The story of Flash Fill and (how it shaped) me On the occasion of receiving the most influential test-of-time paper award for his POPL 2011 paper (which describes the technology behind the popular ...

Abstract: Java offers the Java Native Interface (JNI), which allows programs running in the Java Virtual Machine to invoke and be manipulated by native applications and libraries written in other ...

According to Jeff Dean on Twitter, sharing specific small snippets of code can effectively demonstrate AI techniques, providing developers with practical and actionable examples to accelerate AI ...

Mojang Studios announced Tuesday it will eliminate code obfuscation in Minecraft: Java Edition, marking a significant shift in how the company distributes the game to its modding community. The change ...

QR codes are quickly replacing the traditional barcode as the new essential tool shaping modern retail. A decade ago, they were just a simple way to connect in-store and online shopping, but now they ...

A byte is an ordered sequence of eight bits. The byte is the smallest addressable unit of memory in most architectures. Even if only a single bit is required, the memory system allocates at least one ...

The Java ecosystem has historically been blessed with great IDEs to work with, including NetBeans, Eclipse and IntelliJ from JetBrains. However, in recent years Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor ...

The new science of “emergent misalignment” explores how PG-13 training data — insecure code, superstitious numbers or even extreme-sports advice — can open the door to AI’s dark side. There should ...

Kiro is the new Amazon Web Services IDE for creating software projects using agentic AI. A developer using Kiro creates a specification for the desired program, and Kiro uses Claude Sonnet (3.7 or 4.0 ...

Instagram appears to be quietly testing locked reels that viewers would have to unlock with a code and a provided hint. The feature is a simple way to increase engagement with the creator’s content, ...

Abstract: Currently, a lot of universities are offering Java programming courses for teaching the first-step object-oriented programming language. For novice students, to master writing readable codes ...

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is starting to put together a team to migrate the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) computer systems entirely off one of its oldest ...