The story of Flash Fill and (how it shaped) me On the occasion of receiving the most influential test-of-time paper award for his POPL 2011 paper (which describes the technology behind the popular ...

Tools for translating natural language into code promise natural, open-ended interaction with databases, web APIs, and other software systems. However, this promise is complicated by the diversity and ...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered vulnerable code in legacy Python packages that could potentially pave the way for a supply chain compromise on the Python Package Index (PyPI) via a domain ...

A newly-discovered malicious package with layers of obfuscation is disguised as a utility library, with malware essentially hiding in plain sight in embedded QR codes. QR codes are ubiquitous these ...

Imagine a tool that not only processes your data but also crafts polished presentations, generates detailed reports, and visualizes trends, all without switching between multiple apps. Sounds like a ...

Life teaches us a plethora of lessons, many of which go in one ear and out the other. It’s not until we reach a certain age that we realize the importance of these concepts, some of which even turn ...

Abstract: We propose a notion of lift for quantum CSS codes, inspired by the geometrical construction of Freedman and Hastings. It is based on the existence of a canonical complex associated to any ...

Large language models (LLMs) seemed to arrive in a flash. Monumental productivity gains were promised. Coding assistants flourished. Millions of multi-line code blocks were generated with a key press ...

An active campaign from a threat actor potentially linked to Russia is targeting Microsoft 365 accounts of individuals at organizations of interest using device code phishing. The targets are in the ...

In January, Opendoor, a digital platform for residential real estate, released a new report ranking the most popular ZIP codes in America. To identify the top ZIP codes, the company analyzed data from ...

For billions of people around the world, the December holiday season is a magical time. For retailers, though, the magic starts way sooner. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two of the biggest ...