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Supreme Court Rejects Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan By Adam Liptak from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/1PvrYZK Decisions and Verdicts, Student Loans, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Education Department (US), Supreme Court (US), United States Politics and Government, Colleges and Universities, Education (K-12), Federal Aid (US)

Biden Vows to Pursue Student Debt Relief With a Different Law By Charlie Savage from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/gwYrAOC Student Loans, Supreme Court (US), Biden, Joseph R Jr, United States Politics and Government, Law and Legislation, Decisions and Verdicts

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Tabnine this week made available in beta a tool that enables developers to use natural language to interact with the artificial intelligence (AI) models embedded within its test automation platform. Brandon Jung, vice president of ecosystems for Tabnine, said Tabnine Chat extends generative AI capabilities the company developed to make it simpler for developers to […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/8uResQi

Brazil Moves to Bar Bolsonaro From Office for Election-Fraud Claims By Jack Nicas from NYT World https://ift.tt/YZsbSKA Elections, Politics and Government, Decisions and Verdicts, Voter Fraud (Election Fraud), Right-Wing Extremism and Alt-Right, Voting Machines, Project Democracy, Courts and the Judiciary, Supreme Federal Court (Brazil), Bolsonaro, Jair (1955- ), Da Silva, Luiz Inacio Lula, Moraes, Alexandre de (1968- ), Brazil

Someone once said, “Life is better at the lake.” That may be true in the physical world, but when it comes to using data lakes for observability, that’s not typically the case. Just about every organization in every industry has a digital presence, whether it’s a website, an app or another digital service. This makes […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/gDdbGh5

AI can support monitoring and observability by analyzing logs and metrics to predict potential system failures or performance degradation. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/PiTe0Wy

Applitools acquired Preflight, which provides a low-code automation platform that makes it possible for developers to write their own tests. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/7yBKHaY

She Said Yes in a House of Worship By Nell Gallogly from NYT Style https://ift.tt/FkQbIp6 Weddings and Engagements

In this week’s #TheLongView: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) goes closed source. Well—not really, but … from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/svTF3Z4

Platform engineering offers lots of tangible benefits for businesses, but sustainable platform engineering can be even better. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/UKa0p3H

Runners-Up From Our 10th Annual Student Editorial Contest By The Learning Network from NYT The Learning Network https://ift.tt/QDJU2EM

Platform engineering bridges the existing gaps between software, hardware and infrastructure that come with adopting DevOps practices. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/7lKnYyH

HashiCorp this week acquired BluBracket to add a set of static secrets discovery tools to its portfolio. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/23Ku8SJ

Less than a third of enterprises are extremely confident that they have the right technology, processes and people in place to execute an effective approach to IT management. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/mC7w5cX

Through Pandemics and Wildfires, Can Air Sensors Keep Offices Safe? By Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/iXkNj6I your-feed-science, Sensors, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Air Pollution, Wildfires, Workplace Environment, Heating, Ventilation and Cooling (HVAC), Carbon Dioxide, ARCHITECTURE, Hazardous and Toxic Substances, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago (Ill), Financial District (Manhattan, NY), United States

Democrats Reach Milestone: 100 New District Court Judges By Carl Hulse from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/tErf1Kc Appointments and Executive Changes, United States Politics and Government, Courts and the Judiciary, Federal Courts (US), Democratic Party, Republican Party, Senate, Biden, Joseph R Jr

Bionic this week added a pair of tools to its application security posture management (ASPM) platform that make it simpler to triage threats based on severity and attach a risk score. Josh Cho, senior director of global systems engineering at Bionic, said the Bionic Signals and Business Risk Scoring tools ingest data from third-party security […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/9MOYn0R

Platform engineering is emerging as method for managing DevOps at scale, but a survey suggested that many organizations are still not clear on the concept. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/WtYL2GB

We are all familiar with DevOps as a newer approach to software development. The concept is designed to enable developers and IT operations teams to work together. Platform engineering, on the other hand, is a more mature, older approach that has become new again. Platform engineering, at its core, is the concept of productizing your […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/fOIwFY8

SEO: The amount of data collected and available to the average DevOps team is incredible. But it's not all being used. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/b5KGdnY

University Sues Cleaning Service After Freezer Mishap Destroys 20 Years of Research By Remy Tumin from NYT New York https://ift.tt/psYf05V Colleges and Universities, Cleaning Services, Research, Laboratories and Scientific Equipment, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Compensation for Damages (Law)

U.S. Sees First Cases of Local Malaria Transmission in Two Decades By Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/1JB4Foy your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare, Malaria, Global Warming, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States, your-feed-science, Mosquitoes, Florida, Texas

Andy Warhol and ‘Fair Use’ in Art By Unknown Author from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/KFdPkSv Warhol, Andy, Supreme Court (US), Art, Copyrights and Copyright Violations, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Law and Legislation, Trump, Donald J, Federalist Society, Cannon, Aileen M, United States Politics and Government, Federal Criminal Case Against Trump (Documents Case), Heating, Ventilation and Cooling (HVAC), Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Living, Elder Care

In my recent article Revolutionizing the Nine Pillars of DevOps with AI-Engineered Tools, I explained that design-for-DevOps practices, a DevOps pillar, involves designing software in a way that supports the DevOps model and CI/CD pipelines. This can include aspects like microservices architecture, modular design and considering operability and deployability from the earliest stages of design. […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/X5vlOwd

Rochelle Walensky: Our Pandemic Despair Is Fading Too Quickly By Rochelle P. Walensky from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/A728PWj Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Politics and Government, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disasters and Emergencies, Epidemics

Anthony Fauci Will Join Faculty at Georgetown University By Mike Ives from NYT Health https://ift.tt/CjE6OPc Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Colleges and Universities, United States Politics and Government, Fauci, Anthony S, Georgetown University

OutSystems, via a Project Morpheus initiative, intends to leverage generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to make it possible to automatically generate an application that developers will then use low-code tools to customize for specific use cases. In the meantime, the company is extending an existing alliance with Microsoft to provide a connector that integrates its […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/WOJM57z

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In Poorer Countries, Obesity Can Signal Financial Security By Patricia Cohen from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/L0EgP5J Obesity, Weight, Income Inequality, Developing Countries, AFRICA, Uganda

DevOps.com is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it easier for DevOps professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of available DevOps talent is still relatively constrained, so […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/7hqsg6o

Extreme Travel Is Inspiring New Types of Insurance By Ephrat Livni, Ravi Mattu and Michael J. de la Merced from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/KaRi2d8 Private Spaceflight, Rescues, Insurance

Go Ahead. Debate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. By Ross Douthat from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/SPN5HvG Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Debates (Political), Cowen, Tyler, Hitchens, Christopher, Hotez, Peter J, Kennedy, Robert F Jr, Rogan, Joe, United States