Bosnia-Herzegovina — As the sun sets over the ruins of the former Krajina Metal factory, in the northwest part of this Balkan country, Morteza Mohammadi’s face emerges from a pile of blankets and sleeping bags. Slowly...
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I’ve spent the last decade sharing those words from “Testimonial” with young people all over America, asking them a
Words matter. And Rita Dove’s words matter tremendously to untold numbers of readers, including me. As our former U.S. poet laureate, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, author of hundreds of poems, a novel, a play...
Pareidolia is, as Buck Meek explains, “this human instinct to put symbol to stimulus.” He says, “I’ve been spending
The back of a van on a sunny day holding an acoustic guitar is a far cry from the usual setting where I’d see Buck Meek. More likely, I’d be in a dark club; Buck’s intense electric guitar and backing...
What we want also is for people to realize how important are bars in our lives, really, not just from the drinking
Chances are you miss your favorite bar: The chatter, the live music, or the pour of the drink made just so. You’re not alone. With bars shuttered all over the world, that sense of community has now been absent for...
Now, with the ship lodged sideways in the canal, closing off the main oceangoing highway between Europe and Asia
Before the grounding of the massive Ever Given container ship in the Suez Canal, some 50 vessels a day, or about 10% of global trade, sailed through the waterway each day — everything from consumer electronics to food...
Mohammadi plans to leave in a few hours, traveling on foot through the mountains at night to reach the Croatian border by morning.
Bosnia-Herzegovina — As the sun sets over the ruins of the former Krajina Metal factory, in the northwest part of this Balkan country, Morteza Mohammadi’s face emerges from a pile of blankets and sleeping bags...
Local media in Myanmar say security forces killed at least 114 civilians in 40 cities and towns on Saturday, in what
Local media in Myanmar say security forces killed at least 114 civilians in 40 cities and towns on Saturday, in what appears to be the deadliest day of protests since the coup last month. The brutal crackdown came as...
Threat modeling should be the first security step, because it informs the design of the application and can give
Whether you call it shifting left, modern application security, or DevSecOps, integrating security testing throughout the software development and deployment pipeline is not a single project—it’s a continuing...
Static and dynamic testing complement each other, but because DAST is applied to an application’s functionality, it’s
Application security is racing to keep pace with an application development environment fueled by DevOps. As a result, DevSecOps, where security processes are shifted further and further left, has moved toward the...
In 2016, Microsoft released a prototype chatbot on Twitter. The automated program, dubbed Tay, responded to
In 2016, Microsoft released a prototype chatbot on Twitter. The automated program, dubbed Tay, responded to tweets and incorporated the content of those tweets into its knowledge base, riffing off the topics to carry on...
Security of code simply isn’t a priority for some developers, and it’s going to be very hard to change that for much of
The recent compromise of SolarWinds’ Orion software has led to lots of largely ineffective hand-wringing. I’ve seen more time spent on talking about whom should be blamed for the incident than on how to mitigate the...
I’ve been in application security for more than decade, and during that time, software development has changed.
I’ve been in application security for more than decade, and during that time, software development has changed. Open source has become the dominant contributor to applications, with 99% of tested applications...
NET career portal, that growth will not match the skyrocketing demand for information
For software quality-assurance testers and engineers, acquiring new skills has never been more important. While the number of software QA jobs is expected to grow over the next decade by a modest—if “faster than...
In its research, the firm found that the skills with the highest pay premium include DevSecOps, natural language
For software quality-assurance testers and engineers, acquiring new skills has never been more important. While the number of software QA jobs is expected to grow over the next decade by a modest—if “faster than...
Free and open-source software (FOSS) is here to stay. Although most FOSS projects don’t go anywhere, those that
The recent compromise of SolarWinds’ Orion software has led to lots of largely ineffective hand-wringing. I’ve seen more time spent on talking about whom should be blamed for the incident than on how to mitigate the...
The Senate confirmed the final nominee, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, as Labor secretary Monday evening.
President Joe Biden is the first president in more than 30 years to have all of his original Cabinet secretary nominees confirmed to their posts. The Senate confirmed the final nominee, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, as...
Lawmakers voted 57-43 to confirm Murthy, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Dr. Vivek Murthy as US surgeon general, a role he had held under the Obama administration and reprises during a key chapter in the Biden administration’s response to the coronavirus...
Sen. Duckworth appreciates the Biden Administration’s assurances that it will do much more to elevate AAPI voices
Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Mazie Hirono on Tuesday backed off their threat to vote against any of President Joe Biden’s nominees who aren’t minorities, after going public with their anger that the Cabinet...
5 Best Cob Lights for Studio Photography 2024
Choosing the right COB light for your needs can be challenging nowadays. There are so many different models and options, and in some cases, we can get confused by all the units that are offered on the market. If you are...