Microsoft has announced that it is making the tools that its researchers use for artificial intelligence available to developers. It has released its Computational Network Toolkit on GitHub. Researchers said that they developed the open-source toolkit, called CNTK, for “necessity,” according to a blog post. Microsoft’s chief speech scientist, Xuedong Huang, said he and his … continue reading
So, you want to make a native wrapper for Google Maps (or any Web page)? Here you go: $nativefier maps.google.com “You’re done,” wrote the creator of Nativefier, this week’s GitHub project of the week. According to Jia Hao, a computer science student at the Singapore University of Technology and Design and creator of Nativefier, said … continue reading
Despite efforts to promote and encourage good cybersecurity practices, Internet users continue to put themselves at risk. SplashData has released its annual Worst Passwords of 2015 list, and it revealed that “123456” and “password” still top the list as the most commonly used passwords, and they have been on the top since 2011. Other passwords … continue reading
GitHub has done much when it comes to making open-source software and code accessible to users, but there are still areas where developers think the repository could improve. In an open letter to GitHub, developers from projects like jQuery, Meteor, PhantomJS, React Native and Selenium have detailed their most frequent problems with GitHub, along with … continue reading
Yesterday, Baidu Research’s Silicon Valley AI Lab (SVAIL) released open-source code called Warp-CTC to GitHub. The goal is for this code to be used in the machine learning community. Warp-CTC is a tool that can plug into existing machine learning frameworks to speed up the development of artificial intelligence, and according to SVAIL, it will … continue reading
This week, JetBrains announced a new project that has been in the works for a while. Called Project Rider, it’s a cross-platform C# IDE, based on the IntelliJ Platform and using ReSharper technology. The IDE includes functionality that will be familiar to those that have used ReSharper and IntelliJ-based IDEs, like Quick Fixes, Inspections, and … continue reading
A month after announcing it would do so, Microsoft has released a core component of its JavaScript engine that powers Microsoft Edge and Windows apps written in HTML/CSS/JS into open source. “Today, we are excited to share with you that we’ve just made the sources for ChakraCore available under the MIT License at the ChakraCore … continue reading
In 1997, the first title of the series Age of Empires, a PC game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Studios, was released. Critics say that it influenced other RTS (real time strategy) games like Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds and Empire Earth. The timeline of release dates for the game stretches from the … continue reading
The creator behind Android++, a native development and debugging solution for Visual Studio, has announced it is now open source and available on GitHub. Justin Webb, a game and technology developer, created Android++ to help make Android development more coherent and easier to understand. According to Webb, Android lacks the simplicity iOS development has to … continue reading
It’s been a year of open-source projects. Both enterprises and startups have been releasing their code into the wild as a way to grow their capabilities. It’s not just the code that’s important; it’s the programmers and contributors that can get their hands on it, alter it, fix it, and make it better. For some … continue reading
With Apple’s programming language Swift now open-sourced, more and more developers are expected to dip their toes into the language. “We can’t wait to see the new places we can bring Swift—together. We truly believe that this language that we love can make software safer, faster, and easier to maintain. We’d love your help to … continue reading
JRebel for Android, a productivity tool that enables developers to see their code and resource changes instantly, is now ready to be used. The version 1.0 release includes support for debugger integration, Android Studio 1.0 and later (including 2.0 preview builds), both Android emulators and devices, and incremental install. More information is available here. Red … continue reading
