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California exempts Linux and open-source software from new age verification law
1+ week, 5+ day ago (225+ words) TechSpot Recap: California...will require software vendors to verify users' ages at the operating system level in the coming months...latest changes approved by the state's Assembly, the new draconian requirements will not apply to software...For the time being,…...
US government is betting $300 million that quantum computing's real problem is manufacturing, not software
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (228+ words) The awards are aimed at practical engineering work rather than quantum software....
Back in 1996, Quake's shareware CD locked id Software's entire catalog behind flawed encryption that
3+ week, 3+ day ago (31+ words) Quake recently turned 30, and id Software celebrated the milestone by releasing new content for the game...
The iPhone Duo's best feature isn't the fold, it's the software built around it
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (190+ words) ...
IBM is building a dual-architecture mainframe chip that will run Arm and Z software on the same cores
2+ week, 6+ day ago (221+ words) The processor was showcased at Hot Chips 2026 and is expected to use 11 IBM Z cores built on a 2-nanometer process. IBM said the cores will......
Microsoft engineer says 'typing code is absolutely over' as GitHub Copilot takes on more development work
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (194+ words) Fowler was not suggesting that software engineers are becoming unnecessary....
A Windows Defender bug is making VLC take 30 seconds to open an MP3 file
4+ week, 1+ day ago (27+ words) Is VLC media player taking tens of seconds to load an MP3 file just because open-source software development...
Some Tesla owners are using Full Self-Driving for 95% of their trips, but they're still legally in control
3+ week, 5+ day ago (175+ words) The person behind the wheel is responsible for the vehicle at all times, even when the software......
OpenAI welcomes the "AGI era" with GPT-6 Astra – its first Critical-rated cybersecurity model
1+ week, 3+ day ago (73+ words) #039;s most intelligent and aligned model, calling it state-of-the-art on computer use, browsing, software...
This 98-qubit quantum computer moves ions around to compute more efficiently
2+ week, 6+ day ago (506+ words) Helios also uses software called Helios runtime to organize the work....The software determines when ions should move, where they should go and when laser operations should...