Linux explores new way of authenticating developers and their code - here's how it works

Linux kernel maintainers propose a less painful process for identifying developers. See how it can make Linux code safer than ever.

Fake Next.js job interview tests backdoor developer's devices

The Microsoft Defender team has discovered a coordinated campaign targeting software developers through malicious repositories posing as legitimate Next.js projects and technical assessment materials, ...
Dark Reading

Malicious Next.js Repos Target Developers Via Fake Job Interviews

Linked to North Korean fake job-recruitment campaigns, the poisoned repositories are aimed at establishing persistent C2 ...

For open source programs, AI coding tools are a mixed blessing

AI coding tools have enabled a flood of bad code that threatens to overwhelm many projects. Building new features is easier, ...
TechCrunch

Spotify says its best developers haven’t written a line of code since December, thanks to AI

Has AI coding reached a tipping point? That seems to be the case for Spotify at least, which shared this week during its fourth-quarter earnings call that the best developers at the company “have not ...
The Conversation

Are video game developers using AI? Players want to know, but the rules are patchy

Thomas Byers receives funding from The Research Training Program Scholarship, supported by the Australian Commonwealth Government and the University of Melbourne. Bjorn Nansen receives funding from ...
Engadget

Steam now lets developers display the exact date of when their game leaves Early Access

Steam is adding a little more transparency when it comes to Early Access games. Announced in a blog post, Steam introduced a new feature for game developers to add the exact date of when their game ...
Computerworld

Model Context Protocol: Apple’s Xcode 26.3 opens for vibe coding

Apple has embraced agentic AI for developers, introducing direct support in Xcode 26.3 for both Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex and making vibe coding now a platform feature for iPhone, ...
The Verge

Claude Code was down, forcing developers to take a long coffee break

Anthropic is working on implementing a fix to bring Claude Code back online. Anthropic is working on implementing a fix to bring Claude Code back online. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who ...
GameSpot

More Developers Than Ever Believe Generative AI Is Hurting The Game Industry

A new GDC survey shows that game developers' ire toward the use of generative AI in game development is going up. Every year, the organization behind GDC Festival of Gaming releases the State of the ...
Ars Technica

Developers say AI coding tools work—and that’s precisely what worries them

Software developers have spent the past two years watching AI coding tools evolve from advanced autocomplete into something that can, in some cases, build entire applications from a text prompt. Tools ...
GameSpot

It Seems Developers Don't Want To Make Xbox Games Much Anymore

Game developers are continuing to prefer working on games for PC and PlayStation 5 over Xbox Series X|S, according to new data from the Game Developers Conference's latest report tracking the state of ...