Python has a lot of great qualities— its versatility, possession of thousands of useful libraries, simplicity— but speed is not one of them. This is about to change in Python 3.11, still in its first beta phase ahead of its…
Costa Rica Declares State of Emergency Amidst Cyberattacks
Following a month of fatal ransomware attacks, the North American country of Costa Rica has declared a state of emergency. This measure is intended to relieve the government of less tasks so as to tackle the crisis more effectively. President…
Privacy Activists Against EU’s New Plan to Fight Child Abuse
On Wednesday, the European Union revealed new proposals which would require online platforms to more effectively screen and eliminate child abuse online. This legislation would allow countries in the EU to tell courts to order companies like Meta and Apple…
U.S. Cities Debate Repeal of Ban on Facial Recognition Software as Crime Rate Increases
No As a result of the massive rise in crime rate, bans on facial recognition because of its racial bias in the U.S. are under serious threat. This is also due to increase in lobbying from developers. In July, Virginia…
Apple, Google and Microsoft to Introduce New Passkey Standard
To celebrate ‘World Password Day’ (the first Thursday of May), Microsoft, Google and Apple are launching a ‘joint effort’ to stop the use of passwords. They want to ‘expand support for a common passwordless sign-in standard created by the FIDO…
Researchers Say Facebook Outage May Show Extent of Dependency on Social Media
Researchers have suggested that users’ response to social outages show how social media is viewed as important as electricity and gas, and not just a mere tool of entertainment and communication. Studying the reactions of users to an outage of…