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Vibe Coding: Revolution or risk

Monday, May 5, 2025 by Richard Harris

A new buzzword has entered the software development lexicon: "AI Vibe Coding." Popularized in early 2025 by AI researcher Andrej Karpathy, vibe coding refers to a coding approach where developers essentially "go with the flow" of AI code suggestions, providing only loose guidance or high-level vibes of what they want. In theory, you describe the feat...

Universities fighting cybercrime with students

Thursday, April 24, 2025 by Richard Harris

Universities, one of the most popular targets for cybercriminals, are employing a new tool in the fight against cybercrime, their own students. Over the past few years, universities and colleges around the U.S. have been increasingly hiring students and training them to become analysts in their security operations centers, known as SOCs. Students work alongside...

Labor shortages solved through automation

Monday, March 31, 2025 by Freeman Lightner

From restaurants and hotels to assisted living facilities and amusement parks, businesses across the services sector are having trouble finding, and retaining, entry-level workers, says RobotLAB CEO Elad Inbar. "For better or for worse, our current services sector labor shortage seems here to stay. Fortunately, there is a new way to alleviate this shortage in th...

GDC reveals recipients of lifetime achievement and pioneer awards

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 by Austin Harris

Organizers of the 25th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) have revealed the recipients of two of the awards show’s most prestigious accolades, the honorees of the Lifetime Achievement and Pioneer Awards. This year, the Lifetime Achievement Award will be shared with the iconic video game writer and director Sam Lake, who’s known for his role...

Automated code refactoring platform Moderne

Thursday, March 6, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield

Moderne announced it has closed $30 million in Series B funding led by Acrew Capital with participation from Morgan Stanley, Amex Ventures, and TIAA Ventures, as well as all previous investors Allstate, Intel Capital, Mango Capital, and True Ventures. The funding is further validation that Moderne is emerging as the only company driving mass-scale code modernizatio...

AI software development shifts as AWS and poolside team up

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 by Austin Harris

Amazon Web Services and poolside have announced a multi-year agreement to make poolside's generative AI Assistant and foundation models (FMs) available in Amazon Bedrock. Amazon Bedrock is a fully-managed service that offers developers access to high-performing models from leading AI companies through a single API. As a result, enterprise customers will soon be...

Java development testing tool Diffblue Cover Developer Edition

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 by Richard Harris

Diffblue released a new edition of its flagship product, Diffblue Cover. Diffblue Cover: Developer Edition meets the unique needs of individual Java developers and small teams, offering an accessible solution for AI-driven, continuous unit testing to drive efficiency, consistency, and scalability. Diffblue Cover is widely adopted by medium-to-large enterprises &ndash...

Real time security software development from Symbiotic Security

Friday, November 22, 2024 by Richard Harris

Symbiotic Security launched a real-time security for software development that combines detection and remediation with just-in-time training – incorporating security testing and training directly into the development process without breaking developers’ workflows. Backed with $3 million of seed funding from investors including Lerer Hippeau, Axeleo C...

Organic text distortion effect using infinite scrolling

Thursday, November 14, 2024 by Austin Harris

In the ever-evolving world of web design, creating visually appealing and interactive elements is crucial for engaging users. One innovative technique gaining traction involves crafting organic text distortion effects using infinite scrolling. This method leverages JavaScript and CSS to produce unique, fluid animations that captivate audiences and enhance user experienc...

Future of software development and AI explored in new survey

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield

As the reach of artificial intelligence (AI) expands, IT leaders are exploring new use cases for technology used throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC), according to a new survey launched today titled "AI in software development: Exploring opportunities and uncertainties" by OutSystems, a global leader transforming how companies innovate thr...

iOS 18 developers need to know this

Friday, September 13, 2024 by Richard Harris

First things first, let's talk about what's new in iOS 18. Apple has packed this release with a plethora of features that will make your apps more powerful, efficient, and user-friendly. Here are some of the highlights: iOS 18 developers need to know: The essentials 1. Enhanced Privacy Features: Apple continues its crusade for user privacy with new to...

Paris 2024 Olympic apps ask for dangerous permissions

Monday, August 12, 2024 by Austin Harris

As Paris city attracted a large number of sports tourists, the apps for the Olympic Games 2024 are tracking them, extracting private data, and peddling it to advertisers and big tech. According to a report from the Cybernews research team, which selected 12 Android apps relevant to the Olympic Games attendees in Paris and tested their permissions, the apps designed t...

Secure software development education report from the Linux Foundation

Wednesday, August 7, 2024 by Richard Harris

Linux Foundation Research and the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) are pleased to release a new report titled "Secure Software Development Education 2024 Survey: Understanding Current Needs." Based on a survey of nearly 400 software development professionals, the analysis explores the current state of secure software development. It underscores&n...

AWS App Studio lands from Amazon

Friday, August 2, 2024 by Richard Harris

At AWS Summit New York, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), announced the release of AWS App Studio, a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered service that uses natural language to create enterprise-grade applications. A user simply describes the application they want, what they want it to do, and the data sources they want to integrate with, and in just minut...

Meta AI is multilingual now

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 by Freeman Lightner

Meta has announced that they are expanding access to Meta AI, the assistant in their apps and devices, and introducing new features to help users with answers, ideas, and inspiration. Meta AI is now available in 22 countries, with the latest additions being Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Cameroon. Users can also interact with Meta AI across Whats...

Overcoming burnout in software QA with surfing

Friday, June 14, 2024 by Ramcham Floyd T. Gaid

Life has been changing and challenging as the future arises. Fear and anxiety is bringing risks to business owners, employees and to our families because of uncertainties of the future. With the technologies evolving rapidly with AI and the Cloud the Metaverse world becomes relevant in the near future. Life is supposed to be lived in happiness with a healthy lifestyle, ...

Is NET MAUI the future of cross platform development

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 by Richard Harris

With .NET MAUI poised to replace Xamarin in the tech sphere this May, dive into the architectural differences between the two, the revolutionary impact .NET MAUI is expected to have and the importance of exploring alternatives frameworks like Flutter and React Native. Uncover key insights into the suitability of cross platform development frameworks for different develo...

AlgoKit blockchain toolset adds native Python support

Tuesday, April 9, 2024 by Freeman Lightner

The Algorand Foundation announces the launch of AlgoKit 2.0, the latest upgrade to the AlgoKit command line interface (CLI) - a simple, one-stop toolset for developers building on the Algorand protocol. AlgoKit 2.0’s native support for Python empowers developers to write Algorand apps in regular Python. The toolkit has also been internally re-a...

AI low code roadmap released by WaveMaker

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 by Richard Harris

WaveMaker, the breakthrough development system for accelerating enterprise-grade software development, has updated its platform in response to customer demand for more sophisticated API and code management tools. The new version of WaveMaker now works on the latest Angular technology platform. WaveMaker releases a new modern development system for enterprise-grade so...

AI skills training predictions from OReilly Media

Friday, March 15, 2024 by Richard Harris

In the year since OpenAI launched GPT-4, there's been no shortage of predictions about its impact on the workforce. An easy reply to all this fear is AI is not going to replace humans, but humans with AI are going to replace humans without AI. While this statement is true, this attitude also blames the victim: if you lose your job, it’s your own faul...

SXSW keynote speakers revealed

Monday, February 19, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger

South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals has announced the addition of new Keynotes and a fifth round of Featured Speakers for the 38th edition of its annual Conference, which celebrates the convergence of technology, film, television, and music. SXSW takes place March 8-16, 2024 in Austin, Texas. The Keynotes announced include five-time Olympic gold meda...

AI code personalization tool from Anima

Monday, February 5, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger

Anima announced AI Code Personalization which leverages generative AI in their code-generation engine. This feature empowers developers to automatically customize the code they produce so it resembles their coding style, significantly saving editing time. Anima’s code personalization is now available in the Anima Figma Plugin and in Figma’s Dev Mode. ...

Cloud native market predictions from Lightbend

Thursday, December 21, 2023 by Richard Harris

The time has again come to speculate on what we can expect regarding technology trends for 2024. While this exercise is repeated across the technology industry, I enjoy and find this a valuable yearly exercise, as it encourages us to look back on our predictions from the previous year, potentially course correct as needed, examine evolving trends and others we think wil...

Top 50 AI tools according to Writerbudddy report

Monday, November 27, 2023 by Richard Harris

AI has been an omnipresent theme over the past year, pushing boundaries and redefining several industries in a short space of time. An astounding number of over 24 billion visits were generated from September 2022 to August 2023 by just the top 50 AI tools, with an average monthly growth of 236.3 million visits. Out of this massive number, ChatGPT alone accounted for 14...

Generate AI videos with Creative RealityTM Studio mobile app

Wednesday, November 1, 2023 by Freeman Lightner

D-ID has announced the launch of its popular Creative RealityTM Studio as a Mobile App. Available on Google Play and iOS, the app increases access for existing and new users to create videos of digital people from a single image with accompanying scripts in 120 languages. The desktop version of Creative RealityTM Studio already boasts more than 150 million video...

AI that can understand developer code

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 by Richard Harris

Bito has launched AI that can understand a developer’s code. The new super-personalized functionality helps developers write, refactor, and explain their code. It also helps them with debugging and generating test cases. AI, like ChatGPT, only provides generic answers or answers based on limited information that the user provides. Bito’s AI acts like a pe...

AI app testing automation from Applitools and Preflight

Monday, July 3, 2023 by Brittany Hainzinger

Applitools announced the acquisition of Preflight, a cutting-edge test automation platform specializing in low-code test automation. With this strategic acquisition, Applitools expands its platform and strengthens its position as the testing platform of the future, infusing AI into key parts of the testing lifecycle. With Preflight’s low-code testing solution, ...

Digital concierge app powered by GPT redefines luxury lifestyles

Monday, June 26, 2023 by Brittany Hainzinger

Perfect.Live announced that they raised $650,000 in a recent investment round. The funding is used to further develop and enhance their innovative GPT-powered concierge service, catering to individuals who seek access to exclusive services, and eliminating the time-consuming manual tasks like phone calls and emails, which are often hindered by the lack of available...

LawBase ChatGPT integration brings enhanced reporting capabilities

Tuesday, May 23, 2023 by Freeman Lightner

LawBase, the preeminent case and matter management software system for the legal industry announced it has added generative AI capabilities within the company’s flagship and award-winning platform. LawBase is known for incredible flexibility without sacrificing functionality, and this integration with ChatGPT adds to this unique capability. Now, users can emplo...

AI changing how developers code and how companies hire developers

Monday, May 8, 2023 by Freeman Lightner

HackerRank released a new report on the state of AI-related coding skills and found that the nature of a developer's work is quickly evolving to keep up with advancements in Artificial Intelligence. As a result, how companies find, hire, and upskill developers must also change to match this emerging reality. HackerRank surveyed more than 42,000 global developers ...

Smart contract environment Filecoin Virtual Machine launches

Friday, March 17, 2023 by Richard Harris

Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM), an execution environment for smart contracts on the Filecoin network, is now live on the Filecoin mainnet. The FVM launch adds smart contracts and user programmability to the Filecoin blockchain, unlocking the enormous potential of an open data economy. With FVM, developers can write and deploy custom code to run on the Filecoin blockc...

GPT 3 cognitive test results from Max Planck Institute

Thursday, March 16, 2023 by Richard Harris

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tubingen have examined the general intelligence of the language model GPT-3, a powerful AI tool. Using psychological tests, they studied competencies such as causal reasoning and deliberation and compared the results with the abilities of humans. Their findings, now published in the journal Proceeding...

OpenCP extension launched from Civo

Monday, February 27, 2023 by Freeman Lightner

Civo has announced the launch of "OpenCP", a new open-source extension to kubectl. OpenCP provides a framework to build additional functionality on top of kubectl, the widely-used Kubernetes command-line tool, to allow it to be used to control cloud services beyond just Kubernetes. Civo's vision for OpenCP was laid out for the first time at Civo Navig...

Will AI make us more secure

Friday, February 3, 2023 by Monica Oravcova

ChatGPT, the dialogue-based AI chatbot capable of understanding natural human language, has become another icon in the disruptor ecosystem. Gaining over 1 million registered users in just 5 days, it has become the fastest-growing tech platform ever. ChatGPT generates impressively detailed human-like written text and thoughtful prose, following a text input prompt. ...

ChatGPT gains 1 million users within 5 days

Friday, December 23, 2022 by Richard Harris

ChatGPT has gained over 1 million registered users in just 5 days, it became the fastest-growing tech platform ever. ChatGPT generates impressively detailed human-like written text and thoughtful prose, after being fed a text input prompt. In addition, ChatGPT also writes code. The Web3 community was intrigued, curious, and shocked by the power of this AI Chatbot. No...