New research from Sonatype suggests COVID-19 has caused a 28 percent drop in UK software development.
COVID-19 has gripped countries around the world and grinded their economies to a halt. Britain’s furlough scheme – seeing the state pay 80% of people’s wages – has prevented...
Microsoft has announced that full Linux GUI apps will soon be supported in Windows 10 along with GPU acceleration.
During this year’s BUILD, the first to be entirely virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Microsoft pledged to improve its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with full...
Microsoft president Brad Smith has admitted the company was "on the wrong side of history" when it comes to open-source software.
Redmond has had a rocky relationship with open-source software, especially Linux. Back in 2001, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer famously called Linux...
Microsoft has released a guide on how to build apps for the dual-screen Surface Duo using the Flutter SDK.
The company's flagship developer event, BUILD, begins tomorrow. Like many events this year, it will be entirely virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year's event is likely...
A demo of Unreal Engine 5 running on the upcoming PS5 was running at just 1440p resolution, 30 FPS, and lacked ray-tracing.
The video is a decent graphical showcase of what the next Unreal Engine can do but is relatively disappointing on a technical level. Many gamers are expecting up...
For a long time the app world was the iOS user’s oyster - all of the best apps were designed for them. In fact, within the US, smartphones and the apps market were essentially synonymous with the iPhone and the App Store. Throughout the rest of the world users preferred Androids, and by 2015...
The latest version of Unreal Engine has been released, adding support for the Xbox Series X and PS5 next-gen consoles.
Despite potential shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both of the new consoles are still due to release later this year.
We've already seen the specs...
A contact-tracing API being developed by Google and Apple will block location access to prevent misuse.
The API, called ExposureNotification, is being provided to national health agencies to build contact-tracing functionality into their apps. It's hoped that contact-tracing apps will...
A new study has found that half of Americans wouldn't trust a COVID-19 contact-tracing app.
Contact-tracing apps are being hailed as key to returning to some degree of normality. The apps use Bluetooth to keep track of everyone an individual passes in order to notify that circle if a...
Research from job site Indeed has shown a surge in interest for the COBOL programming language.
COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) was first created in 1959 and usage of the language has dwindled over years. Today, you'll only really find the language used by businesses for...
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