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Google expands program to help train the formerly incarcerated

TechCrunch

Last April, Google launched Grow with Google Career Readiness for Reentry, a program created in partnership with nonprofits to offer job readiness and digital skills training for formerly incarcerated individuals. ” Meanwhile, Google.org, Google’s charitable arm, will provide $4.25 For example, U.S.

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Exercises in Programming Style

Henrik Warne

In the book club at work , we recently finished reading Exercises in Programming Style by Cristina Videira Lopes. The book consists of a simple program implemented in 33 different programming styles. The book is relatively new (it was published in 2014), and I don’t think it is as well-known as it deserves to be.

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GitLab oversaw a $195 million secondary sale that values the company at $6 billion

TechCrunch

Company co-founder and CEO Sid Sijbrandij believes the increase is due to his company’s progress adding functionality to the platform. The company, which launched in 2014, offers a DevOps platform to help move applications through the programming lifecycle. GitLab hauls in $268M Series E on 2.75B valuation. ’

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From Bugs to Breaches: 25 Significant CVEs As MITRE CVE Turns 25

Tenable

CVE-2010-2568: Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploited Zero-Day Local Stuxnet High 2010 Why it’s significant: Regarded as one of the most sophisticated cyberespionage tools ever created, Stuxnet was designed to target SCADA systems in industrial environments to reportedly sabotage Iran's nuclear program.

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Why Are There So Few Women in Computer Science?

The Crazy Programmer

This could be due to the “male geek” concept. Many women could feel unwanted and discouraged due to a lack of senior responsibilities. Ada Lovelace created and designed the first computer program. Margaret Hamilton helped the development of programs in which today’s PCs work. Katherine Johnson.

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Remembering the startups we lost in 2020

TechCrunch

The closure came just three years after it launched with the goal to build software for startups to navigate fundraising, hiring, acquisition deals and collaboration with their legal team. When it came to raising a Series B, Merchant says the company struggled to close and lost investor interest due to WeWork’s failed IPO.

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NGA joins GitHub, offers code to help disaster response

CTOvision

NGA joins GitHub, offers code to help disaster response. April 11, 2014. – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency this week joined GitHub, a popular social network that allows programmers to collaborate and share computer code between users. BenBalter : Awesome to see @ NGA_GEOINT pushing code publicly to @ github.