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theodp writes: Tech-backed nonprofit Code.org on Wednesday fired the latest salvo in its legal battle over $3 million in unpaid licensing fees for the use of Code.org’s free [for non-commercial purposes] K-12 computer science curriculum by WhiteHat Jr…. Continue reading Code.org Tells Court Zuckerberg-Backed Byju’s Undermines Mission To Teach Kids CS
It can autonomously plan and execute thousand-step tasks. It can build and deploy entire software projects all by itself. It can research and fix bugs 7x better than OpenAI’s GPT-4, and it trains and deploys its own custom AIs to solve problems.Continu… Continue reading Next-gen AI software developer spawns and trains its own AIs
In this Help Net Security interview, Omkhar Arasaratnam, General Manager at the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), discusses the evolution of memory-safe programming languages and their emergence in response to the limitations of languages like… Continue reading Transitioning to memory-safe languages: Challenges and considerations
Long-time Slashdot reader garote writes: It’s the year 1991. You’re a teenage computer geek. You’ve just upgraded to an Apple IIgs, your first “16-bit” computer. To relieve the crushing boredom of your High School coursework, you and your friends embar… Continue reading The Apple IIgs: On a Machine This Slow, You Had To Get Weird
Firstly, a quote from a good article about the importance of memory safety by memorysafety.org:
How common are memory safety vulnerabilities?
Extremely. A recent study found that 60-70% of vulnerabilities in iOS and macOS are memory safet… Continue reading Can and should a penetration test report include an informational note about not having used a (by-design) memory-safe programming language?
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: CACM [Communications of the ACM] Is Now Open Access,” proclaims the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in its tear-down-this-CACM-paywall announcement. “More than six decades of CACM’s renowned research a… Continue reading ‘Communications of the ACM’ Is Now Open Access
Rust’s official survey team released results from their 8th annual survey “focused on gathering insights and feedback from Rust users”.
In terms of operating systems used by Rustaceans, the situation is very similar to the results from 2022, with Linu… Continue reading Rust Survey Finds Linux and VS Code Users, More WebAssembly Targeting
Stack Overflow has launched an API that will require all AI models trained on its coding question-and-answer content to attribute sources linking back to its posts. And it will cost money to use the site’s content. From a report: “All products based on… Continue reading Stack Overflow To Charge LLM Developers For Access To Its Coding Content
Python is one of the easiest programming languages and at the same time, it’s futuristic as it is used in Machine Learning, Data analysis, and more. One of the best IDEs for Python or programming in general is Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code… Continue reading How to install Python in VS Code
Tontoman shares a report: The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) urged tech companies to switch to memory-safe programming languages, such as Rust, to improve software security by reducing the number of memory safety vulnerabiliti… Continue reading White House Urges Devs To Switch To Memory-Safe Programming Languages