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What is cryptocurrency? A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency that is protected by encryption, making fake and double-spending practically impossible. Many cryptocurrencies are built on Blockchain technology, which is a…

Trust No One, also known as “TNO” is an approach to Internet and software security issues. In all Internet communication and software packages where some sort of secrecy is needed, encryption protocols are usually applied. The Trust…

Encryption is the way of encoding data so that only authorized people can decode and read it. In terms of technical, it is the process of converting human-readable plain text to incomprehensible text, also known as ciphertext. Encryption…

A cyber-crime spree wreaking havoc around the world has reignited calls for governments to ban ransom payments to hackers. Ransomware criminals are holding computer systems hostage on a daily basis, demanding large payments from…

Spyware is a type of malware that tracks your internet activities in order to gather sensitive information such as credit card numbers or demographics. Most of the time, spyware works in the background of a device, invisible to…

As the digital revolution continues, the amount of data captured on the internet increases. Giant organisations worldwide have started to collect your data whenever and wherever possible for future use. When you shop online, most…

Modern technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science have become popular but no one completely understands it. They appear to be extremely complicated to a layman. All these popular terms sound like a business…

01 Sep How to Determine When You Are Under Physical Surveillance Predator: Jim. P., Special Forces Operations Operative Discussion: Are you setting yourself up for an attack? Bad guys watch your every move to identify the times you…

When leading technical teams, one of the most important things we need to take care is to grow the team skills by introducing knowledge, patterns, techniques, that are relevant for the team, the product and that the people are ready to…

(This is the text of a keynote talk I just delivered at the IT Futures conference held by the University of Edinburgh Informatics centre today.) Good morning. I'm Charlie Stross, and I tell lies for money. That is, I write…

Media playback is unsupported on your device The inventor of the World Wide Web has accused the Conservatives of spreading misinformation during the general election campaign. Sir Tim Berners-Lee described the renaming of…

Challenging projects every programmer should try I talk to a lot of students and professional developers that often want to start a side project, but aren't sure what to build. Below is a handful of software projects that taught me a…

There’s a thing that I’ve been puzzled about for a while. There’s an entire sector of industry that, as far as I can tell, does not exist and should. For want of a better term I’m going to call the thing that sector would do social…

Best books and courses about machine learning to start with This post is the answer to both questions. For now let’s assume that you’ve already read a few popular resources and seen a couple of YouTube tutorials. Here’s what you need…