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    This company says AI can help design sustainable smart home appliances

    <!–> Hitachi Smart home devices should not only enable consumers to live better and save them time and cost, the technologies should also be made to last as demand for sustainable products continues to grow.  To achieve this broad range of aims, manufacturers will need to turn to artificial intelligence (AI) for answers, according to […] More

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    Developers, watch your code: Official Python respository spread malicious projects

    <!–> BeeBright/Getty Images PyPI is the official Python Package Index that currently contains 500,972 projects, 5,228,535 million releases, 9,950,103 million files, and 770,841 users. PyPI helps users locate and install software developed and released by the Python community as well as serving as a repository where developers can distribute their software. Also: How to use […] More

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    Developers, watch your code: Official Python repository spread malicious projects

    <!–> BeeBright/Getty Images PyPI is the official Python Package Index that currently contains 500,972 projects, 5,228,535 million releases, 9,950,103 million files, and 770,841 users. PyPI helps users locate and install software developed and released by the Python community as well as serving as a repository where developers can distribute their software. Also: How to use […] More

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    Worried about online privacy and security? This browser protects you more than Firefox

    <!–> Jupiterimages/Getty Images It never ceases to amaze me what we tolerate as accepted online behavior by companies and websites. Case in point, tracking data within URLs. Click around the internet long enough and you’ll see a string of data, attached to the end of a URL that looks something like this: ?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=winter_sale Also: Best […] More

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    I added a hardware security key to my MacBook, and it made my logins faster and safer

    Jason Hiner/ZDNET For the past few months, I’ve been alternating my laptop usage between a Surface Pro 9 (running Windows 11) and an M2-powered MacBook Air. There’s always a bit of an adjustment when switching between platforms, but I found one aspect of the MacBook especially frustrating: After a restart, I have to enter the […] More

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    I tried two passwordless password managers, and was seriously impressed by one

    <!–> Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Password management apps have been around for decades. These days, there are dozens of legitimate candidates for the job of wrangling your online credentials, and they all start with the same basic architecture: Your usernames, passwords, and other secrets are stored in a database (often called a vault) that’s protected with […] More

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    Cybersecurity teams need new skills even as they struggle to manage legacy systems

    Already facing a dearth of talent, cybersecurity teams now need additional skillsets to deal with the growing adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. This is further complicated by a threat landscape that continues to evolve and a widening attack surface that needs safeguarding, including legacy systems that organizations are finding tough to let go of. As it is, they are struggling to hire enough cybersecurity talent. Also: Security first in software? AI may help make this an everyday practiceWhile the number of cybersecurity professionals in Asia-Pacific grew 11.8% year-on-year to just under 1 million in 2023, the region still needs another 2.67 million to adequately secure digital assets. This cybersecurity workforce gap is a record high for the region, widening by 23.4%, according to the 2023 ISC2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study, which polled 14,865 respondents, including 3,685 from Asia-Pacific.  Worldwide, the gap grew 12.6% from 2022 to almost 4 million cybersecurity professionals, according to estimates by ISC2 (International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium), a non-profit association comprising certified cybersecurity professionals. More