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Graphcore joins PyTorch Foundation as a general member

Ryan Daws — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:32:25 +0000

The PyTorch Foundation, a home for the deep learning community to collaborate on the open-source PyTorch framework and ecosystem, has announced that Graphcore is joining its ranks. Graphcore – a Bristol, UK-based company specialising in designing and manufacturing AI accelerators, hardware, and software tailored for AI and machine learning workloads – has joined as a... Read more »

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Intel joins PyTorch Foundation as a ‘Premier’ member

Ryan Daws — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 08:46:09 +0000

Intel has become a ‘Premier’ member of the PyTorch Foundation in a move aimed at propelling the advancement of AI. PyTorch is a popular open-source framework that accelerates AI application development and facilitates experimentation that can lead to creative breakthroughs in the field. The framework was originally developed by Meta AI and is now part... Read more »

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Malicious PyPI package discovered in ongoing ‘PaperPin’ campaign

Ryan Daws — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 11:05:45 +0000

In a recent analysis conducted by Sonatype, a malicious Python Package Index (PyPI) package named ‘VMConnect’ was discovered masquerading as the legitimate VMware vSphere connector module ‘vConnector’. The counterfeit package was found to contain sinister code designed to compromise users’ systems. Further investigation revealed an ongoing campaign involving additional packages like “ethter” and “quantiumbase,” all... Read more »

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Sonatype uncovers further malicious PyPI and npm packages

Ryan Daws — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 15:47:27 +0000

Sonatype continues to uncover a significant number of malicious packages within the PyPI and npm software registries. Among the flagged packages were several Python packages published on PyPI, masquerading as legitimate libraries named after the popular npm “colors” library. The malicious packages, including names such as “broke-rcl,” “brokescolors,” and “trexcolors,” exclusively targeted the Windows operating... Read more »

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PyPI suspends new projects and users due to malicious activity

Ryan Daws — Mon, 22 May 2023 15:31:24 +0000

The PyPI (Python Package Index) team has temporarily suspended new projects and users on their platform due to malicious activity. This surge in malicious activity aligns with a larger trend observed across several open-source registries in recent months. Notably, incidents such as the flood of malicious packages on the NPM JavaScript package manager and a... Read more »

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PyPI will sell ‘Organization’ accounts to corporate projects

Ryan Daws — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 14:49:43 +0000

Python Packaging Index (PyPI) has announced the introduction of ‘Organization’ accounts, as the first step in its plan to build financial support and long-term sustainability. Organizations on PyPI are self-managed teams with exclusive branded web addresses. PyPI aims to make its platform easier to use for large community projects, organisations, or companies that manage multiple... Read more »

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Copilot X heralds a new era of AI-powered coding

Ryan Daws — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:58:35 +0000

GitHub has unveiled Copilot X, an upgraded version of its AI-powered coding assistance tool. Copilot X adopts OpenAI’s latest GPT-4 model and now features chat and voice interfaces, support for pull requests, command-line support, and can generate answer questions from documentation: Unlike traditional coding assistance tools that rely on simple code templates or pre-defined snippets,... Read more »

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Go re-enters TIOBE’s top 10 programming languages

Ryan Daws — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 12:32:31 +0000

Programming language Go appears to be making a resurgence as it re-enters TIOBE’s top 10 list. TIOBE creates its programming language popularity list using search data across 25 different engines. The methodology has been regularly criticised but suffices as a rough guide of the interest in each language. Go was created by Google and often... Read more »

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Clipper malware found in over 451 PyPI packages

Ryan Daws — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:16:49 +0000

Phylum security researchers have discovered over 451 packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI) that are infected with “clipper” malware. Clippers replace the contents of a victim’s clipboard with something which benefits the attacker. The most prevalent clippers today look for cryptocurrency addresses and modify them to steal funds. Starting on February 9th, Phylum was... Read more »

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The most in-demand programming languages for 2023

Ryan Daws — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:01:13 +0000

Coding Dojo has released its list of the most in-demand programming languages for this year. The list uses the number of open full-time jobs to determine the skills that employers are desperately looking for. Notably, the top three most in-demand languages have been shaken up. Likely driven by the demand for machine learning solutions, Python... Read more »

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