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Google enables WebGPU by default in Chrome 121

Ryan Daws — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 10:31:10 +0000

Google has enabled WebGPU support by default in the latest version of its Chrome browser, Chrome 121. WebGPU is a new web standard that provides low-level access to GPU hardware for high-performance 3D graphics and general purpose computing using JavaScript APIs. WebGPU support is now enabled on devices running Android 12 or later powered by... Read more »

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Valve clarifies what AI content it will allow on Steam

Ryan Daws — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:56:42 +0000

Valve has introduced new guidelines regarding what kinds of AI-generated content it will allow developers to include in games published on Steam. The move comes as AI tools that can automatically generate images, text, code, and other content have become more advanced and widely available. In a post earlier today, Valve said it is updating... Read more »

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Crypto developers plummet 22% despite increasing prices

Ryan Daws — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 08:55:06 +0000

Despite the positive price movement in recent weeks, the software development aspect of the crypto industry is trending in the opposite direction. According to a report by venture firm Electric Capital, the number of active developers working on open-source crypto projects has declined by 22 percent over the past year. In June, there were 21,300... Read more »

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GitHub now serves over 100M developers

Ryan Daws — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:25:11 +0000

GitHub has achieved its goal to serve 100 million developers with two years to spare. In 2019, GitHub set a goal to have 100 million developers using the service by 2025. In a blog post, GitHub announced that it’s already reached that historic milestone. GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke wrote: “Today, I’m excited to share that... Read more »

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Twitter’s relationship with developers has fallen apart

Ryan Daws — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 15:59:42 +0000

The already strained relationship between Twitter and developers has now completely fallen apart. Over the years, Twitter has made a series of decisions that damaged its relationship with developers. In 2012, Twitter limited the number of active tokens an app can have—essentially putting a cap on how successful a third-party app can become. A number... Read more »

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Stack Overflow: 74% of developers are open to new jobs

Ryan Daws — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:39:36 +0000

Research from Stack Overflow suggests that almost three-quarters (74%) of developers are open to new jobs. The so-called “Great Resignation” is an ongoing post-covid economic trend where employees have voluntarily resigned over wage stagnation, poor treatment, inflexible remote working policies, lack of benefits, and general job dissatisfaction. Developers haven’t been spared from mistreatment by employers,... Read more »

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Unaddressed developer burnout ‘risks derailing digital transformation’

Duncan MacRae — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 08:42:42 +0000

The pandemic has caused a boom in digital transformation and investment in technology-driven services, but they are struggling to find fresh talent to aid stretched developer teams, according to global tech firm Dynatrace. This has been made clear by research showing that 72% of tech teams have a skills shortage. Businesses are trying to fill... Read more »

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Apple begins Small Developer Assistance Fund payouts

Ryan Daws — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:10:07 +0000

Apple has started paying out to small developers that qualify for a fund established as part of a class-action lawsuit. A lawsuit was brought against Apple by US developers over the company’s “profit-killing” App Store commissions. As part of the settlement, Apple agreed to create a $100 million Small Developer Assistance Fund. The fund was... Read more »

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‘Ask Apple’ is an interactive Q&A series for developers

Ryan Daws — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:59:15 +0000

Apple is introducing an interactive Q&A series for developers that will provide opportunities to connect directly with the company’s experts. ‘Ask Apple’ is an extension to Cupertino’s existing ‘Tech Talks’ and ‘Meet with App Store Experts’ initiatives. Apple says the new series will “provide developers with even more opportunities to connect directly with Apple experts... Read more »

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Unity CEO apologises for calling some game devs ‘the biggest fucking idiots’

Ryan Daws — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:14:35 +0000

Unity CEO John Riccitiello has apologised for a recent interview in which he called some game developers “the biggest fucking idiots”. Pocket Gamer was interviewing Riccitiello about the game development platform’s merger with monetisation and distribution specialists ironSource when he made the comment. Here’s the part of the interview in question (emphasis ours): Pocket Gamer:... Read more »

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