Microsoft reshuffles teams to bolster GitHub as AI coding and agent wars heat up

GitHub, the dominant software development platforms, is responding to the rise of AI coding services and AI agents ...

This free tool gives you one easy way to install apps on Linux and Mac - here's how

Homebrew is a free, open-source package manager for Linux and MacOS that simplifies the installation and management of software. Think of Homebrew as a command-line version of the App Store that ...
Techno-Science.net

9 Best Open-Source Apps from GitHub You Can Actually Use Every Day

GitHub hosts powerful open source apps you can use daily, from Immich for photo backups and Upscayl for image upscaling to VERT for file conversion, BC Uninstaller for cleanup, Mole for Mac storage, ...
SiliconANGLE

Firefly AI says it can make apps almost invulnerable to cloud outages

Cloud infrastructure-as-code startup Firefly AI is turning its attention to cyberattack recovery with a new Cloud Resilience Posture Management offering. Starting today, it says it can help ...
Hackaday

Simple Tricks To Make Your Python Code Faster

Python has become one of the most popular programming languages out there, particularly for beginners and those new to the hacker/maker world. Unfortunately, while it’s easy to get something up and ...
Microsoft

‘Vibe coding’ and other ways AI is changing who can build apps and how

Doher Drizzle Pablo was drowning in travel receipts. After her company transferred her to Sweden from the Philippines last year, she’d started visiting clients in at least two countries a month, and ...
The New York Times

5 Apps That Will Make You Love Art Galleries

Craving an art fix but don’t know where to start? These new art influencers can help newbies and players navigate openings, events and listings. By Martha Schwendener “In the 1950s, you could do the ...
9to5Mac

Apple accidentally leaks new web App Store front-end source code, ends up on GitHub [U: Removed]

Update, November 8, 9:46 a.m. ET: The GitHub repository and its forks have been taken down. The original story follows below. Just hours after Apple launched a revamped web interface for the App Store ...
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GitHub Copilot-Powered Modernization Now Available for Java and .NET Legacy Apps

GitHub has launched a new AI-powered application modernization capability designed to simplify and accelerate upgrades and migrations of legacy .NET and Java applications. Leveraging GitHub Copilot's ...
The Economist

Will AI make dating apps better—or even worse?

“It’s very difficult to find love,” Aleksandr Zhadan, a 20-something software developer from Moscow, lamented on social media last year. To speed things up, Mr Zhadan programmed an ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft: Copilot now lets you build apps, automate workflows

Microsoft announced today a new Microsoft 365 Copilot agent called App Builder that can help users create and deploy apps "in minutes." As Microsoft explained, this agent allows employees to build ...
AppleInsider

Android developers can now make apps using Apple's Swift

Apple's Swift programming language can now be used to develop for Android, and share code with iOS apps. Swift was launched by Apple in 2014 — although it had secretly been in development since 2010.