Apple has opened sign-ups for ‘Activities’ which enable remote developers to actively participate in this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) festivities.  Apple introduced WWDC Digital Lounges in 2021, providing developers with the opportunity to engage in online discussions with Apple engineers and designers. This year, the experience returns for WWDC23, renamed simply as Activities. Developers... Read more » The post Apple opens ‘Activities’ sign-ups for WWDC 2023 appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

Microsoft announced significant investments in tools during BUILD 2023 to democratise app development for the AI era on Windows. Regardless of the architecture you’re developing for, be it x86/x64 or Arm64, Microsoft wants to ensure that developers can easily integrate AI-powered experiences into their Windows apps, whether they run on the cloud or at the... Read more » The post BUILD 2023: Microsoft wants every Windows dev ‘to be an AI developer’ appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

The PyPI (Python Package Index) team has temporarily suspended new projects and users on their platform due to malicious activity. This surge in malicious activity aligns with a larger trend observed across several open-source registries in recent months. Notably, incidents such as the flood of malicious packages on the NPM JavaScript package manager and a... Read more » The post PyPI suspends new projects and users due to malicious activity appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

Apple continues to prioritise user safety and security within its App Store ecosystem, reporting that it successfully prevented over $2 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions in 2022. The company says that it has been intensifying its efforts to reject suspicious apps and ensure that only reliable and trustworthy apps are available to users. With millions... Read more » The post Apple blocked over $2B of fraudulent App Store transactions in 2022 appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

Almost one-in-four US technology firms use generative AI tools to boost software development, with significant growth in adoption across major business functions predicted over the next year. This is according to a new survey of senior technology executives by global strategy consulting firm Altman Solon. Altman Solon surveyed 292 senior technology executives and interviewed a... Read more » The post A quarter of tech firms use generative AI for software development appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

Apple has filed a trademark in New Zealand for ‘xrOS’ ahead of the company’s annual WWDC conference next month. The wordmark filing all but confirms the official name of the operating system for its highly anticipated headset, along with the font and styling that will accompany it. The discovery of the ‌xrOS‌ wordmark was made... Read more » The post Apple registers ‘xrOS’ trademark ahead of WWDC appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

GitHub has released its reworked code search engine, Blackbird, which is built on Rust and promises faster and more comprehensive software repository exploration. This revision, which has been in development for three years, is part of GitHub’s efforts to enhance text-based search techniques for code queries. With Blackbird, developers can quickly search, navigate, and comprehend... Read more » The post GitHub releases Blackbird code search engine appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

Twitter has reversed course on its decision to shut off free access to its API, following widespread criticism from government and public service organisations. The company has made numerous controversial decisions under Elon Musk’s leadership, but reducing users’ access to critical information was seen as dangerous and self-harming to the platform’s usefulness. However, Twitter says... Read more » The post Twitter won’t charge for API access for ‘critical purposes’ after all appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

OpenAI has reportedly sent a letter to a European computer science student who runs the GPT4Free project on GitHub, demanding that he takes the project down within five days or face a lawsuit. GPT4Free provides free access to the GPT4 and GPT3.5 models by funnelling the queries through sites like You.com, Quora, and CoCalc, and... Read more » The post OpenAI threatens GPT4Free project with lawsuit  appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

On Monday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the majority of Apple’s App Store policies and security restrictions in the antitrust lawsuit against Epic Games. The ruling reaffirmed that Apple’s App Store and its security measures did not violate antitrust laws. However, the court also found that Apple couldn’t maintain anti-steering policies that barred... Read more » The post Appeals court upholds majority of Apple’s App Store policies appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more