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Data platform Splunk today announced that it has acquired two startups, Plumbr and Rigor, to build out its new Observability Suite, which is also launching today. Plumbr is an application performance monitoring service, while

The latest version of Linus Torvalds’ Git version-control system brings experimental support for the SHA-256 cryptographic hash, moving it away from its reliance on the less safe SHA-1.  Google and other researchers

Machine learning is an important part of modern application development, replacing much of what used to be done using a complex series of rules engines, and expanding coverage to a much wider set of problems. Services like

Chromebooks are supposed to be simple, hassle-free systems — computers that are free from the complications of their Windows and Mac cousins. And by and large, they live up to that expectation. But, well, they’re

SpaceX on Sunday launched another batch of 60 of its internet-beaming Starlink satellites, growing its constellation even further. That makes 835 Starlink satellites launched thus far, though not all of those are operational

Image: Liam Galvin A new tool called Gitjacker can help developers discover when they’ve accidentally uploaded /.git folders online and have left sensitive information exposed to attackers. Gitjacker was created by

When working in applications in ASP.NET Core you might often need to invoke the Web API action methods using HttpClient to check if the endpoints are working fine. To achieve this, you would typically instantiate HttpClient

Just like their consumer counterparts, enterprise IT execs have flocked to Zoom for all manner of meetings. But security has invariably taken a backseat to convenience and availability, as anyone who has endured a Zoom intruder

This is The TechCrunch Exchange, a newsletter that goes out on Saturdays, based on the column of the same name. You can sign up for the email here. It was an active week in the technology world broadly, with big news from

The possibilities opened up to us by the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) is a beautiful thing. However, not enough attention is being paid to the software that goes into the things of IoT. This can be a daunting challenge,

CIOs and IT leaders are stuck in a paradox of competing priorities regarding developing, enhancing, and modernizing applications. On the one hand, they seek innovation, experiences that delight end-users, and agile devops

Hosts Juliet Beauchamp and Ken Mingis talk with guests about the latest tech trends and news. Audio By now, you’ve probably heard that Apple’s iPhone 12 lineup will have 5G capabilities. And you have also probably

Pear, the eight-year-old, Palo Alto, Calif.-based seed-stage venture firm that has, from its outset, attracted the attention of VCs who think the firm has an eye for nascent talent, staged its seventh annual demo day earlier

Three JavaScript packages have been removed from the npm portal on Thursday for containing malicious code. According to advisories from the npm security team, the three JavaScript libraries opened shells on the computers

It’s that time of the year when PR folk promote their clients as somebody who can make predictions for 2021 that all should regard. I’m often taken back by the obvious nature of the assertions, such as “cloud computing