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Lightbend CEO Tyler Jewell argues that open source infrastructure software projects, without corporate sponsorship or other forms of dedicated funding, can't provide assurances about their security.

Invented 50 years ago, the curious box deciphered an arcane kind of code to offer shoppers a trip into the future

Project Liberty is building a global alliance for responsible technology and bringing together technologists, academics, policymakers, civil society and citizens to build a safer, healthier tech ecosystem.

Is Google signaling the end of the open web? That’s some of the concern raised by its new embrace of AI. While most of the fears about AI may be overblown, this one could be legit. But it doesn’t m…

Groundbreaking and courageous software ideas start by first impressing 3 good friends

Now, I realize that there are some folks in the geek space who still make use of default apps. Robb Knight's project from the winter of 2023 taught us that. By and large though, the...

NoCode, scripting vs applications, and software marketplaces

Every competitor is better, and most of them are cheaper.

The universal first troubleshooting step is to reboot. No matter what the product is, no matter what the problem is, try turning it off and ...

With AI search results coming to the masses, the human-powered web recedes further into the background

tapps posted something to Twitter, I replied and turned it into a joke, and it went a little crazy from there with some help from janiukjf and chernowa … Here’s the transaction. (I’ve saved it here since at some point it may will become unavailable on Twitter.) As long as we’re on the subject, I [...]

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Software that makes you a better programmer.

Creating a sense of ownership in the team is crucial for the success of a project. What's the right angle?

Recall uses AI features "to take images of your active screen every few seconds."

First published October, 2010. I had just debuted a new talk called Software G Forces, about how development must change as deployment goes from yearly to quarterly to monthly to weekly to daily to hourly. Practices essential at one pace are fatal a couple of increments later.

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"The negative impact of AI needs to be mitigated. Business leaders should be aware of the growing environmental impact of AI and take action."

Increased efficiency closes more deals

The Apple II was launched in 1977, a full 47 years ago. The Apple IIe came out six years later, with a higher level of integration and a raft of new useful features. Apple eventually ended producti…

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It can be hard to comment on a lot of tech news without coming across like Apu taking a bullet for a big tech platform. But a few aspects to the current debate around the new StackOverflow deal wit…

A communication-focused, strategic approach is a vital part of the way a business responds to a crisis.

I finally had my first spatial persona experience, and it was pretty rad. A friend and I spent about 30 minutes playing chess, checkers, and battleship, in the Game Room app. Over those 30 minutes, it did genuinely feel like I was sharing the same space as my friend. I

Technical debt can have some really nasty effects on a software project. That's why developers often try to get rid of it. However, technical is also a fact of life and inevitable.

The cracks are beginning to show in this global ecosystem, as many projects lack the basic funding to sustain the software that literally runs the world.