Microsoft Open-Sources Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search Algorithm Powering Bing

Microsoft’s latest contribution to open source, Space Partition Tree And Graph (SPTAG), is an implementation of the approximate nearest neighbor search (NNS) algorithm that is used in Microsoft Bing search engine.

Recent Appian Survey Unveils Worst Aspects of IT Developer Jobs

Low-code provider Appian released a survey among IT developers to gauge their satisfaction at work. According to the survey, the three worst aspects of IT jobs are time spent troubleshooting application issues, pressure due to time constraints and deadlines, and time wasted on repetitive coding task. InfoQ has spoken with Malcolm Ross, vice president of product at Appian, to learn more.

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.