Tech Xplore - programmer

With a zap of light, system switches objects' colors and patterns

When was the last time you repainted your car? Redesigned your coffee mug collection? Gave your shoes a colorful facelift?

May 4, 2021

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DeepMind's AI programming tool AlphaCode tests in top 54% of human coders

The team at DeepMind has tested the programming skills of its AI programming tool AlphaCode against human programmer competitors and has found it tested in the top 54 percent of human coders. In their preprint article, the ...

Feb 3, 2022 report

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Computers on verge of designing their own programs

Computer programmers may soon design the ultimate program: A program that designs programs.

Aug 3, 2020 report

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A new, more user-friendly language for programming supercomputers

Decades ago, computers were costly, complex and rare.

Jul 3, 2019

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Release of solar panel dataset helps cities make power grids more safe, reliable

Solar power researchers have traditionally only used the power measurements from single residential solar photovoltaic (PV) systems to estimate the power generated within a city. But one installation isn't a good representation ...

May 28, 2019

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DefCon presenters explore programmer de-anonymization, stylistic fingerprints

One of the nicer things about higher education: Gaining awareness of the signature styles of authors, painters, musicians even before we are told their names. Well, signature styles are not just confined to the arts.

Aug 15, 2018 weblog

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New coding tool could aid computer programmers who are blind or have low vision

A new tool could help make code reading, navigating and editing more accessible and efficient for blind and low-vision computer programmers, according to Penn State researchers.

Nov 2, 2022

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'Protestware' is on the rise, with programmers self-sabotaging their own code. Should we be worried?

In March 2022, the author of node-ipc, a software library with over a million weekly downloads, deliberately broke their code. If the code discovers it is running within Russia or Belarus, it attempts to replace the contents ...

Sep 28, 2022

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How to avoid 'rug pulls,' the latest cryptocurrency scam

A new type of scam has emerged in the hype-filled world of cryptocurrency: the "rug pull."

May 11, 2022

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Sudan's electric rickshaws cut costs, help environment

Sudanese entrepreneur Mohamed Samir watches proudly as workers assemble garishly coloured rickshaws, unique in the North African nation because they run on electricity in a bid to tackle soaring costs.

May 4, 2022

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