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Swoole vs Roadrunner for Laravel Octane
Choosing between Swoole and Roadrunner in a Laravel Octane deployment can be overwhelming – in this post I compare the advantages and disadvantages of both. Read more
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Tile is selling its Bluetooth tracking business to Life360 for $205 million
Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Tile popularized marking items and tracking them from your phone with its small Bluetooth tags, but is suddenly facing more competition from giants like Apple, Amazon, Google, and Read more…
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FCC approves $6 billion Verizon-Tracfone acquisition
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission voted to approve Verizon Wireless’ purchase of Tracfone in a deal worth more than $6 billion, positioning Verizon to become one of Read more…
PHP
Bitmasking in Laravel and MySQL
An introduction to using bitmasks in general, and their usage in PHP, Laravel, and MySQL. Read more
PHP
Announcing the PHP Foundation
The PHP Foundation will be a non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure the long life and prosperity of the PHP language by funding part/full-time developers that contribute to the language. Read more
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Qualcomm is updating its Snapdragon branding to try and simplify its chip names
Qualcomm’s teaser for its new branding scheme | Image: Qualcomm Qualcomm has announced some key changes to how it brands its Snapdragon chips, including a shift away from the three-digit numbering system it’s been using Read more…
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The Apple Watch SE costs just $219 at Amazon and Best Buy
A proverbial tidal wave of deals crashed down this morning, heralding the beginning of Black Friday week. As I searched for deals to include in this roundup, I kept finding one after the other that Read more…
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The best Black Friday deals on noise-canceling headphones 2021
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Whether you’re overdue for a new pair or are just trying to cancel out the usual onslaught of holiday music, Black Friday season is a great time to Read more…
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Android Messages update handles Apple iMessage reactions properly
An example emoji reaction in iMessage. | Screenshot: Apple Messages An update to Google Messages on Android allows it to properly display emoji reactions sent from the iPhone’s Messages app, 9to5Google reports. The update addresses Read more…
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Android Messages update handles Apple iMessage reactions properly
An example emoji reaction in iMessage. | Screenshot: Apple Messages An update to Google Messages on Android allows it to properly display emoji reactions sent from the iPhone’s Messages app, 9to5Google reports. The update addresses Read more…