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Thursday, March 12, 2020 View online Tips? Send 'em to Insider@codeproject.com Advertisements Industry News Whisper, an app for sharing secrets, left Its user data exposed on the open web Did what it says on the label: shared secrets Source: Gizmodo Popular VPN and ad-blocking apps are secretly harvesting user data "Your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truth." Source: Buzzfeed News Avast disables JavaScript engine in its antivirus following major bug What does an antivirus need with a JavaScript engine? Source: ZDNet The EU is set to introduce "right to repair" laws that could also force OEMs to let you update your smartphone I'll be able to finally dig those old WinCE phones out of my drawer! Source: XDA developers Source: Savage Chickens Developer News Announcing the .NET Core Uninstall Tool 1.0! System.GC.Collect() Source: .NET blog Some more C# 8 Because we needed another use for 'using' (and friends) Source: Red Hat Developer blog Programming without code: The rise of no-code software development I think I'll come up with no-no-code software development Source: IEEE Spectrum Science and Technology We actually live inside a huge bubble in space, physicist proposes Someone's been into the bubbly beverages again I see Source: Motherboard Microsoft researchers create AI ethics checklist with ML practitioners from a dozen tech companies When you need ethics done right, call Microsoft Source: Venture Beat Hot gas-giant planet appears to have iron rain 'Iron rain' was not a charting hit for Prince Source: Ars Technica Code Project Discussions - Your say! High server config Did you ever really look at the lights on the server, maaaaan? So many colours! Source: CodeProject The only COVID-19 safety webapp you need "I'm in danger!" Source: CodeProject © 2020 The Code Project.  All rights reserved. This email was sent to vutunglampro@gmail.com. To stop receiving The Code Project Insider News click Unsubscribe. CodeProject 503-250 Ferrand Drive, Toronto Ontario, M3C 3G8 Canada +1 416-849-8900 x 100 Please do not reply directly to this email. It was sent from an unattended mailbox. For correspondence please use Insider@codeproject.com