GitHub says goodbye to cookie banners
Microsoft -owned GitHub today announced that it is doing away with all non-essential cookies on its platform. Thanks to this, starting today, GitHub .com and its subdomains will not feature a cookie banner anymore, either. That’s one less cooki.....»»
Twitter is Killing Fleets, Its Expiring Tweets Feature
Say goodbye to Fleets, the row of fullscreen tweets at the top of the Twitter timeline that expire after 24 hours. The ephemeral tweet format is shutting down due to low usage after launching widely just eight months ago. From a report: Starting on A.....»»
Microsoft Gives Employees $1,500 Pandemic Bonus, GitHub Gives Days Off
Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shared this report from the Verge: Microsoft is gifting its employees a $1,500 pandemic bonus. In an internal memo seen by The Verge, the software giant says this one-time bonus "is in recognition of the unique and.....»»
Mixed Reactions to GitHub"s AI-Powered Pair Programmer "Copilot"
Reactions are starting to come in for GitHub's new Copilot coding tool, which one site calls "a product of the partnership between Microsoft and AI research and deployment company OpenAI — which Microsoft invested $1 billion into two years ago......»»
Goodbye CVs — As work went remote, companies flocked to a startup dumping CVs for skill tests
As companies scrambled to re-orient themselves last year during the pandemic, one thing was clear: the shift to remote working had come sooner than anyone expected. With this came a fundamental shift in how businesses would have to hire new talent. A.....»»
GitHub previews new AI tool that makes coding suggestions
GitHub has unveiled a new product that leverages artificial intelligence to help you write code more efficiently. Named GitHub Copilot, today’s new product can suggest lines of code and even sometimes entire functions. GitHub has partnered with Ope.....»»
A new HTTP spec proposes elimination of obnoxious “cookie banners”
Explicit privacy communication mechanism can simplify UI and limit user fatigue. Cookieyes.com—a site devoted to providing GDPR/CCPA consent solutions—unsurprisingly has an excellent, minim.....»»
Microsoft"s GitHub Releases "Visual Studio Code" Extension Allowing Editing Without Cloning Repositories
A new extension for Microsoft's code-editing tool, Visual Studio Code, "allows you to open, edit, and commit back to source-control repos without having to clone them on your local machine," explains a new video. A Microsoft blog post calls it "a n.....»»
Patch Released for 7-Year-Old Privilege Escalation Bug In Linux Service Polkit
Long-time Slashdot reader wildstoo writes: In a blog post on Thursday, GitHub security researcher Kevin Backhouse announced that Polkit, a Linux system service included in several modern Linux distros that provides an organized way for non-privileged.....»»
Say goodbye to Spotify ads: Get 4 free months of Amazon Music Unlimited ahead of Prime Day
Save $31.96: As of June 8, Prime members can get four free months of Amazon Music Unlimited. The service typically costs $7.99 per month for Prime members. (Non-Prime members can get three months for free.) Amazon has been known to offer free period.....»»
A Big Chunk of the Internet Goes Offline Because of a Faulty CDN Provider
TechCrunch reports: Countless popular websites including Reddit, Spotify, Twitch, Stack Overflow, GitHub, gov.uk, Hulu, HBO Max, Quora, PayPal, Vimeo, Shopify, Stripe, and news outlets CNN, The Guardian, The New York Times, BBC and Financial Times ar.....»»
GitHub Honors Class of 2021 with "GitHub Yearbook" and "GitHub Graduation" Ceremony
An anonymous reader writes: This week the GitHub Yearbook went live, with 6794 "graduates" featured on a special web page showcasing "any student who has graduated, or plans to graduate, in 2021... This includes bootcamps, code camps, high school gr.....»»
Wikipedia campaigns for donations, assumes for-profit stance
The ubiquitous non-profit online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, is once again asking its readers to donate. You've likely seen the banners at the top of each page......»»
Europe’s cookie consent reckoning is coming
Cookie pop-ups getting you down? Complaints that the web is ‘unusable’ in Europe because of frustrating and confusing ‘data choices’ notifications that get in the way of what you’re trying to do online certainly arenR.....»»
Coalition Including Microsoft, Linux Foundation, GitHub Urge Green Software Development
"To help realize the possibility of carbon-free applications, Microsoft, the consultancies Accenture and ThoughtWorks, the Linux Foundation, and Microsoft-owned code-sharing site, GitHub, have launched The Green Software Foundation," reports ZDNet:.....»»
Developer makes CAPTCHAs fun with Doom minigame
Miquel Camps Orteza created the aptly named DOOM CAPTCHA (try it below) and posted it to his Github page. This isn’t Doom as seen on PC, or the hundreds of other devices id Software’s FPS has been made to run on, but a still screen that tasks you.....»»
Google Unveils Site Showcasing Google-Approved Open Source Tools and Tutorials for Google-Technology Developers
Quoting the Google Developers blog: Developers around the world are constantly creating open source tools and tutorials but have a hard time getting them discovered. The content published often spanned many different sites - from GitHub to Medium. T.....»»
In a year, we’ll finally be able to say goodbye to Internet Explorer for good
Microsoft is officially putting an end to Internet Explorer. The company announced that IE will no longer be supported on most versions of Windows 10......»»
Github reverses takedown of reverse-engineered GTA source code
Identical fork is restored after DMCA counterclaim. Shots from the reverse-engineered version of Grand Theft Auto III showing off the graphical improvements over the 2002 original......»»
I tracked my kid with Apple"s Airtags to test its privacy features
I clipped a keychain with one of Apple's tiny new Bluetooth trackers, AirTags, onto my son's book bag and waved goodbye to him on the school bus. I watched on my iPhone's Find My app as the bus stopped at a light a few blocks down from our street......»»
Goodbye again, Flash—Microsoft makes removal from Windows 10 mandatory
Windows "Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player" becomes mandatory this July. Microsoft rings yet another bell in the dirge for Flash—the KB that removes it from Windows 10 will become mandatory this July. (credit: Adobe) Microsoft, Apple,.....»»