Exactly what Google has planned for its Fuschia OS is still murky, but details found in an official programmer’s guide is starting to give us a clearer view.
Code for Fuschia has been available on Google Git (and mirrored on GitHub) for some time. A programmer’s guide for it was posted titled ‘The Book: a programmer-oriented guide to interacting with Fuchsia’ and provided a deeper insight into what to expect from the...
Stack Overflow has released its annual study of the development industry. The company says its 2018 edition represents the ‘largest ever’ study of developer attitudes, salaries, and demographics.
Joel Spolsky, CEO of Stack Overflow, says:
“Today, every company is a technology company. Without developers, the economy would not evolve at the pace we’re...
It went down for five minutes.
Yes, unlike the last record-breaking DDoS attacks, which caused disruption to major services for days — GitHub was able to quickly mitigate the attack so that few users would have even been aware of the downtime.
The attack was launched on Wednesday last week and GitHub was unavailable from 17:21 to 17:26 UTC. In
A study examining 11,000 apps has found that users on iOS consistently stick around longer than on Android.
The analysis, conducted by Adjust, confirms a fact that has been widely known for some time still holds true. What's interesting, however, is the iOS user retention lead is marginal over Android.
Adjust defines app retention as “the percentage of users still using an app for a certain number of days after...
The Government Digital Service (GDS) has updated its best practices for developers to follow when building APIs for public services.
APIs in public services can improve data sharing between government bodies and provide valuable information to outside parties. They are, of course, subject to strict rules.
The department emphasises the Technology Code of Practice
Google has introduced Vision, the first of its Cloud AutoML series of machine-learning solutions designed to make AI development faster and easier.
AutoML Vision is a new service which aims to simplify the creation of custom machine-learning models for image recognition. The interface is drag-and-drop to ensure it’s accessible to a wide range of developers, researchers, and businesses.
Mike White, CTO and SVP, for...
A global network of freelance engineers, designers, and finance experts has released a list of the ten most in-demand programming languages for 2018.
According to Toptal’s internal data, skills for the most in-demand platforms requested by its clients are:
Angular 2 (+441.5% year over year (YOY)
React Native (+353.7% YOY)
Docker (+140.7% YOY)
Redux (120.6% YOY)
React.js (+97.4 YOY)
Firebase (+96.4 YOY)
Shopify (+93.0 YOY)
WooCommerce (69.0% YOY)
Azure (+53.0%...
Microsoft is so concerned about the shortage of AI skills that it’s setting up an ‘AI university’ to overcome it. Unfortunately, it’s only for Microsoft employees (for now.)
The internal AI university will train employees on different concepts that are important for the development of AI. Microsoft Research Director Chris Bishop says the program is designed to give practical skills and knowledge to people who are trained elsewhere in the business.
Lawmakers have been examining whether so-called loot boxes should be subject to the same rules as casinos.
Loot boxes in games can often be bought for real money in return for a random selection of items. They’re designed to be addictive, yet can feature in games available to people under the legal gambling age in many countries.
A new report co-funded by Microsoft and Google has found a dire need for a tenfold increase in computing education funding in the UK.
The study, conducted by The Royal Society, warns an entire generation is at risk of not having the vital technology skills for the future. In fact, it found more than half of schools in England do not even offer a GCSE in Computer Science.
Other findings in the report, led by famous engineer Steve Furber
