The great programming transformation: How AI and Rust are quietly dethroning C in Linux - and Windows

Maintainers and developers are now using AI to help build Linux. Simultaneously, Rust has graduated to being a co-equal language with C for mainstream Linux development. However, the programming world ...
Mint

Should you still learn to code? Godfather of AI says says don’t give up on computer science degree just yet

With the rise of artificial intelligence, there has been a growing belief in the tech industry that coding will soon become redundant, given that new AI models are getting better not just at writing ...
Los Angeles Times

Our totally L.A. gift to you: Free festive phone wallpaper and wrapping paper by local artists

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Welcome to our sixth year of free and festive phone and computer backgrounds created by Los Angeles artists. This ...
CNN

‘Vibe coding’ named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year

“Vibe coding,” a form of software development that involves turning natural language into computer code by using artificial intelligence (AI), has been named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year for ...
earth

Our brains are wired to learn computer code

Learning to program taps into neural machinery you already use for logic. Brain scans show that after a beginner course, reading code lights up those problem solving regions. Even before any training, ...
The Conversation

The world’s most sensitive computer code is vulnerable to attack. A new encryption method can help

Qiang Tang receives funding from Google via Digital Future Initiative to support the research on this project. Moti Yung works for Google as a distinguished research scientist. Yanan Li is supported ...
GeekWire

Code.org CEO rips NY Times for stoking ‘populist fears’ over computer science jobs and AI

Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi during an event in Seattle in July, announcing a new “Hour of AI” campaign to demystify AI in the spirit of the group’s past “Hour of Code” initiatives. (GeekWire Photo / ...
Computer Weekly

UK banks still run software code written more than 60 years ago

UK banks are still using software code that was written in the 1960s and 1970s, with only a handful of employees who understand them. According to a survey of 200 UK banks, 16% rely on software from ...
Education Week

AI Can Generate Code. Is That a Threat to Computer Science Education?

Some of Julie York’s high school computer science students are worried about what generative artificial intelligence will mean for future careers in the tech industry. If generative AI can code, then ...
Quanta Magazine

The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil.

The new science of “emergent misalignment” explores how PG-13 training data — insecure code, superstitious numbers or even extreme-sports advice — can open the door to AI’s dark side. There should ...
GitHub

Fern — AI Chat Desktop

Elegant, streaming chat UI for multiple AI providers. Built with FastAPI (backend), React + Tailwind (web), and Electron (desktop). Features beautiful animated backgrounds, syntax-highlighted code ...