Perl's Community Affairs Team chair quits as org put on ice by code language's foundation Previous statements yanked while charter is 'formalized' Software09 Aug 2021 | 75
Everyone cites that 'bugs are 100x more expensive to fix in production' research, but the study might not even exist It's probably still true, though, says formal methods expert Software22 Jul 2021 | 83
Ad tech ruined the web – and PDF files are here to save it, allegedly One publisher's attempt to roll the internet back to a more innocent time Software20 Jul 2021 | 94
‘What are the odds someone will find and exploit this?’ Nice one — you just released an insecure app Feature Who’s to blame: devs or management? And how do we cure application vulnerability epidemic Security25 Jun 2021 | 72
What you need to know about Microsoft Windows 11: It will run Android apps The operating system they said shouldn't exist OSes24 Jun 2021 | 258
Perl changes dev's permaban for 'unacceptable' behaviour to a year-long lockout after community response 'Discriminatory or harassing conduct will not be tolerated' Software07 May 2021 | 69
If Google and Apple won't help us, we'll sort it out the Linux way: 21 companies form Mobile Native Foundation Lyft, Microsoft, Slack, Capital One, Airbnb become bedfellows Applications04 Mar 2021 | 6
Google's multi-platform app framework Flutter reaches version 2, expands to the web The same tech inside Google Pay, Shopping, Analytics, Ads, etc Applications03 Mar 2021 | 7
ASEAN bloc's five-year ICT Masterplan was too big to be a winner, says final report Good tech policy vital as Asian states climb out of the COVID-19 crunch Off-Prem03 Mar 2021 | 1
GitHub turns on money tap for corporate open-source donations, turns off the lights with dark mode design Welcome to the GitHub Universe Devops08 Dec 2020 | 5
Intel Labs unleashes its boffins with tales of quantum computing, secure databases and the end of debugging Machine programming and other future technology touted at Chipzilla shindig Science04 Dec 2020 | 15
DigitalOcean decides to head rivals off at the PaaS, floats App Platform to deploy, run code without juggling servers If you fear you'll drown in AWS, GCP, Azure, etc, maybe this is a wave you'd like to catch PaaS + IaaS07 Oct 2020 | 3
Cross-platform app toolkit Flutter lead Tim Sneath aims Dart at an ambient computing future Interview 'We've made a deliberate attempt to build something that can share source code across all these environments' Devops01 Oct 2020 | 15
Swift tailored for Windows no longer folklore: Apple's programming language available for Microsoft OS The Redmond-aligned can try the Cupertino-spawned lingo thanks to a Googler's intervention Software23 Sep 2020 | 24
Another body for the Google graveyard: Chrome Web Store payments. Bad news if you wanted to bank some income from these apps Extension developers told to look elsewhere for a sales provider Software23 Sep 2020 | 12
At the very last Moment.js: Time-and-date JavaScript library fetched 12 million times a week ends development Programmers put decade-old package out to pasture, advise devs to find alternatives Software15 Sep 2020 | 15
Oracle's Java 15 rides into town, waving the 'we're number one' flag, demands 25th birthday party '51 billion' active JVMs can't be wrong Software15 Sep 2020 | 41
Hidden Linux kernel security fixes spotted before release – by using developer chatter as a side channel Data mining of code commits and chat gives hackers a cunning edge OSes04 Sep 2020 | 56
Sigh. Another day, another reason for WordPress users to get patching: Hackers abuse bug in popular plugin Sites with WP File Manager should update ASAP – exploits in the wild Security03 Sep 2020 |
Google Chrome 85 to block ads that hog power, CPUs, network: Web ads giant will black-hole 0.3% of web ads So brave... but not so Brave Personal Tech01 Sep 2020 | 26
Critical vuln that lets miscreants hijack computers via Slack? *Sucks in air* We'll give you $1,750 for it Chat app chaps, Electron security, Microsoft Teams under fire Security31 Aug 2020 | 18
Brave takes brave stand against Google's plan to turn websites into ad-blocker-thwarting Web Bundles Draft spec reduces pages to inscrutable data blobs, says privacy bod Software27 Aug 2020 | 95
If you want to hijack widely used JavaScript packages, try phishing for devs through these DMARC-shaped holes in key Node.js domains npmjs.com, nodejs.org open to spoofing, we're warned Devops25 Aug 2020 | 11
C++ still rules the Chromium roost though Rust has caught our eye, say browser devs Chrome engineers experiment with memory-safe language in software that really ought to be memory safe Software19 Aug 2020 | 37
Pretty wild that a malicious mailto: link might attach your secret keys and files from your PC to an outgoing message Some OpenPGP, S/MIME-capable email clients vulnerable to attack Security19 Aug 2020 | 17
Robust Rust trust discussed after Moz cuts leave folks nonplussed: Foundation mulled for coding language Cannot infer an appropriate lifetime, indeed Software18 Aug 2020 | 11
Class move, Java. Coding language slips to third place behind Python in latest popularity contest Rust enters the top 20, and yes, JavaScript is still number one Devops28 Jul 2020 | 38
Amazon's auditing of Alexa Skills is so good, these boffins got all 200+ rule-breaking apps past the reviewers Want your AI assistant to shout obscenities or hate speech at your child? There's a program for that AI + ML23 Jul 2020 | 24
Babe, I've changed! Twitter wants to try a relationship again with devs after first major API tweaks in years Shouty social network hopes external coders can make it a better place Software16 Jul 2020 | 9
When you see PWA, Microsoft and Google want you to think Programs With Attitude: Web app release tool tweaked More native applications we smoke, yo, our rep gets bigger Software13 Jul 2020 | 20
Linus Torvalds banishes masters, slaves and blacklists from the Linux kernel, starting now As a colossal commit count crashes into Linux 5.8-rc5 OSes13 Jul 2020 | 272
Apple says if developers are unhappy with its App Store decisions, it will entertain appeals against its rulings – and even its own rules WWDC The Lord of the iThings will see you now Software23 Jun 2020 | 5
Facebook boffins bake robo-code converter to take the pain out of shifting between C++, Java, Python Using machine learning to get rid of those awkward code breaks Software12 Jun 2020 | 33
Developers renew push to get rid of objectionable code terms to make 'the world a tiny bit more welcoming' 'Blacklist' and 'master' keep getting removed from source code Software08 Jun 2020 | 235
In Rust, we lust: Security-focused super-C++ language still most loved among Stack Overflow denizens Trendy systems programming lingo tops poll fifth year on the trot Software28 May 2020 | 33
Meet ScrAPIr, MIT's Swiss army-knife for non-coders to shake data out of APIs (It's useful for pro devs, too) A simpler alternative to site slurping Devops21 May 2020 | 5
Rust marks five years since its 1.0 release: The long and winding road actually works Programming language ready to leave the wilderness for mass adulation Devops15 May 2020 | 75
Nine in ten biz applications harbor out-of-date, unsupported, insecure open-source code, study shows Free-as-in-speech software is wildly popular – keeping libraries, components up to date is not Software12 May 2020 | 40
If it feels like the software world is held together by string and a prayer, we don't blame you: Facebook SDK snafu breaks top iOS apps Update used wrong data type, causing Tinder to Spotify to fall over Software08 May 2020 | 14
Cloudflare goes retro with COBOL delivery service. Older coders: Who's laughing now? Turns out we're still vital Dust off your COBOL code and give it new life in WebAssembly SaaS16 Apr 2020 | 123
What happens when the maintainer of a JS library downloaded 26m times a week goes to prison for killing someone with a motorbike? Core-js just found out What will be the fate of an open-source project relied upon by so many? Software26 Mar 2020 | 108
Watching you, with a Vue to a Kill: Wikimedia developers dismiss React for JavaScript makeover despite complaints Facebook's popular frontend framework can't escape its heritage Software20 Mar 2020 | 30
Microsoft's GitHub absorbs NPM into its code-hosting empire: JavaScript library vault used by 12 million devs now under Redmond's roof Developers! Developers! Developers! And all their infrastructure! Software16 Mar 2020 | 41
Let's Encrypt? Let's revoke 3 million HTTPS certificates on Wednesday, more like: Check code loop blunder strikes Tons of TLS certs need to be tossed immediately after Go snafu Security03 Mar 2020 | 78
If you're writing code in Python, JavaScript, Java and PHP, relax. The hot trendy languages are still miles behind, this survey says Do not pass Go, do not collect garbage Devops02 Mar 2020 | 126
World Wide Web's Sir Tim swells his let's-remake-the-internet startup with Bruce Schneier, fellow tech experts Inrupt promises a pro-privacy solution to managing, protecting personal data Networks24 Feb 2020 | 44
Are we having fund yet, npm? CTO calls for patience after devs complain promised donations platform has stalled Funding free software is 'still a very unsolved problem' says co-founder Devops22 Feb 2020 | 13
NBD: A popular HTTP-fetching npm code library used by 48,000 other modules retires, no more updates coming Downloaded 17m times a week, now coders should consider an alternative Software12 Feb 2020 | 25
Wake me up before you go Go: Devs say they'll learn Google-backed lang next. Plus: Perl pays best, Java still in demand And 2 in 5 programmers gripe they are underpaid Software06 Feb 2020 | 70
GitLab can proclaim diversity all it likes, but it seems to have a real problem keeping women on staff or in management Special report Software biz's celebration of inclusivity questioned by ousted staffers Software03 Feb 2020 | 79
Rockstar dev debate reopens: Hero programmers do exist, do all the work, do chat a lot – and do need love and attention from project leaders Some engineers are just better than others... at being noticed Software24 Jan 2020 | 79
Server-side Swift's slow support story sours some: Apple lang tailored for mobile CPUs, lacking in Linux world Analysis Look what you made me Software21 Jan 2020 | 21
Google's clever-clogs are focused on many things, but not this: The Chrome Web Store. Devs complain of rip-offs, scams, wait times Support? Hello? Is anyone here? Software14 Jan 2020 | 13
RISC-V business: SiFive and CEVA join forces to enable the development AI-amenable, edge-oriented processors System-on-a-chip IP partnership seeks to create more smart home, automobile, robotics, IoT, and industrial applications, among others AI + ML08 Jan 2020 | 7
Finally, a good use for AI: Machine-learning tool guesstimates how well your code will run on a CPU core MIT eggheads devise a better way to predict application performance AI + ML07 Jan 2020 | 4
Bruce Perens quits Open Source Initiative amid row over new data-sharing crypto license: 'We've gone the wrong way with licensing' Special report Distributed app platform's proposed agreement 'isn't freedom respecting,' he says Software03 Jan 2020 | 58
Snakes on a wane: Python 2 development is finally frozen in time, version 3 slithers on I'm not quite dead, mutters 2.7 as rigor mortis sets in Software03 Jan 2020 | 50
Smack-talking overflow: Mining developer sentiment to understand the most popular APIs Boffins build search engine based on feelings expressed about programming interfaces Devops08 Nov 2019 | 5
Skills Matter... sadly, so does cash flow: 15-year-old London dev events biz enters administration Buyer being sought Devops05 Nov 2019 | 8
Avast lobs intruders into the 'Abiss': Miscreants tried to tamper with CCleaner after sneaking into network via VPN Software used by millions not compromised this time, says biz Security21 Oct 2019 | 21
We, Wall, we, Wall, Raku: Perl creator blesses new name for version 6 of text-wrangling lingo Perl 6 set to be reincarnated as Raku, as favored by Larry Wall Software11 Oct 2019 | 50
How bad is Catalina? It's almost Apple Maps bad: MacOS 10.15 pushes Cupertino's low bar for code quality lower still Comment Devs lament 'trash fire' 'Windows Vista-like' release OSes11 Oct 2019 | 163