Developers want more, more, more: the 2024 results from Stack Overflow’s Annual Developer Survey
This year, technologies such as JavaScript and PostgreSQL remain most popular, Rust and Markdown remain most admired, developers are most frustrated by technical debt at work, and they don’t see AI as a threat to their jobs.
Read MoreDSI Prioritizes Technology, Health, Energy and Innovation
Tabling South Africa’s Department of Science and Innovation’s (DSI) R10.562 billion Budget Vote 2024/25 yesterday, Minister Blade Nzimande and Deputy Minister Nomalungelo Gina lauded the significant achievements of the 6th administration and the strong foundation laid for the work of the 7th Administration. Technology significant in advancing health The Minister
Read MoreMicropep taps tiny proteins to make pesticides safer
Farmers have got to do something about pests. But nobody really likes the idea of using more chemical pesticides. Thomas Laurent’s company, Micropep, thinks the answer might already be in the plants themselves. Micropep is exploring how naturally occurring compounds, known as micropeptides, might work as an entirely new class
Read MoreGoogle adds AI-powered comparisons, collections and more data controls to Play Store
Play Store is getting AI-powered app comparisons, automatically organized categories for similar apps, dedicated hubs for content, data personalization controls, support for playing multiple mobile games on PCs, and more features. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreBacked by Microsoft, AWS and Meta, the Overture Maps Foundation launches its first open map data sets
The Overture Maps Foundation is today releasing data sets for 2.3B building "footprints" globally, 54M notable places of interest, a visual overlay of "boundaries," and land and water features such as physical infrastructure. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreVanta trust management platform raises $150M Series C, now valued at $2.45B
Vanta, a trust management platform that helps businesses automate much of their security and compliance processes, today announced that it has raised a $150 million Series C funding round led by Sequoia Capital. The company is now valued at $2.45 billion, up from $1.6 billion in 2022 when it raised
Read MoreHow Will AI Transform Customer Service in the Future?
Generative AI has recently taken center stage as a transformative tool for businesses, particularly in customer service. Often, discussions around AI in this space focus on overcoming customer service challenges. However, instead of using AI to keep customers at arm’s length, businesses should leverage it to forge closer connections. Customer
Read MoreDazz snaps up $50M for AI-based, automated cloud security remediation
The startup is not disclosing its valuation, but sources close to the company say the figure is just under $400 million post-money. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreNotice: Malware Attacks Exploit CrowdStrike Software Failure
Regarding the CrowdStrike software update failure incident on 19 July 2024, the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) found reports that criminals continue to evolve their attack tactics. These tactics include using fake CrowdStrike recovery manuals, fake remediation solutions, and fake software updates to deliver unidentified malware,
Read MoreCrowdStrike blames test software for taking down 8.5 million Windows machines
Image: The Verge CrowdStrike has published a post incident review (PIR) of the buggy update it published that took down 8.5 million Windows machines last week. The detailed post blames a bug in test software for not properly validating the content update that was pushed out to millions of machines
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