Is the future of open source software at risk due to protestware?
SMU Associate Professor Christoph Treude examines the foundations for studies on open-source software and protestware.
Feb 23, 2024
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News tagged with software
Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers develop automated toolchain for future mobility
Development of embedded electronic systems for future mobility, be it self-driving cars or autonomous air taxis, depends on complex processing and application services. To better manage this challenge, eight European partners ...
Feb 21, 2024
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Business
OpenAI in deal valuing it at $80 billion: Media
OpenAI has concluded a deal with investors that reportedly values the California start-up at $80 billion or more, after a roller-coaster year for the inventor of ChatGPT.
Feb 18, 2024
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New machine learning method predicts future data patterns to optimize data storage
Researchers have developed a new machine-learning technique that helps computer systems predict future data patterns and optimize how information gets stored. They found these predictions could provide up to a 40% speed boost ...
Feb 15, 2024
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Automotive
Waymo issues recall after 2 of its vehicles strike the same pickup truck
Waymo is issuing a recall for the first time due to a software concern after two of its self-driving vehicles hit the same pickup truck that was being towed.
Feb 15, 2024
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AI: A way to freely share technology and stop misuse already exists
There are lots of proposed ways to try to place limits on artificial intelligence (AI), because of its potential to cause harm in society, as well as its benefits.
Feb 12, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Bringing supercomputers and experiments together to accelerate discoveries
The seamless integration of DOE's large-scale experimental facilities and powerful computing resources will help researchers keep pace with the ever-increasing influx of scientific data.
Jan 31, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
A virtual reality pegboard test shows performance does not always match user preference
Virtual hand interactions are one of the most common and useful applications that virtual reality (VR) systems offer users. But, as a new Concordia-led study shows, personal preference remains an important factor in how the ...
Jan 30, 2024
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Where are all the women in tech?
While working as a software development project manager in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Bianca Trinkenreich was always one of few women in the room—and she often wondered why. When she came to NAU as a Ph.D. student, she had ...
Jan 29, 2024
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NASA autonomous flight software successfully used in air taxi stand-ins
In late October, two research helicopters from the manufacturer Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, made a dozen test flights over Long Island Sound, Connecticut taking care to avoid other aircraft in the area around them. ...
Jan 26, 2024
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Computer software
Computer software, or just software is a general term used to describe the role that computer programs, procedures and documentation play in a computer system.
The term includes:
Software includes things such as websites, programs or video games, that are coded by programming languages like C or C++.
"Software" is sometimes used in a broader context to mean anything which is not hardware but which is used with hardware, such as film, tapes and records.
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