Alt cloud platform Railway forced to pause lowest tiers after onrush of GCP customers
A moment of panic as some customers thought the free tiers were going away
PaaS + IaaS16 Jun 2025 | 5
Developer
US auditors beg Pentagon to pay attention to latest report about IT system flaws
The DoD has ignored many past recommendations
Public Sector12 Jun 2025 | 3
Unemployment is spiking for US IT pros - unless you want to babysit bots
Economic uncertainty and the race to AI are pillaging the IT job market
AI + ML09 Jun 2025 | 17
AI can spew code, but kids should still suffer like we did, says Raspberry Pi
Mini computer house comes out against 'vibe coding' fad
Software05 Jun 2025 | 60
AI hype fuels pay rise – but only if you're in the right gig
Software among the sectors seeing a productivity boost, PwC claims
AI + ML03 Jun 2025 | 5
Perplexity offers training wheels for building AI agents
Generate modest interactive apps, spiffy charts, and bland screenplays as needed
AI + ML30 May 2025 | 5
NARROWER TOPICS
Builder.ai coded itself into a corner – now it's bankrupt
Comment When 'AI-powered' means 'mostly humans and bad decisions'
AI + ML21 May 2025 | 65
Google crowns Jules to be its agent and spreads the AI love
Google I/O Choc Fac brings gen mods to Android, Chrome, pretty much everywhere else
AI + ML21 May 2025 | 6
Google, high on AI, flogs Gemini for all things
Google I/O Search? That's now artificial intelligence, too
AI + ML20 May 2025 | 25
Why rapid proliferation of cloud native apps requires faster, more efficient toolsets
Kubernetes enables easy, rapid AI app development, making it the industry standard for AI workloads
Sponsored feature
OS-busting bug so bad that Microsoft blocks Windows Insider release
Canary fans told it hurts functionality to the point that it makes 'using your PC to do even basic things difficult'
OSes12 May 2025 | 61
Update turns Google Gemini into a prude, breaking apps for trauma survivors
'I'm sorry, I can't help with that'
AI + ML08 May 2025 | 44
'I see you're running a local LLM. Would you like some help with that?'
Dev creates official Clippy 'love letter' to query AI models on your box
Bootnotes08 May 2025 | 11
Developer sues Apple to claw back commission payments
Just days after judge held Cupertino in contempt over Epic antitrust injunction
Software06 May 2025 | 6
AI software development: Productivity revolution or fraught with risk?
Analysis We look at the state of AI software development – it's not going away, but risks abound
AI Infrastructure Month01 May 2025 | 9
Maryland man pleads guilty to outsourcing US govt work to North Korean dev in China
Feds say $970K scheme defrauded 13+ companies
Cyber-crime30 Apr 2025 | 10
30 percent of some Microsoft code now written by AI - especially the new stuff
Satya Nadella reveals attempts to merge Word, PowerPoint, Excel, which may now happen with LLMs
AI + ML30 Apr 2025 | 88
Virgin Atlantic is piloting an OpenAI agent in to help with the 'customer journey'
Interview Hello, operator? Book me to Memphis, Tennessee
AI Software Development Week25 Apr 2025 | 20
Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks
Cursor, Codium makers lose access as add-on goes exclusive
Devops24 Apr 2025 | 69
Microsoft: Why not let our Copilot fly your computer?
Redmond talks up preview of AI agents navigating apps through the UI
AI Software Development Week16 Apr 2025 | 33
ReactOS emits release 0.4.15 – its first since 2021
An impressive recreation of the Windows golden age
OSes25 Mar 2025 | 29
Too many software supply chain defense bibles? Boffins distill advice
How to avoid another SolarWinds, Log4j, and XZ Utils situation
Security20 Mar 2025 | 10
Developer sabotaged ex-employer with kill switch activated when he was let go
IsDavisLuEnabledInActiveDirectory? Not any more. IsDavisLuGuilty? Yes. IsDavisLuFacingJail? Also yes
Bootnotes08 Mar 2025 | 79
Hurrah! AI won't destroy developer or DBA jobs
Uncle Sam's number-crunchers warn lawyers, customer service reps to brace for change, say techies will be fine
Databases25 Feb 2025 | 11
Time to make C the COBOL of this century
Opinion Lions juggling chainsaws are fun to watch, but you wouldn't want them trimming your trees
CSO18 Feb 2025 | 222
Why do younger coders struggle to break through the FOSS graybeard barrier?
FOSDEM 2025 The hurdles are higher than you might imagine
Software14 Feb 2025 | 111
Poisoned Go programming language package lay undetected for 3 years
Updated Researcher says ecosystem's auto-caching is a net positive but presents exploitable quirks
Security04 Feb 2025 | 9
What does it mean to build in security from the ground up?
Systems Approach As if secure design is the only bullet point in a list of software engineering best practices
CSO02 Feb 2025 | 12
Microsoft signs eviction notice on Dev Home
Development dashboard destined for ditching
Personal Tech29 Jan 2025 | 7
Tool touted as 'first AI software engineer' is bad at its job, testers claim
Nailed just 15% of assigned tasks
AI + ML23 Jan 2025 | 75
Atlassian's Bitbucket Cloud went down 'hard' today
Same, Big A, same
SaaS21 Jan 2025 | 11
CAPTCHAs now run Doom – on nightmare mode
As if the bot defense measure wasn't obnoxious enough
Offbeat03 Jan 2025 | 42
Nvidia upgrades tiny Jetson Orin Nano dev kits for the holidays
'Super' edition promises 67 TOPS and 102GB/s of memory bandwidth for your GenAI projects
Systems17 Dec 2024 | 14
Google Gemini 2.0 Flash comes out with real-time conversation, image analysis
Chocolate Factory's latest multimodal model aims to power more trusted AI agents
AI + ML11 Dec 2024 | 25
BASIC co-creator Thomas Kurtz hits END at 96
Obit Pioneering Dartmouth College mathematician died last week
Bootnotes20 Nov 2024 | 115
Python dethrones JavaScript as the most-used language on GitHub
Yearly report finds explosion of GenAI projects, new users from outside the coding community responsible for boost
Software05 Nov 2024 | 51
Developer pockets $2M in savings from going cloud-free
37signals CTO claims cost of new hardware was 'entirely recouped' as contracts expired after AWS exit
On-Prem21 Oct 2024 | 58
Microsoft veteran ditches Team Tabs, blaming storage trauma of yesteryear
How do you indent yours?
Software08 Oct 2024 | 115
After 27 years, Tcl/Tk 9 finally arrives with 64-bit power and Zip file magic
Now that's the kind of stability we like
Software02 Oct 2024 | 17
Feel free to ignore GenAI for now – a new kind of software developer is being born
Interview Kubernetes whizz says devs can redefine their roles and capitalize on coding ML rewards
Software23 Sep 2024 | 50
Python in Excel goes live – but only for certain Windows users
Mac and Android loyals: you can look, but no calculation for now
Applications18 Sep 2024 | 23
Unity scraps hated runtime fees, hits devs with subscription hikes instead
Insert coin to continue
Applications12 Sep 2024 | 9
Software innovation just isn't what it used to be, and Moxie Marlinspike blames Agile
black hat Layers of abstraction and speedy development have left engineers unable to understand what lies beneath
Black Hat and DEF CON09 Aug 2024 | 66
Study backer: Catastrophic takes on Agile overemphasize new features
Interview Users just want stuff that works. How hard can it be?
Devops07 Aug 2024 | 92
How did a CrowdStrike file crash millions of Windows computers? We take a closer look at the code
Analysis Maybe next time some staged rollouts? A bit of QA too?
CSO23 Jul 2024 | 119
FOSS funding vanishes from EU's 2025 Horizon program plans
Elimination of most Next Generation Internet funding 'incomprehensible,' says OW2 CEO Pierre-Yves Gibello
Software17 Jul 2024 | 7
Hey Microsoft – what ever happened to 'Developers, developers, developers'?
Opinion Hey, here’s an idea… create a point system for every time Microsoft hurts us
Software15 Jul 2024 | 70
'Almost every Apple device' vulnerable to CocoaPods supply chain attack
Dependency manager used in millions of apps leaves a bitter taste
Security02 Jul 2024 | 17
Apple finally adds RCS support after years of mixed messages
WWDC WWDC sees Cupertino up to its old trick of adding features - in this case a password manager - that compete directly with third parties
Personal Tech11 Jun 2024 | 28
At Apple, AI stands for 'Apple Intelligence' – and it's coming to everything
WWDC Cupertino promises private smarts, on-device or in the cloud
AI + ML10 Jun 2024 | 53
Fragile Agile development model is a symptom, not a source, of project failure
Opinion Changing the fig leaf can't change what lies beneath ...
Software10 Jun 2024 | 84
Study finds 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects
In praise of knowing the requirements before you start cranking out code
Software05 Jun 2024 | 270
If you find Microsoft's Copilot offerings overwhelming, it's no wonder: There are 130-plus of them now
Build And now add Copilot connectors and extensions to that
AI + ML21 May 2024 | 20
Long-term supported distros' kernel policies are all wrong
Comment Or so says CIQ, which coincidentally has issues obtaining RHEL's kernel sources
OSes21 May 2024 | 36
Meet Pi-CARD: Serving up a digital assistant on Raspberry Pi
LLMs running on a dedicated card: The final frontier as hacker makes it so
AI + ML15 May 2024 | 6
When AI helps you code, who owns the finished product?
Opinion It's not settled law. And it's going to mean trouble
AI + ML15 May 2024 | 67
OpenAI says natively multimodal GPT-4o eats text, visuals, sound – and emits the same
The o is not short for 'Oh sh...' for Google and co
AI + ML13 May 2024 | 13
Apple confirms iPadOS will fall under its Alternative Business Terms in the EU
Cupertino drops the Core Technology Fee for hobbyist developers with no revenue
Applications03 May 2024 | 11
Open Source world's Bruce Perens emits draft Post-Open Zero Cost License
Interview Software doyen hopes to achieve a third impossible thing
Software30 Apr 2024 | 135
Python, Flutter teams latest on the Google chopping block
Updated Never mind the record revenues, costs must be cut
Software29 Apr 2024 | 45
Detecting drift and dealing with the Silicon Valley mindset
Interview Pulumi's CEO on new products and that other Infrastructure as Code company
Software25 Apr 2024 | 4
Forget the AI doom and hype, let's make computers useful
Systems Approach Machine learning has its place, just not in ways that suits today's hypesters
Software25 Apr 2024 | 62
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