News and Tech Update

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Ee2kw5J Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Long Covid, Disease Rates, Chronic Condition (Health), Youth, Lancet Infectious Diseases, The (Journal), your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare

ControlMonkey today added artificial intelligence (AI) agents to its infrastructure automation platform that promise to make it simpler for almost any developer to securely provision infrastructure as code (IaC). Company CEO Aharon Twizer said this KoMo AI extension to the ControlMonkey platform will eliminate a skills gap that often conspires to slow the pace at […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/Q90Il6d

Env Zero (formerly env0) has revamped its Cloud Governance Platform with AI and MCP support, including a new Static Code Analyzer Agent to streamline IaC governance, compliance, and security across tools like Terraform, Pulumi, and Kubernetes. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/Ee0tAOw

The Futurum Group’s latest Signal report on Software Development Platforms names Microsoft, AWS, and Google as the top three providers, each achieving Elite status with scores above 90. Microsoft led across all five measured attributes — business value, innovation, vision, execution, and ecosystem — underscoring its longstanding developer focus. AWS and Google continue to close the gap with strong AI integration and ecosystem growth, while challengers like Oracle, IBM, Red Hat, GitHub, Atlassian, and Salesforce also scored competitively. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/t4oNyUW

What Really Drives Vaccine Hesitancy By Jennifer Reich from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2UzAbdS Vaccination and Immunization, Parenting, Children and Childhood, Disease Rates, Medicine and Health, Babies and Infants

Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 sets a new bar for coding, agentic tasks, and computer use, with 30+ hours of autonomous operation. Early adopters report major gains in accuracy, security, and long-horizon development. With new tools and SDKs, Sonnet 4.5 marks the shift from AI as assistant to AI as a true engineering teammate. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/HY4QM1r

When Did Everything Become So ‘Intentional’? By Marie Solis from NYT Style https://ift.tt/XobW7R3 Therapy and Rehabilitation, Social Media, Dating and Relationships, Advertising and Marketing, Psychology and Psychologists

The 2025 DORA Report — The State of AI-assisted Software Development by DORA / Google Cloud — introduces the DORA AI Capabilities Model, arguing that AI functions best as an amplifier of existing organizational strengths and weaknesses rather than as a silver-bullet tool. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/mSzbn9l

DevOps.com continues to provide a weekly jobs report to highlight career opportunities for DevOps professionals and opportunities highlighted this week include roles at NMI, HiBob and FloQast. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/Vagm6k7

Russell M. Nelson, 17th President of the Mormon Church, Dies at 101 By Sarah Pulliam Bailey from NYT Obituaries https://ift.tt/OaRjhc4 Deaths (Obituaries), Nelson, Russell M, Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), Salt Lake City (Utah)

Google this week published the results of its annual DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) survey that finds 90% of the IT professionals surveyed are now using artificial intelligence (AI) tools, with 80% reporting they are more productive as a result. The survey of nearly 5,000 IT professionals also finds that respondents now have a median […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/yzta895

For Want of a Ferryman, a Two-Century U.S.-Canada Link Is Severed By Ian Austen from NYT World https://ift.tt/MqrfTzi Ferries, Wolfe Island, Canada, Canada, United States, Lake Ontario, St Lawrence River

Paul Kingsnorth Wants Us to Worship Nature, Culture and God, Not Technology By Alexander Nazaryan from NYT Books https://ift.tt/GmEktb3 Books and Literature, Content Type: Personal Profile, Conservatism (US Politics), Christians and Christianity, Kingsnorth, Paul, Ireland, Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity (Book)

Vaccine Skepticism Takes Center Stage in a Close Race for Governor By Tracey Tully from NYT New York https://ift.tt/Ijg3aTM Ciattarelli, Jack M, Elections, Governors, Vaccination and Immunization, Kennedy, Robert F Jr, Trump, Donald J, New Jersey

Canada Orders Postal Service to End Door-to-Door Mail Delivery By Vjosa Isai from NYT World https://ift.tt/Tipw6sf Postal Service and Post Offices, Letters, Canada Post, Canada

Chainguard launched curated JavaScript libra ries built on the SLSA framework to secure software supply chains and protect against NPM malware risks. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/xfvIbX2

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands By Frank Bruni and Bret Stephens from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/auJkZQY United States Politics and Government, Illegal Immigration, United States International Relations, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Right-Wing Extremism and Alt-Right, Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations, Democratic Party, European Union, Federal Communications Commission, United Nations, Republican Party, Carr, Brendan Thomas (1979- ), Kirk, Charlie (1993- ), Trump, Donald J, Rumors and Misinformation

Why Musicals Are Struggling to Make Money on Broadway By James Barron from NYT New York https://ift.tt/LfISn3g New York City, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Theater (Broadway), Box Office Sales, Broadway League, Justice Department, Trump, Donald J, Manhattan (NYC), Mangione, Luigi

Now the Left Cares About Free Speech Again By Bret Stephens from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/DJN8Rbg Freedom of Speech and Expression, Censorship, Book Trade and Publishing, Social Media, Rumors and Misinformation, Hate Speech, Kimmel, Jimmy, Federal Communications Commission, United States Politics and Government, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Conservatism (US Politics), Race and Ethnicity, Brzezinski, Mika, Carr, Brendan Thomas (1979- )

YouTube to Reinstate Accounts Banned Over Content Related to the Pandemic and 2020 Election By Tripp Mickle from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/l8pRI0A Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Freedom of Speech and Expression, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Social Media, YouTube.com, Alphabet Inc, House Committee on the Judiciary, Carr, Brendan Thomas (1979- )

Harness today previewed two additional modules for its artificial intelligence (AI) platform for DevOps that automate code maintenance and automatically rollback a deployment whenever an issue is detected. Additionally, Harness is adding an Architect Mode to the Harness AI platform that interactively engages DevOps engineers to design pipelines based on best practices for security, quality […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/Zl8gMt2

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Presidents Can Declare Emergencies. How Much Power Should That Give Them? By Natalie Proulx from NYT The Learning Network https://ift.tt/0yn3bWZ

Lesson Plan: Emergency Powers and Presidential Authority By Natalie Proulx from NYT The Learning Network https://ift.tt/ck6S0PZ

DevOps teams across organizations are suddenly finding themselves responsible for security with no roadmap. One day, teams are focused on deployment velocity and infrastructure automation, the next day, they’re expected to understand threat modeling, vulnerability management and compliance frameworks. This shift isn’t happening by choice — it’s happening because traditional security approaches can’t keep pace […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/fs9T5Ou

Hugging Face’s new VS Code extension makes GitHub Copilot Chat more flexible, enabling developers to test open-source LLMs like DeepSeek and GLM 4.5. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/VYKiLox

‘The Power of Science to Solve Problems Is Almost Limitless’ By Ari Schulman from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/XHr5APO United States Politics and Government, Research, Vaccination and Immunization, Medicine and Health, Science and Technology, Alzheimer's Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bhattacharya, Jay

DevOps.com is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it just that much easier for DevOps professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/0qvOszf

In Assault on Free Speech, Trump Targets Speech He Hates By Peter Baker from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/FjnMWfx United States Politics and Government, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Freedom of the Press, Censorship, News and News Media, Presidents and Presidency (US), Trump, Donald J

Confused About Vaccine Guidance? Doctors Are, Too. By Daniela J. Lamas from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/jmJEilu Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Doctors, Measles, Children and Childhood

The Confusing Mess at the Vaccine Meeting By Jessica Grose from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/Unsop7x Vaccination and Immunization, Rumors and Misinformation, Whooping Cough, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Kennedy, Robert F Jr, Monarez, Susan

She Wants to Start a Blood Bank for Zoos By Emily Anthes and Jamie Kelter Davis from NYT Science https://ift.tt/z1syDo9 your-feed-science, Blood, Zoos, Blood Donation, Veterinary Medicine, Animals, Leopards, Aquariums, Endangered and Extinct Species, Doctors, Elephants, Giraffes, Emus (Birds), Brookfield Zoo, Chicago (Ill)

Curiosity Summons a Reporter to an Island Known for the Occult By Aie Balagtas See from NYT Times Insider https://ift.tt/KzfMYZB Manila (Philippines)

How Jimmy Kimmel Went From ‘The Man Show’ to MAGA Adversary By Julia Jacobs from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/C7WuyxP Television, Kimmel, Jimmy, Jimmy Kimmel Live (TV Program), ABC Inc, Silverman, Sarah, Carolla, Adam, Trump, Donald J, The Man Show (TV Program)

Fired C.D.C. Director Describes Clashes With Kennedy and Turmoil at Agency By Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Megan Mineiro from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/mNRlknj United States Politics and Government, Appointments and Executive Changes, Medicine and Health, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Human Services Department, Cassidy, Bill (1957- ), Monarez, Susan

Woman, 95, Charged With Killing 89-Year-Old Roommate in Nursing Home By Taylor Robinson from NYT New York https://ift.tt/KOPuMyb Elderly, Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides, Nursing Homes, New York University Langone Medical Center, Health Department (NYS), Coney Island (Brooklyn, NY)

Western States Issue Their Own Vaccine Recommendations to Counter Kennedy By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn from NYT Health https://ift.tt/CvHu9Lt Vaccination and Immunization, Federal-State Relations (US), Medicine and Health, Influenza, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kennedy, Robert F Jr, Monarez, Susan, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington (State), Western States (US)