Backslash Security, a cloud-native application security solution for enterprise AppSec teams, has released a new research study, Breaking the Catch-up Cycle: The New Cloud-Native AppSec Paradigm Survey Report, exploring how the state of application security has evolved given the rise of...
Microsoft announced significant investments in tools during BUILD 2023 to democratise app development for the AI era on Windows.
Regardless of the architecture you're developing for, be it x86/x64 or Arm64, Microsoft wants to ensure that developers can easily integrate AI-powered...
The PyPI (Python Package Index) team has temporarily suspended new projects and users on their platform due to malicious activity.
This surge in malicious activity aligns with a larger trend observed across several open-source registries in recent months. Notably, incidents such as...
Apple continues to prioritise user safety and security within its App Store ecosystem, reporting that it successfully prevented over $2 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions in 2022.
The company says that it has been intensifying its efforts to reject suspicious apps and...
Almost one-in-four US technology firms use generative AI tools to boost software development, with significant growth in adoption across major business functions predicted over the next year.
This is according to a new survey of senior technology executives by global strategy...
Apple has filed a trademark in New Zealand for ‘xrOS’ ahead of the company’s annual WWDC conference next month.
The wordmark filing all but confirms the official name of the operating system for its highly anticipated headset, along with the font and styling that will accompany...
GitHub has released its reworked code search engine, Blackbird, which is built on Rust and promises faster and more comprehensive software repository exploration.
This revision, which has been in development for three years, is part of GitHub's efforts to enhance text-based search...
Internal documentation is a crucial aspect of software development that captures essential knowledge about code. However, creating and maintaining documentation can be time-consuming and challenging, leading to knowledge silos and reduced efficiency.
To address these challenges, Swimm...
Twitter has reversed course on its decision to shut off free access to its API, following widespread criticism from government and public service organisations.
The company has made numerous controversial decisions under Elon Musk’s leadership, but reducing users’ access to...
OpenAI has reportedly sent a letter to a European computer science student who runs the GPT4Free project on GitHub, demanding that he takes the project down within five days or face a lawsuit.
GPT4Free provides free access to the GPT4 and GPT3.5 models by funnelling the queries...
The Venom Foundation has joined forces with DoraHacks, Developer DAO, and Hacken to initiate its premier virtual hackathon.
This groundbreaking event is designed to provide developers with the essential tools and resources to build on the cutting-edge Venom...
On Monday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the majority of Apple’s App Store policies and security restrictions in the antitrust lawsuit against Epic Games.
The ruling reaffirmed that Apple’s App Store and its security measures did not violate antitrust laws. However,...
Python Packaging Index (PyPI) has announced the introduction of ‘Organization’ accounts, as the first step in its plan to build financial support and long-term sustainability.
Organizations on PyPI are self-managed teams with exclusive branded web addresses. PyPI aims to make its...
OpenAI's large language model, ChatGPT, is capable of generating code but produces insecure code without alerting users to its inadequacies, according to research by computer scientists from the Université du Québec in Canada.
The researchers asked ChatGPT to generate 21 programs in...
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has invited developers and interested parties to respond to Google's proposal to allow Android developers to use alternative billing systems.
“Google’s complete control over in-app payments raised concerns this unfairly restricted...
Social news aggregation and discussion website Reddit will begin charging companies for access to its API.
Reddit says it’s making the decision over concerns about companies using the API to train large language models (LLMs).
The company says that its pricing will be...
iOS 17 is expected to be relatively light on major new features, but it will still contain significant changes.
The majority of Apple’s development efforts over the past year have been focused on preparing for the launch of its mixed-reality headset. As such, most of the company’s...
Google is making it easier for developers to bring their Internet of Things (IoT) apps to cars.
Developers can begin building their IoT apps for cars using driving-optimised templates from the ‘Android for Cars App Library’.
The Automotive OS emulator for Android...
“No matter how embedded your brand is in customers’ lives today, if you stop meeting their expectations, it’s easy for them to switch to a competitor tomorrow. ”
- Forrester’s Best Practice Report titled ‘Optimize Your Digital Experience To Compete For...
Apple CEO Tim Cook has long been a proponent of augmented reality (AR) over virtual reality, arguing that AR has the potential to bring people together rather than isolate them.
In a recent profile with GQ, Cook reiterated his belief that overlaying the physical world with digital...
Apple has released Xcode 14.3 to developers, which includes the latest SDKs for iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, tvOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4, and macOS Ventura 13.3.
Xcode enables developers to create apps for Apple platforms such as iOS, macOS, and watchOS. This update allows developers to create...
Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and over 1,000 other experts have called for a halt to “out-of-control” AI development.
In an open letter, the experts call for a six-month halt on the development of AI technology more powerful than OpenAI’s GPT-4 over the “profound risks to society...
Congress has raised concerns about Sony's monopoly on the gaming market in Japan, calling for an investigation into the firm's alleged "exclusionary conduct."
Senator Maria Cantwell told a Senate Finance Committee hearing: “Sony controls a monopoly of 98 percent of the high-end game...
In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the major changes in TypeScript 5.
TypeScript 5 was released earlier this month. The latest version features numerous improvements to make the language smaller, simpler, and faster.
Here are the biggest changes in the latest...
GitHub has unveiled Copilot X, an upgraded version of its AI-powered coding assistance tool.
Copilot X adopts OpenAI’s latest GPT-4 model and now features chat and voice interfaces, support for pull requests, command-line support, and can generate answer questions from...
Microsoft is planning to launch a mobile app store that will compete against the App Store and Play Store.
According to Microsoft’s Xbox head Phil Spencer, Microsoft will take advantage of an upcoming EU law that will break up the monopoly held by the two major smartphone platform...
A developer has shown off GPT-4’s prowess in creating mobile apps.
If you’ve been living under a rock, GPT-4 – OpenAI’s latest multimodal large language model – was released earlier this week.
GPT-4 now exhibits “human-level” performance on several...
Google has announced that it will offer free machine-learning translation for Android apps.
The service will enable developers to bring their apps to as many people as possible, without incurring significant additional costs.
At launch, seven languages are...
Programming language Go appears to be making a resurgence as it re-enters TIOBE’s top 10 list.
TIOBE creates its programming language popularity list using search data across 25 different engines. The methodology has been regularly criticised but suffices as a rough guide of the...
Sophos, a specialist in cybersecurity as a service, has unveiled advancements to its portfolio of industry-leading endpoint security offerings.
New adaptive active adversary protection; Linux malware protection enhancements; account health check capabilities; an integrated zero trust...
