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Visual Studio Code now lets you use dictate directly in the editor

The latest version of VS Code brings many useful updates including voice dictation with multi-language support, multi-cursor inline suggestions, and Copilot suggestions for dev containers.

By Ivan Franco, March 9, 2024, 10:33 AM

Tech Culture AI

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's message to kids: generative AI means you don't need to learn coding

"Everybody in the world is now a programmer. This is the miracle of artificial intelligence"

By Rob Thubron, February 26, 2024, 5:18 AM 29 comments

Software Tech Culture

Face it, there is nothing that can replace COBOL

And don't hang your hope on generative AI, at least not yet

By Erika Morphy, February 16, 2024, 7:37 AM 28 comments

Microsoft AI

Microsoft's vision for .NET 9 development framework is all about AI and cloud

Forward-looking: Earlier editions of the .NET Framework were designed to provide a development platform for Windows-exclusive applications. Today, the technology supports all major computer and mobile operating systems. In the future, .NET aims to enhance app development by offering improved support for cloud and AI services.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, February 15, 2024, 1:50 PM

Software Microsoft

Microsoft is seeking a software architect to port Microsoft 365 to Rust

A strategic position to deliver global impact, steering Microsoft's code away from C#

By Alfonso Maruccia, February 2, 2024, 9:13 AM 8 comments

Tech Culture AI

The software engineer profession is under threat from AI and intense competition

"There's just so much f**king competition"

By Rob Thubron, January 12, 2024, 5:20 AM 21 comments

Software Security

AI-generated bug reports are becoming a big waste of time for developers

Better sounding crap is still hallucinated crap, curl project creator states

By Alfonso Maruccia, January 8, 2024, 12:36 PM

Software Tech Culture

Open Source Initiative co-founder imagines a post-open-source world

Bruce Perens: "Open Source doesn't work for the average user anymore"

By Erika Morphy, December 31, 2023, 8:40 AM 17 comments

Software

Turbo Pascal celebrates 40 years of innovation and legacy in the programming world

Looking back on the software that changed the programming language landscape

By Alfonso Maruccia, December 5, 2023, 2:52 PM 10 comments

AI Industry

IBM launches AI-powered Watsonx for translating COBOL programs into Java code

Bringing mainframe computing into the cloud era

By Alfonso Maruccia, October 27, 2023, 7:42 AM

Software Industry

C# nears Java: a dramatic climb in programming language popularity rankings

It may topple it in about two months based on the current trends

By Brian Obudho, October 16, 2023, 7:37 AM 11 comments

Software Download of the Week

Visual Studio Code now includes a GitHub Copilot preview

Popular source-code editor, VS Code now incorporates AI tool GitHub Copilot to enhance your skills. The latest version also includes accessibility and UI improvements.

By Ivan Franco, October 6, 2023, 6:06 AM

AI Industry

IBM foresees no layoffs due to AI, company will hire more workers than it lets go

Its CEO previously predicted 30% of roles at IBM being replaced by AI

By Rob Thubron, October 4, 2023, 8:42 AM

Software Industry

The Rust programming language is growing in popularity

More "rustaceans" are writing code in Rust, a recent survey said

By Alfonso Maruccia, August 29, 2023, 1:31 PM 8 comments

Gaming The Web

After source code leak, WipeOut gets unofficial ports that can be played on a web browser

One unofficial conversion supports Windows, macOS, Linux, and web browsers

By Daniel Sims, August 12, 2023, 10:03 AM

Security Google

Google says attackers are still using "versioning" to bypass Play Store's malware checks

There is little the search giant can do aside from building an Apple-like wall

By Cal Jeffrey, August 8, 2023, 6:16 PM

Software AI

ChatGPT gets more than half the programming questions wrong in recent study

But ChatGPT's confidence and politeness convince some people it's right

By Rob Thubron, August 8, 2023, 8:08 AM 17 comments

AI Tech Culture

India's outsourced coders face job extinction by 2025 due to AI advancements

According to Stability AI's CEO

By Rob Thubron, July 20, 2023, 5:19 AM 12 comments

Gaming

Far Cry's source code has been uploaded to the Internet Archive

A modder's dream come true

By Shawn Knight, July 5, 2023, 3:11 PM 8 comments

AI Google

Google Colab will soon get AI code generation and a chatbot

Democratizing generative AI for low-resource Python programmers

By Alfonso Maruccia, May 23, 2023, 12:56 PM

Software Microsoft

Microsoft adopts Rust to boost Windows security and performance

Recap: Historically, the vast majority of security issues encountered on the Windows platform have been memory-related bugs. Rust can provide a highly effective solution to this long-standing problem, and Windows programmers are well aware of its potential.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, April 28, 2023, 8:15 AM

Shader Compilation and Why It Causes Stuttering, Explained

FEATURE By Nick Evanson, February 25, 2023, 7:23 AM TechSpot Gaming

The latest and biggest 3D games often seem to have a problem with stuttering. Ask around and finger of blame often points to shader compilation. But why, and what can be done about it?