a reputation for forcing change on us right when we’ve gotten comfortable with its designs. Sure, we often resist (and sometimes Apple is wrong), but more often than not the Cupertino company proves that breaking out of our comfort zones leads to…
5 April 2019InfoQ - DevOps
Davis Gunter, Darryl Smith discuss how the Air Operations Center of the US Air Force implemented continuous delivery on Pivotal Cloud Foundry. By Davis Gunter, Darryl Smith
5 April 2019InfoQ - Development
Mahmoud Ben Hassine and Michael Minella walk through performance tuning and scaling Spring Batch applications via the enhancements of 4.1. By Mahmoud Ben Hassine, Michael Min
5 April 2019inessential.com
I noticed, starting in MacOS 10.14.4, that switching between articles in NetNewsWire was way less smooth than it had been. NetNewsWire uses a WKWebView to display HTML. Before 10.14.4, there was no perceptible delay when switching to a new article. With…
4 April 2019Engadget
Dell's XPS 13 is pretty much the best Windows ultraportable around, and you should buy it. Is that enough of a review for you? The XPS has been one of our favorite laptops over the past few years, thanks to its thin screen bezels and elegantly co...
4 April 2019Engadget
Now that Samsung has established HDR10+ as a viable and accessible alternative to Dolby Vision HDR, it's looking to bring more HDR content to viewers. To do so, Samsung is partnering with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) to master a selec...
4 April 2019