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Hosting Ars, part three: CI/CD, or how I learned to stop worrying and love DevOps

Enlarge / DevOps, DevOps, DevOps! (credit: ArtemisDiana / Getty Images) One of the most important things to happen in the evolution of development over the past many years is the widespread adoption of continuous integration and continuous deployment, or CI/CD. (Sometimes the “CD” stands for “continuous delivery,” depending on who you’re talking to.) It’s a...

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Canon warns printer users to manually wipe Wi-Fi settings before discarding

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Printer manufacturer Canon is warning that sensitive Wi-Fi settings don’t automatically get wiped during resets, so customers should manually delete them before selling, discarding, or getting them repaired to prevent the settings from falling into the wrong hands. “Sensitive information on the Wi-Fi connection settings stored in the memories of inkjet...

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Western Digital HDD capacity hits 28TB as Seagate looks to 30TB and beyond

Enlarge / Western Digital is gearing up to sample its first 28TB HDDs to customers, around a year after announcing its first 26TB drives. (credit: Western Digital) After a couple of decades of talk, Seagate announced earlier this year that it was shipping samples of huge 32TB hard drives using heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR). The...

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Meta plans AI-powered chatbots to boost social media numbers

Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / Getty Images) Meta is reportedly developing a range of AI-powered chatbots with different personalities, a move aimed at increasing user engagement on social platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, according to the Financial Times and The Verge. The chatbots, called “personas” by Meta staff, will mimic human-like conversations and might...

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It’s a hot 0-day summer for Apple, Google, and Microsoft security fixes

Enlarge (credit: WIRED staff) The summer patch cycle shows no signs of slowing down, with tech giants Apple, Google, and Microsoft releasing multiple updates to fix flaws being used in real-life attacks. July also saw serious bugs squashed by enterprise software firms SAP, Citrix, and Oracle. Here’s everything you need to know about the major...

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Multiple Chinese APTs establish major beachheads inside sensitive infrastructure

Enlarge (credit: Steve McDowell / Agefotostock) Hacking teams working for the Chinese government are intent on burrowing into the farthest reaches of sensitive infrastructure, much of it belonging to the US, and establishing permanent presences there if possible. In the past two years, they have scored some wins that could seriously threaten national security. If...