This updated edition of the Full Stack Development with Spring Boot 2 and React book will take you from novice to proficient in this expansive domain.

Taking a practical approach, this book will first walk you through the latest Spring Boot features for creating a robust backend, covering everything from setting up the environment and dependency injection to security and testing.

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It has been known for some time that Netflix intends to take steps to prevent subscribers from sharing their account with anyone from outside their household. Since the inception of Netflix, password sharing has been a common practice, so the company's action will impact large numbers of people.

Details about just how it will stop people from sharing their account password with others have not been forthcoming, but in a newly-removed Help Center page the approach that will be taken has been exposed. Although the revealing page has now been taken down, it has been recorded for posterity by the Internet Archive.

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Microsoft has updated the PowerToys utility collection, adding the first new module of 2023. Although there have been various updates for PowerToys over the last few months, and we've heard about upcoming new features such as Mouse Jump, it is a while since we've had new toys to play with.

But this changes with the release of PowerToys v0.67.0 which sees the addition of the quick access system tray launcher which we first heard about late last year. A new taskbar menu provides easy access to your favorite PowerToys tools and settings, without the need to navigate through the main app interface.

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Microsoft today stops selling Windows 10, instead redirecting would-be purchasers towards Windows 11. There are ways around this however.

For Windows 11 testers in the Dev Channel, Microsoft has released a new build, and this one is available for Arm64 devices. Last week’s flight (Build 25284) was blocked due to a known issue that resulted in devices getting stuck at the OS boot logo.

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Curved televisions are gimmicky and an overall bad idea. I bought a curved 4K TV several years ago, and while I do like it overall, it has a big negative -- it shows a lot of glare when the sun comes through the windows. Ultimately, the curved aspect doesn't seem to provide much (if any) value over a flat set when sitting on my couch

Where curved displays are wonderful, however, is for computer monitors. When you are sitting closer to a display, such as at a desk, it provides a more immersive experience -- particularly for gaming. Today, YEYIAN unveils its latest curved display. The 34-inch "Sigurd 4000," as it is called, features a 3440x1440 resolution, wide 21:9 aspect ratio, and one millisecond response time.

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In the past decade, privacy-related legislation has developed considerably. The 'privacy industry' has gone through a metamorphosis not seen in many other disciplines. Now, as we reflect on the future post-pandemic, we must recognize that being able to quickly access and share accurate data is fundamental to everyone. 

When thinking about this, it’s important to remember that there’s a heavy overlap between business and personal aspects, an example of this is password managers. These will have both personal and work-related credentials saved to them, which can be hard to distinguish, and this is why corporate family use plans exist.

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Despite ongoing economic uncertainty, companies of all sizes are still facing a severe shortage of IT personnel, a challenge compounded by the fact that almost every industry is competing for scarce skilled tech workers.

This well-documented problem has become known as the IT talent gap, and it is causing significant difficulty for organizations looking to fill a range of critical roles. In fact, 73 percent of business leaders predict they will struggle to fill open technology roles in 2023, according to industry research. These gaps in knowledge and experience are the root cause of a number of issues, not least of which include decreased revenue and customer satisfaction, increased stress and high turnover.

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A new platform from Sonatype is designed to make it easier for developer and security teams to unite and build innovative software securely.

It delivers an Application Security Testing (AST) and Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tool that offers cloud, self-hosted, and disconnected deployment options -- giving control and flexibility to its customers.

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Anyone with a very large or ultra-wide display, or even a multi-monitor configuration, will be aware of the problem of moving the mouser cursor across what can feel like miles of screen space. For fans of the PowerToys collection of utilities there is a solution on the horizon in the form of Mouse Jump.

Mouse Jump is a tool that's based on an existing (non-PowerToys) utility called FancyMouse, and it speeds up the process of getting your cursor across a large area by "teleporting" it with the help of a keyboard shortcut to quickly move it long distances. Sounds good? Well, work is well underway to integrate the utility into PowerToys, but you can even try out the incredible capabilities right now.

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We can expect to see more than 1,900 new Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) per month in 2023, including 270 high-severity and 155 critical-severity vulnerabilities -- a 13 percent increase from published 2022 levels.

This is according to a report from cyber insurance provider Coalition, which finds that most CVEs are exploited within 90 days of public disclosure, with the majority exploited within the first 30 days.

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Due to the nature of modern software design and the sharing of open source images, security teams face a large number of container vulnerabilities according to a new report.

The study from Sysdig, based on real-world data sets covering billions of containers, thousands of cloud accounts, and hundreds of thousands of applications, finds 87 percent of container images have high or critical vulnerabilities.

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Last year Toyota suffered a data breach due to accidentally exposing a credential allowing access to customer data in a public GitHub repository.

This type of breach could be avoided if organizations turned their focus on credentials that are exposed within SaaS applications. We spoke to Corey O'Connor, director of product at SaaS security platform DoControl, about why he believes identity security needs to go beyond just protecting the keys.

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As promised, Microsoft has officially stopped selling Windows 10 licenses, meaning it is no longer possible to buy product keys for the operating system from the company.

We have known about the deadline for buying Windows 10 directly from Microsoft for a little while, and the company has now updated its website so the pages for Window 10 Home and Pro redirect to the page for Windows 11. But if you're dead set on buying Windows 10, you're not completely out of luck.

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Microsoft has announced a public preview of a new feature of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint that makes it possible to isolate Linux devices.

The company explains that it is possible to isolate a Linux device using APIs, or via the Microsoft 365 Defender portal. The update means that in the event of a security breach it is now possible to cut off Linux devices from a network, just as it has been possible to do with Windows devices.

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Last year, Samsung released the T7 Shield -- a fast and durable USB-C SSD. At the time, the portable drive was offered in three colors (beige, black, and blue) plus two capacities (1TB and 2TB).

Today, Samsung adds a new 4TB capacity option to the T7 Shield lineup. Yes, you can now get the drive with double the storage of the previous top capacity. Unfortunately, this 4TB variant is only available in black -- fans of beige and blue are out of luck with this capacity.

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