Go 1.18, featuring highly anticipated generics capabilities, has moved to a second beta release. However, Go’s developers have postponed the production release of Go 1.18 until March, instead of February, as originally planned. A Go 1.18 release candidate now...
As sophisticated technology becomes more affordable and readily available, there lie dangers of it falling into the wrong hands, writes Paul Budde. I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE my astute group of international colleagues with whom I have ongoing discussions about...
An NFT, or non-fungible token, is displayed on a billboard in Times Square in New York City on November 4, 2021. Images of NFTs were displayed on billboards throughout Times Square during NFT.NYC, a conference for...
Future history The NSA’s Research Directorate is descended from the Black Chamber, the first group of civilian codebreakers in the United States who were tasked with spying on cutting-edge technology, like the telegraph. Existing only from 1919 to 1929,...
When the Apple One subscription bundle launched, it caused even the most ardent Spotify fan to consider the merits of switching music-streaming services. But since then, there haven't been too many reasons to entice Spotify users over to Apple...
With Deno 1.18, an upgrade to the JavaScript/TypeScript runtime positioned as a Node.js alternative, the Deno project’s developers have completed the Web Cryptography API.Deno’s Web Crypto API was finalized after a six-month effort. Deno now passes 98.1% of the...
Amid a growing reliance on technology due to the coronavirus pandemic, cyberattacks have become a growing threat to schools across the United States – leading to school shutdowns and to demands for more funding to address the problem.Starting last...
Parabon’s technology “doesn’t tell you the exact number of millimeters between the eyes or the ratio between the eyes, nose, and mouth,” Greytak says. Without that sort of precision, facial recognition algorithms cannot deliver accurate results—but deriving such precise...
And what could that mean for our future?End State #3/52: (Here are posts one and two.)This is post three in a series exploring how we govern the future.In this post we’ll see if we can answer a big question:...
This week, hacktivism entered a new phase, as a group known as Cyber Partisans used ransomware to disrupt trains in Belarus. The hackers demanded the release of political prisoners and a promise that Belarus Railways wouldn't transport Russian troops...
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