A beginner’s guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative

Mastodon has almost doubled its userbase since Elon Musk took control of Twitter last month. Here's what you need to know ...

39C3: Wheelchair Security – When a QR code bypasses all security mechanisms

An IT security researcher reveals how a wheelchair's QR code becomes a master key to all comfort functions.

30 Years of Java – Interview with Community Representatives (Part 2)

Java will be 30 years old in 2025. This is a good time to look back, but also forward.
MIT Technology Review

AI coding is now everywhere. But not everyone is convinced.

Developers are navigating confusing gaps between expectation and reality. So are the rest of us. Depending who you ask, AI-powered coding is either giving software developers an unprecedented ...
IGN

Doom, Quake Developers Form Wall-to-wall Union at id Software

165 workers at id Software, the studio behind the Doom and Quake franchises, have elected to unionize with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in yet another wall-to-wall developer union ...
VentureBeat

AI coding transforms data engineering: How dltHub's open-source Python library helps developers create data pipelines for AI in minutes

Credit: Image generated by VentureBeat with FLUX-pro-1.1-ultra A quiet revolution is reshaping enterprise data engineering. Python developers are building production data pipelines in minutes using ...
PC Gamer

The Python Software Foundation has turned down a $1.5 million US government grant amid ethical concerns

$1.5 Million is no small amount of money to turn down, especially in the form of a US government grant. However, the Python Software Foundation (or PSF) has made the difficult decision to do just that ...
Bleeping Computer

Python rejects $1.5M grant from U.S. govt. fearing ethical compromise

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has withdrawn its $1.5 million grant proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) due to funding terms forcing a compromise on its commitment to ...
The Verge

Python Software Foundation turns down $1.5 million NSF grant because of the anti-DEI strings attached.

A PSF proposal to address vulnerabilities in Python and PyPi was recommended for funding, but it was declined because the terms barred “any programs that advance or promote DEI, or discriminatory ...
Ars Technica

Python plan to boost software security foiled by Trump admin’s anti-DEI rules

The Python Software Foundation has rejected a $1.5 million government grant because of anti-DEI requirements imposed by the Trump administration, the nonprofit said in a blog post yesterday. The grant ...
The Verge

If you can get past the terrible logo, Audacity 4 looks pretty great

Over 25 years it’s gone from a clean and simple audio editor, to a UX nightmare. Version 4 aims to fix that. Over 25 years it’s gone from a clean and simple audio editor, to a UX nightmare. Version 4 ...
Tech.co

Study: 90% of Software Developers Now Use AI at Work

According to new research from Google, 90% of software developers are using AI at work — with 65% "heavily reliant" on it. A staggering 90% of software developers now use AI to carry out their ...