How we solved request logging at scale by moving from MariaDB to ClickHouse, Kafka, and Vector after our deprecated database engine couldn’t keep up with billions of monthly requests. This article is based on a talk that I gave at … Read more
Millions of Americans can have their data stolen right now because of a deficiency in Google’s “Sign in with Google” authentication flow. If you’ve worked for a startup in the past – especially one that has since shut down – … Read more
The majority of carbon offset schemes are significantly overestimating the levels of deforestation they are preventing, according to a study published in Science. This means that many of the “carbon credits” bought by companies to balance out emissions are not … Read more
Millions of GitHub repositories may be vulnerable to dependency repository hijacking, also known as “RepoJacking,” which could help attackers deploy supply chain attacks impacting a large number of users. The warning comes from AquaSec’s security team, ‘Nautilus,’ who analyzed a sample of … Read more
Journals have widely differing manuscript-formatting requirements, greatly inconveniencing researchers.Credit: Tatomm/Getty For scientists submitting their papers to journals, there’s an all-too-familiar drill: spend hours formatting the paper to meet the journal’s guidelines; if the paper is rejected, sink more time into … Read more
Hiding malicious programs in a computer’s UEFI firmware, the deep-seated code that tells a PC how to load its operating system, has become an insidious trick in the toolkit of stealthy hackers. But when a motherboard manufacturer installs its own … Read more
BERLIN (AP) — Public transit companies in Germany say more than 3 million people have already snapped up a new ticket being launched Monday that allows them to use all local and regional trains, buses and metros across the country … Read more
Serving a metric buttload of WebSockets using no more than a consumer grade laptop and a bit of Wifi With the newly released TypeScript web server project uWebSockets.js, we saw not only improved performance but improved memory usage as well. … Read more
The Department of Justice filed in court today a multi-million-dollar settlement agreement with Uber Technologies Inc. (Uber) to resolve a lawsuit alleging that Uber violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Under the agreement, Uber will offer several million dollars … Read more
A shredded electric vehicle battery can yield recyclable metals, but it is often cheaper for batterymakers to use new materials. Argonne National Laboratory By Ian MorseMay. 20, 2021 , 12:44 PM The battery pack of a Tesla Model S is … Read more