Stack Overflow Sentiment Survey Aims to Identify Experimental and Proven Technologies

Stack Overflow has published its 2023 Emergent Tech Sentiment Survey, aiming to gauge how developers perceive utility and impact of a range of “buzz-worthy” technologies like quantum computing, nanotechnology, blockchain, and others, as well as other more established ones including cloud computing, machine learning, robotics, and more.

Google is Rolling Out Passkeys to Make Passwords a Relic of the Past

Google has begun rolling out support for passkeys across Google Accounts on all major platforms. Passkeys will be available as an additional authentication option alongside pre-existing mechanisms, including passwords, 2-step verification, and so on.

GitHub Overhauls Code Search Using New Search Engine

GitHub has introduced its new code search feature, including a redesigned search interface, a new code view, and a search engine rebuilt from scratch to be faster, more capable, and to better understand code, says GitHub software engineer Colin Merkel.

GCC 13 Supports New C2x Features, Including nullptr, Enhanced Enumerations, and More

At Google I/O 2023, Google has previewed Studio Bot, an AI-powered coding bot integrated in Android Studio latest version, codenamed Hedgehog. Studio Bot aims to help developers generate code, unit tests, and fix errors.

New Downfall Attack Could Lead to Sensitive Data Leakage on Intel Processors

Security researcher Daniel Moghimi discovered a new side-channel vulnerability affecting Intel processors that could be exploited to steal data from other users or apps running on the same computer. Dubbed Downfall, the vulnerability has been patched by Intel and mitigated by most major OS vendors.