Spotify says its best engineers aren’t writing code anymore, AI is doing it

Spotify executives say AI coding tools have reached a turning point, with top developers no longer writing code by hand as ...
Ars Technica

Anthropic launches Cowork, a Claude Code-like for general computing

Anthropic’s agentic tool Claude Code has been an enormous hit with some software developers and hobbyists, and now the company is bringing that modality to more general office work with a new feature ...
The Daily Gazette

Court blocks freeze on TANF, child-care funding

CAPITAL REGION — A federal court issued a temporary restraining order Friday, preventing the federal government from freezing more than $10 billion in funding for benefits to needy families and ...
VentureBeat

Anthropic cracks down on unauthorized Claude usage by third-party harnesses and rivals

Anthropic has confirmed the implementation of strict new technical safeguards preventing third-party applications from spoofing its official coding client, Claude Code, in order to access the ...
Visual Studio Magazine

C# Grabs Language of the Year, TIOBE Predicts TypeScript Rise

C# was named TIOBE's Programming Language of the Year after recording the largest year-over-year gain in the index. Python continues to rank first in the TIOBE index, while C, Java, and C++ saw ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft previews C++ code editing tools for GitHub Copilot

Microsoft is providing early access to C++ code editing tools for GitHub Copilot via the Visual Studio 2026 Insiders channel. These C++ tools allow GitHub Copilot to go beyond file searches and unlock ...
Chicago Tribune

Chicago appeals court blocks release of hundreds of Operation Midway Blitz detainees pending individual review

A federal appeals court in Chicago issued a mixed opinion Thursday in a high-profile immigration case, blocking the immediate release of hundreds of people detained during Operation Midway Blitz, but ...
InfoWorld

PythoC: A new way to generate C code from Python

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...
TechCrunch

Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds

Anthropic is launching Claude Code in Slack, allowing developers to delegate coding tasks directly from chat threads. The beta feature, available Monday as a research preview, builds on Anthropic’s ...
NPR

2 National Guard members in critical condition after 'targeted' attack in D.C., authorities say

Two West Virginia National Guard members were in critical condition after a shooting near the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday — in what the city's mayor described as a "targeted" attack.
Boston Herald

Two National Guard members shot in an ambush attack just blocks from the White House

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation’s capital were shot Wednesday just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence that the mayor ...