sudo-rs shows password asterisks by default – break with Unix tradition

The Rust implementation sudo-rs now shows asterisks by default when typing passwords. A break with long Unix tradition.

What is COBOL, the high-level programming language that is behind biggest-ever fall in IBM stock value

COBOL is in the headlines again, and this time it is because of artificial intelligence (AI) – sparking conversations with tools emerging that claim t.

The Startup Building An Operating System For Biotech AI

Building an AI infrastructure for biotech. Bacteria that munch on cancer. How to best make a cold brew. All that and more in ...

New book release introduces Stoixism — A Stoic and Agile Framework for Personal Development

Luke DiVenti fuses Stoic philosophy with Agile methodology into Stoixism, a guide designed to help readers close the ...

Using the Ring Programming Language and Softanza Library at ESPA‑MT and SONIBANK

From Classroom to Enterprise: The Ring Programming Language and Softanza Library Power Education and Banking in Niger ...
Communications of the ACM

A Decade of Docker Containers

Docker is a widely used developer tool that first simplifies the assembly of an application stack (docker build), then allows for the rapid distribution of the resulting executabl ...
MUO on MSN

Why is the C programming language called C? And what happened to D?

There's more to the story than the alphabet.
How-To Geek on MSN

The "Windows vs. Linux" debate is a waste of time: Here’s a better approach

It's not Windows vs. Linux, it's Windows and Linux.
OSTechNix

Vim 9.2 Released: Wayland Support, XDG Config, and Improved Diff

Vim 9.2 is released. Explore the major updates in Vim 9.2, including experimental Wayland support, fuzzy completion, and XDG config paths.
SpaceNews

Space Force ends ‘Resilient GPS’ satellite program

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has ended an exploratory effort to add smaller, lower-cost navigation satellites to bolster the Global Positioning System, shelving a program that had been identified ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Hidden in storage, a University of Utah research associate happened upon the only known copy of this ‘revolutionary’ software

It took careful work to recover the UNIX V4 operating system from the 9-track magnetic tape. The software is foundational for most devices used today, including iPhones. Storage room 3495 at his ...
AFCEA

Space Systems Command Stands Up New System Acquisition Delta

The U.S. Space Forces’ (USSF's) Los Angeles-based acquisition arm, Space Systems Command, stood up a new system delta last month. Named the SYD 831 Military Communications & Positioning, Navigation ...