Right after the launch of the latest MacOS Mojave, researchers have begun discovering various security vulnerabilities. Amidst the claims of releasing a specific protective OS for the users, such bugs raise concerns about the security features. Recently,…

You can find an ad-free static site version of this post here: This is Part 5 of a series about GPU synchronization and preemption. You can find the other articles here: Part 1 – What’s…

This list of five important architecture design patterns are essential for software developers and architects alike. Learn their advantages and disadvantages.

The why’s, how’s and results from rethinking Netflix’s edge load balancing

Many people don’t really know the difference between software architecture and software design. Even for developers, the line is often…

(Continued from part 2. “A whirlwind introduction to dataflow graphs” is required reading.) Last time, we saw a whole bunch of different bit reader implementations. This time, I’l…

by Shishir Kakaraddi, Srinivas Raghunathan, Adam Gross and Ryan Johnston

HTTP v1, v1.1 and v2 have all used TCP because it’s been the most efficient way to incorporate reliability, order and error-checking into Internet Protocol (IP). In this case, reliability refers to the server’s ability to check if any data…

Researchers from New York University have created a set of master fingerprint keys that can be used to spoof biometric identification systems.