News and Tech Update

When the OpenSSF, PyPI, Rust Foundation, and OpenJS recently declared that “Open Infrastructure Is Not Free,” they highlighted a crisis that affects every organization building modern software.  Behind every container image pulled, every vulnerability scan and every automated deployment, there’s a vast web of infrastructure: Package registries, CI/CD services, artifact repositories, security feeds, distribution networks and CDN layers. For decades, this […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/dv4mRcW

Should Buses Be Free? By Jeremy Engle from NYT The Learning Network https://ift.tt/abmwJhI

This Thanksgiving week, we share a fresh DevOps jobs report: Top roles and opportunities for professionals looking to level up their careers. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/OQHgo6Z

We’re Seeing What a No-Immigration Economy Looks Like By Wendy Edelberg from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/JxZ2EBy Vance, J D, Powell, Jerome H, Labor and Jobs, United States Economy, Wages and Salaries, Immigration and Emigration, Interest Rates, Federal Reserve System

Hedge Fund Titan Has a Turnaround Plan (for the Carolina Panthers) By Ken Belson and Maureen Farrell from NYT Business https://ift.tt/M0W1PhA Hedge Funds, Football, High Net Worth Individuals, Content Type: Personal Profile, Appaloosa Management, Carolina Panthers, National Football League, Major League Soccer, Tepper, David A, North Carolina

The Rise of the ‘Just in Case’ M.R.I. By Brent Crane from NYT Business https://ift.tt/sH4x9Uf Tests (Medical)

Why Your Kitchen Looks Like That By Rachel Wharton from NYT Real Estate https://ift.tt/SVDNzr7 Kitchens, vis-design, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Interior Design and Furnishings, Child, Julia, Kondo, Marie, Microwave Ovens, Refrigerators

Sean Duffy Wants You to Stop Wearing PJs on the Plane By Claire Fahy from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/laWpjAq Airlines and Airplanes, Customs, Etiquette and Manners, Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming, Transportation Department (US), Duffy, Sean P, Sinatra, Frank

Cassidy Got Pledges From Kennedy on Vaccines. They Haven’t Stuck. By Annie Karni from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/UWrKe7H United States Politics and Government, Vaccination and Immunization, Rumors and Misinformation, Autism, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Human Services Department, Republican Party, Senate, Cassidy, Bill (1957- ), Kennedy, Robert F Jr

AI is transforming DevOps. Learn how faster model training, optimized pipelines and smarter GPU infrastructure help teams deliver reliable, scalable AI workflows. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/5al4vwA

Traditional testing misses token and context failures. Discover how to measure, test and scale AI agents reliably in production. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/Psfpkt7

Trump Promised Lower Prices. His Policies Are Raising Them. By The Editorial Board from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/oMt23VX United States Politics and Government, United States Economy, Inflation (Economics), Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), International Trade and World Market, Trump, Donald J, United States

My friends, I’ve been around long enough in the world of DevOps, cybersecurity and cloud-native to see the “next big thing” fade into “just another dashboard.” But today I’m here to tell you: observability isn’t just another tool—it might very well be the killer app of our era. The Rise of Observability Remember when “monitoring” […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/SysOBm9

Bare metal servers deliver predictable, high-performance compute, storage, and networking—ideal for databases, CI/CD runners, and Kubernetes workloads. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/xLWcTmd

The Hunt Is On for Bears in Japan After Deadly Attacks By Javier C. Hernández, Kiuko Notoya and Kentaro Takahashi from NYT World https://ift.tt/cA4OqJN Bears, Animal Attacks, Japan, Hunting and Trapping, Animal Behavior, Rural Areas, Defense and Military Forces, Shinto, Deaths (Fatalities)

Tessl today outlined a plan to extend a registry it created for specifications that govern the behavior of artificial intelligence (AI) agents being used to build software to create a platform for creating, distributing and observing those specifications. Speaking at a DevCon Fall 2025 conference hosted by the company, Tessl CEO Guy Podjarny said that […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/SNTwPbA

What Is Post-Liberalism, Anyway? By Ross Douthat from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/Pg0ytfV Politics and Government, Liberalism (US Politics), Great Britain Withdrawal from EU (Brexit), Right-Wing Extremism and Alt-Right, Populism (Theory and Philosophy), Nationalism (Theory and Philosophy), Conservatism (US Politics)

On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice By Thomas L. Friedman from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/0GZgitX Defense and Military Forces, United States Politics and Government, Israel-Gaza War (2023- ), International Relations, Israeli Settlements, Neo Nazi Groups, Jews and Judaism, Anti-Semitism, Right-Wing Extremism and Alt-Right, Palestinians, Hamas, YouTube.com, Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, Cheney, Liz, Fuentes, Nicholas J, Netanyahu, Benjamin, Vance, J D, Israel, West Bank

I was down in Brooklyn this week attending AI Native DevCon, and let me tell you—there’s no hidden metaphor or clever subtext in that name. What GuyPo and the gang have built here is exactly what it says on the tin: a community and a movement laser-focused on using AI natively in software development. Not […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/dembx6C

AI-driven software delivery introduces new risks, especially prompt manipulation within CI/CD workflows. This article details the emerging fields of PromptOps and MLSecOps and offers practical strategies for securing prompts, models, and pipelines. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/lSwYsTv

She Has Taken 30 Years to Write a 7-Part Novel About 1 Day. It’s a Sensation. By Dennis Zhou from NYT Magazine https://ift.tt/dCRkmH6 Books and Literature, Book Trade and Publishing, Writing and Writers, Balle, Solvej, National Book Awards, Denmark, New Directions

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today with the general availability of its Kiro artificial intelligence (AI) coding tool added additional capabilities, including a version that can now be invoked via a command line interface (CLI). At the same time, Kiro now enables property-based testing (PBT) to measure whether the code generated matches the behavior defined in […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/WtnIsp7

Toronto’s vibrant tech community is abuzz as the DevOps for GenAI Hackathon returns with John Willis, this time with ambitious new themes that reflect both global trends and uniquely Canadian innovation. Building on the foundational insights from the first Hackathon held in Ottawa organizers are expanding the event to spotlight end-to-end lifecycle automation for generative […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/L0RGMcu

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/5ThI0xB

The Laptop That Ate Your Child’s Classroom By Jean M. Twenge from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/0pDirSy Computers and the Internet, Laptop Computers, Parenting, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Social Media, Finland, Japan, United States, Vermont

An Economist Asked, How Much Should We Spend to Avoid the A.I. Apocalypse? By Peter Coy from NYT Business https://ift.tt/zA5mBfc Artificial Intelligence, Jones, Charles I, Economics (Theory and Philosophy), Computers and the Internet, Stanford University, Colleges and Universities

An Economist Asked, How Much Should We Spend to Avoid the A.I. Apocalypse? By Peter Coy from NYT Business https://ift.tt/zENjRfW Artificial Intelligence, Jones, Charles I, Economics (Theory and Philosophy), Computers and the Internet, Stanford University, Colleges and Universities

Mystery Fuels Unease in Maine Woods: Who Bought Burnt Jacket Mountain? By Jenna Russell, Heather Knight and Sophie Park from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/a6Ye2Gp Land Use Policies, High Net Worth Individuals, Forests and Forestry, Logging Industry, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Facebook Inc, Thomas Associates, Zuckerberg, Mark E, Chan, Priscilla, Appalachian Trail, Bangor (Me), Maine, Palo Alto (Calif), Mount Katahdin (Me), Millinocket (Me)

Walmart C.E.O. Doug McMillon, Who Parried Amazon, Will Retire By Jordyn Holman from NYT Business https://ift.tt/DFu0WrB Appointments and Executive Changes, Shopping and Retail, Walmart Stores Inc, McMillon, C Douglas, Furner, John (1974- )

25 Movies, Many Stars, 0 Hits: Hollywood Falls to New Lows By Brooks Barnes from NYT Business https://ift.tt/kPshaAq Movies, Box Office Sales, Advertising and Marketing

A deep dive into scaling GitOps for hybrid and multi-cloud environments, exploring architecture, governance, security, observability and real-world enterprise practices. from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/CITtXZL

Chronosphere this week previewed artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that are embedded into its observability platform that, in addition to helping identify the root cause of an issue, also provides remediation suggestions. Additionally, the company made available a Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server through which AI coding tools and agents will be able to query observability […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/VwCa8Tu

Seattle Elects a Left-Wing Mayor With a Light Résumé but Mamdani Appeal By Anna Griffin from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/8BpjJ1S Elections, Mayors, Income Inequality, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), United States Politics and Government, Socialism (Theory and Philosophy), Harrell, Bruce, Mamdani, Zohran, Wilson, Katie (1982- ), Seattle (Wash)

What the Movies Need From Sydney Sweeney By Ross Douthat from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/XyCdWJr Sweeney, Sydney (1997- ), Movies, Actors and Actresses, Social Media, Celebrities

David Yanacek, Sr. Principal Engineer, AWS Agentic AI, dives into the rise of vibe coding versus traditional spec-driven development. As generative AI continues to transform how code is created, developers are moving faster than ever, but not always with the same level of structure, review, or intent that defined earlier software engineering practices. Yanacek explains […] from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/SLtCogz