Python

When AI helps you code, who owns the finished product?

Opinion It's not settled law. And it's going to mean trouble

AI + ML15 May 2024 | 67

Python, Flutter teams latest on the Google chopping block

Updated Never mind the record revenues, costs must be cut

Software29 Apr 2024 | 45

Over 170K users caught up in poisoned Python package ruse

Supply chain attack targeted GitHub community of Top.gg Discord server

Cyber-crime25 Mar 2024 | 44

Pope tempted by Python! Signs off on coding scheme for kids

In the name of the firewall, the server, and the home page default, amen

Bootnotes28 Oct 2023 | 41

SBF on trial: The Python code that allegedly let Alameda hedge fund spend people's FTX deposits

And Caroline Ellison says she was told by Bankman-Fried to take $10B from customer accounts

Cyber-crime10 Oct 2023 | 22

Microsoft drops official support for Python 3.7 in Visual Studio Code

Should still work for the foreseeable future, but rely on it at your own risk

Software09 Oct 2023 | 25

And now for something completely different: Python 3.12

Nobody expects more flexible string parsing

Devops03 Oct 2023 | 29

This profiler chatbot promises to help speed up your Python – we can believe it

Interview Scalene, Scalene, Scalene, Scalene, I'm beggin' of you please improve my code

Software30 Aug 2023 | 12

Microsoft teases Python scripting in Excel

Snakes on a dataframe

Applications22 Aug 2023 | 67

Sneaky Python package security fixes help no one – except miscreants

Good thing these eggheads have created a database of patches

Patches26 Jul 2023 | 10

This malicious PyPI package mixed source and compiled code to dodge detection

Oh cool, something else to scan for

Security02 Jun 2023 | 11

Subpoenaed PyPI says bye-bye to as much IP address data as it can

Python package pile prefers protecting programmer privacy

Devops27 May 2023 | 9

PyPI subpoenaed: US govt demands data on developers

Python package packhouse ponders privacy position

Devops25 May 2023 | 9

Python Package Index had one person on-call to hold back weekend malware rush

We speak to infra director after project temporarily freezes new user accounts

Devops22 May 2023 | 22

Modular finds its Mojo, a Python superset with C-level speed

LLVM champ Chris Lattner is at the helm, so consider us intrigued

Devops05 May 2023 | 44

Fed up with Python setup and packaging? Try a shot of Rye

For those envious of Rust and Cargo

Devops04 May 2023 | 47

Python still has the strongest grip on developers

And a reminder that experience points matter a lot

Devops04 May 2023 | 57

Python head hisses at looming Euro cybersecurity rules

Red-tape vague enough to land open source volunteers in hot water for iffy code

Devops12 Apr 2023 | 63

Check out Codon: A Python compiler if you have a need for C/C++ speed

Caveats apply, your mileage may vary

Devops11 Mar 2023 | 70

Frankenstein malware stitched together from code of others disguised as PyPI package

Crime-as-a-service vendors mix and match components as needed by client

Research03 Mar 2023 | 3

PyTorch dependency poisoned with malicious code

System data was exfiltrated during attack, but an anonymous person says it was a research project gone wrong

Security04 Jan 2023 | 22

Malicious PyPI package found posing as a SentinelOne SDK

Security firm tagged with malware misrepresentation

Security21 Dec 2022 | 8

WASP malware stings Python developers

Info-stealing trojan hides in malicious PyPI packages on GitHub

Research16 Nov 2022 | 9

The GNOME Project is closing all its mailing lists

Everyone has to join Discourse… although you can still participate via email

OSes27 Oct 2022 | 57

Python team wraps version 3.11.0

Latest release brings better speed and more comprehensible error messages

Software25 Oct 2022 | 6

Alert: 15-year-old Python tarfile flaw lurks in 'over 350,000' code projects

Oh cool, a 5,500-day security hole

Patches22 Sep 2022 | 53

PyPI warns of first-ever phishing campaign against its users

On the bright side, top devs are getting hardware security keys

Cyber-crime26 Aug 2022 | 5

Python tops programming love list – but if you want a job, learn SQL

Don't ask us how this is decided, it probably involved a lot of Perl

Software24 Aug 2022 | 97

Sonatype spots another PyPI package behaving badly

Identity of a real person was used to lend credence to a package that dropped cryptominer in memory

Cyber-crime11 Aug 2022 |

Sonatype shines light on typosquatting ransomware threat in PyPI

It's all fun and games until somebody gets their files encrypted

Security03 Aug 2022 | 7

Meta approves four programming languages for workers and developers

Rust never sleeps and is henceforth welcome for backend services and CLI tools

Software27 Jul 2022 | 17

TypeScript joins 5 most used languages in 2022 lineup

Stackoverflow survey: JavaScript still in lead. Plus, you may hate COBOL, but users saw a salary jump

Software22 Jun 2022 | 15

If you're using the ctx Python package, bad news: Vandal added info-stealing code

Updated Domain associated with maintainer email expired, taken over in supply-chain attack

Devops24 May 2022 | 9

Python is getting faster: Major performance tweaks on horizon

Instagram, Microsoft responsible for lifts coming in version 3.11 and beyond

Software16 May 2022 | 20

SAS backs Python as alternative to its own language

Analytics veteran also cosies up to consultancies to extend market reach before 2024 IPO

Software11 May 2022 | 6

New graph database features eschew need for DBAs

Python's stranglehold in data science makes Neo4j rethink language strategy

Databases12 Apr 2022 | 3

What does Go-written malware look like? Here's a sample under the microscope

Arid Gopher sticks its head out from its burrow

Security22 Mar 2022 | 6

You loved running JavaScript in your web browser. Now, get ready for Python scripting

All thanks to CPython, WebAssembly, and some clever developers (And yes, there's Pyodide, too)

Software30 Nov 2021 | 36

Snowflake wrestles Python, chases China, and ingests unstructured data

Cloudy analytics contender is also having a look at Amazon's Graviton silicon

Storage16 Nov 2021 |

What's the top programming language? It's not JavaScript but Python, says IEEE survey

Sounds sus to us – most talked about maybe

Devops25 Aug 2021 | 61

Credit-card-stealing, backdoored packages found in Python's PyPI library hub

In brief Plus: SolarWinds cyber-spies hit US prosecutors' email systems, and more

Security02 Aug 2021 | 25

About half of Python libraries in PyPI may have security issues, boffins say

Coding lingo's community says it has a plan to mitigate supply chain vulnerabilities, though

Devops28 Jul 2021 | 21

Why Python's pip search isn't working: We speak to infrastructure director about ongoing traffic overload

Interview 'The decision was made to return an error message that gave people an ability to contact us'

Software25 May 2021 | 10

Faster Python: Mark Shannon, author of newly endorsed plan, speaks to The Register

Interview The biggest challenge? 'Backwards compatibility of features that we might not even know we have'

Software19 May 2021 | 47

Guido van Rossum aiming to make CPython 2x faster in 3.11

Language Summit 'I got bored sitting at home while retired ... I chose to go back to my roots'

Software13 May 2021 | 11

The quest for faster Python: Pyston returns to open source, Facebook releases Cinder, or should devs just use PyPy?

Official CPython is slow, but there are many ways to get better performance

Software06 May 2021 | 22

AWS to cut Python 2.7 off at the knees in July with 'minor version update' for Chalice

Seriously, it's time to move on

Off-Prem05 May 2021 | 4

Trail of Bits security peeps emit tool to weaponize Python's insecure pickle files to hopefully now get everyone's attention

Alternatively: Python's pickle pilloried with prudent premonition of poisoning

Devops19 Mar 2021 | 24

Python Package Index nukes 3,653 malicious libraries uploaded soon after security shortcoming highlighted

Unauthorized versions of CuPy and other projects flood PyPI

Devops02 Mar 2021 | 10

Happy birthday, Python, you're 30 years old this week: Easy to learn, and the right tool at the right time

Feature Popular programming language, at the top of its game, still struggles to please everyone

Devops20 Feb 2021 | 78

Python swallows Java to become second-most popular programming language... according to this index

Coincidentally, Python creator Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft

Devops12 Nov 2020 | 147

Can't afford an AI-accelerating Nvidia Jetson Nano? Open-source emulator lets you prototype Python apps for it

Get a feel for the gizmo's programming environment

AI + ML27 Oct 2020 | 6

UK housing associations offer framework worth up to £400m to eBay-for-plumbers startup (but it won't get to keep it all)

'Equity-backed' DB-'n'-services biz hooks up tenants with vetted local repair shops

Software28 Jul 2020 | 7

OOP there it is: You'd think JavaScript's used more by devs than Java... but it's not – JetBrains survey

Interview We're not worried about Microsoft or VS Code, says IDE flinger

Software11 Jun 2020 | 53

Python 2 bows out after epic transition. And there was much applause because you've all moved to version 3, right? Uh, right?

Version 2.7.18 is the last official Python 2 release, but it'll live on

Devops21 Apr 2020 | 79

Python overtakes Java to become second-most popular language on GitHub after JavaScript

Data analytics helps to boost contributions by 151%

Software07 Nov 2019 | 14