“Ungentrified” Craigslist may be the last real place on the Internet
The writer and comedian Megan Koester got her first writing job, reviewing Internet pornography, from a Craigslist ad she responded to more than 15 years ago....
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London called, and the world answered: creating a Summit without borders
When we announced that the Ubuntu Summit 25.10 would be a remote event, we knew we were taking a big step. We asked ourselves: how can...
Read morePresentation: Fast Eventual Consistency: Inside Corrosion, the Distributed System Powering Fly.io
Somtochi Onyekwere explains the architecture of Corrosion, a distributed system designed for low-latency state replication. She shares how Fly.io transitioned from Consul to a gossip-based SQLite...
Read moreGeneral Motors writes down $6 billion as domestic EV sales plans change
American automakers who got overenthusiastic about electric vehicles continue to pay the price—literally. Yesterday, General Motors told investors that building and selling fewer EVs will cost...
Read moreGoogle Cloud: A Deep Dive into GKE Sandbox for Agents
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Agent Sandbox is a new Kubernetes extension designed to run workloads, such as AI agents, that execute untrusted or specialized code in...
Read moreSecurity updates for Friday
Security updates have been issued by Debian (pdfminer and vlc), Red Hat (kernel, kernel-rt, and microcode_ctl), Slackware (libtasn1), SUSE (apptainer, curl, ImageMagick, libpcap, libvirt, libwget4, php8,...
Read moreSelf-Host Weekly (9 January 2026)
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Read moreThe Download: the case for AI slop, and helping CRISPR fulfill its promise
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How I learned to...
Read moreWhy GPT-5.2 and Opus 4.5 are a leap forward for coding
It feels different this time. The post Why GPT-5.2 and Opus 4.5 are a leap forward for coding appeared first on LeadDev.
Read morePalo Alto Crosswalk Signals Had Default Passwords
Palo Alto’s crosswalk signals were hacked last year. Turns out the city never changed the default passwords.
Read moreThe Real Python Podcast – Episode #279: Coding Python With Confidence: Beginners Live Course Participants
Are you looking for that solid foundation to begin your Python journey? Would the accountability of scheduled group classes help you get through the basics and...
Read moreConservative Lawmakers Want Porn Taxes. Critics Say They’re Unconstitutional
Alabama passed a 10 percent porn tax last year, as Utah and Pennsylvania eye similar bills. Half the country has enacted age-verification laws to prevent minors...
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