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Fake Jobs Put Job Seekers at Risk of Identity Theft

Fraud investigator Jay Jones, known online as “The Profiler,” tells Bloomberg This Weekend that AI is helping scammers create increasingly convincing fake recruiters and job listings that can lead victims to surrender money and sensitive personal information. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Jones says he has helped remove more than 58,000 fraudulent job listings and advises…

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Check Markdown examples before someone copies them

A project can have a green test suite while its README example is stale. The docs are often the first thing a new user runs, and one missing colon or moved setup link can waste the first few minutes.

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Getting Google Trends data in Python without fighting 429 errors

I built this actor; it's a paid tool on Apify with a free trial credit. If you've used pytrends , you've probably seen 429 Too Many Requests .

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  • Saves results per search, preventing blockage of other searches

·dev.to

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