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T-Mobile fined $60 million for failing to stop data breaches
15 Aug

T-Mobile fined $60 million for failing to stop data breaches

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T-Mobile has been fined $60 million for failing to both report and stop data breaches, . The hefty fine was levied by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS) and represents the largest such financial penalty the organization has ever issued. T-Mobile is owned by Deutsche Telekom, a company based in Germany, which is why CFIUS got involved.These penalties have their origins in the terms of a 2020 deal in which T-Mobile purchased Sprint. CFIUS put some conditions on the purchase, including some related to protecting consumer data. The Committee found that T-Mobile didn’t comply with these conditions…
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ACID Guarantees and Apache Iceberg: Turning Any Storage into a Data Warehouse
15 Aug

ACID Guarantees and Apache Iceberg: Turning Any Storage into a Data Warehouse

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Apache Iceberg has become a prominent name in the data world, with numerous platforms integrating support for Iceberg tables as part of the growing open data lakehouse ecosystem. A key feature often highlighted is Iceberg's ability to enable ACID transactions. In this blog, I will explore what ACID guarantees mean and how Iceberg delivers them, to help you better understand the value Apache Iceberg brings to the table. What are ACID Guarantees? ACID is an acronym that outlines the key guarantees a data system should provide—guarantees that are typically offered by most SQL-based databases and data warehouses. These guarantees include:…
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard comes out on October 31
15 Aug

Dragon Age: The Veilguard comes out on October 31

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard will be released on October 31. The BioWare action RPG is the first installment in the franchise since 2014’s Dragon Age: Inquisition. That’s right. We’ve been waiting ten long years for this game and now it’s almost here. Check out the release date trailer below.This is the fourth major game in the franchise and there’s a lot of hype around it, despite the (relatively) lukewarm response to Inquisition. We had a chance to see the game in action back in June and came away impressed, though cautious. The character creation tool is, as expected, robust and…
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Dyson OnTrac headphones review: When the basics aren’t enough
15 Aug

Dyson OnTrac headphones review: When the basics aren’t enough

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When you hear the words "Dyson headphones," the first thing that comes to mind is likely the Bane-like Zone. The company debuted its air-purifying wearable in 2022, but woefully short battery life kept the product from being useful on a daily basis. Now Dyson is back with another version, and its sole purpose is to provide audio and active noise cancellation (ANC) for “normal” use. The OnTrac headphones ($500) have a classic Dyson color scheme and build with long battery life, but the lack of advanced features keep this premium set of cans from competing with the best.DysonAn almost infinitely…
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season one is streaming for free on Samsung devices
15 Aug

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season one is streaming for free on Samsung devices

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The second season of is just around the corner. If you haven't watched the first batch of episodes or want to refresh your memory and have let your Prime subscription lapse, there's a way you can do that for free. From today until August 28, you can on TVs and other devices where the Samsung TV Plus app is available.It's the first time that the show has legally been available to stream for free (unless you had access to gratis). Samsung is offering the show to its users in the US, UK, Canada, Brazil and Germany on Samsung TVs and…
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Web Developer Burnout
15 Aug

Web Developer Burnout

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A Little Background Back when I started my web developer journey, everything was much simpler than it is today. I started out using Mosaic web browser and then not too long after moved to the beta version of Netscape. Developers at that time learned things together, as new features were added into the browser, we would share how we used them over a snack at the local bakery. This lead to a decent amount of shared learning. Back then there was basically two things that were handy to know, HTML and Perl. HTML for the web design and if there…
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US Homeland Security will reportedly collect face scans of migrant kids
15 Aug

US Homeland Security will reportedly collect face scans of migrant kids

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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is looking to improve its facial recognition algorithms, is reportedly planning to use the facial data of migrant children entering the country for training. According to MIT Technology Review, the agency intends to collect and analyze facial captures of kids younger than 14. John Boyd, the assistant director of Homeland Security's Office of Biometric Identity Management who's involved in the development of biometric services for the government, told the publication that the collection will include children "down to the infant."Programs that collect biometric information and even DNA samples from migrants entering the…
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Meater’s Pro XL uses four of its updated wireless probes to monitor your grill with WiFi
15 Aug

Meater’s Pro XL uses four of its updated wireless probes to monitor your grill with WiFi

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Wireless food probes are some of the best grill tools you can buy. The devices allow you to keep tabs on temperatures without having to maneuver around cables when you need to flip meats or move things around. Meater is one of the popular choices when it comes to wireless probes, and the company's Meater 2 Plus introduced better accuracy and longer range in a more durable probe construction that fully waterproof. Now the company returns with the four-probe Pro XL that uses those updated components in a WiFi-enabled cooking hub.Meater has gone the four-probe route before with its Meater…
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