TechCrunch

Spotify says its best developers haven’t written a line of code since December, thanks to AI

Has AI coding reached a tipping point? That seems to be the case for Spotify at least, which shared this week during its fourth-quarter earnings call that the best developers at the company “have not ...
WHYY

How much water do data centers use? One in Delaware City could use up to 20 million gallons a year

File - In this Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, photo, a woman stands at her well at her property on the outskirts of The Dalles, Oregon. She said the water table that her well draws from dropped 15 feet in the ...
Business Wire

Snowflake Unveils Cortex Code, An AI Coding Agent That Drastically Increases Productivity by Understanding Your Enterprise Data Context

Cortex Code, Snowflake’s AI coding agent, helps customers like Braze, Decile, dentsu, FYUL, LendingTree, Shelter Mutual Insurance, TextNow, United Rentals, and WHOOP perform complex data engineering, ...
InfoWorld

Snowflake debuts Cortex Code, an AI agent that understands enterprise data context

Snowflake has launched Cortex Code, an AI-based coding agent that aims to extend AI assistance beyond SQL generation and conversational analytics into data and app development tasks. Cortex Code is ...
ZDNet

I tried a Claude Code rival that's local, open source, and completely free - how it went

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
The New York Times

Meta Campaigns to Change Opinions on Data Centers

The tech giant has spent more than $6 million on TV ads in state capitals and Washington, with the message that data centers create jobs. The tech giant has spent more than $6 million on TV ads in ...
Bleeping Computer

Malicious AI extensions on VSCode Marketplace steal developer data

Two malicious extensions in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VSCode) Marketplace that were collectively installed 1.5 million times exfiltrate developer data to China-based servers. Both extensions are ...
Bleeping Computer

Target employees confirm leaked source code is authentic

Multiple current and former Target employees have reached out to BleepingComputer to confirm that the source code and documentation shared by a threat actor online match real internal systems. A ...
Engadget

How to redeem game codes on the Nintendo Switch 2

Digital game codes remain one of the simplest ways to add new titles to a Nintendo library. The Nintendo Switch 2 handles code redemption in a familiar way, building ...
International Monetary Fund

Mauritius: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes—Data Module

This paper presents report on the Observance of Standards and Codes—Data Module for Mauritius. The Response by the Authorities to this report and the Detailed Assessments Using the Data Quality ...
PBS

How online retailers are using AI to adjust prices by mining your personal data

If you’re going online to buy some last-minute gifts this holiday season, there’s a chance the price you pay will be influenced by what’s known as “surveillance pricing.” Some retailers are using ...