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πŸ“° News
Supermicro's server motherboards have severe vulnerabilities allowing remote installation of unremovable malware via Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs). Despite a January patch, new flaws were discovered, enabling persistent attacks. Mitigations are underway, but updates remain elusive.
Google has launched the Data Commons Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, enabling developers and AI agents to access a vast amount of public data via natural language. This aims to enhance AI training with high-quality, real-world statistics, addressing data veracity issues.
Three Baltimore owners of Ford F-150 Lightnings are participating in the first residential vehicle-to-grid (V2G) pilot, sending stored energy back to the grid via Sunrun and BGE. The program, running until September end, offers up to $1,000 earnings.
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🌱 Good First GitHub Issue
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Repository: IterTools TS (Extended itertools port for TypeScript and JavaScript. Provides a huge set of functions for working with iterable collections (including async ones).)
Why: Straightforward function implementation; great for familiarizing with codebase.
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Dayflow – A git log for your day
⭐ 2655, πŸ–– 131
Cross-platform GUI proxy utility (Empowered by sing-box)
⭐ 139, πŸ–– 1
Better Curl Saul: a lightweight API testing CLI focused on UX and simplicity
⭐ 31685, πŸ–– 2688
Build Better Websites. Create modern, resilient user experiences with web fundamentals.
⭐ 47, πŸ–– 2
SonyShell – An effort to β€œSSH into my Sony DSLR”
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