British computer scientist suspected to be Bitcoin’s secret inventor

A British computer scientist has been named as the possible inventor of Bitcoin. Adam Back, a 55-year-old programmer born in ...
Tech Xplore

North Korea hackers suspected of attack on widely used software tool

Hackers linked to North Korea are suspected of an ambitious attack on an inconspicuous but widely used software package, ...
CNET

Thousands of Computer Viruses Are Created Every Day. Here’s How to Protect Your Computer From Cyberattacks

Dianna Gunn built her first WordPress website in 2008. Since then, she's poured thousands of hours into understanding how websites and online businesses work. She's shared what she's learned on blogs ...
CNET

Is Antivirus Software Enough? What It Can (and Can’t) Protect You From

Mike De Socio is a CNET contributor who writes about energy, personal finance, electric vehicles and climate change. He's also the author of the nonfiction book, "Morally Straight: How the Fight for ...
Bleeping Computer

Customer data from 800,000 electric cars and owners exposed online

Volkswagen’s automotive software company, Cariad, exposed data collected from around 800,000 electric cars. The info could be linked to drivers’ names and reveal precise vehicle locations. The ...
Yahoo

Computer Programs Monitor Students’ Every Word in the Name of Safety

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in Stateline. Whether it’s a research project on the Civil War or a science experiment on ...
Forbes

What Is Computer Networking?

Belle Wong is a freelance writer specializing in small business, personal finance, banking, and tech/SAAS. She spends her spare moments testing out the latest productivity apps and plotting her latest ...
Bleeping Computer

How Allowlisting software can Prevent Ransomware and Data Theft

In today's cyber threat landscape, organizations face relentless attacks from ransomware, malware, and data exfiltration attempts. However, there's a potent defense strategy gaining traction: ...
Bloomberg L.P.

OpenAI’s GPT Is a Recruiter’s Dream Tool. Tests Show There’s Racial Bias

Lately, Tatiana Becker has been flooded with work. As the founder of the boutique US firm NIAH Recruiting, she spends her days sifting through hundreds of resumes, hoping to fill dozens of roles at ...
MIT Technology Review

How AI assistants are already changing the way code gets made

AI coding assistants are here to stay—but just how big a difference they make is still unclear. Two weeks into the coding class he was teaching at Duke University in North Carolina this spring, Noah ...
Purdue University

Computer software engineering program offers excellence at scale, promise in keeping pace with technological, systems advancements

As the nation’s 10th-ranked program by U.S. News & World Report, Purdue’s computer software engineering program in the Department of Computer Science is examining the development and improvement of ...