Monthly Archives: October 2022

Fermyon raises $20M to build tools for cloud app dev

Matt Butcher and Radu Matei worked on container technologies for years, “containers” in this context referring to software packages containing all the necessary elements to run in any environment, from desktop PCs to servers. As engineers at Deis, and then DeisLabs once Microsoft acquired it in 2017, their team explored the container landscape and built…

Thousands of GitHub repositories are littered with malware

More than one in every ten GitHub repositories sharing exploit proof-of-concepts could be holding some form of malware or malicious content, putting software developers and cybersecurity researchers at plenty of risk, experts have found.  GitHub is used, among other things, to share proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for various vulnerabilities. That helps researchers and developers verify existing…

No, PC gaming isn’t dying – Steam proves it’s never been more popular

Steam broke a major milestone in terms of concurrent gamers using the platform at the weekend, exceeding the 30 million mark. As Tom’s Hardware spotted, the number of gamers simultaneously on Steam reached 30,032,005 on October 23. Note that there’s a distinction here regarding those active users, as they were not necessarily simultaneously playing games…

Focal’s new outdoor speakers look like the rock trolls from Frozen and I want them

If you asked us to compile a list of possible products Focal might conceptualise, research, craft and release next, pebble-shaped, stone-colored outdoor speakers would feature precisely nowhere on it – but that doesn’t mean we’re not onboard.  The French high-end audio specialist (see the most recent Focal Bathys and Focal Utopia – aka some of the…

Rishi Sunak wins whirlwind race to be UK’s next prime minister, taking over from Liz Truss amid economc turmoil

Rishi Sunak speaks in the House of Commons, London, February 3 2022. ©UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor Rishi Sunak is due to become the UK’s next prime minister after the chaotic departure of Liz Truss. The former finance minister won a vote of MPs after Truss’s economic plans left Britain in tumult. Sunak is the country’s third…

5 steps to filing your taxes no matter how simple or complicated your return might be

Insider’s experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here’s how). In some cases, we receive a commission from our our partners, however, our opinions are our own. Terms apply to offers listed on this page. According to the IRS, the vast majority of individual tax returns are…

The Fed’s rapid rate hikes are necessary to stem inflation, but they’re pushing risks to financial stability dramatically higher, Mohamed El-Erian says

Mohamed El-Erian. Getty Images The Fed’s rapid rate-hiking pace is significantly increasing risks to financial stability, economist Mohamed El-Erian warned.  In a Bloomberg column, he pointed to risks in bond markets and said non-banks that are less regulated have become the weakest links.  “The faster the rate-increase cycle, the greater the risk of large financial…

The Fed is realizing that inflation is a smaller ‘black hole of pain’ than previously thought, and stocks could rally 16% by year-end, Fundstrat says

Xinhua/Wang Ying/ Getty Images The Fed is realizing inflation is a smaller “black hole of pain” than previously thought, Fundstrat said. The firm pointed to softer comments from Fed officials that suggested a pause in December. A pivot on rate hikes could lead stocks to rally 16% through the end of this year, Fundstrat said. …