Manifold: Say Goodbye to Checked Exceptions
Overview Most contemporary JVM languages including Scala, Kotlin, and Ceylon, do not distinguish between checked and unchecked exceptions, they’re all treated as unchecked. Similarly, the .NET...
Rust 1.37.0 release: refer to enum variants through type aliases & more
Rust-lang version 1.37.0 arrived on August 15th, 2019 – and it brings with it quite a lot of changes. Let’s get straight to it, shall we?...
Using open source in your enterprise? What to look out for
According to Statista, the open source market was valued at $11.4 billion in 2017 and is estimated to grow to $32.95 billion by 2022, showing it...
ICO report reveals real time buying puts your data at risk
A recent report by the ICO has revealed that real time buying (RTB) in the programmatic advertising industry does not abide by GDPR requirements. This raises serious...
Geek Trivia: What Gemstone Was Originally, But No Longer, Considered Precious?
What Gemstone Was Originally, But No Longer, Considered Precious? Amethyst Lapis Lazuli Topaz Tourmaline Think you know the answer? Source : Geek Trivia: What Gemstone Was...
Microsoft Confirms Your Cortana and Skype Recordings Aren’t Private Either, Surprising No One
At this point, if you don’t want strangers to listen to recordings from your devices, it’s looking like you may just have to go off the...
YouTube Forbids Monetizing Short Music Clips Through Manual Content-ID Claims
Millions of people use YouTube to share their creations with the world, as commentary, entertainment, education, or for any other purpose they see fit. In most...
Cops Intervene After Amazon’s ‘Mrs. Maisel’ Promotion Is So Good, It Stops Traffic
Amazon’s latest promotion for its Emmy-nominated comedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel—dialing back prices around Los Angeles to reflect the show’s 1959 setting—proved so popular that police...
Man Caught Playing Pokemon Go On Eight Phones In His Car
You know how there’s a warning on Pokemon Go not to play the game while driving? This guy never got the memo, and when he is...
Donald Trump is Floating the Idea of Buying Greenland to Anyone and Everyone
According to a story from the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, President Donald Trump has repeatedly asked his top aides “with varying degrees of seriousness” how...
