How to make open source success less of a crapshoot

Commentary: It's hard to know which open source projects will take off, but it's easy to guess which ones won't, and why.

Technologists and healthcare workers team up for coronavirus response hackathon

The Pandemic Response Hackathon is a virtual event to bring public health professionals alongside the technology community's talent to boost the world's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Data-layer security is a new imperative as employees telecommute due to coronavirus

Commentary: COVID-19 has laid bare our need to take a new, more data-centric approach to security in light of more people working from home.

Coronavirus-related digital fraud: 22% of Americans targeted

A TransUnion report details how COVID-19 has impacted online shopping and fraud.

Hackers target World Health Organization in attempt to steal passwords

Hacking attempts against the health organization and its partners have jumped as they struggle to battle the coronavirus.

Global HR leaders respond to coronavirus: 48% of employers require sick leave for COVID-19

A new Gartner survey reveals how businesses handle coronavirus-imposed time off, and the prediction is that up to 30% of employees will remain remote after the pandemic is over.

Apple MacBook Air 2020: Cheat sheet

The new Macbook Air is faster, but it's the keyboard that will have Apple fans talking.

How IBM Watson's new natural language processing capabilities helps business users

Project Debater's new sentiment analysis understands expressions like "hardly helpful."

Twitter asks employees to work from home due to coronavirus threat

Twitter is now "strongly encouraging" all employees to work remotely in addition to the ban on nonessential travel worldwide.

Fraud alert: Voice authentication platform analyzes 1,380 data points per call

Pindrop's dashboard scores the caller, the device, and the behavior to spot bad actors and authentic customers.

Amazon halts all employee travel, Google adds new restrictions due to coronavirus

Amazon bans all nonessential employee travel in the US and internationally, and Google expands travel restrictions after an employee is stricken with the coronavirus.

Developers: 7 must-read career guides

Learn how to become an Alexa developer, an iOS developer, or a software engineer and ace your developer interviews by downloading these useful guides.

Coronavirus: How hackers are exploiting the epidemic to steal your information

Karen Roby interviewed an expert about a different threat than COVID-19 brings.

Super Bowl 54: How 5G will help keep fans safe at the game

High-tech security features will help keep 49ers and Chiefs fans safe during Super Bowl weekend in Miami.

An insider's look at Google's web framework contributions to Next.js and more

Google has been investing in a variety of web frameworks, including Next.js, to help developers build better web applications. Here's why.

Super Bowl 54: 49ers and Chiefs matchup will be the first 5G Super Bowl in history

Every year, fans consume more data at the Super Bowl as they try to capture pivotal moments and post on social media. This will be the first time they can tap into a 5G network during the big game.

9 future ecosystems reimagined through technology

In the next two decades, technology will connect people, the physical world, information, and collective intelligence, according to Tata Consultancy.

3 industries that won't exist in 20 years

Insurance, transportation, and retail will be absorbed into broader, horizontal ecosystems, says Tata Consultancy Services.

20 highest paying, fastest growing tech skills in the US

Dice's latest salary report ranks the top salaries by skill, and Apache Kafka rings in number one at $134,557.

Data science: Which technologies are hot (and which are not)?

Commentary: The data science technology landscape is changing, but not always as fast as we might think. Also, it's time to master Python.