The here string is the leaner, more versatile cousin of the here doc.

I really have too many tray icons. You know the ones. They sit on your taskbar, perhaps doing something in the background or, at least, giving you ...

Pytest test discovery fails, reporting a missing import. The relevant package exists and is on the PYTHONPATH in my conda environment, but the python extension resets ...

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OpenAI has begun rolling out GPT-5, the latest iteration of its flagship language model, to all ChatGPT users. The company’s CEO Sam Altman called GPT-5 “a significant step along the path to AGI” ...

With Windows 10 support due to end soon, many users are looking for an alternative OS, so they don't have to purchase yet another computer. One of the best options for most people is Linux. Modern ...

Two flaws, one undetected for over a decade, allow unintended root access on Ubuntu and Debian systems, prompting urgent patching across enterprise environments. Two new vulnerabilities have been ...

There are gentle migration strategies that can delay the move away from Windows 10, which Microsoft will stop supporting in October 2025. Technically (and maybe even psychologically), the easiest step ...

The recent travails of WordPress have caused consternation among the web community that relies on the platform, which powers more than four in ten websites online today. Now, a coalition of prominent ...

Two information disclosure flaws have been identified in apport and systemd-coredump, the core dump handlers in Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora, according to the Qualys Threat Research ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz for the first time publicly advocated spending up to 5% of the German economy on defense. “We are on the way to commit ourselves to allocating the 3.5% NATO quota for ...

The number of newly discovered Linux and macOS vulnerabilities increased dramatically in 2024, according to new analysis from Action1. The cybersecurity vendor’s 2025 Software Vulnerability Ratings ...