Consumers could pay more for strawberries as half a million young plants die mysteriously
Strawberry farmers count the cost of losing half a million young strawberry plants soon after they were purchased and planted. ⌘ Read more
$20 million tobacco crop ploughed into the ground after raid
A joint investigation between police and the tax office has led to the destruction of an illegal tobacco plantation which was found near Parkes. ⌘ Read more
Changes restricting international students’ working hours have farmers worried as workforce crisis continues
Workforce uncertainty in the face of the cap has left farmers grappling to secure farm hands, with one Tasmanian strawberry farmer halting a $10 million expansion plan. ⌘ Read more
Building GitHub with Ruby and Rails
Since the beginning, GitHub.com has been a Ruby on Rails monolith. Today, the application is nearly two million lines of code and more than 1,000 engineers collaborate on it daily. We deploy as often as 20 times a day, and nearly every week one of those deploys is a Rails upgrade. Upgrading Rails weekly Every […] ⌘ Read more
We Won (1 MILLION SUBS!) ⌘ Read more
Well-known Tasmanian wine brand to be bottled interstate
Josef Chromy wines have been bottled in their home state for years. Now a multi-million-dollar expansion plan will see it move to South Australia. ⌘ Read more
Open source’s impact on the world’s 100 million developers
We’re taking a look at how open source software has evolved on GitHub, and how the role of a maintainer and contributor has changed alongside the massive growth in open source software. ⌘ Read more
100 million developers and counting
There are now 100 million developers around the world using GitHub. Here’s what this means—and why it’s just the beginning. ⌘ Read more
Report: Over 33 Million Desktop Linux users, worldwide
A detailed analysis of all available Desktop Linux market share metrics. ⌘ Read more
The Million Monkeys Theorem of Programming
It’s science. ⌘ Read more
How to Build and Run Next.js Applications with Docker, Compose, & NGINX
At DockerCon 2022, Kathleen Juell, a Full Stack Engineer at Sourcegraph, shared some tips for combining Next.js, Docker, and NGINX to serve static content. With nearly 400 million active websites today, efficient content delivery is key to attracting new web application users. In some cases, using Next.js can boost deployment efficiency, accelerate time to market, […] ⌘ Read more
How to Develop and Deploy a Customer Churn Prediction Model Using Python, Streamlit, and Docker
Customer churn is a million-dollar problem for businesses today. The SaaS market is becoming increasingly saturated, and customers can choose from plenty of providers. Retention and nurturing are challenging. Online businesses view customers as churn when they stop purchasing goods and services. Customer churn can depend on industry-specific factors, y … ⌘ Read more
GitHub Pages now uses Actions by default
As GitHub Pages, home to 16 million websites, approaches its 15th anniversary, we’re excited to announce that all sites now build and deploy with GitHub Actions. ⌘ Read more
JD.com extends access to Tencent’s WeChat for three years with US$220 million in stock
JD.com is keeping its preferential access to WeChat’s 1.29 billion users, extending a partnership with Tencent that gives it a short cut on the platform. ⌘ Read more
How old are our earliest human ancestors? A million years older than we thought, study finds
Discovery could alter our understanding of hominid history, which is ‘more complex than linear evolution’, says scientist. ⌘ Read more
Quarter of world’s population at risk from once-in-a-century floods
Around 1.8 billion people face a “significant” risk, including hundreds of millions in the world’s two most populous countries – India and China. ⌘ Read more
China pledges aid for Afghanistan after deadly quake but also seeks action from Taliban on terrorism
During call between foreign ministers, Wang Yi describes China as a ‘true friend’ to its neighbour and promises tents and beds among US$7.4 million aid package. ⌘ Read more
Thailand tops 2 million tourists this year, as it longs for absent Chinese visitors
Thailand’s tourism ministry voiced hopes that Chinese holidaymakers – who made up nearly 30 per cent of the country’s 40 million foreign tourists pre-pandemic – may return before the end of the year. ⌘ Read more
Evergrande crisis: embattled developer could face liquidation as creditor files winding-up petition in Hong Kong
The embattled developer received a winding-up petition from a creditor reportedly owned by a member of Hong Kong’s leadership election committee, for failing to pay US$109.91 million. ⌘ Read more
Australia-China relations: Canberra to set up Pacific defence school as Beijing seeks rival regional meeting
Canberra also plans to double funding for aerial surveillance in the Pacific region to recoup US$150 million lost each year to illegal fishing, a government minister said. ⌘ Read more
JD.com founder Richard Liu cashes out nearly US$1 billion from e-commerce giant after retreat from top job
Liu has sold Nasdaq-listed JD.com stock and Hong Kong-listed JD Health shares worth a combined US$988 million since April, according to filings. ⌘ Read more
Hong Kong star Jackie Chan attracts 5.4 million on Kuaishou as Chinese platforms deploy celebrity live-streams to lure users
In a fierce battle for viewers, Kuaishou, Douyin and WeChat’s Channels platform are making use of star power including Chan, Backstreet Boys, Jay Chou and Andy Lau. ⌘ Read more
Prince Charles’ US$3 million bags-of-cash claim, denies any wrongdoing
British royal’s office said the money, from a former prime minister of Qatar, was for the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund – it was handed over in a suitcase and in shopping bags from London’s Fortnum & Mason store. ⌘ Read more
Hong Kong customs intercepts Macau-bound riverboat suspected of smuggling HK$23 million in cash, arrests 2
Two men, aged 45 and 76, arrested earlier this month on suspicion of smuggling goods to Macau. ⌘ Read more
This 1.63 million-year-old fossil may have been the first human (hominin) to inhabit China
Scientists used teeth analysis to show that a Homo erectus fossil nicknamed, Lantian Man, likely lived in northwest China and may represent the first known hominin to live there. ⌘ Read more
Singapore lures new wave of Chinese investors eyeing good schools, stability
The city has tightened its Global Investor Programme rules over the years, such as requiring applicants to manage firms with revenues of S$200 million, but interest continues to be strong. ⌘ Read more
Man in China with no arms shows millions how the disabled can live full lives in videos of cooking, writing and sewing with his feet
A man in China who lost both his arms as a child shows millions that a disability does not mean you can’t have a full life, with videos of him cooking, farming and even sewing with his feet. ⌘ Read more
Hong Kong customs officers arrest 5 men after seizure of HK$4.5 million worth of frozen meat from ship
Tonnes of contraband frozen meat seized by customs officers from ship in the city’s southern waters. ⌘ Read more
Hong Kong police arrest 1,800 people, aged 11 to 90, in first four weeks of cross-border crime crackdown
Officers seize HK$100 million worth of illegal drugs and illicit goods in operation Thunderbolt 2022. ⌘ Read more
Covid-19 vaccines ‘saved 20 million lives’ in first year, study says
The study is the first attempt to estimate the number of deaths prevented directly and indirectly as a result of Covid-19 vaccinations. ⌘ Read more
Pink Floyd seeking US$500 million for music catalogue
Should that deal come to fruition, it would be one of the largest sales in music history. ⌘ Read more
Woman’s anger over topless hospital X-ray by male doctor who got a week suspension starts heated debate in China and her post gets 130 million views
A woman asked to remove her clothes for an X-ray exam with a male radiologist says she felt violated and complained and then posted about the incident on social media. ⌘ Read more
US sending Ukraine US$450 million more in arms, including rocket systems, says White House
‘This package contains weapons and equipment, including new High Mobility Artillery Rocket systems,’ said White House spokesman John Kirby. ⌘ Read more
US$156million Russian superyacht in Dubai –test for US, UAE close ties amid sanctions
The 98-metre Madame Gu is moored next to US$200 million megayacht owned by the state’s ruler as Western pressure mounts for US Gulf Arab ally to apply sanctions. ⌘ Read more
Indonesia deports Japanese Covid fraud suspect – US$7.3 million in government funds stolen
Mitsuhiro Taniguchi is accused of taking part in a fraud scheme that netted several million dollars in government funds intended for small Japanese businesses affected by coronavirus. ⌘ Read more
Cash-strapped Pakistan scores IMF financial aid win – but millions of people may face ruin, analysts say
Analysts say energy price hikes after renewal of IMF support package may push many more people into poverty and wreak havoc among 5.2 million small and medium-sized businesses. ⌘ Read more
China’s electricity demand soars as heatwaves bake northern, central provinces
Millions reach for the air conditioner as temperatures approach 40 degrees Celsius, while floods continue to swallow southern region. ⌘ Read more
No more GitHub Copilot for me
I was an avid user of GitHub Copilot during the technical preview phase. Apparently, as many as 1.2 million developers used Copilot. But now Copilot is out of beta and suddenly costs money. ⌘ Read more
Tencent trims stake in Koolearn, New Oriental’s live-streaming unit, as new venture fuels a six-fold jump in stock
Tencent collected US$92 million by selling down its stake in Koolearn Technology in two transactions this month after the education group switched its focus to live-streaming business. ⌘ Read more
China’s political party school in Africa takes first students from 6 countries
120 cadres from ruling parties attend workshop at the US$40 million facility in Tanzania funded by the Chinese Communist Party. ⌘ Read more
Russian journalist sells Nobel Prize for Ukrainian children – worth millions
‘It has to become a beginning of a flash mob as an example to follow so people auction their valuable possessions to help Ukrainians,’ said Dmitry Muratov, who shared Nobel Peace Prize with Filipino journalist Maria Ressa. ⌘ Read more
Indonesia looks to Singapore to offload its surplus chickens
Indonesia produces 55 million to 60 million chickens per week and currently has a surplus. Singapore has been scrambling to find alternative supply sources since Malaysia restricted poultry exports. ⌘ Read more
URA to spend HK$500 million renovating 4 older areas of Hong Kong, with focus on preventive maintenance of ageing buildings
Urban Renewal Authority to focus on Kowloon City, Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok and Sham Shui Po, among other areas, over five years ⌘ Read more
US billionaire Warren Buffett’s last charity private lunch sees record US$19 million bid
A wealthy person has bid a whopping US$19 million to eat at a New York steakhouse with Warren Buffett, 91, in his last such auction for San Francisco charity Glide. ⌘ Read more
Fraudsters swindled HK$1.28 billion from more than 6,000 Hongkongers through online, phone scams in first 4 months of year
Nearly one-fourth of money victims lost was swindled through email fraud, while phone scammers pocketed HK$280 million. ⌘ Read more
‘Never seen such floods in her life’: 41 dead, millions stranded in India, Bangladesh
Floods are a regular menace in low-lying Bangladesh, but experts say climate change is increasing frequency, ferocity, unpredictability. ⌘ Read more
BTS: US$3.5 million Proof album purchase shows V’s fans in China are undeterred by Beijing’s K-Culture crackdown
The group purchase of more than 170,000 copies was made on the first day of the release of BTS’ new album ‘Proof’ last week despite Beijing tightening its grip over the consumption of South Korean content and fandom culture. ⌘ Read more
Fukushima disaster not state’s fault, Japan top court decides
Ruling leaves Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, solely responsible for slightly over US$10.5 million in damages in four lawsuits. ⌘ Read more
Hong Kong Palace Museum previews opening shows featuring national treasures loaned by Beijing
Ahead of its opening to the public on July 2, the US$450 million museum gives a preview of three of its nine inaugural exhibitions, including national treasures loaned by the Palace Museum in Beijing. ⌘ Read more
Covid-19 in China: latest Beijing outbreak ‘easing’ after millions tested
Cluster linked to Heaven Supermarket bar emerged days after the city had begun lifting curbs. ⌘ Read more