GitHub previews passkeys for no-password authentication, but some would-be adopters struggle
GitHub has introduced passkeys as a passwordless option for signing into its web application, currently in beta. According […]
Android 14 nears final release with second stable beta
Google has released Beta 4 of Android 14, the second beta release with stable APIs, indicating that the […]
Microsoft hits GA with Dev Box, already in use internally but pricey for the rest of us
Microsoft has reached general availability with Dev Box, a pre-configured remote desktop for developers, but with both VM […]
Avalonia 11 released: cross-platform framework gets new renderer plus iOS and Android support
Avalonia 11, a cross-platform framework for .NET based on the XAML presentation language, is out with a raft […]
AdDuplex shuts down with short notice: Late casualty of Microsoft’s Windows Phone and Windows 8 issues?
AdDuplex, a platform for cross-promotion of Windows applications, is shutting down, with founder and CEO Alan Mendelevich stating: […]
CommonJS: Here to stay or gone tomorrow?
CommonJS (CJS), a standard for modules in JavaScript, remains in widespread use despite being superseded by an official […]
Microsoft Developer Proxy chaos engineering tool updated to check for excessive permissions granted by 365 apps
Microsoft has updated a utility designed to test applications that call the Microsoft Graph or other 365 APIs, […]
Rust: not hard to learn but is slow to compile, according to Google internal survey
Google has posted data drawn from over 1,000 internal Rust developers, showing that Rust is no harder to […]
Open VSX alternative to VS Code Marketplace saved from closure by new Eclipse working group
The Eclipse Foundation has formed the Open VSX Working Group, to support and promote the extension registry for […]
Smaller, faster, less legacy: Four years after last major release, Svelte 4 arrives
The Svelte team, led by Rich Harris, has released Svelte 4, with many refinements including a 75 percent […]