Roman Storm Trial: Is Coding A Crime? The Tornado Cash Court Battle Intensifies

NEW YORK — The government officially rested its case against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm on Thursday, bringing eight days of witness testimony to a close. Storm’s defense introduced its first witness, Ethereum core developer Preston Van Loon, on Thursday afternoon. Van Loon told the jury that he was a user of Tornado Cash, describing it … Read more

OpenAI Unveils Codex CLI, an Open-Source Agentic Coding Assistant That Can Operate Locally

OpenAI introduced an open‑source artificial intelligence (AI) command‑line tool on Thursday that can operate within a user’s terminal. Dubbed Codex CLI, it is essentially an AI agent that can perform various coding tasks and can even autonomously execute commands, all within a sandboxed local system. The tool does not require any installation setup, and can … Read more

Secure Coding: Why Developers Must Code with Security in Mind

Introduction With cyberattacks becoming more common every day, writing secure code has become more important than ever. As developers, we are the first line of defense against many types of security risks. If we write code carelessly, attackers can take advantage of our mistakes and cause serious harm — stealing user data, crashing systems, or … Read more