GitHub Adds Dependabot Automated Security PRs and More Security-Related Features

GitHub has announced a number of new features aimed to help developers secure their code, including the ability to create PRs for any dependencies needing an update to include security fixes, integration with WhiteSource data for better vulnerability assessment, dependency insights, and more.

Upcoming MacOS Catalina to Ditch Bash in Favour of Zsh

At WWDC 2019, its official developer conference, Apple announced a number of new products, including the upcoming version of its desktop OS, dubbed macOS Catalina, which is going to replace the default command line shell bash with zsh for all newly created accounts.

Sign In with Apple Touts Single Sign-On without Sharing Your Data

At the recent WWDC 2019, Apple announced its own Single Sign-On (SS) service, dubbed Sign in with Apple. Deemed “Apple’s most significant new innovation” by Time, Sign in with Apple promises not to share any personal user data, including email addresses.

Interfacing Elixir with Rust to Improve Performance: Discord's Story

When the Discord team hit a hard-limit on BEAM’s performance dealing with large data structures, they resorted to interfacing Elixir with Rust to make their system able to scale up to 11 million concurrent users.

Intel Working on New Data Parallel C++

Announced at its Software Technology Day in London, Intel new Data Parallel C++ aims to provide a unified, cross-industry, single-source language to program heterogeneous architectures.