Google Uses Machine Learning to Identify Intrusive Android Apps

Google uses a clustering algorithm to automatically analyze Android apps and detect which ones can be considered intrusive, write Google security engineers Martin Pelikan, Giles Hogben, and Ulfar Erlingsson.

Swift 5 Sets its Goals, Defines New Evolution Process

Expected to be released in late 2018, Swift 5 will bring ABI stability and further work on API resilience and memory ownership. A new evolution process will help ensure Swift 5 development keeps its focus on its planned goals.

ARCore is Google’s Second Take on Augmented Reality

After launching Project Tango a few years ago, Google has announced a new augmented reality (AR) initiative, ARCore, which aims to bring AR to millions of Android devices.

Amazon Alexa Skill CLI and Management API to Streamline Development

Amazon has announced a new API and command-line tool to make it possible to create, update, test, and submit Alexa skills.

Swift 4 is Officially Available: What's New

Swift’s latest major release contains many changes and updates to the language and the standard library, most notably new String features, extended collections, archival and serialization, and more.