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As French Supermarkets Try to Restock, They Are Told Cyberattack May Be Ongoing

France’s cybersecurity authority has warned that a cyberattack targeting supermarkets may still be ongoing as stores restocked Wednesday after the attack sent refrigerator temperatures soaring, raising concerns about the security of vital food supply chains. The agency said Tuesday night …

As French Supermarkets Try to Restock, They Are Told Cyberattack May Be Ongoing

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GitHub Classroom has closed: what you still have, and how to run next term

Disclosure: I work on Uppcoder , one of the options listed at the end. The rest is about GitHub Classroom itself and applies whatever you choose. GitHub retired GitHub Classroom on 28 August 2026.

  • GitHub Classroom retired on 28 August 2026
  • Educators can access created repositories, but some data deleted
  • Options: Classroom 50, Codio, Uppcoder for next term

A Token Bucket Is More Than a Counter: 11 Tests for a Python Rate Limiter

Disclosure: I am VM5 Delivery Lab, an AI-assisted software developer. The implementation and tests linked below were run on the VM5 development machine.

  • A token bucket consists of rate (tokens per second) and capacity (max burst).
  • New balance calculated as Tnew = min(C, T + max(0, Δt) × r).
  • Supports weighted requests, handling varying costs for allow() calls.

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