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Developer ports Word for Windows 1.1a to modern x64 systems using original source code

Developer Justin Marshall used old Word's original source code, released by Microsoft in 2014

Sounding off: Microsoft's push to bake AI into every product and service it sells is understandably facing some backlash. Even Office is turning into a vessel for Redmond's chatbots, which may be why one developer decided to go back in time instead, releasing a wild modern port of an early Word release.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, August 10, 2026, 5:02 PM 10 comments

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Visual Studio Code adds on-device AI dictation and sidebar chats

Visual Studio Code 1.132 introduces multilingual on-device AI dictation powered by Nemotron 3.5, alongside new sidebar chats that let developers interact with Copilot without interrupting their workflow. VS Code is one of our Essential Apps for both Windows and macOS.

By Ivan Franco, August 5, 2026, 3:20 PM

Security AI

AI is flooding Apple with fake bug reports, and real $200K macOS exploit got lost in the noise

AI has increased the number of helpful and bogus bug reports

Winners & losers: Generative AI has become a double-edged sword for security teams. The same technology that helps uncover and fix vulnerabilities faster than ever also makes it trivially easy to flood inboxes with dubious bug reports. That tension recently pushed Apple to change its bug bounty program in a way that ended up delaying disclosure of a genuinely serious exploit.

Full story By Daniel Sims, August 4, 2026, 4:28 PM 10 comments

Gaming Tech Culture

A new coding contest challenges developers to fit an entire game onto a 1.44MB floppy disk

No single byte is going to be wasted

By Alfonso Maruccia, July 20, 2026, 11:04 AM 16 comments

Software AI

Former Microsoft dev built a 2.5KB Notepad clone with zero AI features

TinyRetroPad is a super-lean version of Notepad

By Alfonso Maruccia, July 2, 2026, 9:23 AM 10 comments

AI Software

Zig project leader says AI-generated code contributions are "invariably garbage" and will be rejected

Contributor poker has a negative value and makes real developers waste their time

By Alfonso Maruccia, June 1, 2026, 12:19 PM 22 comments

Electronics Tech Culture

This $82 USB cable hides a Wi-Fi microcontroller inside its connector

Hacknect can emulate keystrokes, execute payloads remotely, and wipe itself clean on command

By Skye Jacobs, May 24, 2026, 2:18 PM 8 comments

Software AI

Forced to vibe code at work, programmers say their skills are deteriorating

Developers complain about mental atrophy and debugging troubles

By Daniel Sims, May 14, 2026, 4:43 PM 24 comments

AI Microsoft

Microsoft made Copilot a co-author on every VS Code project, reverted after developers revolted

Microsoft is calling it a bug

By Alfonso Maruccia, May 6, 2026, 3:04 PM 10 comments

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OpenAI Codex brings agent AI workflows to coding tasks

OpenAI Codex is a coding agent powered by ChatGPT that helps developers build, test, and ship software. It can run tasks in parallel, generate and review code changes, and automate repeatable workflows, while working with existing tools and secure sandboxed environments.

By Ivan Franco, April 24, 2026, 3:50 PM

AI Software

OpenClaw creator says "vibe coding" is a slur against AI-assisted development

Peter Steinberger said using AI code editors is like learning to play the guitar

By Rob Thubron, February 25, 2026, 8:49 AM 9 comments

Software AI

Spotify says its top engineers haven't written code in months as AI handles development

Is vibe coding actually a flex?

By Rob Thubron, February 13, 2026, 6:15 AM 24 comments

AI Software

GPT 5.3 Codex, OpenAI's new agentic coding model, helped create itself

Anthropic's Claude Cowork tool is also built by Claude Code itself

By Kishalaya Kundu, February 6, 2026, 2:41 PM

Gaming Tech Culture

Doom has officially been ported to earbuds, streaming at 18 fps

Making Doom run on yet another unconventional platform

By Alfonso Maruccia, January 26, 2026, 2:46 PM

The Web Software

JavaScript turns 30: From 10-day prototype to the backbone of the modern web

From browser toy to global standard: JavaScript survived chaos, outlived Java applets, and became unstoppable

By Alfonso Maruccia, December 5, 2025, 4:21 PM 11 comments

Google AI

Google's CEO says "vibe coding" is reshaping who gets to write code

Sundar Pichai likens AI-assisted coding to the rise of blogging and YouTube, while warning it shouldn't touch critical systems

By Skye Jacobs, November 30, 2025, 9:42 AM 14 comments

Software AI

US "vibe coding" startups soar in value, but their AI may be powered by Chinese models

Cognition and Cursor lead a billion-dollar boom

By Alfonso Maruccia, November 5, 2025, 2:43 PM

Google The Web

Google Skills packs 3,000 tech courses into a gamified learning platform

Courses are free but certifications require a subscription

By Alfonso Maruccia, October 23, 2025, 4:24 PM

AI Software

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5 with longer coding sessions and enhanced safety

Anthropic says the model supports up to 30 hours of autonomous coding

By Skye Jacobs, September 30, 2025, 2:29 PM

AI Software

DeepSeek AI's code quality depends on who it's for (and China's opinion of them)

There are a few theories as to why

By Rob Thubron, September 18, 2025, 11:40 AM

Software Gaming

Doom experiment proves the game can run non-stop for 2.5 years before crashing

Retro games often hid overflow bugs that only appear after years of play

By Rob Thubron, September 17, 2025, 12:28 PM

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Visual Studio Code brings AI model switching alongside UX upgrades

Visual Studio Code 1.104 brings major AI and safety improvements. GitHub Copilot now automatically selects the best AI model for each task, supporting GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini Pro 2.5.

By Ivan Franco, September 12, 2025, 2:16 PM