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The best early Prime Day deals ahead of Amazon’s July sale — shop Apple, Anker and more
05 Jul

The best early Prime Day deals ahead of Amazon’s July sale — shop Apple, Anker and more

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is less than two weeks away, but we’re already seeing a handful of decent early deals go live in advance of the big sale. Per usual, many of the more noteworthy discounts apply to Amazon’s own gadgets and subscription services, but there are a few good offers on devices from the likes of Apple, Anker, Samsung and Bose as well. We’re rounding up the best Prime Day deals we can find below, and we’ll continue to update this post as we get closer to the actual sale. Just remember that you’ll need to to see some (but not all) of…
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Automating user and group management with Bash
05 Jul

Automating user and group management with Bash

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Introduction As a SysOps engineer, managing users and groups on a server is one of your routine tasks. This process can be quite time-consuming and susceptible to errors, particularly when handling numerous users. Automating these tasks is crucial for achieving efficiency and reliability. This article will guide you through a Bash script that automates the creation of users and groups, sets up home directories with correct permissions, generates random passwords, and logs all actions. Bash Bash which stands for "Bourne Again Shell" is a command language interpreter and scripting language commonly used in Unix-like operating systems, such as linux and…
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Amazon takes a new brick-and-mortar approach with a stake in Neiman Marcus
05 Jul

Amazon takes a new brick-and-mortar approach with a stake in Neiman Marcus

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Amazon changed the face of retail over the last 20 years but has failed miserably to make inroads in the luxury goods market. Now, it's trying something new. The online retailer has purchased a small stake in retailer Neiman Marcus and will reportedly provide data and logistics to Neiman and its new owner, Saks Fifth Avenue.Yesterday, Saks Fifth Avenue and parent HBC announced the $2.65 billion acquisition of Neiman Marcus (which also owns Bergdorf Goodman), putting the largest US luxury retailers under the same roof, The Wall Street Journal reported. Amazon is a minority investor in the deal, which is…
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Announcing the Alpha Release of xstate-ngx!
05 Jul

Announcing the Alpha Release of xstate-ngx!

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I am very excited to announce the alpha release of xstate-ngx! This marks a significant milestone in integrating XState with Angular, and I can't wait for you to try it out and share your feedback. For now, the project is published under xstate-ngx. However, we're planning to move it into the official XState monorepo once discussions are finalized and your feedback has been implemented. You can track the progress and discussions in the related PR. What is xstate-ngx You might be wondering, what is xstate-ngx?! The official xstate documentation says the following: XState is a state management and orchestration solution…
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YouTube upgrades its ‘erase song’ tool to remove copyrighted music only
05 Jul

YouTube upgrades its ‘erase song’ tool to remove copyrighted music only

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YouTube is trying to make it easy for its creators to remove songs from their videos and resolve copyright claims. In a new Creator Insider video, the website has announced that it has released an upgraded "erase song" tool that has the capability to remove music from video segments without deleting other audio, such as conversations, as well.When creators get a copyright claim for music, YouTube gives them the option to trim out the affected segment or to replace the song with an approved one in its audio library. Creators can't monetize that particular video until they resolve the claim.…
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YouTube film essay pioneers ‘Every Frame a Painting’ is back
05 Jul

YouTube film essay pioneers ‘Every Frame a Painting’ is back

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Between 2014 and 2016, a YouTube channel called Every Frame a Painting posted 28 video essays critiquing movies and dissecting different aspects of filmmaking before it went silent. Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou, the people behind the channel, talked about how Robin Williams was a master at blocking and using movement to portray his characters, as well as how Steven Spielberg does one long takes all the time that tend to go unnoticed by the public, among many other topics. Now, the duo is back, promising another series of video essays followed by the debut of a short film at…
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How to capture a screenshot from a YouTube Video – gHacks Tech News
05 Jul

How to capture a screenshot from a YouTube Video – gHacks Tech News

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Have you ever tried to take a screenshot from a YouTube video? You may have run into a few roadblocks, including YouTube controls visible in the screenshot or a rather bad resolution of it. This guide walks you through the steps of creating YouTube video screenshots that have the following characteristics: The screenshots have the same resolution as the video. No user interface elements are shown. YouTube itself does not support the capturing of screenshots. While it is possible to use functionality of the browser or operating system, these cause the issues mentioned above. Downloading the videos does not work…
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The Morning After: OpenAI’s week of security issues
05 Jul

The Morning After: OpenAI’s week of security issues

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Perhaps unsurprisingly, July 4th was a quiet day for news, but we’ve still got editorials on e-ink writing, the most-delayed video game ever and more bad news from the makers of ChatGPT.Earlier this week, engineer and Swift developer Pedro José Pereira Vieito dug into OpenAI's Mac ChatGPT app and found that it was storing user conversations locally in plain text, rather than encrypting them. Because that app is only available from OpenAI's website, and since it's not available on the App Store, it doesn't have to follow Apple's sandboxing requirements. OpenAI released an update that added encryption to locally stored…
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