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How to Get Free COVID Tests in Bulk for Your Community
The government recently shut down the program that would mail four free COVID tests to anyone who requested them, but a lesser-known program for community groups is still running. If you have a plan to distribute tests for free, you can request them by the hundreds. Individual COVID tests are no longer available by mail for free Just to bring…
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‘Awesome for the community’: DeepSeek open sourced its code repositories, and experts think it could give competitors a scare
Challenger AI startup DeepSeek has open-sourced some of its code repositories in a move that experts told ITPro puts the firm ahead of the competition on model transparency. In a post to X late last month, DeepSeek said it would be open sourcing five of its code repositories in a bid to share what it called its “small but sincere…
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2024 Was a Disastrous Year for Ubisoft: Flops, Delayed Releases and Alienating the Gaming Community
It would be an understatement to say that 2024 has been quite challenging for Ubisoft. The company consistently struggled to provide an engaging experience to gamers. Most of the titles Ubisoft released this year faced harsh criticism as they were absolutely subpar. The company was even forced to delay the release of some of its games, all but alienating its…
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Ransomware gang says it hacked MA community clinic, stole medical records
Ransomware group Interlock today claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, a clinic in Massachusetts. On December 16, 2024, BNHC announced it was the target of a cyber attack that compromised patients’ personal information. The compromised data includes names, dates of birth, addresses, diagnoses, conditions, lab results, medications, medical record numbers, health insurance info, and other…
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The open source community relies on a loyal army of committed developers – but their security practices are putting the whole ecosystem at risk
Insufficient security on individual developer accounts maintaining some of the most popular packages poses a significant threat to the open source community and beyond, according to a report from the Linux Foundation. The Linux Foundation Census is the third report of its kind looking into the widespread use of free and open source software (FOSS), aggregating data from over 12…
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Threads is working on a community groups feature
Threads is working on a new community feature that will seemingly allow users to group together around particular topics and interests, TechCrunch reports. Developer Chris Messina spotted references to “Loops” in the code for Threads’ latest app update, which vaguely describes something similar to the “Communities” feature on X or even subreddits. The code mentions things like the ability to…
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