Matt Foster

1 week ago | infoq.com | Matt Foster

A popular GitHub Action used by thousands of repositories recently compromised those repositories, exposing a critical weakness in how open-source Actions are published and consumed. A new maintainer briefly hijacked the tj-actions/changed-files Action by publishing a version that contained obfuscated, malicious code. This triggered concern within the developer community about CI/CD security in the GitHub Actions ecosystem.

2 weeks ago | infoq.com | Matt Foster

AMD has released GAIA, an open-source project allowing developers to run large language models (LLMs) locally on Windows machines with AMD hardware acceleration. The framework supports retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and includes tools for indexing local data sources. GAIA is designed to offer an alternative to LLMs hosted on a cloud service provider (CSP).

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Nadine El-Bawab |Matt Foster

A man has been arrested in the murder of a Catholic priest, who was shot Thursday outside the residence at his church in the small town of Seneca, Kansas. Gary Hermesch, 66, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was charged with first-degree murder on Friday. He is being held on $1 million bond, according to Nemaha County Attorney Brad Lippert. A 911 call was made at around 3 p.m. on Thursday to report shots fired at the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

3 weeks ago | americanhunter.org | Matt Foster

If you think lever-action rifles should only have walnut stocks and a blued-metal finish, then the new Marlin Dark series with its polymer buttstock and aluminum AR-esque handguard probably won’t be your thing. That’s a shame, because this recent offering in Marlin’s line of modernized, capable lever-action rifles has a lot going for it in terms of performance, functionality and fun. When it comes to guns, we’re still allowed to have fun, right?

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Matt Foster

Share WICHITA, Kan. — It’s time for the Tigers to put on their dancing shoes. After missing the NCAA Tournament last year, Missouri is back in the big dance, but this time they’re planning on staying awhile. "I believe in our team a lot," said Missouri sophomore guard Anthony Robinson II. "The offseason we put in a lot of work. Right away we knew we had something special.