Java 25 LTS is now available with features like module import declarations, compact source files

Java 25 was released today as the latest LTS version of the language, meaning it will be supported by Oracle for at least ...
InfoWorld

Senior developers let AI do more of the coding — survey

AI-generated code accounted for more than half of shipped code among nearly one-third of senior developers who participated in a recent survey by cloud platform provider Fastly. The company’s July ...
New York Post

Senate Republicans invoke ‘nuclear option’ to speed up confirmation of Trump nominees

Senate Republicans on Thursday triggered the so-called “nuclear option” and changed the rules of the upper chamber to speed up the confirmation of President Trump’s nominees. The proposed rule change, ...
InfoWorld

Vibe coding with GitHub Spark

It’s taken some time for GitHub Spark, GitHub’s new AI-powered coding platform, to go beyond its initial small, closed beta. However, it’s now available to anyone with a GitHub CoPilot+ subscription, ...
Engadget

Switzerland launches its own open-source AI model

There's a new player in the AI race, and it's a whole country. Switzerland has just released Apertus, its open-source national Large Language Model (LLM) that it hopes would be an alternative to ...
The New York Times

Protesters Call Out Trump as He Dines Out in Washington

Mr. Trump made the short trek from the White House to Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab to show that his federal crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital was working. By Tyler Pager Reporting ...
The New York Times

Putin and Xi Invoke Wartime Unity as They Hail Ties in Beijing

The Russian and Chinese leaders drew on a shared view of their countries’ roles in World War II to cast their modern-day partnership as a challenge to the West. By Lily Kuo and Anton Troianovski Lily ...
CSOonline

When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding

As developers lean on Copilot and GhostWriter, experts warn of insecure defaults, hallucinated dependencies, and attacks that slip past traditional defenses. One July morning, a startup founder ...
Yahoo

Cops responded to an animal abuse call. A smell led them to 13 endangered children.

An initial report of a paralyzed kitten being thrown down a staircase led police in Northern Ohio to a home where officers reported finding 13 young children living in horrific conditions. The Toledo ...
HousingWire

Maverick Systems forms advisory board to guide real estate data expansion

Maverick Systems has created an advisory board of three real estate and technology veterans to help guide the company’s expansion, the firm announced Tuesday. The move comes as the company extends its ...
The Conversation

Poland responds to Russian drones incursion by invoking Article 4 of the NATO treaty − what happens next?

John Deni does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
CBS News

Tropical Storm Kiko forms in eastern Pacific Ocean, expected to become a hurricane

A new tropical storm has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean, more than 1,000 miles off the coast of Mexico. There was no immediate threat to land. Tropical Storm Kiko developed early Sunday and is ...