While President Joe Biden contemplates retaliating against the Russian hackers whose attack on another software company, SolarWinds, became public in December, the Hafnium hack has become an enormous free-for-all, and its consequences could be even worse. As experts sprint...
We often hear about cyberattacks, cyber operations, and malware infections that target computer systems or smartphones. Attacks against civilian infrastructure facilities such as hospitals, water sanitation systems, and the energy sector similarly get a lot of airtime. But there...
In less than a decade, two new programming languages have emerged as major options for enterprise development: Go, which was created at Google, and Rust, which was created at Mozilla.Both languages offer indispensable features for modern software development: a sophisticated...
Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) is ready to move on consumer privacy. | Zac Freeland/Vox Rep. Suzan DelBene is the first of several lawmakers to introduce necessary privacy legislation this year.
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Technology is neither good nor bad. It can be used in ways either beneficial or detrimental to society.
The innovation process, however, creates fears as many do not sufficiently understand the new products and systems and the advantages they bring....
Hubble’s aging hardware was last serviced directly in 2009 by space shuttle astronauts, and engineers estimated back then that it would last until around 2016. “After a few years in flight with all the refurbishes, engineers reevaluated the survivability...
During the Democratic presidential primary, several candidates made antitrust enforcement against Big Tech part of their campaign pitch. Joe Biden was not one of them. When he won the nomination, and ultimately the presidency, Silicon Valley executives probably felt...
Jeff Bezos will spend his next decade focused in part on the Bezos Earth Fund. | Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images The Amazon founder is slowly answering concerns from transparency advocates about the Bezos Earth...
Microsoft will end support of the .NET Core 2.1 open source development platform on August 21, 2021, which could raise security concerns for those running the platform beyond that date.Beginning September 2021, security updates will be issued for .NET...
Andy Jassy, the CEO of Amazon Web Services and successor to Jeff Bezos. | Asa Mathat for Vox Media Andy Jassy was responding to allegations in a Recode investigation and an employee lawsuit. In the...


















