A recent, and on-going, kerfuffle on the Internet is the claim and dispute that the task of factoring is achievable in polynomial time. If this were true it would compromise the most commonly used public key crypto system and render the need for quantum computers null and void.

Netflix has open sourced its DGS Framework (Domain Graph Service) GraphQL server framework for Spring Boot. Starting out as a tool internal to the corporation, it has been generously open sourced for the rest of us to enjoy.

Right now Udacity is offering its biggest ever discount - 75% off. It's a good time to see what's new in its ever-expanding catalog. This time I confined my attention to its programming nanodegrees, looking at two programs flagged as new and the introductory one that gets you ready to tackle them.

Apache has announced that Daffodil, an open source implementation of the Data Format Description Language specification (DFDL) which converts between fixed format data and XML/JSON, has reached Top Level Project status.

At last week's Microsoft Ignite, Alex Kipman unveiled Microsoft Mesh, its new mixed reality platform powered by Azure that allows people in different physical locations to join collaborative and shared holographic experiences. Are we coming any closer to holoportation for everyone?

Flutter 2.0 has been released. The new version adds support for web development and, according to Google, lets developers start not with the platform an app is targeted at, but rather with the experience the developer wants to create.

Fancy having a magic pool cue that enabled you to pot the black without fail. Well this video shows how such a device can be built using an Arduino Uno - and it also reveals just how many man hours can be spent on hard-to-detect errors. 

The latest iteration of the RedMonk Language Rankings dated January 2021 shows no change at the top of the table, but there are some interesting movements lower down with TypeScript and Dart moving up while Ruby and Go are slipping down.

Watchy is a watch for hackers. Fully open-sourced it is powered by the ESP32 microcontroller which has built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and can be programmed via the Arduino IDE. You can currently pre-order it in kit form for just $55, add $40 if you want an anodized aluminum case.

Microsoft has added a new toolkit to its collection of 'responsible AI'. The new addition is for Error Analysis and uses machine learning to partition model errors. As well as being available as open source kits,the AI tools are also integrated within Azure Machine Learning.

After a considerable gap between releases, jQuery 3.6 is out, bringing with it bug fixes and improvements. Despite what you might think, it is still very relevant.