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Margaret Hamilton, the computer scientist who led development of the onboard flight software for NASA's Apollo missions at MIT, has died aged 90. She is widely credited with coining the term 'software engineering' and later founded companies building programming systems used in aerospace, defence and other industries.
OpenCode has launched version 2.0, described as a significant overhaul of the platform built using data from millions of daily users. The update includes a range of new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes, with several user-facing changes highlighted as particularly impactful.
IMSA says its WeatherTech Sportscar Championship audience grew more than a third domestically and nearly a quarter internationally over the past year. President John Doonan credited open paddocks, grid walks and youth outreach programs for boosting fan engagement, as the season concluded with the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan told CNBC the bank brought on 1,000 outside contractors in the second quarter to patch software vulnerabilities exposed by advanced AI models, including Anthropic's Mythos. Those contractors remain in place alongside the bank's existing 3,000-person team, and Moynihan said the bank spent over $200 million in the third quarter on remediation and related anti-money-laundering compliance work.
A developer writing about AI-assisted coding argues that the non-deterministic nature of large language model output, long seen as a barrier to reliable software development, is not actually a problem. The author explains that code is simply one possible output among many valid paths to a correct result, and that LLMs function as actors within a system rather than as a replacement for precise, deterministic instructions.
A new Android Auto 18 beta has appeared, revealing a redesigned user interface alongside references to deeper Gemini AI personalization and updated font technology. The changes were spotted in the beta code rather than announced formally by Google.
A comparison of smart TV software support finds Hisense's VIDAA OS, used mainly in Europe, now backed by a pledge of up to eight years of updates, while Hisense TVs sold in the US typically run Android TV, Fire TV, Google TV or Roku TV instead, leaving support up to those platform owners. Roku, Vizio and Insignia don't publish fixed support periods for their own-brand TVs, though Insignia's use of Amazon's Fire OS implies at least four years of updates based on Amazon's own device policy.
A new essay on 'Recreational Programming' argues that developers should maintain personal coding projects purely for enjoyment, separate from their professional work. The piece quotes the idea that the aim isn't to emulate any particular programmer's career, but to preserve the sense of curiosity that first drew people to coding.
A new analysis argues that although AI tools now let developers write, refactor, and document code far faster than two years ago, overall software shipping speed has barely improved. It attributes this gap to software development lifecycles still built around sprints, manual quality gates, and review handoffs designed for an era when writing code itself was the slowest step.
Apple has pushed out the fourth developer beta for its 27.2 software lineup, covering iPadOS, watchOS, visionOS and other platforms. The update follows beta 3, which arrived about a week earlier, as Apple continues refining the release ahead of a planned public launch later this month.
Satlyt, a startup founded by former Google and SpaceX engineer Rama Afullo, has raised an $8 million seed round and is launching its satellite-based AI software on a SpaceX rocket this Thursday. The same launch carries the first prototype for Google's Project Suncatcher, its own orbital data center initiative. Satlyt doesn't build its own satellites; instead it makes software that lets AI models run across other companies' spacecraft, using fewer ground-based flight controllers.
A review of Acer's Googlebook 14 laptop describes premium build quality and hardware but points to software that feels unpolished or incomplete. Specific details of the testing and performance were not provided beyond this overall assessment.