Go 2017 Survey Shows Generics and Dependency Management the Most Desired Features

The latest Go survey confirms developers see Go lack of generics and dependency management as their two biggest issues with the language. This notwithstanding, this survey marks the first time more respondents use Go professionally than for personal projects.

Google Previews New "Bristlecone" Quantum Processor

Google research scientist Julian Kelly presented Google’s new quantum processor, dubbed Bristlecone, able to scale up to 72 qubits.

Rust 2018 Will Focus on Productivity, WebAssembly, Embedded, and More

The Rust core team has announced the official roadmap for Rust in 2018, which brings productivity to the fore and targets four main domains: Web services, WebAssembly, CLI apps, and embedded devices.

GitHub Licensed Aims to Make it Easier to Comply with OSS Licenses

GitHub Licensed is an open-source tool that aims to simplify the chore of ensuring license soundness and documentation for all dependencies of a GitHub project.

GitHub Security Alerts Detected over Four Million Vulnerabilities

Launched last October, GitHub security alerts significantly reduced the time it takes for developers to remove vulnerabilities from their Ruby and JavaScript projects, says GitHub.