The earth is currently in the middle of a climate emergency. It is not just the usual activists and protesters, indignant at inadequate government policies who are saying this; authoritative and competent scientists are saying the same thing. Eleven thousand of these scientists have come together to write one of the most important reports on the dire environmental situation our ecosystem is currently facing.
The languages of probabilistic programming are a special type of programming languages which create models and forecasts by analysing data samples. They are also known as PPLs and have led to huge changes in the way software is written.
Kali Linux is an interesting suite of programs (estimated at over 300 applications), which enables many different kinds of IT security tests to be carried out. This collection of software is designed to help testers and digital forensic science experts identify holes in company networks, exploits and much more.
Web scraping refers to an IT technique which enables the collection of data relating to a website and its storage either locally or on a database. This procedure is completely automatic and is carried out using specific software, which is able to read and copy thousands of webpages in a very short space of time.
The term quantum computing refers to a new way of handling and processing information, by substituting the traditional bits currently used by computers with qubits. The latter are units of information based on quanti, subatomic particles which have extraordinary properties.
Phishing is a form of cyber crime, aimed at stealing sensitive data such as credit card numbers, bank codes etc. from oblivious web users. Over the years, there have been many victims of this sort of digital fraud, but now, thanks to improved awareness regarding the inherent risks of the web, it would seem that the number of such cases is falling.
That time of the year is here once more, when turning the heating on is no longer an option, but a necessity. Even though temperatures are, on the whole, tolerable, coming home from work to a warm house is definitely pleasurable as well as being good for our health.
The term design thinking refers to a creative methodology aimed at resolving problems and formulating innovative proposals and services. Rather than producing a product to satisfy an immediate need, a company is obliged to take into consideration the product’s future applications, in order to make it unique and attractive.
The concept of application modernisation is fundamental for all those companies that wish to keep up-to-date with the times and the latest technologies. Improving your company’s most important core applications can bring huge advantages in terms of time, efficiency and earnings.
The phrase augmented humanity refers to the concept that one day, technology will become so omnipresent in the lives of human beings that it will be practically indispensable. Although this sounds like the beginning of a classic science fiction film, it is undeniably the precise direction the world is heading in.
Network function virtualisation (NFV) refers to a particular type of software code able to virtually replicate all the functionalities normally carried out by hardware components, such as routers, SD-WAN firewalls etc.
Reducing the working week to 4 days is an idea that many workers find attractive. Everyone would like to have more free time and enjoy an extra day of rest, without undergoing any modifications to salary or holiday entitlement.