SECURITY:\ August 12, 2025 U.S. Court System Breach Linked to Russian Hackers, Reports Say Russian hackers may be behind a recent cyberattack on PACER, the federal judiciary’s electronic filing system, according to a report from The New York Times. Citing anonymous officials, the paper said Russia was “at least in part responsible” for the breach, though it is unclear which branch o... SECURITY:\ August 12, 2025 Rare Breach Exposes North Korean Cyber Operative’s Workstation Two hackers, operating under the aliases Saber and cyb0rg, say they have compromised the computer of a North Korean state-backed hacker — a breach that offers an unusually direct look into one of the country’s covert cyber units. The intrusion, described in the latest edition of Phrack magazi... GAMES:\ March 17, 2025 Discord Launches Social SDK to Bring Its Features Directly Into Games At GDC 2025, Discord unveiled its new Social SDK — a free tool that lets developers integrate Discord’s social features directly into their games. Key features of the SDK: Unified friends list: Combines in-game and Discord friends. Deeplink invites: Send game invites via Discord in just... SECURITY:\ March 26, 2025 Google Enhances Android and Play Store Security for Developers and Users Google is reinforcing Android and Play Store security with new tools, policies, and protections aimed at helping developers build safer apps and defending users from fraud and abuse. Key highlights: Better tools for developers: Google has improved pre-review checks in Play Console and add... SECURITY:\ May 23, 2025 Malicious npm Packages Used to Spy on Developer Networks The npm registry is under fire again after researchers at Socket uncovered a coordinated malware campaign targeting developer environments. At least 60 malicious packages from three suspicious npm accounts were found to contain identical host-fingerprinting scripts, designed to map internal devel... AI:\ August 5, 2025 JetBrains Unveils Kineto, a No-Code AI App Builder for Everyone JetBrains has launched Kineto, a new AI-powered app builder designed to make software creation accessible to anyone — no coding required. The tool allows users to describe their app ideas in plain English, and within about 20 minutes, Kineto generates a working prototype complete with UI, logic, a... GAMES:\ Jan 16, 2025 Apple Quietly Launches Game Porting Toolkit 2 to Push Mac Gaming Forward Apple has officially released Game Porting Toolkit 2 out of beta, marking another step in its efforts to position the Mac as a more viable gaming platform. Originally unveiled at WWDC 2024, the updated toolkit offers significantly improved tools for developers looking to bring Windows games to macOS... CODING:\ July 14, 2025 Ada Rises Again: Legacy Language Cracks TIOBE Top 10 Amid Renewed Demand for Rel... Ada, a programming language developed in the late 1970s, has made a surprising return to the spotlight, entering the top 10 of the TIOBE Index for July 2025. This unexpected surge has sparked debate across the developer community about whether Ada’s resurgence is a statistical anomaly or a sign of... FUNDING:\ Aug 1, 2025 CRV Raises $750M to Focus on Seed and Series A Investments CRV has closed its twentieth flagship fund, raising $750 million to invest in early-stage startups, with a focus on seed and Series A rounds. The fund is smaller than the $1 billion early-stage vehicle CRV raised in 2022, reflecting the firm’s decision to move away from late-stage investing. In 20... CODING:\ July 23, 2025 Python 3.14 Enters Final Countdown with First Release Candidate: Free-Threaded C... The Python development team has released Python 3.14.0rc1, the first release candidate ahead of the official launch set for October 7, 2025. This marks the final phase of development, with the codebase now frozen except for reviewed bug fixes. The ABI is also locked, allowing third-party developers ... CODING:\ July 16, 2025 Next.js 15.4 Is Here—With Big Things on the Horizon Next.js 15.4 just dropped, and while it’s not a massive update, it delivers key improvements—especially for Turbopack, the project’s next-gen bundler. If you’ve tried the --turbopack flag before and found it too quirky for production, now’s the time to revisit it. Turbopack now passes a... AI:\ July 28, 2025 Coding in the Age of AI: A Shift in What It Means to Be a Developer AI is rapidly transforming software development—from how code is written to how it’s reviewed and delivered. Tools like GitHub Copilot are replacing traditional resources like Stack Overflow, giving developers real-time help directly in their editors. As Ed Keisling, Chief AI Officer at Progress... CODING:\ July 28, 2025 The Beautiful Mess That Made the Internet Work There was a time when Perl was everywhere. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, it powered much of the early web and handled everything from system administration scripts to scientific data analysis. Massive websites like Amazon, Craigslist, and even early versions of Google used Perl under the hood. ... Home     Coding     Security     Apps     Games     Web     AI     Funding © 2025 Web Economics. All rights reserved. Sign Up to Our Newsletter! Subscribe