Software Stories for 2023

What Comes After Open Source? Bruce Perens Is Working On It 89
The Beauty of Finished Software 174
Remembering 'The Tech That Died in 2023' 117
Meet Kosmik, a Visual Canvas With Built-In PDF Reader and Web Browser 10
Rite Aid Banned From Using Facial Recognition Software 60
Accenture Chief Says Most Companies Not Ready for AI Rollout 33
IBM To Buy Software AG's Enterprise Integration Platforms For $2.3 Billion 11
Study Shows 38% of Java Apps Still Affected By Log4Shell 25
Broadcom Is Killing Off VMware Perpetual Licenses, Strong-Arming Users Onto Subscriptions 196
NotePad++ 20th Anniversary Edition Includes New 'Multi-Edit' Feature 56
Unity Software To Cut 3.8% of Staff In 'Company Reset' 45
Broadcom Lays Off VMware Employees After Closing Its $69 Billion Acquisition 51
Meta's Head of Augmented Reality Software Stepping Down 8
'Make It Real' AI Prototype Turns Drawings Into Working Software 50
Apple Delays Work on Next Year's iPhone, Mac Software To Fix Bugs 74
VW Group's Troubled Cariad Software Division To Lay Off 2,000 Workers 34
Windows 11 Adds Native Support For RAR, 7-Zip, Tar Archive File Formats 85
Google Can Turn ANC Earbuds Into a Heart Rate Monitor With No Extra Hardware 20
Mazda's DMCA Takedown Kills a Hobbyist's Smart Car API Tool 28
Tesla Releases Official API Documentation To Support Third-Party Apps 7
Rebuilt Microsoft Teams App Promises Twice the Speed, Half the RAM Usage 121
Unity Dev Group Dissolves After 13 Years Over 'Completely Eroded' Company Trust 23
Apple Releases OS Updates For iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and HomePod 13
Apple Will Update iPhone 12 in France After Regulators Said It Emitted Too Much Radiation 46
GitHub Alienates Developers By Force Feeding Them AI Recommendations 27
Lockheed Risks $800 Million Withheld Over New F-35 Software 141
Dennis Austin, the Software Developer of PowerPoint, Dies At 76 29
China State-Backed Firm Apologizes For 'Home Developed' Software Based On Microsoft Source Code 44
The Future of Open Source is Still Very Much in Flux 49
Apple 'Punishing' iPad Pro Buyers With New Pencil Software Lockdown 73
NYC Subway Using AI To Track Fare Evasion 61
Meta Is Planning To Let People In the EU Download Apps Through Facebook 28
WhatsApp Kills Off the Electron-Based Desktop App 37
PostgreSQL Reconsiders Its Process-Based Model 54
Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Tips For Creating Effective Documentation? 108
Apple Accidentally Releases iOS 17 Developer Beta To the Public 13
Apple Announces macOS Sonoma With Desktop Widgets and Game Mode 23
Apple Announces VisionOS, the Operating System For Its Vision Pro Headset 38
MS Paint Gets Its Long-Promised Dark Mode, Along With Other Improvements 25
Windows 11 Is Getting the Ability To Run Win32 Apps In Isolation 63
Australian Stock Exchange Says Software Overhaul Will No Longer Involve Blockchain 31
Apple Publishes First-Ever App Store Transparency Report 4
CodeWeavers Now Controlled By An Employee Ownership Trust 34
Apple Launches Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro on iPad with New Subscription Pricing 49
Meet the People Who Use 'Notion' To Plan Their Whole Lives 119
FSF Calls On the IRS To Provide Libre Tax-Filing Software 111
Why Video Editors Are Switching To DaVinci Resolve In Droves 97
Software Firms Across US Facing Massive Tax Bills That Threaten Tech Startup World Survival 77
Crypto's Ethereum Blockchain Completes Its Key Shanghai Software Upgrade 17
IRS-Authorized eFile.com Tax Return Software Caught Serving JS Malware 32
ByteDance-Owned Instagram Rival Lemon8 Hits the US App Store's Top 10 11
Microsoft Says Its New Version of Teams Is Twice As Fast 86
VW Will Support Software Products For Up To 15 Years 23
Duolingo Is Working On a Music App 8
Microsoft Wants Changing Default Apps In Windows To Be Less of a Mess 80
DreamWorks' OpenMoonRay Renderer Code Published 9
Ask Slashdot: What Exactly Are 'Microservices'? 288
GitLab Loses One-Third of Its Value After Weak Revenue Forecast 40
cURL, the Omnipresent Data Tool, Is Getting a 25th Birthday Party This Month 10
Nearly 40% of Software Engineers Will Only Work Remotely 163
Jack Dorsey-Backed Twitter Alternative Bluesky Hits the App Store As An Invite-Only App 89
Atlassian and Envoy Briefly Blame Each Other For Data Breach 6
KDE Plasma 5.27 Released 18
Viral TikTok Challenge Forces Hyundai and Kia To Update Software On Millions of Vehicles 84
Dashlane Publishes Its Source Code To GitHub In Transparency Push 8
Think Twice Before Using Google To Download Software, Researchers Warn 54
BMW Owner Discovers Car's Software Update Won't Install When Parked on Incline 127
AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices For Abuse 107
Google Releases Flutter 3.7, Teases Future of App Development Framework 24
Android 14 Set To Block Certain Outdated Apps From Being Installed 35
Anti-Plagiarism Service Turnitin Is Building a Tool To Detect ChatGPT-Written Essays 69
Microsoft Has Copied the Best Windows Audio App 41
The Lights Have Been On At a Massachusetts School For Over a Year Because No One Can Turn Them Off 202
Discord Acquires Gas, the Popular App For Teens To Compliment Each Other 27
Woman Ordered To Repay Employer After Software Shows 'Time Theft' 167
Native Americans Ask Apache Foundation To Change Name 339
MSI Intends 'To Continue With Afterburner' Overclocking App Despite Not Paying Its Russian Dev 52
Belarus Legalizes Piracy of Movies, Music and Software of 'Unfriendly' Nations 198
'We Found Subscription Menus in Our BMW Test Car. Is That Bad?' 173
Salesforce Guts Tableau After Spending $15.7 Billion in 2019 Deal 16
Southwest Meltdown Shows Airlines Need Tighter Software Integration 59