Class 7 students learning Python and AI? X post triggers debate on school curriculum: 'Way too early'

Nishtha Singh uploaded a photograph of what appeared to be a school assignment sheet. The worksheet contained a set of questions asking students to write simple programs using the programming language ...

Scanning That QR Code Can Leave You Vulnerable. Here’s How to Protect Yourself

But QR codes can also leave you vulnerable. That’s because scammers, organized criminal gangs, and shady nation-states are using the unassuming tech to get you to hand over your ...

AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?

Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse engineering as a way to copy the functionality of a computer ...

Gigasoft Solves AI’s Biggest Charting Code Problem: Hallucinated Property Names

ProEssentials v10 introduces pe_query.py, the only charting AI tool that validates code against the compiled DLL binary ...
Phys.org

World's smallest QR code, read via electron microscope, earns Guinness recognition

Just how small can a QR code be? Small enough that it can only be recognized with an electron microscope. A research team at TU Wien, working together with the data storage technology company Cerabyte ...
Fox News

FBI warns QR code phishing used in North Korean cyber spying

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning about a growing cyber threat that turns everyday QR codes into spying tools. According to the bureau, a North Korean government-sponsored ...
Bleeping Computer

FBI warns about Kimsuky hackers using QR codes to phish U.S. orgs

The North Korean state-sponsored hacker group Kimsuki is using malicious QR codes in spearphishing campaigns that target U.S. organizations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warns in a flash alert.
Post and Courier

North Charleston is putting QR codes near bus stops. Here's how they may help residents in need.

NORTH CHARLESTON — To help people facing homelessness and food insecurity, the city is piloting a program by placing QR code signs next to bus stops on Rivers Avenue that bring up a list of nearby ...
InfoWorld

PythoC: A new way to generate C code from Python

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...
Houston Chronicle

Scammers are targeting Houstonians through QR codes, experts warn

Cybersecurity experts are warning Houstonians to think twice before they scan that next QR code. Jerry O’Brien, a partner at GuidePoint Security based in The Woodlands, told Chron that scammers are ...
Yahoo

Netanyahu’s UN pin features QR code linking to Oct. 7 horror film

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at U.N. headquarters in New ...
American Banker

The promise and perils of QR codes in banking

QR codes are growing in popularity as a way to enhance payments, assist with digital onboarding, process loan applications and secure cashless banking. But QR codes also present risk to banks and ...