Preventing problems like Meltdown and Spectre from reocurring requires software developers to be given sufficient information about hardware to ensure security.
The Mount Agung volcano spews smoke, as seen from Karangasem, Bali.
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The companies that make our digital devices think – and act – like they still own them, even after we’ve bought them. Are we becoming digital serfs?
Those who got advice from the online calculator in the study showed a small, but statistically significant, increase in trust towards robo-advice.
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How do malware analysts examine software that’s designed to wreak havoc with computers? By using tools that watch software’s inner workings very closely.
GnuPGP still has many important uses today.
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Most people have never heard of the software that makes up the machinery of the internet
- especially the tools that keep us safe.
Ironically, one of the biggest advantages of a bot-based application system is that it can come across as more personal than a human.
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Auto-translation software has been pretty frustrating to use. But news of vast improvements to Google’s translation software raises the prospect that websites will soon be browsable in any language.