Cursor AI refused to help developer
Learn to code you lazy git
A hapless developer using the Cursor AI-powered coding tool ran into an unexpected roadblock when, after about 800 lines of code, the AI threw up its hands and refused to continue, instead doling out some unsolicited career advice.
AI can't code
OpenAI research exposes the limits of artificial engineers.
Despite all the hype, AI is nowhere near replacing human software engineers, according to OpenAI’s research.
Probe into dodgy Tesla code started
Expect this to be abandoned when Trump takes over
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched a probe into Tesla's software that allows cars to operate autonomously over short distances, after reports of the code crashing.
AI code developers work longer hours and don’t produce better code
Still think Copilot helps them
Code developers using Copilot work longer hours and produce less quality code despite thinking that AI helps.
Low code on the rise
Quake with fear developers
Analyst outfit Gartner believes that spending on low-code development technologies will grow 19.6 per cent year on year to $26.9 billion in 2023 and really low code spending growing super fast.
Toyota left car code exposed for years
User data compromised
Japanese automaker Toyota and its tech subsidiary Toyota Connected have been forced to issue an apology after discovering that a contractor had left source code relating to its T-Connect services publicly exposed on GitHub.
Tech industry still favours younger developers
Experience is a bad thing for engineers
The tech jobs marketplace at Hired.com crunched some numbers on 400,000 interview requests and job offers over the last year to produce their annual "State of Software Engineers" report and discovered that software engineers with more than ten years of experience get 20 percent fewer interview requests than engineers with four to ten years coding.
Apple has another security issue
Text bomb, text bomb, you’re a text bomb
The brilliant programmers at Apple who have all sorts of problems getting a clock to tell the time have delivered an operating system which can be switched off with a text.
China sends unbreakable cat code from space
Uses the power of potentially dead or alive cats
China has managed to harness the power of cats who may or may not be dead to send an unbreakable quantum code from space.
Indian coders not so hot?
Can’t code to compile, according to study
Only 36 percent of Indian software engineers can write compilable code, the Indian skills assessment company Aspiring Minds says in a report.
