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Month: August 2026

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AWS Well-Architected Framework Review: 12 Steps, 90 Min [2026]

An AWS bill that quietly climbs 20% a quarter, a single-AZ database that takes down checkout for six hours, an S3 bucket with public read left over from a demo two years ago — none of these show up until they cost real money. The AWS Well-Architected Framework exists to catch exactly this class of…

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How to Deploy AWS SAM Apps: 12 Steps, 90 Min [2026]

Every serverless tutorial eventually runs into the same wall: you can write a Lambda function in five minutes, but wiring it to API Gateway, DynamoDB, IAM roles, and a repeatable deployment pipeline is a different job entirely. That gap is exactly what AWS SAM (Serverless Application Model) was built to close. As of August 2026,…

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McKesson Confirms Breach: 284M Records, $55M Demand [2026]

McKesson Corporation, the Irving, Texas pharmaceutical distributor that moves roughly a third of the prescription drugs sold in the United States, has confirmed what the extortion group ShinyHunters spent the past week threatening to prove: its cloud systems were breached, and patient data went out the door. The confirmation, posted Friday, August 28, 2026, and…

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Technology

Best Apps for Productivity

The best productivity apps support task management, scheduling, note-taking, project organization, communication, focus sessions, and everyday planning. Productivity apps help users organize responsibilities, track deadlines, store information, manage projects, and structure daily routines. Different categories suit different workflows, giving students, […] The post Best Apps for Productivity first appeared on Tech Startups.

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The Google TV Streamer now costs $50 more

Google raised the price of its 4K streaming box to $149, up $50 from its original $99 price. The new price is currently live at the Google Store and Best Buy, but Amazon appears to still be offering the original price. The price hike comes just a couple of weeks after Google launched its new…

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Set Up Content Security Policy: 12 Steps, 90 Min [2026]

Cross-site scripting is still the most reported weakness class in the entire CVE database. A 2026 vulnerability statistics review put CWE-79 (XSS) at roughly 5,000-plus CVEs and a double-digit share of all disclosed flaws for the year, and a separate 2025 annual report counted more than 6,300 individual XSS-related CVEs. Output encoding and input sanitization…

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