News and Tech Update

Judge Dismisses Suit Seeking to Ban Smoking in Atlantic City Casinos By Erin Nolan and Hurubie Meko from NYT New York https://ift.tt/ve4rMYd Workplace Hazards and Violations, Casinos, Courts and the Judiciary, Labor and Jobs, Atlantic City (NJ), Smoking and Tobacco

Migrating your project means moving your data from the on-premises data center to the cloud. Migration is a big task and AWS facilitates migration in phases. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/reyJV6l

An Obesity Drug Prevents Covid Deaths, Study Suggests By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nMpESPT Deaths (Fatalities), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Semaglutide (Drug), Heart, Weight, Disease Rates, Clinical Trials, Research, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Longevity, Infections, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Programmers say that adopting generative AI is a top priority for their companies and that such investments create openings for new products. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/o7im8zJ

Donald Trump Courts the Manoverse By John Branch from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/C25sQTE Presidential Election of 2024, United States Politics and Government, Social Media, Youth, Men and Boys, Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming, Content Type: Personal Profile, Barstool Sports Inc, Democratic Party, Nelk Boys, Republican Party, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Carlson, Tucker, Clinton, Hillary Rodham, Harris, Kamala D, Hogan, Hulk, Kaepernick, Colin, Kid Rock, Musk, Elon, Paul, Jake (1997- ), Paul, Logan (1995- ), Rogan, Joe, White, Dana (1969- ), Walz, Tim, Vance, J D, Trump, Donald J Jr, Trump, Donald J, Ross, Adin (2000- )

No Vaccines, Tests or Treatments: Congo Lacks Tools to Confront Mpox By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/w9Ks0Mp Disease Rates, Monkeypox, Tests (Medical), Vaccination and Immunization, Epidemics, Research, Viruses, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Youth, Congo, Democratic Republic of (Congo-Kinshasa)

How Does Mpox Spread, and Who Is Most at Risk? By Dani Blum from NYT Well https://ift.tt/zHgWnsR Disease Rates, Monkeypox, Vaccination and Immunization, Deaths (Fatalities), Medicine and Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, AFRICA

The Mpox Crisis Is Much Bigger Than Mpox By Nicaise Ndembi, Jean Kaseya, Ngashi Ngongo, Tajudeen Raji and Morenike O Folayan from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/pZOotg6 Monkeypox, Disease Rates, Epidemics, Medicine and Health, Rumors and Misinformation, Politics and Government, Vaccination and Immunization, Foreign Aid, Death and Dying, Health Care Workers, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, AFRICA, Congo, Democratic Republic of (Congo-Kinshasa)

Tulsi Gabbard, Robert Kennedy and Trump’s ‘Game of Thrones’ By Charles M. Blow from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/iUCFSqg Kennedy, Robert Francis, Gabbard, Tulsi (1981- ), Trump, Donald J, Vance, J D, Graham, Lindsey, Presidential Election of 2024, Republican Party, The Apprentice (TV Program)

U.K.’s Starmer Wants to ‘Turn a Corner on Brexit.’ What Does That Mean? By Stephen Castle from NYT World https://ift.tt/oVCG8IT International Relations, Great Britain Withdrawal from EU (Brexit), Youth, Treaties, Referendums, European Union, Starmer, Keir, Scholz, Olaf (1958- ), Berlin (Germany), Europe, Germany, Great Britain

Broadcom today at the VMware Explore 2024 conference added an on-premises edition of its Rally project management application for managing software engineering projects. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/TrWGNnF

‘A Terrible President’: 12 Times Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Criticized Trump By Tim Balk from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/0Vt3ujS Presidential Election of 2024, Kennedy, Robert F Jr, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government

Every day is a new day until it's not. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/pCX2sFf

Why Is the Loneliness Epidemic so Hard to Cure? By Matthew Shaer from NYT Magazine https://ift.tt/m8RwqjT Loneliness, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Psychology and Psychologists, Friendship, Mental Health and Disorders

This week's weekly report of great DevOps job opportunities includes senior DevOps engineer roles at ADT and Fortinet. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/CRgZiap

A New Generation of Club Kids Is Born. They’re Younger Than You Think. By Rachel Sherman from NYT Style https://ift.tt/sv4Ifb5 Dancing, Parties (Social), Children and Childhood, Families and Family Life, Content Type: Service, Brooklyn (NYC), Harlem (Manhattan, NY), Nowadays (Queens, NY, Bar)

Fauci Recovering From West Nile Virus Infection By Johnny Diaz from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/AJVbrRh Mosquitoes, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Epidemics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fauci, Anthony S, West Nile Virus, Viruses

GitLab this week made generally available a set of generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that DevOps teams can add on to the continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform it provides. Priced at $39 per user per month, the add-on for GitLab Duo Enterprise provides all the AI capabilities of GitLab Duo Pro along with tools to […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/x40FDBE

A global survey of 65,437 developers conducted by Stack Overflow finds 62% are already using artificial intelligence (AI) tools, with an additional 14% planning to adopt these tools this year. Additionally, most developers agree that AI tools will be more integrated across the documenting of code (81%), testing code (80%) and writing code (76%), the […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/kmZour9

A survey of 1,296 DevOps professionals building and deploying applications on top of the Salesforce software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform finds 53% work for organizations that have embraced continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) platforms, with another 28% planning to adopt. Conducted by Gearset, a provider of a DevOps platform for building and deploying custom SaaS applications, the survey […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/Ct4pDoY

Coming of Age in 2024: Explore Your Political Identity and Values By Katherine Schulten from NYT The Learning Network https://ift.tt/rS3Ies7

Cary, North Carolina, 22nd August 2024, CyberNewsWire from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/o7lABxK

Whooping Cough Is Coming Back By Dani Blum from NYT Well https://ift.tt/XtTZxuB Whooping Cough, Coughs, Vaccination and Immunization, Disease Rates, Bacteria

Thailand Confirms Its First Case of New, Deadlier Mpox Version By Sui-Lee Wee from NYT World https://ift.tt/iwlBpEJ Monkeypox, Thailand, World Health Organization, Epidemics

What Kalamazoo (Yes, Kalamazoo) Reveals About the Nation’s Housing Crisis By Conor Dougherty and Jamie Kelter Davis from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/zjIDFwT Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Zoning, Poverty, Affordable Housing, Shortages, Recession and Depression, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Law and Legislation, Land Use Policies, Building (Construction), Enterprise Community Partners, Kalamazoo Promise, Kalamazoo (Mich), Michigan, California, United States

They Spouted Hate Online. Then They Were Arrested. By Mark Landler from NYT World https://ift.tt/xRpr6fh Social Media, Rumors and Misinformation, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, England, Great Britain, Starmer, Keir, Sumption, Jonathan (1948- ), Musk, Elon, X (Formerly Twitter), Sentences (Criminal), Politics and Government, Polls and Public Opinion

They Spouted Hate Online. Then They Were Arrested. By Mark Landler from NYT World https://ift.tt/cKsAx60 Social Media, Rumors and Misinformation, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, England, Great Britain, Starmer, Keir, Sumption, Jonathan (1948- ), Musk, Elon, X (Formerly Twitter), Sentences (Criminal), Politics and Government, Polls and Public Opinion

AMD’s recent acquisition of ZT Systems for $1.9 billion opens new doors for enhancing sustainability in the data center and AI markets. Here’s how this strategic move could advance AMD’s environmental goals, along with some potential challenges: 1. Improved Energy Efficiency ZT Systems specializes in energy-efficient hyperscale server solutions. By combining their expertise with AMD’s high-performance processors, […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/le81fGh

Wednesday Briefing: The U.S.’s Secret Nuclear Strategy By Justin Porter from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/Wnvb3kL

Automation not only improves the efficiency of DevOps but also helps in carrying out tedious tasks meticulously and easily. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/OpF65cj

Some Republicans Will Take Center Stage at the Democratic Convention By Tim Balk from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/ChyGQRg Presidential Election of 2024, Democratic National Convention, Endorsements, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Harris, Kamala D, Kinzinger, Adam, Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria, Trump, Donald J, Chicago (Ill)

Survivors of Doomsday Starvation Cult Testify Against Pastor and 93 Associates By Abdi Latif Dahir from NYT World https://ift.tt/XKkJ8As Religious Cults, AFRICA, Kenya, Mombasa (Kenya), Child Abuse and Neglect, Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, Religion-State Relations

Convention Gives Chicago’s Mayor His Biggest Platform and His Biggest Test By Mitch Smith from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/Nf2pdt0 Democratic National Convention, Johnson, Brandon (Chicago, Ill, Politician), Chicago (Ill), United States Politics and Government

Are you looking for a new job? Here are some of the latest DevOps opportunities, including Netflix and American Express engineer roles. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/OIcZEPm

A Vice Presidential Learning Curve: How Kamala Harris Picked Her Shots By Peter Baker and Zolan Kanno-Youngs from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/eY6HIsu United States Politics and Government, Harris, Kamala D, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Vice Presidents and Vice Presidency (US), Presidential Election of 2024, Abortion, Gun Control, Supreme Court (US), Jackson, Ketanji Brown (1970- ), Content Type: Personal Profile, Illegal Immigration, Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization (Supreme Court Decision), United States International Relations, Senate

How a Brooklyn Business Owner and Foodie Spends Her Sundays By Ilana Kaplan from NYT New York https://ift.tt/efhH3lM Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Restaurants, Cooking and Cookbooks, Veganism, Shopping and Retail, Food, Black People, Blacks, Fashion and Apparel, Small Business, Sincerely, Tommy (Brooklyn, NY, Retail Store), Bedford-Stuyvesant (Brooklyn, NY), Brooklyn (NYC)

Hardening the security around open source software has been a key part of the White House’s larger cybersecurity efforts since President Biden released his executive order for improving the United States’ security posture in May 2021, only months after taking office. Now the Biden Administration and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are putting $11 […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/1Wuh8vp

Mpox Case in Sweden Sets Off Concerns of Wider Spread in Europe By Lynsey Chutel, Jenny Gross and Christina Anderson from NYT World https://ift.tt/K0dSEGT Monkeypox, Epidemics, Infections, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Bavarian Nordic AS, European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Sweden, Congo, Democratic Republic of (Congo-Kinshasa)

The Artist Tackling One of Our Last Taboos By Sasha Weiss and Justin French from NYT T Magazine https://ift.tt/eg5ID4u Art, Content Type: Personal Profile, Parenting, Sculpture, Henrot, Camille

Democrats Lean Into Liberty and the Language of Republicans By Katie Glueck from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/9yEqUoA Democratic Party, Harris, Kamala D, Walz, Tim, Presidential Election of 2024, United States Politics and Government

Burning Man Has Sold Out Since 2011. Why Not This Year? By Amanda Holpuch from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/p6rRKt9 Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Two Thousand Twenty Three, Festivals, Burning Man Festival, Box Office Sales, Conservation of Resources, Deserts, Shutdowns (Institutional), Rain, Temperature, Finances, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Reno (Nev), Nevada, Washoe County (Nev), San Francisco (Calif)

eBPF is so groundbreaking. It is not just about kernel modules. User-level tools are also beginning to be outperformed by eBPF equivalents. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/e5yXsV8

Seeking Calm, Columbia University Asks a Doctor to Lead By Alan Blinder from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/PHZr08f Colleges and Universities, Israel-Gaza War (2023- ), Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests (2023- ), Columbia University, Shafik, Nemat

Foxconn Is Building an Electric Car Factory Next to Where It Makes iPhones By Meaghan Tobin and John Liu from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/YPtSG2n Foxconn Technology, Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, Apple Inc, Automobiles, Factories and Manufacturing, iPhone, China

DevSecOps isn't just ticking boxes; it is about weaving security into the fabric of software creation from start to finish, which not only tightens protection but also speeds things up and keeps us on the right side of regulations. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/g4Ny6Ii

Walz Faces New Scrutiny Over 2020 Riots: Was He Too Slow to Send Troops? By Mitch Smith from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/lqCMUg7 Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings, George Floyd Protests (2020), Walz, Tim, Minneapolis (Minn)

Registering Voters and Certifying the Votes By Unknown Author from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/6L3NsHO Voting Rights, Registration and Requirements, Presidential Election of 2024, United States Politics and Government, Elections, Youth, Trump, Donald J, Harris, Kamala D, Artificial Intelligence, Olympic Games (2024), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Food, Global Warming