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You have issues with 'Issues' always being called 'Issues' in Jira, so Atlassian now allows them to be called ‘Tasks’

Developers get auto-coding ideas drawn from bug reports, and more AI besides

Devops10 Oct 2024 | 15

Deno 2.0 looks to backward compatibility to move forward

Modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript plays nicer with Node.js

Devops09 Oct 2024 | 2

Rackspace internal monitoring web servers hit by zero-day

Exclusive Intruders accessed machines via tool bundled with ScienceLogic, 'limited' info taken, customers told not to worry

Cybersecurity Month30 Sep 2024 | 10

As IBM pushes for more automation, its AI simply not up to the job of replacing staff

So say our sources, who warn job cuts, outsourcing risk depriving biz of seasoned technical talent

Off-Prem24 Sep 2024 | 53

While HashiCorp plays license roulette, Virter rolls out to rescue FOSS VM testing

Open Source Summit Europe BSL shenanigans continue to make waves

Devops20 Sep 2024 | 7

Deadline looms: Google Workspace mandates OAuth by September 30

27 days to get your users' third-party apps on Google’s sign-in

Devops03 Sep 2024 | 7

Alibaba Cloud boosts failure prediction with logfile timestamps

Machine learning helps, but more data catches more faults - so Chinese champ has shared its data

Devops03 Sep 2024 | 2

You probably want to patch this critical GitHub Enterprise Server bug now

Unless you're cool with an unauthorized criminal enjoying admin privileges to comb through your code

Patches21 Aug 2024 |

Core Python developer suspended for three months

Code of Conduct violations include allegations that posts created 'atmosphere of FUD'

Devops09 Aug 2024 | 230

It's 2024 and we're just getting round to stopping browsers insecurely accessing 0.0.0.0

Can't reach someone's private server on localhost from outside? No problem

Research09 Aug 2024 | 39

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

OpenTofu hits version 1.8 with more crowd-pleasing features

Open source TerraForm rival introduces a new file extension so users can 'keep older code around for compatibility'

Devops31 Jul 2024 | 5

DigiCert gives unlucky folks 24 hours to replace doomed certificates after code blunder

For the want of an underscore

CSO31 Jul 2024 | 27

FYI: Data from deleted GitHub repos may not actually be deleted

And the forking Microsoft-owned code warehouse doesn't see this as much of a problem

CSO25 Jul 2024 | 49

Agile Manifesto co-author blasts failure rates report, talks up 'reimagining' project

Interview Jon Kern is looking for Agile exemplars, not the 'Agile Industrial Complex'

Devops16 Jul 2024 | 156

A friendly guide to containerization for AI work

Hands on Save the headaches, ship your dependencies

AI + ML07 Jul 2024 | 4

CISA looked at C/C++ projects and found a lot of C/C++ code. Wanna redo any of it in Rust?

So, so many lines of memory-unsafe routines in crucial open source, and unsafe dependencies

Research28 Jun 2024 | 81

If you're using Polyfill.io code on your site – like 100,000+ are – remove it immediately

Scripts turn sus after mysterious CDN swallows domain

CSO25 Jun 2024 | 61

Bake an LLM with custom prompts into your app? Sure! Here's how to get started

Hands on In Rust, we trust. But in gen-AI to not hallucinate? Eh, that's another story

AI + ML22 Jun 2024 | 6

Um, what ever did happen with network automation?

Systems Approach Is it lingering somewhere between fusion power and self-driving cars?

Networks17 Jun 2024 | 10

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Starlink was offered for free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It is not entirely free

Updated And now SpaceX clarifies special promotion

US lawmakers dig into FCC's $900M Starlink snub in wake of Hurricane Helene

Nearly a billion dollars in rural broadband subsidies wouldn't go amiss

Missing Thunderbirds footage found in British garden shed

Video 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, new Supermarionation is GO!

National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admits 'hundreds of millions' potentially affected

One-man-band faces a mountain of lawsuits but has few assets

Copilot's crudeness has left Microsoft chasing Google, again

Opinion Surely Redmond knows that almost nobody has tamed unstructured data?

Using iPhone Mirroring at work? You might have just overshared to your boss

What does IT glimpse but a dating app on your wee little screen

Microsoft issues 117 patches – some for flaws already under attack

Patch Tuesday Plus: SAP re-patches a failed patch for critical-rated flaw

Smart TVs are spying on everyone

Regulators know this is a nightmare and have done little to stop it. Privacy advocacy group wants that to change

Qualcomm urges device makers to push patches after 'targeted' exploitation

Given Amnesty's involvement, it's a safe bet spyware is in play

Bitcoin creator suspect says he is not Bitcoin creator suspect

'If I was Satoshi I would have destroyed my ability to prove I'm Satoshi'

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From RAGs to riches: A practical guide to making your local AI chatbot smarter

Hands on Nine out of 10 execs recommend adding Retrieval Augmented Generation to your daily regimen

AI + ML15 Jun 2024 | 26

K8s celebrates KuberTENes: A decade of working together

Give yourselves a pat on the back - all 88,000 of you

Devops12 Jun 2024 | 1

More layoffs at Microsoft: What's really going on here?

Analysis We had a record quarter, so sorry to see you go

On-Prem04 Jun 2024 | 69

Google’s in-house docs about search ranking leak online, sparking SEO frenzy

Updated GitHub trove details API features that 'contradict' Big G’s public statements about how its engine works

Devops29 May 2024 | 39

By 2030, software developers will be using AI to cut their workload 'in half'

Prepare for the HyperAssistant of the future, maybe

Devops28 May 2024 | 97

Was there no one at Microsoft who looked at Recall and said: This really, really sucks

Kettle Our vultures weigh in on the week that was more 'what we Built' than 'what you can Build'

OSes25 May 2024 | 75

GitHub Enterprise Server patches 10-outta-10 critical hole

On the bright side, someone made up to $30,000+ for finding it

Patches22 May 2024 | 3

Computer sprinkled with exotic chemicals produced super-problems, not super-powers

On Call The machine was so dead, hospital staff treated it like a corpse

Devops17 May 2024 | 95

AWS CISO tells The Reg: In the AI gold rush, folks are forgetting application security

RSAC 'Everybody's learning as they go. But there's a rush to get these apps out'

AI + ML13 May 2024 | 5

Did IBM make a $6.4B blunder by buying HashiCorp?

Opinion Terraform maker's programs are ideal fit for Big Blue, but why splash out when the software's free and open?

Devops10 May 2024 | 48

I told Halle Berry where to go during a programming gig in LA

On Call Five-star techies share stories of working from the lap of luxury

Devops10 May 2024 | 95

Dear Stack Overflow denizens, thanks for helping train OpenAI's billion-dollar LLMs

Microsoft-backed super-lab gets direct access to answers – and code forum gets its own AI

AI + ML07 May 2024 | 26

Atlassian outsources office drudgery to GenAI agents

Rovo will write to-do lists, create graphics, become virtual colleagues to whom you offload scutwork

Devops03 May 2024 | 6

Open source programming language R patches gnarly arbitrary code exec flaw

Updated An ACE in the hole for miscreants

Patches01 May 2024 | 1

Turns out teaching criminals to write web code keeps them out of prison

The software redemption

Devops25 Apr 2024 | 29

Crooks exploit OpenMetadata holes to mine crypto – and leave a sob story for victims

'I want to buy a car. That's all'

Cyber-crime18 Apr 2024 | 6

75% of enterprise coders will use AI helpers by 2028. We didn't say productively

Dev teams must beware inflated expectations of tech leadership, Gartner warns

Devops13 Apr 2024 | 45

What can be done to protect open source devs from next xz backdoor drama?

Kettle What happened, how it was found, and what your vultures have made of it all

Research06 Apr 2024 | 93

How this open source LLM chatbot runner hit the gas on x86, Arm CPUs

Way to whip that LLaMA's ass

Applications03 Apr 2024 | 3

Malicious xz backdoor reveals fragility of open source

Analysis This time, we got lucky. It mostly affected bleeding-edge distros. But that's not a defense strategy

Devops01 Apr 2024 | 98

Rust developers at Google are twice as productive as C++ teams

Code shines up nicely in production, says Chocolate Factory's Bergstrom

Devops31 Mar 2024 | 134

Docker launches Testcontainers on former rival Red Hat's OpenShift

Interview CEO Scott Johnston on company pivots and trying not to surprise the community

Devops23 Mar 2024 | 6

HashiCorp reportedly considering sale amid growing challenges

Who would want to snap up Terraform?

Devops18 Mar 2024 | 2

What is GitHub Copilot Enterprise? You and your org just might find out firsthand

Big biz invited to like and subscribe, without fear of litigation

Devops27 Feb 2024 | 6

Twilio reminds users that Authy Desktop apps die in March – not in August

'This is an excellent way to piss off thousands of developers'

Devops15 Feb 2024 | 31

ANZ Bank test drives GitHub Copilot – and finds AI does give a helping hand

Expert Python programmers saw the most benefit

AI + ML10 Feb 2024 | 40

GitOps pioneer Weaveworks unravels after funding fabric frays

Company burned through $61.6M in investment

CxO06 Feb 2024 | 3

Google throws $1M at Rust Foundation to build C++ bridges

Chocolate Factory matches Microsoft money for memory safety

Devops05 Feb 2024 | 14

AI-generated bug reports are seriously annoying for developers

Hallucinated programming flaws vex curl project

Devops04 Jan 2024 | 15

CloudBees co-founder buzzes about open source drama and AI

Interview Sacha Labourey on the HashiCorp license, Jenkins X experiments, and when LLMs will come for your job

Devops03 Jan 2024 | 2

SUSE's Captain Container on sailing the open source seas

Interview Peter Smails talks community, licensing, and AI pragmatism

Devops18 Dec 2023 | 1

HashiCorp loses its Hashi, keeps the Corp as co-founder waves goodbye

Mitchell Hashimoto departs, apparently unconnected to controversial licensing change

Devops15 Dec 2023 | 3

GitLab admits IT ineptitude in finance reporting is ongoing

Code shack has had two years since auditor's 'adverse opinion' to get house in order

Devops07 Dec 2023 | 8

You can't deepfake diversity, and that's a good thing

Opinion Fresh thinking and new approaches can only come from varied cohorts of people

Devops04 Dec 2023 | 26

Now AWS gets a ChatGPT-style Copilot: Amazon Q to be your cloud chat assistant

Re:Invent Anthropic CEO also rocks up on stage for reasons

Devops28 Nov 2023 | 7

AWS previews AppFabric for productivity – pitched as AI-powered glue between apps

Re:Invent Park user data in Amazon's servers for ML-generated insights and actions – yea or nay for you?

Devops28 Nov 2023 | 1

DevTernity conference collapses amid claims women speakers were faked

Anna? Oh, she was just a demo persona, says organizer

Devops28 Nov 2023 | 21

CompSci teachers panic as Replit pulls the plug on educational IDE

It 'was losing a ton of money for the business,' CEO complains

Devops21 Nov 2023 | 36

Open source work makes me appreciate software testing. It's not an academic exercise

Systems Approach Literally...

Devops07 Nov 2023 | 18

HashiCorp CEO talks license changes and the role of foundations

Interview Open Source or Source Available? Does anyone really care?

Devops19 Oct 2023 | 8

HashiCorp Vault scans for skeletons in your code closet

HashiConf Added functionality follows BluBracket acquisition earlier this year

Devops11 Oct 2023 |

HashiCorp tweaks Terraform with user interface changes and AI infused testing

HashiConf Can I use AI to write me a license that won't annoy the open-source community?

Devops11 Oct 2023 |

If you want to fund open source code via Patreon with GitHub, well now you can

Exploited open source maintainers get broader payment pleading options

Devops03 Oct 2023 | 4

And now for something completely different: Python 3.12

Nobody expects more flexible string parsing

Devops03 Oct 2023 | 29

GitHub alienates developers by force feeding them AI recommendations

Decision to combine user-curated feed with algorithmic stuff leaves coders fuming

Devops13 Sep 2023 | 40

AI coding is 'inescapable' and here to stay, says GitLab

Getting strong FOMO vibes from devs – tho how ML is actually used among engineers may surprise you

Devops05 Sep 2023 | 23

From browser brat to backend boss: Will WASM win the web wars?

Opinion WebAssembly is getting a lot of hype, but is it the game-changer some think it is?

Devops01 Sep 2023 | 68

OpenTF forks Terraform, insists HashiCorp is the splinter group

Dude, stop hitting yourself

Devops28 Aug 2023 | 13

Why these cloud-connected 3D printers started making junk all by themselves

Message brokering software blamed for dumping backed-up print jobs on idle devices

Devops24 Aug 2023 | 68

What DARPA wants, DARPA gets: A non-hacky way to fix bugs in legacy binaries

When you need to patch a problem in your drone and no one's got the source

Devops18 Aug 2023 | 66

Google opens up Chrome 117 Developer Tools box, drops in a few spanners

Web devs, rejoice: Finally something is happening in the quiet and steady world of JavaScript

Devops17 Aug 2023 | 8

PowerShell? More like PowerHell: Microsoft won't fix flaws in package gallery ripe for supply chain attacks

Updated Billions of downloads and no defense against typosquatting feels like a bad combination in this day and age

Devops16 Aug 2023 | 36

Google teases Project IDX, an AI-infused code editing thing

Rival to CoPilot and CodeWhisperer sees the Big G join the error-ridden robo-coding market

Devops09 Aug 2023 | 6

Google tightens Play Store dev rules while becoming more blockchain tolerant

Trust and safety push promises ability to delete app-associated accounts

Devops17 Jul 2023 | 5

GitLab deploys on a Friday and ... is down for a few hours

Updated Snafu blamed on config change

Devops07 Jul 2023 | 8

Microsoft's GitHub under fire for DDoSing crucial open source project website

A tale of emergency firewalling, a little bit of victim blaming, and workflow scripts gone berserk

Devops28 Jun 2023 | 48

Atlassian pipes software flaw reports into Jira, so the boss can see them too

This could be a useful way to show what you’re up against, or give the clueless a stick to beat you with

Devops07 Jun 2023 | 4

This typo sparked a Microsoft Azure outage

Errant code fix deleted entire servers rather than snapshots of database

Devops03 Jun 2023 | 89

Subpoenaed PyPI says bye-bye to as much IP address data as it can

Python package pile prefers protecting programmer privacy

Devops27 May 2023 | 9

PyPI subpoenaed: US govt demands data on developers

Python package packhouse ponders privacy position

Devops25 May 2023 | 9

Atlassian says 'Don't #@!% the Planet' so it can keep making money

Which when you think about it, is a pretty good reason to build a sustainable business

Devops24 May 2023 | 9

Microsoft wants you to think inside the Dev Box from July

If you like the idea of building software on Windows in the cloud, this may be for you

Devops23 May 2023 | 8

Python Package Index had one person on-call to hold back weekend malware rush

We speak to infra director after project temporarily freezes new user accounts

Devops22 May 2023 | 22

Google Go language goes with opt-in telemetry

Go go gadget data collection

Devops17 May 2023 | 8

GitHub code search redesign can't find many fans

Poll Missing capabilities, bugs, unloved interface decisions dog engine revision – and what do you think?

Devops13 May 2023 | 17

Brexit Britain looks to French company to save crumbling borders and immigration tech

Building a wall... of code

Devops10 May 2023 | 166

GitHub dumps frustrating code search engine for Rust-powered Blackbird

Here's hoping for fewer head-desk moments for devs

Devops09 May 2023 | 6

Modular finds its Mojo, a Python superset with C-level speed

LLVM champ Chris Lattner is at the helm, so consider us intrigued

Devops05 May 2023 | 44

Fed up with Python setup and packaging? Try a shot of Rye

For those envious of Rust and Cargo

Devops04 May 2023 | 47

Python still has the strongest grip on developers

And a reminder that experience points matter a lot

Devops04 May 2023 | 57

How does Atlassian hope to actually improve Confluence and Jira? AI, of course!

A bot shows up to help with a problem. Hopefully that's not two problems now

Devops19 Apr 2023 | 13

Worried about the security of your code's dependencies? Try Google's Deps.dev

Is this what the kids mean by owning the libs?

Devops13 Apr 2023 | 13

Python head hisses at looming Euro cybersecurity rules

Red-tape vague enough to land open source volunteers in hot water for iffy code

Devops12 Apr 2023 | 63

Open source Socket Runtime arrives, with aim to drop cloud as a dependency

Interview Web code-based cross-platform app kit offers a P2P alternative

Devops11 Apr 2023 | 3

So you want to integrate OpenAI's bot. Here's how that worked for software security scanner Socket

Exclusive Hint: Hundreds of malicious npm and PyPI packages spotted

Devops30 Mar 2023 | 23

Free-Teams-gate: Docker apologizes for shooting itself in the foot

Botched data deletion threat roils open source worlds

Devops17 Mar 2023 | 21

The npm registry's safe word is Socket

Exclusive GitHub's JavaScript failings are someone else's opportunity

Devops16 Mar 2023 | 9

One third wiped off value of GitLab shares, Wall Street didn't like weaker outlook

Investors nervous in same week that Silicon Valley Bank failed

Devops14 Mar 2023 | 6

Check out Codon: A Python compiler if you have a need for C/C++ speed

Caveats apply, your mileage may vary

Devops11 Mar 2023 | 70

Microsoft opens Azure confidential containers to public preview

Security features in AMD Epyc chips push confidential computing effort

Devops03 Mar 2023 |

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