32% of Senior Developers Say Half Their Shipped Code is AI-Generated
32% of Senior Developers Say Half Their Shipped Code is AI-Generated Summary Fastly surveyed 791 professional coders in July about their use of AI coding tools. About a third of…
New In Firefox Nightly Builds: Copilot Chatbot, New Tab Widgets, JPEG-XL Support
New In Firefox Nightly Builds: Copilot Chatbot, New Tab Widgets, JPEG-XL Support Summary Firefox Nightly now includes Microsoft Copilot in its sidebar list of chatbots, plus tests for non-AI features…
AI Tool Usage ‘Correlates Negatively’ With Performance in CS Class, Estonian Study Finds
AI Tool Usage ‘Correlates Negatively’ With Performance in CS Class, Estonian Study Finds Key Points • 231 students in an object-oriented programming course at the University of Tartu were surveyed.…
Scientists Discuss Next Steps to Prevent Dangerous ‘Mirror Life’ Research
Scientists Discuss Next Steps to Prevent Dangerous ‘Mirror Life’ Research Summary Researchers who were exploring the creation of “mirror life” — cells built from mirror-image biomolecules — paused their experiments…
Linus Torvalds Expresses Frustration With ‘Garbage’ Link Tags In Git Commits
Linus Torvalds Expresses Frustration With ‘Garbage’ Link Tags In Git Commits Summary Linus Torvalds posted on the Linux kernel mailing list complaining about pointless “Link:” tags in Git commit messages…
Publishers Demand ‘AI Overview’ Traffic Stats from Google, Alleging ‘Forced’ Deals
Publishers Demand ‘AI Overview’ Traffic Stats from Google, Alleging ‘Forced’ Deals Summary UK publishers — including the Daily Mail and Guardian Media Group — have asked regulators to force Google…
Chinese Hackers Impersonated US Lawmaker in Email Espionage Campaign
Chinese Hackers Impersonated US Lawmaker in Email Espionage Campaign Content Summary As US-China trade talks were about to start in July, several US agencies, law firms and trade groups received…
Microsoft’s Cloud Services Disrupted by Red Sea Cable Cuts
Microsoft’s Cloud Services Disrupted by Red Sea Cable Cuts – Slashdot Summary Microsoft says parts of its Azure cloud experienced disruption after undersea cables in the Red Sea were cut.…
Microsoft’s Analog Optical Computer Shows AI Promise
Microsoft’s Analog Optical Computer Shows AI Promise Summary Microsoft Research has been developing an analog optical computer (AOC) using off-the-shelf components — smartphone camera sensors, optical lenses and micro-LEDs finer…
A New Four-Person Crew Will Simulate a Year-Long Mars Mission, NASA Announces
A New Four-Person Crew Will Simulate a Year-Long Mars Mission, NASA Announces Summary NASA has announced a new 378-day Mars surface simulation to run inside a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot habitat at…