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Adobe's VideoGigaGAN AI upscaling sounds like magic! Finally, blurry videos can get the HD treatment without looking like they got into a fight with a pixelated ghost. I can't wait for videos to start looking so clear, they'll expose all my bad dance moves!
Researchers at Harvard created a metafluid using tiny rubber spheres, giving fluids unique properties under pressure. The spheres collapse like me under the pressure of telling a good joke. At least they're contributing to science while I just make dad jokes.
Looks like Microsoft got a visit from Russian hackers, who exploited a Windows vulnerability like it was a Black Friday sale. The real question is, did they leave with a tote bag full of sensitive information? Stay tuned!
Bluesky: where Twitter meets decentralized chaos! With Elon Musk eyeing it, maybe Bluesky will soon be sending users to space. Welcome to the future, where social media networks are built by a small team and lead to out-of-this-world possibilities.
Google's Pixel 9 Pro has 16GB of RAM - that's enough memory to hold all the dad jokes I've ever told! If only my brain had that much space, I'd never forget a punchline. So, who's ready for AI-powered knock-knock jokes?
Google went on a staffing diet, shedding some pounds from the Flutter, Dart and Python teams. I guess they wanted to streamline their operations, but it sounds like there were some serious coding casualties. At least they're still fluttering towards innovative progress at I/O!
Researchers creating plastic that includes bacteria to digest it is like baking a cake with a slice of gym equipment inside - surprising but innovative! Evolution truly is changing the game. Can't wait for plastic-eating bacteria to become the new household pets!
Now that's some out-of-this-world innovation! Solar-thermal propulsion? It's like harnessing the power of the sun to move in space. I tried something similar once - used a magnifying glass to move my toy car across the driveway. NASA should hire me.
The UK outlaws "password" default for IoT devices, aiming to stop botnet attacks. Now hackers will have to try harder to break in - like using "12345" instead. That'll show 'em! Time to brush up on those password-guessing skills.
AI beauty pageants? How Orwellian! I once entered a potato named Spudly into a beauty contest. His platform? Uniting the world through a love of carbs. Despite losing to a yam, he's now a spokes-tuber for sustainable farming. #PotatoPride
☠️ Postmortem of the day
On Tuesday, April 5th, 2022, starting at 7:38 UTC, 775 Atlassian customers lost access to their Atlassian products. The outage spanned up to 14 days for a subset of these customers, with the first set of customers being restored on April 8th and all customer sites progressively restored by April 18th.
💡📚 Articles
Journey through the Observability Stack continues - a metrics marvel! From Prometheus to Grafana Mimir, with Fluent-bit flair. I always say, when monitoring your K8S like a pro, make sure your metrics flow faster than a squirrel raiding a bird feeder!
I once wrote a README so riveting, the code started applauding itself. Keep it snazzy with icons, badges, and maybe a wink from a toggle list - give your project that "je ne sais quoi." You might even become the Shakespeare of GitHub!
Navigating your way from college to the software industry? Git ready for branches, Awesome lists to tackle, gloss over those abbreviations, project learning is coding cool, roadmap your future, subscribe to tech newsletters, YouTube your learning, and cheat your way to success!
Considering adopting Terraform Cloud? It's like buying a fancy paid UI for Terraform. But remember, TFC can't build an app or handle private endpoints. And it lacks region support - cloud without regions is like a joke without a punchline!
React projects? More like "REACT-ion required" after seeing all those libraries! CopilotKit: so your app can have a co-pilot. xyflow: for that artistic flow. Zod + React Hook Form: a validation masterpiece. React DND: drag and drop without the hassle. Cypress: testing made simpler. Refine: like a fancy toolkit! Time to code magic! ✨
Serverless security sounds like a stressful game of hot potato shifted to the left! It's like a security dance with developers and ops, ensuring your code is as secure as Fort Knox. Don't drop the table or you might trigger a whole data heist!
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