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Building Up the U.S. Semiconductor Industry
U.S. chipmakers await monetary support from the government a year after supporting legislation was signed into law.
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Python Programming Language, AWS Skills Demand Exploding
Analysis of Indeed.com job search engine listings over the last five years found explosive growth in demand for skills in Python.
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World's Fastest Supercomputers Hit Higher Speeds with Linux
The latest Top500 supercomputer ratings found the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Summit system topping the list with a High-Performance Linpack benchmark of 148...
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GitHub Tops 40 Million Developers as Python, Data Science, Machine Learning Popularity Surges
Microsoft-owned GitHub's annual Octoverse report said its software developer community now exceeds 40 million developers.
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Academics Find Vulnerabilities in Android's VoIP Components
Scientists at China's OPPO ZIWU Cyber Security Lab, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Singapore Management University identified eight flaws in Android's...
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Microsoft Poses Threat to Germany's Digital Sovereignty, Warns Study
An analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers has confirmed that the German government is too dependent on the software of just a few software providers.
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COBOL Turns 60: Why It Will Outlive Us All
In the beginning, there was machine languages and assembler. Neither was easy to use, but then along came COBOL, and everything changed.
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Mobile Malware Attacks are Booming in 2019: These are the Most Common Threats
Malware attacks against mobile devices, especially Android handsets, have ballooned this year.
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Python Predicted to Overtake C and Java in Next 4 Years
Tiobe analysts believe Python probably will become the most popular programming language in the world within three or four years.
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R's Out of Top 20 Programming Languages Despite Boom in Statistical Jobs
Tiobe ranks the R programming language as the 21st most popular in its monthly index for May, marking the first time in three years the language sits outside the...
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Could TypeScript Replace JavaScript? Use of Programming Language Spin-Off Soars
In a recent survey of developers who use npm, 62% of respondents said they used Microsoft's TypeScript to build native mobile and desktop apps, up from 46% in last...
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NSW, Sydney ni Join Quantum Powers to Prove Qubit Theory
Researchers in Australia are combining their quantum computing powers, uniting methods designed by researchers at each university to prove their feasibility.
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Study Shows Programmers Will Take the Easy Way Out and Not Implement Proper Password Security
Researchers have found that developers tend to write code that stores user passwords in an unsafe manner, because that is easier than creating a more secure product...
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Cisco: Patch Routers Now Against Massive 9.8/10-Severity Security Hole
Cisco has advised enterprise users of its wireless virtual private network and firewall routers to immediately install updates to patch a critical flaw.
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E to Fund Bug Bounty Programs for 14 Open Source Projects
The European Union will cover the costs of bug bounty programs for 14 open source projects.
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Developers, Despair: Half Your Time Is Wasted on Bad Code
A study found 31% of developer time is wasted on routine maintenance work, draining $300 billion each year from global GDP.
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What is Cyberwar?
At its core, cyberwarfare refers the use of digital attacks by one country or nation to disrupt the computer systems of another with the aim of create significant...
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How Do Autonomous Vehicles Learn to Drive? Download This Self-Driving Dataset and See for Yourself
The University of California, Berkeley has made available a massive dataset used by engineers in the development of driverless auto technologies.
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Tech Giants Hit by NSA Spying Slam Encryption Backdoors
A coalition of Silicon Valley tech giants has doubled down on its criticism of encryption backdoors following a proposal that would give law enforcement access...
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DevOps, Machine Learning Dominate Technology Opportunities This Year
Programming languages and frameworks associated with DevOps and machine learning are on the rise, and developers working in these areas garner the highest salaries...
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