| How are you, @e3e77916db? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, December 3, 2024? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, The Times of India founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce in 1838, The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opened in Montreal. in 1817, Chevrolet entered the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T. in 1911, The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2. On board was the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika. in 1957, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Code Smell 282 - Bad Defaults and How to Fix Them to Bad Prompts, Bad Results: Why Every LLM Failure Is Your Fault, let’s dive right in. |
| By @itsgeorgepi [ 3 Min read ] Imagine this scenario: you submit a prompt, and Cursor, the AI code editor, delivers what looks like a flawless solution. But then you run the code, and nothing works. Why? Because Cursor lacked the necessary context to understand your unique environment. Here’s what typically goes wrong:.. Read More |
| By @dariavolkova [ 9 Min read ] This year’s Devcon in Southeast Asia was a huge success. It hosted 12,500 attendees from 130 countries, 60% of whom were first-time attendees, including me. The Devcon week was full of great meetings, insights, and impressions of busy and authentic Bangkok... Read More |
| By @icyapril [ 9 Min read ] Despite its presence in software catastrophes varying from miscarriages of justice to aviation software disasters, the reality is Agile has held a position as somewhat of a professional religion of software engineering. On page 64 of the State of DevOps Report 2024, they claim:.. Read More |
| By @mcsee [ 4 Min read ] Defaults Can Sink You TL;DR: Treat unknown responses as unauthorized, not as valid. Today is computer security day and every programmer needs to acknowledge its responsibility. Imagine an application handling sales that relies on response pools from credit card processors to handle transactions. Without Proper Instructions ChatGPT.. Read More |
| TOI issued its first edition on 3 November 1838 and was published on Wednesdays and Saturdays under the direction of Raobahadur Narayan Dinanath Velkar, a Maharashtrian social reformer, and contained news from Britain and the world, as well as the Indian Subcontinent. |
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| AI technologies are increasingly being used both to defend against and launch cyberattacks. While AI can enhance security through automated threat detection and response, it can also be weaponized by cybercriminals to create more sophisticated and hard-to-detect attacks. AI-driven cyberattacks can include malware attacks, automated phising attacks, deepfake-based social engineering tactics, and more. Very concerned, and it'll only get worse! Somewhat concerned, defensive cybersecurity is just as good! Not concerned, it will never outpace defensive cybersecurity. Don't think its a significant risk, we have biggers problems. |
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