Around two years ago, with the help of the polling firm Survation, I studied developer burnout and found that 83% of developers reported suffering from burnout. Over the past few months, I’ve studied the state of software engineering in detail – from what matters to the public in software systems to software engineering facing retaliation…
Ending the cycle of rush and burnout in software development Read More »
In the realm of power supply units (PSUs), the core underpinning of any high-performance computing system, seasoned market players have continually raised the bar in delivering efficient, reliable, and technologically superior products. One such stalwart in the PSU domain is SeaSonic, whose meticulous engineering and innovation have repeatedly set industry benchmarks. In today’s review, we…
The SeaSonic Focus GX-850 ATX 3.0 PSU Review: Cool, Quiet, and Robust Read More »
A survey of 500 US and UK software developers conducted by J L Partners has found that 70% of software projects fail to be delivered on time, despite 83% of developers saying delivery performance is important. The survey, commissioned by technology and cyber security expert Junade Ali for Haystack, looked at the most critical risks…
Developer burnout caused by flawed productivity metrics Read More »
An Intel Meteor Lake processor for laptops is the subject of a fresh benchmark leak which has provoked some disappointment online.Team Blue’s mobile silicon will be in notebooks next month, but these next-gen chips are not out yet, of course, and the CPU leaked is the Core Ultra 7 155H.That processor has been benchmarked in…
A current Post Office executive remains in denial of the organisation’s deliberate and determined actions to prevent details of software problems emerging when subpostmasters were being prosecuted over unexplained accounting shortfalls. While hundreds of subpostmasters and their families had their lives destroyed as a result, no Post Office executives have been held to account and…
Current Post Office executive in denial of Horizon cover-up Read More »
After releasing mobile support for passkeys, 1Password is taking a bigger step by letting users log in to their accounts in the same way. While this feature was restricted to a private beta, the company is now opening the tests for everyone ahead of the official release of this function.According to a blog post, “A…
Everyone can test the new passwordless log in to 1Password now Read More »
It seems that Intel is not going to bring a new feature introduced with Raptor Lake Refresh (14th-gen) CPUs – one that can boost frame rates on supported games – to previous silicon generations.This comes from Hardware Unboxed, the YouTube channel that performed some testing on Intel’s new APO (Application Performance Optimization) in which the…
Intel’s new APO tech makes games run faster – but PC gamers still aren’t happy Read More »
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is facing fresh pressure to explain why it deleted key emails exchanged with Swedish prosecutors over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.A lawyer representing an Italian investigative journalist has complained to the Information Commissioner’s Office that the CPS has given inconsistent explanations for deleting the emails with the Swedes in 2014.The complaint…
ICO complaint seeks answers from prosecutors over deleted Assange emails Read More »
Once the domain of external, bus-powered hard drives, these days the market for external storage has been almost completely consumed by portable SSDs. Rapid technological advancements in NAND flash technology (including the advent of 3D NAND) has allowed their capacity to eclipse 2.5-inch HDDs, all the while multiple improvements in host interface speeds (such as…
Best Portable SSDs: Holiday 2023 Read More »
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced it is to part ways with its popular CEO, Lindy Cameron, in early 2024, and has begun the search for her successor. The NCSC’s second leader to hail from Northern Ireland, and only its second leader ever, Cameron joined the NCSC in 2020 in the midst…
NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron to step down in 2024 Read More »
