macOS and iOS software developers will soon be able to code on an iPad or even iPhone, if an unconfirmed report is correct. iPadOS 14 and the iPhone equivalent will reportedly include support for Xcode, Apple’s software development environment. Cult of Mac reports: This report comes from Jon Prosser, founder of YouTube channel Front Page Tech, who recently correctly predicted the…
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TIOBE Suddenly Ranks ‘Scratch’ as the 20th Most Popular Programming Language
Python knocked C++ out of the top 3 on TIOBE’s index of the most popular programming languages this month, while C# rose into the #5 position, overtaking Visual Basic. But the biggest surprise was when last month’s #26 most popular programming language suddenly jumped six spots into the #20 position, writes the CEO of TIOBE Software. “At first sight this…
How Devs Can Help Beat the COVID-19 Pandemic
The state of New York hopes to “amplify” its response to COVID-19 by launching tech-driven products with top companies, and it’s looking for professional volunteers with experience in software development, hardware deployment/end-user support, and data science (as well as areas like product management, design, operations management). Meanwhile, IBM’s 2020 “Call for Code Global Challenge” is a virtual hackathon with a $200,000…
Novartis Extends Coursera to Friends and Family in Response to COVID-19
By Leah Belsky, Chief Enterprise Officer, Coursera The spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) has profoundly affected the way companies operate. In a matter of days, organizations around the globe have transitioned millions of employees to remote working to keep their community safe. The well-being of employees remains the utmost priority, and ensuring employees stay engaged while […]
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FSF Plans to Launch ‘Forge’, a Code-Hosting/Collaboration Platform
An anonymous reader quotes SD Times:
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced plans to launch a public code hosting and collaboration platform (“forge”) this year. Members of the FSF tech team are currently reviewing ethical web-based software that will help teams work on their projects, with features like merge requests, bug tracking, and other common tools. “Infrastructure is very important for free…
Facebook Sues SDK Maker OneAudience For Secretly Harvesting User Data
Facebook filed today a federal lawsuit in a California court against OneAudience, a New Jersey-based data analytics firm. From a report: The social networking giant claims that OneAudience paid app developers to install its Software Development Kit (SDK) in their apps, and later used the control it had over the SDK’s code to harvest data on Facebook users. According to court…
When it “Clicked”: A Penn MCIT Online Student Shares How He Went From No Computer Science Background to Coding Video Games in 3 Months
Working full time for the U.S. State Department, Aleks Jarcev has mastered time management while earning his degree online. Aleks Jarcev grew up spending endless hours playing computer games and even attempting to build them. Now, after three months in the MCIT Online program from the University of Pennsylvania, he is coding video games on […]
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FSF Sends Microsoft A Blank Hard Drive For Sending Back The Windows 7 Source Code
The Free Software Foundation sent Microsoft a hard drive for Valentine’s Day — along with a petition calling for the release of the source code for Windows 7 (which is no longer supported by Microsoft): It’s as easy as copying the source code, giving it a license notice, and mailing it back to us. As the author of the most popular…
Spot the Robot Dog Trots Into the Big, Bad World
Boston Dynamics’ creation is starting to sniff out its role in the workforce: as a helpful canine that still sometimes needs you to hold its paw. From a report: This autumn, after years of dropping view-amassing videos of Spot the robot dog fending off stick-wielding humans and opening doors for its pals, Boston Dynamics finally announced that the machine was hitting…
Red Hat and IBM Jointly File Another Amicus Brief In Google v. Oracle, Arguing APIs Are Not Copyrightable
Monday Red Hat and IBM jointly filed their own amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the “Google vs. Oracle” case, arguing that APIs cannot be copyrighted. “That simple, yet powerful principle has been a cornerstone of technological and economic growth for over sixty years. When published (as has been common industry practice for over three decades) or lawfully reverse…