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Novel approach improves automatic software repair by generating test cases

Kent Sharkey — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:01:00 GMT

TechXplore[^]:
IMDEA Software researchers Facundo Molina, Juan Manuel Copia and Alessandra Gorla present FIXCHECK, a novel approach to improve patch fix analysis that combines static analysis, randomized testing and large language models.

Why just get the AI to write the code when you can get it to write the tests to prove it works?

What could possibly go right?

How to maintain code for a century: Just add Rust

Kent Sharkey — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 18:46:00 GMT

The Register[^]:
Proprietary code goes unpublished – but no FOSS package ever dies

If they ain't broke, rewrite them anyway?

Code reviews are not effective at finding bugs

Kent Sharkey — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 18:01:00 GMT

shepherdly[^]:
One of the biggest time sinks in software development is code review and approval.

Unless you count the "should this be InitializeWorkflow or StartWorkflow?" discussions as finding bugs

BeginStartInitializeWorkflow, of course

5.3 Release: Full Rider support and 350+ enhancements

Kent Sharkey — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 18:01:00 GMT

Uno Platform[^]:
We’re bringing over 350 additions to Uno Platform in this release, with the standout being official support for JetBrains Rider.

Today I learned that there's more than just Visual Studio out there

Llama 3.1 is Meta's latest salvo in the battle for AI dominance

Kent Sharkey — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 18:01:00 GMT

Engadget[^]:
The 405B parameter model beats rivals at math, coding and multilingual tasks, Meta claimed.

It now whips Winamp's butt

Intel says it has found the issue causing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs to crash

Kent Sharkey — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 17:31:00 GMT

The Verge[^]:
Now, Intel plans to address the processors’ troublesome ‘elevated operating voltage’ with a microcode patch.

It seems you can have too much power

Microsoft scraps Copilot Pro GPT Builder and removes all user data

Kent Sharkey — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:46:00 GMT

ZDNet[^]:
The GPT Builder ceased to exist as of July 10, with all custom GPTs now deleted by Microsoft.

RIP: March 2024 -July 2024

Killed before the download was complete

Google isn’t killing third-party cookies in Chrome after all

Kent Sharkey — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:46:00 GMT

Engadget[^]:
The advertising industry can heave a sigh of relief.

That's the way the cookie doesn't crumble

Freelancer observes increase in freelance work despite generative AI boom

Kent Sharkey — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 19:01:00 GMT

Digital Information World[^]:
Freelancer, one of the biggest freelancing websites, reported that even with AI growth, freelancing jobs are increasing.

Sadly, all the jobs are to use AI

Executives have more confidence in software supply chain security than their developers

Kent Sharkey — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 18:46:00 GMT

Dev Class[^]:
A report sponsored by DevOps company JFrog suggests that executives over-estimate the extent to which developers within their organization defend against vulnerable or malicious packages in the software supply chain.

If you're shocked, you might just be executive material

Microsoft: Linux is the top operating system on Azure today

Kent Sharkey — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 18:46:00 GMT

The New Stack[^]:
Once, Azure was a cloud platform dedicated to Windows.

It's The Year of Linux on Azure!

A GitHub token leak could have put the entire Python language at risk

Kent Sharkey — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 18:46:00 GMT

Tech Radar[^]:
What if the Python programming language itself was malicious?

Fortunately it can be defeated with a single tab character

Windows Subsystem for Android gets an update, but Windows 11 feature will soon bite dust

Kent Sharkey — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 18:46:00 GMT

Windows Latest[^]:
Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) was supposed to be a game-changer.

So it will be finished and finished

Improving GitHub Copilot completions in VS Code for C++ developers

Kent Sharkey — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 18:31:00 GMT

Microsoft C++[^]:
Our team has made changes to the C/C++ extension and the GitHub Copilot extension in VS Code to ensure that other relevant C++ context — like available types and methods — are also provided to Copilot completions.

Now it always fills in that 'i++' in for loops

Physics pioneer, 98, finally honoured 75 years after major discovery

Kent Sharkey — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:46:00 GMT

Independent[^]:
In 1948 Rosemary Fowler’s findings at the University of Bristol paved the way for critical discoveries that would rewrite the laws of physics.

Better late than never

Microsoft veteran software engineer explains the development of the Start menu as a Windows 95 feature before it turned into a Windows 11 'billboard'

Kent Sharkey — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:46:00 GMT

Windows Central[^]:
A former Microsoft employee narrates how he wrote the Windows 95 Start menu.

It's still unclear how he started though (or is that why?)

AI terminology, explained for humans

Kent Sharkey — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:46:00 GMT

The Verge[^]:
If you can’t tell the difference between AGI and RAG, don’t worry — we’re here for you.

'A' is for 'AI', so in the news today. 'B' is for 'Bovine excrement', it's what they all do say.

With the remainder of the alphabet left to the readers.

CrowdStrike’s faulty update crashed 8.5 million Windows devices, says Microsoft

Kent Sharkey — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:31:00 GMT

The Verge[^]:
The global IT outage on Friday resulted from a sensor configuration update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform that caused a Windows logic error.

But they were the *right* 8.5 million devices, apparently

I'm curious how they came to that figure, but I'm assuming it's based on the number of BSOD reports they got, plus a factor for the number of people that don't send that home.

Workplaces plagued by risky security behavior

Kent Sharkey — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 17:31:00 GMT

Beta News[^]:
Research released by KnowBe4 shows that 75 percent of security professionals have witnessed employees displaying risky security behaviors at work and 62 percent admit to risky behavior themselves.

People keep trying to hold Kamchatka early in the game

The Linux Foundation and OpenSSF release report on the state of education in secure software development

Kent Sharkey — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 17:16:00 GMT

Dark Reading[^]:
Based on a survey of nearly 400 software development professionals, the analysis explores the current state of secure software development and underscores the urgent need for formalized industry education and training programs.

The null set?

It seems that way lately anyway