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GitHub Acquires Semmle

GitHub announced (in a blog post written by Nat Friedman) that is is “welcoming Semmle to GitHub”. The acquisition is seen by GitHub as a big step in securing the open source supply chain. Semmle sees it as “a fabulous milestone in a 13-year journey.” Semmle's revolutionary semantic code analysis engine allows developers to write queries that identify code patterns

Verizon Launched its 5G Ultra Wideband Network

Verizon announced that it officially turned on its 5G Ultra Wideband network in select areas of Minneapolis and Chicago a week ahead of schedule. For the first time ever, customers can access a commercial 5G network with the world's first commercially available 5G-enabled smartphone, the moto z3 combined with 5G moto mod. Customers using Verizon's 5G Ultra Wideband network in

Six Hundred and Twenty Two Advertising Partners

If you still think that privacy and data sharing isn't an issue, then take a look at this... The other day I was visiting a popular gaming website and up popped the the usual notice about use of cookies. Normally I would dismiss these without a second thought but I  was on a tablet and accidently tapped on the link

Internet Use has Plateaued in the United States

The Pew Research Center found that the number of adults in the United States that said they use the internet, social media, own a smartphone or own a tablet computer are nearly identical to the amount who said the same in 2016. Parts of the population have reached near saturation level. Perhaps that isn't surprising. It might alarm social media

“Be Internet Awesome” Teaches Kids Digital Safety and Citizenship

Google has created curriculum that can be used by educators and parents to teach their kids how to make smart decisions online. It is called “Be Internet Awesome”, and it aims to teach children the fundamentals of digital citizenship and safety so they can explore the online world with confidence. “Be Internet Awesome” focuses on five fundamentals in “The Internet Code of

DreamHost Partners With Jetpack for DreamPress Offering

Website hosting provider DreamHost offers a wide range of services to meet its customers' needs. One of those offerings is called DreamPress, DreamHost's fully managed service for users running WordPress-based websites. While it's possible to run a WordPress site on DreamHost's shared and VPS-based hosting solutions, DreamPress is different in that all facets of a user's WordPress installation are fully

NY Attorney General’s Office Calls Time Warner Cable’s Speeds “Abysmal”

The office of New York Attorney General, Eric T. Schniederman, has sent a letter to President and CEO of Charter Communications, Inc., Tom Rutledge, that describes Time Warner Cable's speed as “abysmal”. Charter is the new owner of Time Warner Cable, and has rebranded it as Charter Communications. The letter was published by The Washington Post. It is signed by Senior