Server-Side Web Development

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All about Browser Fingerprinting, the privacy nightmare that keeps web developers awake at night

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Last week, researchers published a paper titled Browser Fingerprinting: A survey, that gives a detailed insight into what browser fingerprinting is and how it...
Firefox

Firefox releases v66.0.4 and 60.6.2 to fix the expired certificate problem that ended up...

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Last week on Friday, Firefox users were left infuriated when all their extensions were abruptly disabled. Fortunately, Mozilla has fixed this issue in their...
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Can an Open Web Index break Google’s stranglehold over the search engine market?

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Earlier this month, Dirk Lewandowski, Professor of Information Research & Information Retrieval  at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany, published a proposal for building...

Apache Flink 1.8.0 releases with finalized state schema evolution support

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Last week, the community behind Apache Flink announced the release of Apache Flink 1.8.0. This release comes with the finalized state evolution support, lazy...
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Chrome, Safari, Opera, and Edge to make hyperlink auditing compulsorily enabled

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Last week, Bleeping Computer reported that the latest versions of Google Chrome, Safari, Opera, and Microsoft Edge will not allow users to disable hyperlink...
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Django 2.2 is now out with classes for custom database constraints

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Yesterday, the Django team announced the release of Django 2.2. This release comes with classes for custom database constraints, Watchman compatibility for runserver, and...

F5 Networks is acquiring NGINX, a popular web server software for $670 million

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Yesterday, F5 Networks, the company that offers businesses cloud and security application services, announced that it is set to acquire NGNIX, the company behind...
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Mozilla considers blocking DarkMatter after Reuters reported its link with a secret hacking operation,...

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Back in January this year, Reuters in an investigative piece shared that DarkMatter was providing staff for a secret hacking operation called Project Raven....
Firefox

Mozilla Firefox will soon support ‘letterboxing’, an anti-fingerprinting technique of the Tor Browser

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Yesterday, ZDNet shared that Mozilla will be adding a new anti-fingerprinting technique called letterboxing to Firefox 67, which is set to release in May...
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Introducing Zero Server, a zero-configuration server for React, Node.js, HTML, and Markdown

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Developers behind the CodeInterview.io and RemoteInterview.io websites have come up with Zero, a web framework to simplify modern web development. Zero takes the overhead...

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Learning Essential Linux Commands for Navigating the Shell Effectively 

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Once we learn how to deploy an Ubuntu server, how to manage users, and how to manage software packages, we should take a moment...

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