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U.S. Strike-First Cyber Deterrence Risks Increased Weaponization of Cyberspace

Ooda Loop

Recently, the White Houses nominee to become the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy (ASD-CP) advocated for increased offensive cyber operations and using artificial intelligence (AI) as a means of bolstering the United States ability to deter hostile cyber threat actors. The fairly new senior position serves as the principal cyber advisor to the Secretary of Defense and was […] The post U.S.

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Microsoft’s May 2025 Patch Tuesday Addresses 71 CVEs (CVE-2025-32701, CVE-2025-32706, CVE-2025-30400)

Tenable

5 Critical 66 Important 0 Moderate 0 Low Microsoft addresses 71 CVEs including seven zero-days, five of which were exploited in the wild. Microsoft patched 71 CVEs in its May 2025 Patch Tuesday release, with five rated critical and 66 rated as important. This months update includes patches for: NET, Visual Studio, and Build Tools for Visual Studio Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Azure Azure Automation Azure DevOps Azure File Sync Azure Storage Resource Provider Microsoft Brokering

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Start small, think big: Scaling AI with confidence

CIO

AI is having its moment. Theres no shortage of headlines, hype, or hesitation. The conversation often swings between awe and anxiety and I get it. Its hard to know where to start without overcomplicating things. But thats the point. You dont need to start big. You just need to start smart. Keep it simple. Then keep going. The biggest myth I hear? That everyone else already has this figured out.

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Linux drops support for 486 and early Pentium processors (20 years after Microsoft)

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Do you know anyone who's still running a PC from the early 2000s?

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Struggling to Scale Test Coverage Under Pressure?

When test coverage falls behind release velocity, quality suffers, and your team feels the consequences. This guide outlines when it makes sense to outsource quality assurance (QA), the risks to watch for, and how to scale testing without increasing headcount or slowing down engineering. You will learn how leading teams are leveraging external QA partners to expand coverage, enhance defect detection, and remain aligned with CI/CD timelines.

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Palo Alto Networks: Champion in Two Canalys Global Leadership Matrices

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks Is Recognized for Excellence in the Channel and Cybersecurity Quadrants for 2025 We are honored to announce that we have been named a Champion in not one, but two Canalys Global Leadership matrices for 2025 the first-ever Canalys Global Channel Leadership Matrix and the Canalys Global Cybersecurity Leadership Matrix. These placements highlight our commitment to supporting partner growth while helping our customers solve their complex cybersecurity challenges with comprehensiv

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The DevOps Bottleneck: Why IaC Orchestration is the Missing Piece 

DevOps.com

Infrastructure -as-code (IaC) is not just a nice-to-have but is a necessity for scaling DevOps without burning out your team.

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Use AI at work? You might be ruining your reputation, a new study finds

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Employees using generative AI tools might not want to talk about it. There are some exceptions, however.

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Diplomatic spat ignites as Poland accuses Russia of sabotage 

Ooda Loop

Poland is accusing Russia of sabotage, summoning the countrys ambassador and closing its consulate in Krakow. The actions were announced on Monday, coming as Poland reported that following an investigation, it was revealed that a massive fire in Warsaw in May 2024 at a shopping center had been orchestrated by Russian intelligence services. Polands role […] The post Diplomatic spat ignites as Poland accuses Russia of sabotage appeared first on OODAloop.

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Mastering Advanced Traffic Management in Multi-Cloud Kubernetes: Scaling With Multiple Istio Ingress Gateways

Dzone - DevOps

In my experience managing large-scale Kubernetes deployments across multi-cloud platforms, traffic control often becomes a critical bottleneck, especially when dealing with mixed workloads like APIs, UIs, and transactional systems. While Istios default ingress gateway does a decent job, I found that relying on a single gateway can introduce scaling and isolation challenges.

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Subscription Management in the SaaS World: Challenges and Solutions

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CVE-2025-4427, CVE-2025-4428: Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Remote Code Execution

Tenable

Remote code execution vulnerability in a popular mobile device management solution from Ivanti has been exploited in the wild in limited attacks Background On May 13, Ivanti released a security advisory to address a high severity remote code execution (RCE) and a medium severity authentication bypass vulnerability in its Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) product, a mobile management software that can be used for mobile device management (MDM), mobile application management (MAM) and mobile content

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Developing Software That Solves Real-World Problems – A Technologist’s View

DevOps.com

Solving real-world issues with software is not only about creating the biggest and the best system, but creating the right one.

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This $400 Motorola has no business being this good (and it comes with a stylus)

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Despite its midrange price point, the Moto G Stylus 2025 punches well above its weight with a snappy chipset and brilliant AMOLED screen.

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437,000 Impacted by Ascension Health Data Breach 

Ooda Loop

A recently disclosed data breach of healthcare system Ascension Health is impacting over 437,000 patients. Although the incident did not involve Ascension Healths systems, a business partner of Ascension was victim to the hack which inadvertently exposed patient data. Hackers were able to target a vulnerability in Ascensions third-party software. Patients in Alabama, Michigan, Indiana, […] The post 437,000 Impacted by Ascension Health Data Breach appeared first on OODAloop.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Git hooks to keep my blog clean

Marcusoft

As I wrote in the last post Ive created a little script that spell checks all my blog posts. That was about 3000+ spelling mistakes. And I then created a similar script to lint the markdown on all blog posts. Another 1250 warnings and errors. Now that Ive cleaned that up - I never want to do that again. No - rather I would like to check for problems every time I make a change.

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Introducing the Netlify Cache API

Netlify

Discover the new Netlify Cache API beta. Built on web standards, it lets developers cache fetch requests in serverless and edge functions. Works seamlessly with any framework (or without one) for faster, more resilient apps.

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Survey: Software Quality Continues to Be Sacrificed in the Name of Speed

DevOps.com

A global survey of 2,750 IT, DevOps leaders and software developers finds nearly half of respondents (45%) admit their organization prioritizes delivery speed over software quality, with 63% acknowledging their organization deploys code without fully testing it. Only 13% of respondents said their organization is focused on improving software quality.

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Should you switch to Wi-Fi 7? My buying advice after testing a next-gen router at home

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

The Asus RT-BE86U boasts robust security and next-generation high-speed internet capabilities, but does it justify an upgrade?

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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India and Pakistan Hold Talks Aimed at Extending Cease-Fire 

Ooda Loop

On Monday, officials from India and Pakistan held talks over extending the fragile ceasefire between the two countries. The agreement has stopped the most expansive fighting between the two states in decades, but it could collapse at any moment. India has announced that civilian flights will resume in its north, and all airports in Pakistan […] The post India and Pakistan Hold Talks Aimed at Extending Cease-Fire appeared first on OODAloop.

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Takeaways from Coding with AI

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

I thought Id offer a few takeaways and reflections based on last weeks first AI Codecon virtual conference, Coding with AI: The End of Software Development as We Know It. Im also going to include a few short video excerpts from the event. If you registered for Coding with AI or if youre an existing OReilly subscriber, you can watch or rewatch the whole thing on the OReilly learning platform.

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May 2025 Patch Tuesday

Ivanti

May Patch Tuesday resolves five actively exploited and two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities. Spoiler alert: all five zero-days are resolved by deploying the Windows OS update. Also, this month Windows 11 and Server 2025 updates include some new AI features, but they carry a lot of baggage. Literally they are around 4GB! New AI features include Recall, Click to Do and Improved Windows Search.

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CodeSOD: Exactly a Date

The Daily WTF

Alexandar sends us some C# date handling code. The best thing one can say is that they didn't reinvent any wheels, but that might be worse, because they used the existing wheels to drive right off a cliff. try { var date = DateTime.ParseExact(member.PubDate.ToString(), "M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss tt" , null ); objCustomResult.PublishedDate = date; } catch (Exception datEx) { } member.PubDate is a Nullable.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Sick of weak Wi-Fi? How I got wired home internet without running Ethernet cable

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Got cable outlets? Just use an adapter and get wired-speed internet in minutes - here's how.

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US sanctions on China refiners over Iran oil disrupt operations, sources say

Ooda Loop

Recent U.S. sanctions on two small Chinese refiners for buying Iranian oil have created difficulties receiving crude and led them to sell product under other names, sources familiar with the matter said, evidence of the disruption that Washington’s stepped-up pressure is inflicting on Tehran’s biggest oil buyer. The targeting of independent refiners, known as teapots, […] The post US sanctions on China refiners over Iran oil disrupt operations, sources say appeared first on OOD

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Galaxy 2025: Building boldly in the age of AI

LaunchDarkly

LaunchDarkly provides simple, scalable feature flag & toggle management (feature management) for the modern enterprise. Eliminate risk, deliver value.

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New Guides PR, Rails World Updates and more!

Ruby on Rails

Hi, its Vipul! Lets explore this weeks changes in the Rails codebase. New Guides Pull Request for review A new guides Pull Request is up, which updates the Rails Application Template Guide and also merges it with Rails Generators Guide. If you are well versed in these areas, please review and submit your feedback on the PR! Rails World updates! Check out the latest updates on schedule, new ticket types and availability and a new Rails at Scale event!

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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CodeSOD: Would a Function by Any Other Name Still be WTF?

The Daily WTF

"Don't use exception handling for normal flow control," is generally good advice. But Andy 's lead had a PhD in computer science, and with that kind of education, wasn't about to let good advice or best practices tell them what to do. That's why, when they needed to validate inputs, they wrote code C# like this: public static bool IsDecimal ( string theValue ) { try { Convert.ToDouble(theValue); return true ; } catch { return false ; } } They attempt to convert, and if th

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I found a minimal Linux distro that's fast and efficient for all experience levels

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Xubuntu is built for speed and simplicity: a refreshingly easy OS that is highly customizable.

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Philippines election results a “Duterte landslide,” family of detained former President Rodrigo Duterte boasts

Ooda Loop

Despite his detention by the International Criminal Court, former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to have been elected as mayor in his home city by a landslide, according to preliminary results on Tuesday. At least five candidates backed by his family were also among those leading the race for 12 Senate positions, in a stronger-than-expected […] The post Philippines election results a “Duterte landslide,” family of detained former President Rodrigo Duterte boasts

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