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Development Software, Software Category

How generative AI will create a developer talent shortage

December 4, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

The job market for software developers has always been competitive, but we’re about to experience a talent crunch unlike anything we’ve ever seen in this industry. Generative AI is everywhere, and anyone who works in software is trying to figure […]


Development Software, Software Category

Boosting faith in the authenticity of open source software

December 1, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

Open source software—software that is freely distributed, along with its source code, so that copies, additions, or modifications can be readily made —is “everywhere,” to quote the 2023 Open Source Security and Risk Analysis Report. Of the computer programs used […]


Development Software, Software Category

Can developer productivity be measured? Better than you think

November 20, 2023

Via: CIO

Measuring developer productivity has long been a Holy Grail of business. And like the Holy Grail, it has been elusive. But based on our work with companies from a range of industries, we think we may have figured out a […]


Development Software, Software Category

Rust compiler front end gains parallel execution

November 14, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

Parallel execution is being added to the Rust compiler front end to significantly reduce compile times, according to a November 9 announcement of the parallel rustc working group. Currently in an experimental stage, the parallel front end is due to […]


Software Category, System Software

Apple Releases New Firmware for AirPods Pro 2

November 9, 2023

Via: MacRumors

Apple today introduced a new firmware update for the AirPods Pro 2, including both the Lightning model and the new USB-C model. The new firmware is version 6B32, up from the 6A305 firmware introduced in October. Apple does not provide […]


Development Software, Software Category

What Does the New AI Executive Order Mean for Development, Innovation?

November 2, 2023

Via: InformationWeek

The EU’s AI Act, the first comprehensive law regulating the use of artificial intelligence, is expected to be adopted within the next couple of years. The United States recently joined the EU in answering the mounting calls for the regulation […]


Application Software, Software Category

Snowflake to add developer tools to Snowpark, plans cost management feature

November 1, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

At its annual Snowday conference on Wednesday, cloud-based data warehouse company Snowflake unveiled new development interfaces and machine learning features for its Snowpark developer framework. The new tools, which are mostly in preview, include Snowflake Notebooks, Snowpark ML Modelling API, […]


Software Category, System Software

New tool automates the formal verification of systems software

October 30, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

Formal systems verification, which mathematically proves that code is secure in all circumstances, is a relatively new technology. Software is getting more complex and harder to get right using traditional software testing techniques. Making software correct, safe, and secure is […]


Development Software, Software Category

JetBrains unveils tool for creating technical documentation

October 17, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

JetBrains previewing Writerside, an authoring and publishing tool that helps developers and writers produce technical documentation. Introduced in an early access status on October 16, Writerside allows developers and writers to collaborate on product documentation, API references, developer guides, tutorials, […]


Development Software, Software Category

How to use TinyIoC in ASP.NET Core

October 12, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

When working with dependency injection and inversion of control in ASP.NET Core applications, you might often need a IoC container that is simple or lightweight to avoid unnecessary complexity or unnecessary overhead. Most IoC containers consume a lot of resources—not […]


Development Software, Software Category

Java 22 begins to take shape

October 6, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

Java Development Kit 22, due to arrive in March 2024 as the next planned version of Java Standard Edition, is off and running. The first feature, a foreign function and memory API, has been officially proposed to target the release. […]


Development Software, Software Category

Microsoft’s C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code reaches GA

October 5, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

C# Dev Kit, a Visual Studio Code extension for “editor first” C# development, has reached general availability, Microsoft announced on October 4. The extension leverages C# language services and helps developers manage and test their C# code. An integrated solution […]


Development Software, Software Category

The Python developers clinging to Python 2

October 4, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

Python 3 was by far the choice over Python 2 in a late-2022 survey of more than 23,000 Python developers, but the percentage of respondents using Python 2 actually ticked up compared to the previous year. Results of the sixth […]


Application Software, Software Category

Linkerd 2.14 Improves Support on Flat Networks and Gateway API Conformance

September 29, 2023

Via: InfoQ

Version 2.14 of Linkerd, a service mesh and graduated CNCF project, has been released, with improved enterprise multi-cluster support, full Kubernetes Gateway API conformance, and many other changes. Following the recent 2.13 release, which brought circuit breaking and dynamic request […]


Application Software, Software Category

6 free AI tools you’ve probably never heard of

September 29, 2023

Via: BGR

ChatGPT and Dall-E (OpenAI), Stable Diffusion (Stable Diffusion), Midjourney (Midjourney), Bing Chat, Bing Image Creator, and Copilot (Microsoft), Google Bard and Google SGE (Google), Claude (Anthropic), LLaMa and Meta AI (Meta), and Adobe Firefly (Adobe). These are just some of […]


Software Category, System Software

New software detects money laundering faster than ever before

September 22, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

Computer scientists have developed a new tool that enables quicker and more accurate detection of money laundering, with the ability to scan 50 million transactions in less than a second. Researchers from the Department of Informatics have designed an entirely […]


Mobile Apps

WhatsApp is already working on support for third-party chat apps

September 11, 2023

Via: BGR

Last week, the European Union (EU) announced the first set of gatekeeper tech companies and gatekeeper services, and we’ve already discussed what it means. For example, iMessage isn’t a gatekeeper yet, so it doesn’t have to support Google’s RCS. But […]


Application Software, Software Category

IBM Software mandates in-office work for employees living within 50 miles

September 11, 2023

Via: TechSpot

The Register reports that IBM Software’s Kareem Yusuf, senior VP for product management, and Dinesh Nirmal, senior VP for products, gave employees the bad news in an internal blog published last week. “If we want to maintain the flexibility of […]


Operating systems, Others

Android 14 uses “nonsensical” logic to calculate space usage on smartphones

September 11, 2023

Via: TechSpot

Old and current versions of Android are affected by a peculiar bug in the way the OS calculates storage space usage on mobile devices. Android specialist Mishaal Rahman, who discovered the issue earlier this year, noted that even in the […]


Application Software, Software Category

Zenhub previews AI for software project management

August 15, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

Zenhub is offering an early access preview of Zenhub AI, a cloud-hosted service that incorporates AI into Zenhub’s software project management platform, with the intent to simplify day-to-day processes and enable faster shipping of code. Zenhub AI assists in ancillary […]