Published on: 2025-04-19 09:23:59
Every time someone reaches for serverless to build a simple backend, a container dies inside me. “Serverless” promises simplicity, scalability, and zero maintenance. In practice, it gives you time limits, vendor lock-in, surprise billing, and complexity disguised as convenience. You end up duct-taping together SaaS services just to do what a Docker container can do out of the box. Let me break it down — and preempt the counterarguments along the way. Serverless means you deploy individual fun
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is a deputy editor and author of thenewsletter. He has been reporting on the tech industry for more than a decade. The government should be scrutinizing Meta’s power. Unfortunately, its legal attack isn’t cutting to the heart of what keeps Meta big. This week, I spent three days in a Washington, DC courtroom watching Mark Zuckerberg testify. He was there defending his company from being broken up by the Federal Trade Commission, which is seeking to unwind his acquisitions of Instagram and What
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Bluesky may soon get a new blue checkmark verification system, according to changes to the app’s public GitHub repository spotted Friday by reverse engineer alice.mosphere.at. The blue checks may have a similar look to the system pioneered by Twitter, now X, but Bluesky’s version seems like it will work quite differently. Bluesky’s blue check system may rely on multiple organizations to distribute blue checks, according to the codebase changes. That suggests Bluesky will actively verify notabl
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Elon Musk and company’s apparent desire to suck up as much personal information as they can about Americans has hit another snag. U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander issued a preliminary injunction that will at least temporarily prevent staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive data on millions of Americans while working within the Social Security Administration. The ruling, which comes in response to a lawsuit filed by several unions and groups of retirees
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Welcome to your Friday edition of TMA. It’s a public holiday where I’m from, so it’s a shorter briefing than usual. Barring a barrage of new cars (tariffs? shh!) revealed at the New York International Auto Show, it’s been a relatively quiet week, but not without a bit of drama. Engadget “You know, they say money can’t buy happiness. And… yeah, OK… I guess that’s true. God knows I’ve tried. But it can buy a Cybertruck, and that’s pretty sick, right? …Right?? Fuck, I’m so alone.” That’s what a p
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title Constraint System dated Fall 2023 author Summary of work on relax-pk At the beginning of phase 2, we weren’t sure what to do about constraints. Based on past exploration, constraints seemed to hold a lot of promise but were notoriously unreliable. A good constraint system could unify and power a number of key aspects of the dynamic medium we seek. It would allow for mechanical constructions, like a rope and pulley, that feel physically correct. It would allow for a computational model tha
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It’s April, and the US is experiencing a self-inflicted trade war and a constitutional crisis over immigration. It’s a lot. It’s even enough to make you forget about Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency for a while. You shouldn’t. To state the obvious: DOGE is still out there, chipping away at the foundations of government infrastructure. Slightly less obvious, maybe, is that the DOGE project has recently entered a new phase. The culling of federal workers and contracts wil
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We’re currently seeing growing concern about the potentially harmful impact of things like social media usage by kids and teens, with many states and countries enacting laws to address this. Discord has responded by starting to use a mix of AI-powered face scans and ID checks in two specific scenarios … Child protection laws Social media apps have been accused of trying to get teenagers addicted to their apps, and also failing to take any meaningful steps to ensure that users meet their claime
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 10:30:00
Respawn Entertainment will be publishing the blog post copied below announcing the migration of Apex Legends to Amazon GameLift Servers on AWS. The aim is to improve the experience for gamers by making behind-the-scenes changes that can affect things like ping time, lag, and disputes about who really shot who first. As a long-term investment in the tech powering Apex, Electronic Arts’ Respawn has officially migrated our game servers to Amazon GameLift Servers. This partnership gives us more fl
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 10:46:35
Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . A VPN (virtual private network) can come in handy on a regular basis to keep you safe online, and you can save on one of our favorites right now. Our top pick for the best VPN, ProtonVPN, is on sale for just $86.16 for two years of access. That's a 64-percent discount, and it comes out
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Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority With a commendable balance of fitness features and everyday smarts, Fitbit’s smartwatches used to be regular fixtures on our best lists. Ever since Google took the reins, I’ve witnessed a slow unraveling. It didn’t take long for once-promising wearables to start feeling deliberately held back, and the reasoning is obvious. The Pixel Watch is the brand’s sole smartwatch focus. The recent removal of Google Assistant from Fitbit’s alternative lineups is just the
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An employee walks past a quilt displaying Etsy Inc. signage at the company's headquarters in the Brooklyn. Etsy is trying to make it easier for shoppers to purchase products from local merchants and avoid the extra cost of imports as President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs raise concerns about soaring prices. In a post to Etsy's website on Thursday, CEO Josh Silverman said the company is "surfacing new ways for buyers to discover businesses in their countries" via shopping pages and by featu
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Elon Musk's artifical intelligence company xAI has added memory to its flagship AI known as Grok. The announcement was posted on Musk's social media platform X on Wednesday, along with information about how the memory functions work, which is similar to other AI models. When you speak to Grok, it'll pick up tidbits about your likes, dislikes, preferences and interests, and then use that information to tailor its responses directly to you. Chat GPT and Google's Gemini AI both added memory in 202
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Expense management startup Ramp is being considered for a charge card pilot program by the U.S. government’s General Services Administration, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The government’s internal expense card program, dubbed SmartPay, is a $700 billion program. It is estimated that the charge card pilot program contract for which Ramp is being considered is worth up to $25 million, according to a report by Pro Publica. Pro Publica claims that fintech Ramp has been lobbying
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China has banned automakers in the country from marketing their vehicles with grandiose terms such as “smart driving” or “autonomous driving” following a fatal crash involving a Xiaomi SU7. The car was in driver assistance mode as the vehicle approached a construction zone, but the driver took control only just before the car hit a concrete barrier. Three passengers were killed in the accident. The problem with any assistance system below Level 4—in which a vehicle can operate entirely without
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Samsung has unveiled a new Galaxy phone -- albeit one that's a little different from its others. The Galaxy XCover7 Pro is the company's latest rugged phone, which is mainly geared toward enterprise users, though anyone can buy it. The follow-up to 2022's XCover6 Pro packs new features like increased battery capacity, a more powerful processor and AI capabilities. It also supports seven years of software and security updates. Samsung also debuted a new rugged tablet, the Galaxy Tab Active 5 Pro
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is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Netflix said in its first quarter earnings report on Thursday that revenue reached $10.5 billion in the months since it raised prices. That’s a 13 percent increase over the same time last year. The streaming service’s net income also grew to $2.9 billion, and the company says it expects more growth in the coming months when it sees “the full quarte
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This app processes Hacker News threads into audio conversations using ElevenLabs. Your API key is never stored on any server and is used only to make requests directly from your browser.
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What is the best internet provider in Val Verde Park? CNET's pick for the best internet service provider overall for most households in Val Verde Park is Spectrum. The internet service provider offers wide coverage and fast speeds. Spectrum is the area's main ISP, but T-Mobile Home Internet or satellite internet may work for you, depending on what's available at your address. If you’re hunting for the lowest prices or fastest speeds, Spectrum’s 100-megabits-per-second plan offers a $30-per-mon
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China is cracking down on how automakers advertise driver assistance features, banning terms like “autonomous driving,” “self-driving,” and “smart driving,” Reuters reported, citing a transcript of a meeting between the government and industry representatives. The updated rule will also prohibit automakers from rolling out improvements via software updates to advanced driving assistance systems in vehicles already in the hands of customers. Automakers must now test any upgrades or new features
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In context: Discord has proven popular among both gamers and general users, but it's not without its flaws. The messaging and social platform has previously been accused of exposing children to abuse and graphic content by not adequately protecting underage users from predators. This has prompted the company to implement stricter terms of service regarding CSAM and other sensitive content. Discord is currently running a limited test involving age verification through facial scanning technologie
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Google is starting to have a monopoly on getting called out for having a monopoly. For the second time in under one year, the tech giant has been deemed to be operating an illegal monopoly, this time for its online advertising technology. Judge Leonie Brinkema of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a 115-page ruling on Thursday that found Google violated antitrust laws to establish a firm hold over the online advertising space, allowing the company to charge higher
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The verdict is in, and Google has been found to illegally hold online ad tech monopolies. For over a decade, "Google has willfully engaged in a series of anticompetitive acts to acquire and maintain monopoly power in the publisher ad server and ad exchange markets for open-web display advertising," tying its publisher ad server and ad exchange together "to establish and protect its monopoly power in these two markets," the ruling said. At trial, the DOJ argued that Google's ad business expande
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Google and the Department of Justice faced off again in a trial regarding whether Google has a monopoly in the advertising technology market. The trial started last fall in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, and on April 17th, 2025, Judge Brinkema ruled that Google did act illegally to acquire and maintain monopoly power in online advertising. The DOJ argued that Google unfairly locked up the market for ad tech tools that publishers and advertisers rely on to monetize their websites and m
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Companies around America have started cutting DEI programs and eliminating DEI commitments from public documents in response to legal and political threats from the Trump administration. Just a few weeks ago, Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed the Department of Justice to “investigate, eliminate, and penalize,” DEI programs deemed illegal in private sector companies that receive federal funds. Trump has signed an executive order banning DEI in the federal government with the approval of his
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Chinese authorities have banned automakers from using terms such as "smart driving" and "autonomous driving" for ads in the country, according to Reuters. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has tightened its rules for advertising driving assistance features following a fatal crash involving a Xiaomi SUV7 (pictured above), which raised concerns about the technology's safety. Based on Xiaomi's report, the vehicle's driving assistance mode was switched on when the vehicle was appro
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MCP Run Python Model Context Protocol server to run Python code in a sandbox. The code is executed using Pyodide in Deno and is therefore isolated from the rest of the operating system. See https://ai.pydantic.dev/mcp/run-python/ for complete documentation. The server can be run with deno installed using: deno run \ -N -R=node_modules -W=node_modules --node-modules-dir=auto \ jsr:@pydantic/mcp-run-python [stdio | sse | warmup] where: -N -R=node_modules -W=node_modules (alias of --allow-ne
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The US Department of Justice has won its antitrust case against Google, which accused the company of operating a monopoly in the advertising technology industry. “Plaintiffs have proven that Google has willfully engaged in a series of anticompetitive acts to acquire and maintain monopoly power in the publisher ad server and ad exchange markets for open-web display advertising,“ the ruling reads. Over the course of three weeks, the DOJ argued that illegally monopolized three separate markets
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Discord's face scanning age checks 'start of a bigger shift' 47 minutes ago Share Save Imran Rahman-Jones & Chris Vallance Technology reporters Share Save Getty Images Discord is testing face scanning to verify some users' ages in the UK and Australia. The social platform, which says it has over 200 million monthly users around the world, was initially used by gamers but now has communities on a wide range of topics including pornography. The UK's online safety laws mean platforms with adult
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Discord's face scanning age checks 'start of a bigger shift' 46 minutes ago Share Save Imran Rahman-Jones & Chris Vallance Technology reporters Share Save Getty Images Discord is testing face scanning to verify some users' ages in the UK and Australia. The social platform, which says it has over 200 million monthly users around the world, was initially used by gamers but now has communities on a wide range of topics including pornography. The UK's online safety laws mean platforms with adult
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