Polaris Dawn astronauts perform historic private spacewalk while wearing SpaceX-made suits

A crew of four private astronauts made history in the early hours of Thursday when they opened the hatch of their SpaceX Dragon capsule and conducted the first commercial spacewalk.  The spacewalk, the riskiest part of the five-day Polaris Dawn mission, kicked off at 6:12 a.m. ET when oxygen started flowing into the astronauts’ spacesuits. … Read more

Meta, Snap, and TikTok partner to stop the spread of suicide and self-harm content

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta, Snap, and TikTok have founded a new program called Thrive to help stop the spread of graphic content depicting or encouraging self-harm and suicide. Thrive enables participating companies to share “signals” to alert each other of violating content on their platforms. Thrive is built in conjunction with … Read more

It will cost you over $1,100 to replace the screen on Huawei’s tri-fold phone

You’ll want to be extra careful with Huawei’s new tri-fold Mate XT Ultimate Design smartphone. | Image: Huawei Huawei has revealed the cost of replacement parts for the world’s first dual-hinged, triple-screen folding phone, and it’s another round of sticker shock. The Mate XT Ultimate Design itself starts at around $2,809, but should you damage … Read more

DAO-Funded Hardware Wallet Kampela Secures Polkadot Network Investment

KUOPIO, Finland, September 12th, 2024/Chainwire/–Kampela, an innovative hardware startup, has successfully secured funding through a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) on the Polkadot network, marking a significant milestone as the first hardware project to be fully backed by a DAO in the Polkadot ecosystem. This achievement demonstrates the power of decentralized governance in supporting tangible technological … Read more

Source Code Analysis of Apache SeaTunnel Zeta Engine (Part 2): Task Submission Process on the Client Side

Continuing from the previous article, Source Code Analysis of Apache SeaTunnel Zeta Engine (Part 1): Server Initialization Task Submission on the Client Side In this section, we will explain the task submission process in Apache SeaTunnel using the command-line interface (CLI). To submit a task using the CLI, the command is: ./bin/seatunnel.sh -c <config_path> When we … Read more

Source Code Analysis of Apache SeaTunnel Zeta Engine (Part 1): Server Initialization

This series of articles is based on Apache SeaTunnel version 2.3.6 and introduces the full process of handling a task from submission to execution with the Zeta engine. This document aims to assist newcomers to SeaTunnel by providing some guidance. The article will be divided into three parts, covering the following parts: Initialization of the … Read more

An Abbreviated History of AJAX and SSR

My journey in programming began over two decades ago, a time when JavaScript was a far cry from its current state, and developers were primarily focused on Microsoft Internet Explorer. One of my proudest achievements back then was writing a few lines of code that allowed users to add and remove table rows entirely on … Read more

Aembit Raises $25 Million In Series A Funding For Non-Human Identity And Access Management

SILVER SPRING, United States, September 12th, 2024/CyberNewsWire/–Aembit, the leading non-human identity and access management (IAM) company, has secured $25 million in Series A funding, bringing its total capital raised to nearly $45 million. Acrew Capital led the round, with participation from existing investors Ballistic Ventures, Ten Eleven Ventures, Okta Ventures, and CrowdStrike Falcon Fund. Aembit’s … Read more

Building a Secure Newsletter Subscription with NextJS, Supabase, Nodemailer, and Arcjet 🔐💯

In today’s digital age, newsletters are a powerful tool for engaging with your audience, driving traffic, and building a loyal community around your brand. Enterprise options can be costly for large lists, while free solutions often face spam sign-ups, poor email validation, and inadequate bot protection. In this tutorial, we will build a custom email … Read more

The Future of Cloud Security: Innovative Cybersecurity Solutions for Cloud-Based Environments

Image: Source As cloud computing changes how companies operate, it has also introduced new challenges in these digital environments. Cyberthreats are growing more sophisticated, and traditional security measures are no longer sufficient to preserve cloud-based assets. A survey of nearly 3,000 IT and security professionals from 18 countries found that over a third (39%) of … Read more

How To Find The Best LLM For Your Project

In recent years, I’ve seen a sharp increase in the number of projects related to the use of large language models (LLMs). A typical request looks like this: A certain company handles large amounts of documents with certain “quirks”, for example, judicial documents, instruction manuals, invoices, etc. Manually handling these documents is expensive and labor … Read more

Cohost, the X rival founded with an anti-Big Tech manifesto, is running out of money and will shut down

Cohost, a would-be X rival launched to the public in June 2022, is shutting down, the company announced via the social network’s staff account earlier this week. The service had operated much like Twitter, offering users the ability to follow others, view posts in a feed, and like and repost content shared by others. However, … Read more

Right-wingers can’t get enough of anti-Haitian AI disinformation

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Image Right-wing media figures and influencers have descended on Springfield, Ohio, hunting for anything that can help them prove the veracity of a viral racist rumor about Haitian migrants in the community — and relying on misleading, occasionally AI-generated content to help them prove their point. Springfield, which … Read more

Super Champs Launches L3 Chain On Base, Creates Open Builder Platform For Web3 Games Franchise

PALO ALTO, CA, September 12th, 2024/Chainwire/–The Super Champs Protocol Foundation is excited to announce the launch of the Super Champs Chain – a cutting edge gaming optimized L3 that rolls up to the Base blockchain from Coinbase. Built on the web3 game publishing platform and protocol from Joyride Games, the Chain also includes the BuilderKit, … Read more