A major vendor outage like the recent CrowdStrike incident can spark a knee-jerk reaction in business leaders, leading to drastic changes that may introduce new security holes. To avoid this, companies should assess vendors’ reliability and risk, avoid radical changes to their update process, and take a proactive approach to cybersecurity. Assessing Vendors’ Reliability and … Read more
Python has become the most popular language on GitHub, surpassing JavaScript. This trend reflects a growing interest in data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning among developers. The rise of Python usage coincides with an increase in open-source activity beyond traditional software development. GitHub’s Octoverse 2024 report, released October 29, reveals that Python is used … Read more
OpenAI’s AI-powered search engine, ChatGPT, has launched a real-time web search feature for paid subscribers, while free users will gain access in the coming weeks. The new functionality allows users to tap into the internet in their conversations and receives updates automatically. Users can also manually trigger web searches. ChatGPT’s web search is integrated into … Read more
Russia is seeking a staggering sum from Google over $2 billion trillion, or roughly 20 quintillion rubles, due to fines incurred by blocking pro-Russian channels on YouTube. The penalty amounts to around $20 billion trillion, dwarfing the global economy’s size of $110 trillion. The Kremlin claims that Google’s actions restrict their broadcasters’ rights and have … Read more
Amazon has reportedly hired cybersecurity experts from various sources to monitor its newly developed HQ2 campus in Arlington, Virginia. The company’s efforts come as concerns about data breaches and online security have grown. Details of the hiring are scarce, but it is known that Amazon has been actively seeking top talent in cybersecurity to enhance … Read more
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has once again demonstrated its remarkable resilience, defying expectations with a recent glitch that required it to find an unconventional solution. After losing communication for several days, the probe successfully rebooted and restored normal operations by switching to an old, unused radio transmitter. The 47-year-old spacecraft is now over 24 billion … Read more
A father-daughter team from the US has successfully decoded a mock “alien signal” beamed from ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter last May, but the meaning behind it remains unknown. The European Space Agency (ESA) created a citizen science project called “A Sign in Space,” which simulated an extraterrestrial message. The team extracted the signal from … Read more
The US government is cracking down on software development practices, warning that critical infrastructure relies heavily on secure coding standards. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued a report highlighting dangers of using memory-unsafe programming languages like C and C++. Manufacturers have until January 1, 2026, … Read more
UCLA researchers have challenged a fundamental rule in organic chemistry that has been in place for over 100 years. The rule, known as Bredt’s rule, states that molecules cannot have a carbon-carbon double bond at the ring junction of a bridged bicyclic molecule. However, a team of chemists led by Neil Garg has found a … Read more