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Tech Transforms podcast: Energy department CIO talks national cybersecurity strategy

Dynatrace

On Episode 65 of the Tech Transforms podcast , Willie Hicks and I sit down with Ann Dunkin, chief information officer of the Department of Energy (DOE), to discuss her department’s direct involvement in developing the federal cybersecurity strategy. The principle of “security by design” plays a major role in these efforts.

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Thinking About Power Usage and Websites

CSS - Tricks

Gerry McGovern asked if I had any insight into energy consumption and websites. He was wondering about the specifics of web tech, like… If you do this in HTML it will consume 3× energy but if you do it in JavaScript it will consume 10 ×. Things that lead to poor performance are things that take energy.

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How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet

Smashing Magazine

How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. But as it stands, websites are growing ever more obese, which means that the energy demand of the Internet is continuing to grow exponentially. Jack Lenox. 2019-01-15T13:30:32+01:00.

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Inspired Design Decisions With Emmett McBain: Art Direction As Social Equity

Smashing Magazine

Inspired Design Decisions With Emmett McBain: Art Direction As Social Equity. Inspired Design Decisions With Emmett McBain: Art Direction As Social Equity. He knew that to sell his clients’ products, his designs needed to resonate with Black audiences, by showing images they related to and language which was familiar to them.

Design 97
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A Guide To Modern CSS Colors

Smashing Magazine

Today, we’ll take a look at the best ways to use colors in a design system, and what we can expect from our colors in the not-too-distant future. These are very limited, and rarely fit the designs we are building! On design systems, CSS/JS and UX. LCH and LAB are designed to give us access to the entire spectrum of human vision.

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As-Salaam-Alaikum: The cloud arrives in the Middle East!

All Things Distributed

One of the important criteria in launching this AWS Region is the opportunity to power it with renewable energy. We chose Bahrain in part due to the country's focus on executing renewable energy goals and its readiness to construct a new solar power facility to meet our power needs.

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To understand the risks posed by AI, follow the money

O'Reilly

Even Einstein was not immune, claiming, “There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable,” just ten years before Enrico Fermi completed construction of the first fission reactor in Chicago. Shortly thereafter, the consensus switched to fears of an imminent nuclear holocaust.