Tag Archives: Requests

Newsom’s Medi-Cal Requests $6.4B Bailout, Spending $9.5B on Noncitizens

Newsom’s Medi-Cal Requests .4B Bailout, Spending .5B on Noncitizens

Credit: Office of the Governor of California via Wikimedia Commons California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has requested a $2.8 billion bailout for taxpayer-funded Medi-Cal, on top of an additional $3.4 billion for the program requested last week. With $9.5 billion spent by Medi-Cal on illegal immigrant health care this year, Newsom told a press gaggle that this benefits expansion was at least …

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Letby inquiry will not be halted after requests from hospital executives | UK News

Letby inquiry will not be halted after requests from hospital executives | UK News

The public inquiry into Lucy Letby’s crimes will not be halted, its chairwoman has ruled, despite requests from hospital executives to do so. On Wednesday, Lady Justice Thirlwall refused the application from the senior hospital managers to pause the inquiry, pending the outcome of Letby’s latest challenge to her multiple convictions for murder and attempted murder. Since September, the Thirlwall …

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Amazon is getting rid of the option for Echo devices to process Alexa voice requests locally

Amazon is getting rid of the option for Echo devices to process Alexa voice requests locally

As of March 28, Amazon Echo models that were previously able to process Alexa requests locally will no longer do so, instead sending those voice recordings to the cloud. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the change to The Verge after a Reddit user posted a PSA about it on Friday, with a screenshot of an email they’d received from the company. …

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Battling 429 “Too Many Requests” error with OkHttp client.

Battling 429 “Too Many Requests” error with OkHttp client.

So, during our investigation, we can see that under the hood enqueue method relies on OkHttp’s Dispatcher. And if explore this method a bit more, we will see something like this: So, the Dispatcher has an executorService that is injected inside of its constructor, meaning it is customizable! Since ExecutorService comes from Java concurrent library, and there are several built-in …

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How to Build Slack App for Audit Requests

How to Build Slack App for Audit Requests

Auditing for any B2B software is crucial for understanding how teams utilize products, measuring efficiency created due to the product usage, security, and data compliance. Organizations may require different types of audits to ensure proper usage, identify potential risks, and support technical engagements.  This article will walk you through how to use a technical architecture designed for audits to create …

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The hidden costs of data subject access requests (DSARs) on privacy

The hidden costs of data subject access requests (DSARs) on privacy

As data privacy laws evolve and the demand for transparency grows, privacy offices are increasingly burdened with the rising cost of processing Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs). In fact, a 2024 survey indicated a staggering 246% increase in DSARs over the past two years. And they’re costing companies big time – to the tune of $1.5k per request. For offices …

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Extend your API — keep Requests & Responses gzipped | by Serhii Hryshyn | Feb, 2025

Extend your API — keep Requests & Responses gzipped | by Serhii Hryshyn | Feb, 2025

Photo by Marcus Urbenz on Unsplash Hey there! Today, I want to talk about something simple but super useful — setting up Gzip compression for your API client. Sounds interesting? Let’s dive in! First of all, what is Gzip? Gzip is a tool that compresses and decompresses data (originally files) using the Deflate algorithm. In plain terms, it helps reduce …

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Coinbase Vs SEC: US Regulator Requests 28-Day Deadline Extension On Petition Response

Coinbase Vs SEC: US Regulator Requests 28-Day Deadline Extension On Petition Response

On Friday, February 14th, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission requested a 28-day extension of its deadline to respond to Coinbase’s appeal. This latest move represents an interesting development in the protracted legal battle between the regulatory agency and the US’ largest crypto exchange. Why SEC Asked For A Deadline Extension In its latest filing, the SEC asked the …

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Extend your API — keep Requests & Responses gzipped | by Serhii Hryshyn | Feb, 2025

Extend your API — keep Requests & Responses gzipped | by Serhii Hryshyn | Feb, 2025

Привіт! Сьогодні хочеться написати про щось просте, проте корисне, і я вирішив, що було б непогано показати і розказати, як налаштувати Gzip-кодування для API. Цікаво? Тоді поїхали розбиратись! Ітак, що таке Gzip? Gzip — це тулза, яка стискає та розпаковує дані (в оригіналі файли) за допомогою алгоритму Deflate. Простими словами, це потрібно, щоб зменшити пакети даних, які передаются по мережі, …

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AOP for Post-Processing REST Requests With Spring, AspectJ

AOP for Post-Processing REST Requests With Spring, AspectJ

Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) is a programming paradigm that enables the modularisation of concerns that cut across multiple types and objects. It provides additional behavior to existing code without modifying the code itself.  AOP can solve many problems in a graceful way that is easy to maintain. One such common problem is adding some new behavior to a controller (@Controller) so …

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