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AI tools aren’t helping developers save time on software testing – but small teams are reaping the rewards
AI is doing little to help developers with the most time-consuming and painful parts of their daily workflows, according to new research. In a survey commissioned by Rainforest, three-quarters of developers using open source frameworks for test automation said they were using AI to assist with test writing and/or maintenance, both of which are notoriously time-consuming tasks. However, the productivity…
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Elon Musk’s lawyer admits $1 million giveaways to voters aren’t ‘random’
A representative of Elon Musk’s America PAC said the winners of its $1 million voter sweepstakes aren’t randomly selected. The people who are awarded the checks are chosen to be paid “spokespeople” for the pro-Trump PAC, lawyer Chris Gober testified in a Philadelphia court on Monday, as reported by the Associated Press. Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner sued Musk and…
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Can AI coding tools be trusted? Developers aren’t so sure – over a third are concerned about AI-generated code quality despite widespread adoption and productivity gains
Over one-third (39%) of software developers have little to no trust in AI-generated code despite most admitting to using AI coding tools daily, new research shows. Google’s ‘State of DevOps’ report found over 75% of surveyed developers use AI for at least one daily professional responsibility. Chief among use cases is code generation, with 74.9% using the technology to write…
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The Best Horror Movies That Aren’t Too Scary to Watch With Your Kids
We may earn a commission from links on this page. If you’re looking for a Halloween movie to watch with your children, but you don’t want to traumatize them with Texas Chainsaw Massacre, here are the best scary-but-not-too–scary flicks you can stream right now. These aren’t toothless pablum; I tried to find movies with enough real horror to be interesting,…
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Leak: AMD’s Ryzen 9000X3D chips aren’t looking like a leap forward
According to slides from an MSI presentation published by HardwareLuxx today, the new chips may have respectable multi-core performance gen-over-gen, with an 8-core 9000X3D outperforming a Ryzen 7 7900X3D by up to 28 percent in Cinebench R23. But they can offer as little as two percent gains in Black Myth: Wukong and Shadow of the Tomb Raider, according to MSI’s…
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Amazon workers aren’t happy with the company’s controversial RTO scheme – and they’re making their voices heard
Amazon staff are up in arms over a controversial return to office (RTO) mandate imposed by the company earlier this month. The new working arrangements, unveiled by CEO Andy Jassy in mid-September, will require all staff to return to the office five days per week from January 2025, and will see hotdesking scrapped. Amazon has employed a hybrid work policy…
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My Go-To Recipes to Make After Apple Picking (That Aren’t Pie)
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Despite the early appearance of the PSL, pumpkins themselves are still waiting on deck. Right now, it’s prime time for the wholesome apple. While this sweet fruit is available all times of year, it’s the unofficial ambassador of fall in my book. Whether you’ve recently come home from an orchard…
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Elastic returns to open source, but can it regain the community’s trust? Some industry players aren’t holding their breath
AI search company Elastic has announced a return to its open source beginnings with the addition of a new license for its Elasticsearch and Kibana products. Elastic has added the GNU affero general public license v3 (AGPL), an open source license approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). AGPL will now be available as an option for users to license…
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Hybrid workers aren’t disconnected from office colleagues — they’re happier, more productive, and have better workplace relationships
Flexible and hybrid work models have a marked positive impact on employee productivity and foster better connections between staff and management, according to research from Zoom. A survey commissioned by the firm exploring the rise of hybrid work models, their impact, and the strategic imperatives driving changes in working arrangements found the majority (64%) of enterprises had already implemented a…
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