Programming Articles - Page 5

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?

Software

How a broken elevator led to one of the most loved programming languages available today

What started as a side project on one developer's laptop has become one of today's most successful open source projects

By Jimmy Pezzone, February 18, 2023, 9:24 AM 28 comments

Software Security

AI-assisted code can be inherently insecure, study finds

Programmers must be educated about strong coding practices

By Alfonso Maruccia, December 29, 2022, 9:34 AM

Tech Culture Electronics

Software engineers and timekeepers rejoice as the world votes to end the leap second

The rule begins in 2035 and remains in effect for 100 years

By Cal Jeffrey, November 21, 2022, 4:26 PM 11 comments

Software

GitHub Copilot slammed with the first class-action against "unfair" AI

A hot potato: The first class-action lawsuit against a machine learning algorithm has been filed in San Francisco federal court. Proponents are calling for millions of GitHub users to reaffirm their rights against Copilot, an AI that suggests new code by violating open-source licenses and several other copyright infringement laws.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, November 8, 2022, 1:12 PM 12 comments

Software Download of the Week

Visual Studio Code is a solid code editor for pros and beginners alike

Compatible with all major programming languages, Microsoft offers the free Visual Studio Code editor that also lets you debug code, run tasks and do version control.

By Ivan Franco, October 14, 2022, 11:04 AM

Software Download of the Week

Visual Studio 2022 arrives with several improvements, download it here

Visual Studio 2022 improves Microsoft Azure and GitHub integration, adds Live Share and Xamarin for easy cloud-based storage, and the full suite of tools for C++20.

By Ivan Franco, May 13, 2022, 2:19 PM

Security Microsoft

Hacking group behind Nvidia and Samsung attacks now appears to have leaked Microsoft source code

Did Lapsus$ expose the inner workings of Cortana and Bing?

By Rob Thubron, March 22, 2022, 5:15 AM

Download of the Week Mobile

Android Studio provides everything you need to build Android apps

Android Studio allows you to develop native mobile applications for Android devices. The IDE comes with a code editor, UI designer, and an emulator for testing. Studio is free to download and available for every major OS.

By Ivan Franco, February 25, 2022, 12:25 PM

Tech Deals Software

Want to learn to code? Here's an affordable place to start

Get 15 coding courses and get certified for just $45

By TechSpot Deals, December 13, 2021, 9:56 AM

Software AI

Almost 30 percent of new GitHub code is written with AI assistance

GitHub's Copilot feature has been a success

By Cohen Coberly, October 28, 2021, 3:20 PM

Software Download of the Week

Oracle releases Java SE JDK 11.0.13

Java is used for a wide array of applications, from games like Minecraft to services like the Wikipedia. The latest version fixes numerous bugs and is available for all platforms.

By Erik Orejuela, October 20, 2021, 10:31 AM

Software Industry

Python overtakes Java, JavaScript as most popular programming language for first time in 20 years

The victory doesn't necessarily indicate it's the best, though

By Zak Islam, October 10, 2021, 10:01 AM 29 comments

The Web Security

All of Twitch has just leaked, including its source code and user payouts

And it's only "part one"

By Rob Thubron, October 6, 2021, 6:59 AM 28 comments

Tech Culture The Web

The World Wide Web source code NFT has been sold for $5.4M

Proceeds will be directed to initiatives that Tim and his wife support

By Joao Silva, July 1, 2021, 10:54 AM 7 comments

Explainer: What is an API?

FEATURE By Nick Evanson, June 17, 2021, 6:12 AM TechSpot Software

Direct3D. OpenAL. Winsock. You've probably heard of these and you might have even used them before. We're talking about APIs – the golden fleece to programmers around the world. Join us as we explain just what an API is, and take a quick look at where and how they get used.