The impact of AI on software engineers in 2026: key trends
Recently, we ran a survey asking readers of The Pragmatic Engineer how you use AI tools, which tools you use, what does and doesn’t work, and...
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Kumo’s new foundation model replaces months of data science engineering with plain-English queries
Large language models are very good at predicting the next word in a sequence. That’s because they’ve been trained on massive amounts of unstructured text —...
Read moreSony’s new 1440p OLED gaming monitor seems a lot better than its first
The original InZone M10S OLED gaming monitor stood out for a mix of reasons when I reviewed it for Polygon back in late 2024 – some...
Read moreNew PHP Composer Flaws Enable Arbitrary Command Execution — Patches Released
Two high-severity security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Composer, a package manager for PHP, that, if successfully exploited, could result in arbitrary command execution. The vulnerabilities have been described as command...
Read moreGraveyard Keeper’s free giveaway made the publisher at least $250,000 in DLC sales
Graveyard Keeper‘s critical reception back in 2018 wasn’t the greatest, yet it’s a perfect example of a game that’s endured by doubling down on its quirks...
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[$] Tagging music with MusicBrainz Picard
Part of the “fun” that comes with curating a self-hosted music library is tagging music so that it has accurate and uniform metadata, such as the...
Read moreA Hug for Home Away from Home
NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist hugs the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha, Saturday, April 11, 2026. NASA/Bill...
Read moreGoogle will begin punishing sites for back button hijacking in June
So you thought you’d just read that webpage and then go back to the previous page? A bold assumption. All too often, clicking the back button...
Read more(PR) Toshiba Adds Metallic Blue Option to Canvio Flex Portable Drives
Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (Toshiba) has unveiled a metallic blue casing for its Canvio Flex 2.5-inch portable hard disk drive (HDD). The new color adds a...
Read moreHP Continues to Lower Barriers to Adoption with Compact MJF 1200 & Other RAPID + TCT Announcements
This week at RAPID+TCT in Boston, HP Additive Manufacturing Solutions is celebrating ten years in the AM market. The company launched its Multi Jet Fusion 3D...
Read moreIONNA Rechargeries are coming to more than 350 Circle K stations
Today, the IONNA charging network announced that it’s partnering with Circle K to bring its “Rechargery” experience to more than 350 Circle K locations in the...
Read moreOpenSSL 4.0.0 released
Version 4.0.0 of the OpenSSL cryptographic library has been released. This release includes support for a number of new cryptographic algorithms and has a number of...
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