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The Linux Foundation has formed the Overture Maps Foundation, “a collaborative effort to develop interoperable open map data as a shared asset.”
Overture Maps aims to create an “easy-to-use ecosystem of map data,” according to the website. And, through development of a Global Entity Reference...
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Learning a language by playing games is fun, says Chris Bongers, but this approach is also an effective way to visually understand language fundamentals.
Bongers has put together a list of 10 games to help you learn JavaScript, including:
CodeCombat — A role-playing game that teaches web...
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Today’s ethical hackers are motivated by the desire to learn, to earn money, and to protect and defend, according to HackerOne’s 2022 Hacker-Powered Security Report. In fact, 92 percent of hackers say they can find vulnerabilities that scanners can’t, the report says.
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Bug bounties...
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) says use of the SHA-1 cryptographic algorithm is no longer advisable.
The algorithm “has reached the end of its useful life,” according to the announcement, and NIST recommends that IT professionals replace SHA-1 with newer algorithms that...
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Google has launched the OSV-Scanner, “a free tool that gives open source developers easy access to vulnerability information relevant to their project.”
“Running OSV-Scanner on your project will first find all the transitive dependencies that are being used by analyzing manifests, SBOMs, and commit hashes....
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Open source is now “fundamental to security operations, and building, supporting, and using open source tools is an integral part of InfoSec culture,” says Chenxi Wang.
To help users understand the array of cybersecurity applications, the Open Source Security Index lists the top 100 most...
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As part of our end-of-the-year tradition, we’ve put together a brief list of tech books published in 2022 to help you understand the world we live in.
The books on this year’s list deal with topics such as microchip technology, social media networks, shareware, and...
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Julia Evans has shared a short “debugging manifesto” with practical advice and encouragement for tracking down issues.
The manifesto, which can be viewed as comic or read as text, includes tips such as:
Inspect, don’t squash.
Being stuck is temporary.
Trust nobody and nothing.
Learn more at the Julia...
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The PHP development team has announced the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.0 of the popular general-purpose scripting language.
According to the website, PHP 8.2 is a major update of the PHP language, offering many new features, including read-only classes, new standalone types, performance improvements, and...
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Evan Prodromou, original creator of ActivityPub, which underpins Mastodon and the rest of the Fediverse, has complicated feelings about the platform’s recent success, reports Richard MacManus.
“A lot of people are losing communities that are really important to their health, or psychological safety, or access...
