Python sucks in terms of energy efficiency — literally

Python is one of the most popular programming languages in the world. Dutch software company’sprogramming language indexfor 2021 also indicates that. But is it one of the most energy-efficient coding languages out there? Not really.A studyfrom researchers of Universidade do Minho, Portugal (first spotted byhackaday) says that Python is just better than Perl in terms of energy consumed while performing certain tasks. It notes that C tops the chart followed by Rust, C++, and Ada....

2 min · 396 words · Bonnie Stevens

Python. Cybersecurity. System management. It’s all part of this foundational $20 IT training collection

TLDR:The All-in-One Microsoft, Cybersecurity and Python Exam Prep Training Bundle gets new IT-minded professionals up to speed on basic programming, security, and more. Just getting started down the path of learning programming and how basic information technology works can be intimidating enough. But when you really step back and realize how much an IT professional needs to know just to do their job the right way, it takes intimidating to a whole new level....

3 min · 480 words · Nancy Anthony

Q&A With Eric Klein, VP of Development for Nokia

Please see the updates at the foot of the post. To be Nokia in the wireless industry right now is a position that is hard to envy. You’re under scrutiny for the decision to take onWindows Phoneas an OS, your loyalSymbianfans are throwing hard questions and you still have a number of Series phones that are being sold around the world. I had the opportunity to sit with Nokia’s VP of Development and Technology, Eric Klein, to ask him the questions that we all want answered....

5 min · 1062 words · Jonathan Mitchell

QAnon conspiracy bots are taking over Twitter

QAnon conspiracy bots are taking over Twitter Bots amplify conspiracy theories Typically, bots are created by people or groups who want to amplify certain ideas or points of view. We found that bots are roughly equally active in online discussions of both right-wing and left-wing perspectives, making up about 5% of the Twitter accounts active in those threads. Bots appear to thrive in political groups discussing conspiracy theories, making up nearly 13% of the accounts tweeting or retweeting posts with conspiracy theory-related hashtags and keywords....

2 min · 378 words · Grant Kemp

Qatar opens .QA domain name registration to the public

While for the past few months, the whole world has been focused on the availability of a very different kind ofdomain name, Qatar has now made the Qatar-specific domain name .QA available to the general public. It will also be making its Arabic domain name ( .قطر ) available to the public in October. The public availability of the .QA domain will be a huge boon for Qatar-based businesses, as well as for one of the most active online populations in the Middle East....

2 min · 295 words · Krystal Randall
simple hit counter