Israeli missile strikes put Damascus airport out of service
The Syrian army says missile strikes by Israel’s military have put the capital’s airport out of service.
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In Bad Year for Tech Stocks, Three Boston Companies Dropped More than 99%
A Boston Globe tech reporter checked last year’s performance for the region’s tech companies:
A list of the worst local performers includes some truly bottom-of-the-barrel returns. Cannabis tech company Agrify in Billerica suffered a 99.6 percent stoc…
Record number of public electric vehicle chargers installed in UK in 2022
More than 8,700 chargers installed, bringing total to 37,000 in a 30% increaseBritish companies installed a record number of public electric car chargers during 2022 as they raced to dominate a fast-growing and potentially lucrative market.There were m…
Dubai ends 30% tax on alcohol sales, fee for liquor licenses
Dubai has ended its 30% tax on alcohol sales in the sheikhdom and made its required liquor licenses free to obtain.
Sight of Easter eggs on supermarket shelves leaves Twitter users confused
Some frustrated social media users reported seeing Easter eggs on shelves as early as December 28th.
Ex-Royal Mail boss hits out at board for ‘confrontational path’ on strikes
Rico Back believes postal service’s talks with union have been poorly handledUK strike calendar – service stoppages planned for JanuaryThe former Royal Mail boss Rico Back has launched a withering attack on the company’s board, saying its chief executi…
Automating Image Optimization for Website Performance, Improved User Experience and Website Core Vitals
Last week we explored the importance of updating images to next-gen formats. The net-net of the article was that it is important to update images, and next-gen formats like WebP have the ability to introduce material savings in size and performance. Th…
Is it Worth Updating Images from PNG to WebP for Website Performance?
Spend any time building online brands and you will undoubtedly stumble on the need to optimize the performance of your website. One of the things that will drive you bananas is Web Core Vitals. This was the case while working on Trunc (a log management…
LastPass Error: We couldn’t contact the server. Check Your internet connection and try again.
Have no idea why this started, but it began a couple of weeks ago (August 2022). Today I finally had enough and had to get a solution, it was driving me bonkers. Tried all the different options I could find, none seemed to work. The only thing that wor…
Introducing A Simpler, More Affordable, Way to Collect and Store Logs with Trunc
In my last article I spoke to the challenges large organizations have with innovation, in the same breathe you could argue that there is such a thing as too much innovation! It’s with that, that I’m happy to announce that Daniel and I are r…