The risk of undermanaged open source software
Relying on open source doesn’t mean you are opening your organization up to vulnerabilities, as long as you review the code for any security concerns. Unlike proprietary software, open source…
Wild tech predictions for 2022 that probably won’t happen
What's the point of prognosticating if you can't swing for the fences, amirite? Sure, you can go elsewhere and read predictions for a very incremental 2022, but you come to…
The internet is breaking. Here’s how to save it.
This is a seminal article written in 2016 - Thank you for your Service. Written by Dan Kaminsky. We could lose this internet. Or we could save it. I prefer…
HTML Data Cleaning in Python for NLP
The most important step of any data-driven project is obtaining quality data. Without these preprocessing steps, the results of a project can easily be biased or completely misunderstood. Here, we…
Step-by-step guide to face recognition in real-time using OpenCv library
OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) is an open-source computer vision and machine learning software library. OpenCV was built to provide a common infrastructure for computer vision applications and to…
Working with PDFs in Python: Reading and Splitting Pages
Today, the Portable Document Format (PDF) belongs to the most commonly used data formats. In 1990, the structure of a PDF document was defined by Adobe. The idea behind the…
Creating a Blockchain from Scratch
Blockchains are becoming increasingly popular in today’s markets. Services that provide blockchain technology are already being designed by Amazon, Microsoft, Google and other huge companies. Many people often correlate blockchain…
Tech Policy In The 21st Century: Mid-2020 Review
We're not partisan here at Techdirt. We have our personal preferences, certainly, but technology policy tends to transcend normal political divisions. We have been just as likely to see good…
Intro to Python
Python is a programming language that can help you uncover incredible SEO insights and save you time by automating time-consuming tasks. But for those who haven't explored this side of…
Logistic Regression from scratch
In this article we'll take a deep dive into the Logistic Regression model to learn how it differs from other regression models such as Linear- or Multiple Linear Regression, how…