Biggest Layoffs in US Banking History: Analyst Predicts Banks to Cut 200,000 Jobs
May18

Biggest Layoffs in US Banking History: Analyst Predicts Banks to Cut 200,000 Jobs

A Wells Fargo analyst has predicted the largest “reduction in U.S. bank headcount in history.” Banks are expected to cut 200,000 jobs as they strive to improve productivity and efficiency amid rising competition from fintech and non-bank financial institutions. US Banking Sector to Experience Biggest Headcount Reduction An analyst with Wells Fargo, Mike Mayo, has predicted that U.S. banks would cut 200,000 jobs, or 10% of employees,...

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Scammers Use Fake Copyright Warnings to Steal Logins and Spread Trojans
May18

Scammers Use Fake Copyright Warnings to Steal Logins and Spread Trojans

Just a few weeks ago, we reported how pirates are lured into downloading malware and trojans. However, people who want to avoid copyright troubles are facing similar risks. As it turns out, fake copyright warnings and takedown notices are commonly used by scammers as well. These scammers cleverly use the threat that copyright infringement claims pose to recipients. Many website operators fear legal repercussions and are eager to...

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Manage your Raspberry Pi with Cockpit
May18

Manage your Raspberry Pi with Cockpit

Last year, I wrote about using Cockpit to manage my Linux servers. It is a web-based tool that gives you a clean, powerful interface for managing multiple servers and their associated services and applications. It also eases regular day-to-day administrative tasks. read more Powered by...

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Are you using this magic method for filesystems from Python 3.6?
May18

Are you using this magic method for filesystems from Python 3.6?

This is the seventh in a series of articles about features that first appeared in a version of Python 3.x. Python 3.6 was first released in 2016, and even though it has been out for a while, many of the features it introduced are underused and pretty cool. Here are three of them. read more Powered by...

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4 essential characteristics of successful APIs
May18

4 essential characteristics of successful APIs

If you are building an application that uses some variation of a client/server model, you need an application programming interface (API). An API is a clearly defined boundary between one process and another. A common boundary in web applications is a REST/JSON API. While developers may be mainly focused on making the API work (or function), there are some “non-functional” requirements that need their attention. Four...

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