Latest articles by Steve Ranger
Fears over copycat XZ-style attacks mount as open source devs targeted with suspicious emails
News A mysterious attempt to plant a backdoor in a widely used open source project was likely not an isolated incident
AI is narrowing the performance gap between high and low skilled workers, but over-reliance is a concern – report
News Stanford University's Annual AI Index reveals the extent to which AI has influenced modern workplaces, and how it may shape business in the years to come
Most developers will soon use an AI pair programmer — but the benefits aren’t black and white
News Generative AI coding tools can help developers work smarter, even if huge productivity gains may prove elusive
Palo Alto Networks issues fix for critical PAN-OS software flaw
News The PAN-OS vulnerability could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on some firewalls
UK election: Five tech issues that should be in every manifesto
Opinion: Tech policy is never a vote winner, but having a solid plan for the UK tech sector is going to be critical for the next parliament
Why PC sales are bouncing back from a lengthy slump
News Windows 11 and AI PCs are breathing new life into the notebook and desktop market
Devs defend PHP programming language despite dip in popularity
News Supporters of the PHP programming language insist there are still plenty of cool projects being built with it, but it's popularity has waned in recent years
Inside the project management overhaul at the Special Olympics USA Games
Case study Organizers swapped emails and spreadsheets for Smartsheet to enable project management rooted in collaboration
Google devs ditched C++ for Rust — here's what happened
News Rust developers are twice as productive as their counterparts using other programming languages such as C++
Why major data center outages may soon be a thing of the past
News Data center outages have declined significantly over the last year or so, but when downtime does happen, the financial repercussions are even more severe
"We got lucky": What the XZ Utils backdoor says about the strength and insecurities of open source
Analysis The XZ Utils backdoor could’ve caused serious problems for Linux, but luckily a developer spotted the malicious code and prevented disaster
The White House wants US government agencies to hire a chief artificial intelligence officer — here's why
News New guidelines require federal agencies to have a chief artificial intelligence officer and publish a list of the use cases where it is being deployed
How Trek used mobile device management to optimize its wearables fleet
Case study The cycling giant rolled out mobile management tools to keep its warehouse devices secure and cut service times significantly
Why Intel is pushing for developers to adopt AI PCs
News A new Intel initiative aims to drive developer adoption of AI PCs and improve synergy with the hardware makers building these next-generation devices
Why Python is the programming language of choice for AI developers
News Python, Scala, and Java are among the most popular programming languages for AI developers, a new study shows
SCADA is heading to the cloud — here's why security experts are worried
News SCADA systems are increasingly migrating to cloud environments, but the NCSC worries security is often an afterthought
FBI and CISA say it’s time to delete SQL injection flaws for good
News SQL injection flaws have been an issue for years, so why do developers still make the same mistakes over and over again?
This next-generation data center project is turning waste heat into algae-based biofuel — could this be the future of green data storage?
News Data4, the French company behind the innovative project, aims to create the world’s first “bio-circular data center”
GitHub’s new code scanning tool will find and fix the errors in your code
News The GitHub code scanning autofix tool works with JavaScript, Typescript, Java and Python programming languages
Who is DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman and why has he joined Microsoft?
Explainer Mustafa Suleyman co-founded DeepMind and most recently served as CEO at Inflection AI - his next move will see the "visionary" founder lead Microsoft's consumer AI division
How the Boston Red Sox made data its "lifeblood"
Case study The major league baseball team is using ‘hot’ cloud storage to support its data analytics ambitions
New industry-backed IoT security standards aim to improve device safety
News New IoT security standards could bolster safety and cyber resilience across a number of industries
A robust cyber security industry requires software vendors to pull their weight – so why are customers working so hard?
Opinion Opinion – The idea that software will always have flaws has become normalized, and the responsibility for fixing them too often falls to those least equipped
