AI Software AI coding agent running Claude wiped a startup's database (and its backups) in 9 seconds The model later confessed it guessed, skipped verification, and ran a destructive command unprompted By Skye Jacobs, April 28, 2026, 6:15 AM 40 comments
Software AI Will AI agents need to buy their own software licenses? Microsoft sure hopes so "Please have your AI employee buy software from our AI salesperson" By Alfonso Maruccia, April 15, 2026, 9:53 AM 7 comments
Software Industry Adobe CEO to step down after 18 years as investors question the company's next act The departure plan for Shantanu Narayen comes amid the shift toward AI-powered creative tools By Skye Jacobs, March 13, 2026, 10:06 AM
AI Industry Oracle is spending billions on AI data centers as cash flow turns negative Meanwhile, Wall Street is happy thanks to the company's latest quarterly results on cloud revenue By Alfonso Maruccia, March 11, 2026, 1:06 PM 14 comments
Software Industry Enterprise software experiments with task-based pricing in the AI era The per-seat era of software pricing may be coming to an end By Skye Jacobs, February 18, 2026, 9:59 AM
Security Microsoft Microsoft disrupts cybercrime-as-a-service platform tied to $40M in fraud Cybercrime went SaaS: the subscription service facilitated phishing, fraud, and other criminal activities By Alfonso Maruccia, January 16, 2026, 1:31 PM
AI Security Vibe coding dream turns to nightmare as Replit deletes developer's database Beware of putting too much faith into AI coding By Alfonso Maruccia, July 21, 2025, 12:31 PM
Software Hardware Startup seeking to integrate quantum computing into real-world apps raises $10M Let's see if they actually pull it off By Zo Ahmed, December 19, 2024, 1:45 PM
Software Microsoft Microsoft hints that Windows 11 could become a fully cloud-based subscription service Expect Linux installs to suddenly increase By Rob Thubron, June 28, 2023, 6:15 AM 51 comments
Microsoft Software Microsoft's business-focused Windows 365 Cloud PC subscription starts at $20/mo Windows as a service is launching in two flavors and goes up to $162/mo depending on VM configuration By Humza Aamir, August 3, 2021, 8:15 AM 16 comments
Tech Deals Software How Grammarly makes your emails typo-free, currently 49% off By TechSpot Deals, December 27, 2017, 10:27 AM
Industry Software Opinion: Rethinking software Is software eating the world, or are services eating software? By Bob O'Donnell, December 5, 2017, 11:47 AM 7 comments
Microsoft Mobile Meet Microsoft's new software PowerApps: It wants make building business apps easy for anyone By Devin Kate Pope, November 30, 2015, 4:00 PM
Industry Software The complexity challenge drives 'Shadow IT' By Bob O'Donnell, July 21, 2015, 2:30 PM
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