Bad actors could use the flaw to remotely load and execute malicious files on a victim’s computer. is a news writer who ...

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Python -O won’t magically make every script faster, but in the right workloads it’s a free win—here’s how to test it safely.

International Women and Girls in Science Day, Feb. 11, promotes full and equal access to and participation in STEM fields for women and girls.

Who needs humans when a purported 1.5 million agents trade lobster memes and start their own religion? Moltbook, vibe-coded by Octane AI founder Matt Schlicht in a weekend (he cla ...

Notepad++ version 8.8.9 was released to fix a security weakness in its WinGUp update tool after researchers and users reported incidents in which the updater retrieved malicious executables instead of ...

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...

Last month, OpenAI published a usage study showing that nearly 15 percent of work-related conversations on ChatGPT had to deal with “making decisions and solving problems.” Now comes word that at ...

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Officials estimate that pythons have killed 95% of small mammals as well as thousands of birds in Everglades National Park South Florida Water Management District via AP; AP Photo/Lynne Sladky ...

Dr. McBain studies policies and technologies that serve vulnerable populations. On any given night, countless teenagers confide in artificial intelligence chatbots — sharing their loneliness, anxiety ...

Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was ...