Discord enables end-to-end encryption for all voice/video calls by default, preventing even itself from listening. Rollout uses Signal Protocol; text encryption still partial.
OpenAI joins C2PA and integrates Google's SynthID watermark to label AI-generated images, aiming to combat disinformation and meet regulatory demands.
SpaceX to buy AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion after its record IPO, expected to close in July.
Analog Devices buys Empower Semiconductor for $1.5B to solve AI's power problem with integrated voltage regulators, addressing data center energy crisis.
OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic’s pre-training team, signaling a major talent win that could accelerate Claude’s development and intensify the AI rivalry.
React Native 0.82 runs entirely on the New Architecture, drops legacy support, introduces experimental Hermes V1, React 19.1.1, and DOM Node APIs. Migration path from 0.81 explained.
React Native 0.83 launches with React 19.2, new <Activity> and useEffectEvent APIs, enhanced DevTools with network inspection, and stable Web Performance APIs.
React Native 0.84 makes Hermes V1 the default JavaScript engine, ships precompiled iOS binaries, removes legacy architecture, and requires Node.js 22.
Learn how React Native now supports Meta Quest VR headsets, with step-by-step guidance on running apps, using native features, and designing for VR.
React Native 0.85 introduces a shared animation backend enabling native-driver layout animations, enhanced DevTools with multi-client support, and Metro TLS for secure development, alongside breaking changes like Jest preset migration.
Google launches Android CLI to supercharge AI coding agents, enabling faster app development from the command line with Claude Code and OpenAI Codex.
Google Search shifts to AI, conversational answers, autonomous agents, zero-click results, and interactive interfaces, impacting publisher traffic and SEO.
Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash marks a pivotal shift from chatbots to AI agents, enabling autonomous coding and complex task execution.
Google's Genie world model integrates with Street View to create interactive 3D simulations for robotics, gaming, travel, and AI training, featuring dynamic weather and rare scenarios.
Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI revealed that Musk himself had for-profit plans all along, leading to a swift jury rejection.
Rahul Garg releases open-source Lattice framework to fix AI coding assistants' flaws. SPDD article adds Q&A. Jessica Kerr reveals double feedback loop for developer meta-learning.
As AI agents take over code generation, software architect Unmesh Joshi argues code's dual purpose—instructions and conceptual model—is vital for future source code quality.
AI interviews humans to build context for complex tasks, replacing manual writing. One-question-at-a-time method improves knowledge capture for non-writers.
LLM-driven porting of GNU COBOL compiler to Rust in 3 days signals new era for legacy system modernization, with implications for financial industry and regulatory challenges.
Birgitta Böckeler introduces a sensor framework for coding agents, starting with static analysis linting, to improve maintainability and reduce human oversight.