Month: August 2025

Mozilla engineers have accelerated the Firefox AI Runtime by replacing its WebAssembly-based backend with a native C++ ONNX Runtime implementation. This architectural shift has yielded performance gains of 2-10 times for on-device machine learning features, eliminating WASM warm-up overhead and using hardware-specific CPU instructions for faster model execution. Mozilla explains the WASM bottleneck it faced …

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Google has announced a new security initiative that will require all Android app developers to pass verification before their apps can be installed on devices. Yes, that even includes sideloading Android apps outside the Play Store. Android’s greatest strength and its most persistent challenge is its openness. Google’s plan aims to give users more peace …

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In a move that has already drawn fire from industry critics, Google has overhauled its Play Store developer fees and rules in the EEA (European Economic Area). The changes, announced as part of the company’s ongoing efforts to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, introduce a complex new fee structure and offer developers more …

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The latest annual Python Developers Survey, born from a collaboration between the Python Software Foundation and JetBrains, took the pulse of over 30,000 developers to see what makes the community tick in 2025. Michael Kennedy, a Python Software Foundation Fellow and the voice behind the “Talk Python to Me” podcast, analysed the data and found …

Read more “State of Python 2025: Web development makes a comeback”

The games industry is in the middle of a major shift. Development costs continue to rise, markets are crowded, and players are spending more time on older titles. For many studios, finding ways to stand out and stay profitable is becoming more difficult. At the same time, generative AI (gen AI) is emerging as one …

Read more “Game developers turn to AI as costs rise and players seek more, says Google”

AI tools are moving deeper into the games industry, not just in code but inside the engines where games are built. Coplay, an AI copilot platform for Unity developers, is one of the companies pushing this shift. The startup recently became the official maintainer of the open-source Unity Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, launched a …

Read more “How AI copilots reshape game development: Coplay’s CEO”

Apple has released the third public betas of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26, giving anyone signed up for its beta programme a chance to try the updates ahead of their expected September rollout. The release comes a week after the second public betas, and Apple has also pushed out a new build of the sixth …

Read more “Apple launches iOS 26 beta 3, faces Fortnite developer win in court”

The latest Go language version is packed with performance updates to make code run faster, and tools to make your life as a developer easier. Go 1.25 digs deep into the engine room. The latest release optimises the runtime, sharpens the tools you use every day, and adds some new toys to the standard library. …

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Inworld has launched Runtime for developers, an AI toolkit that was born from experiences with industry giants like Disney, Xbox, and NVIDIA. Every developer in the AI space knows the feeling. You’ve built a brilliant prototype, a glimpse into a future of truly interactive and engaging consumer experiences. It wows everyone who sees it, but …

Read more “Inworld opens internal AI toolkit to all developers”

The Post-Quantum Cryptography Coalition (PQCC) has published its first Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Inventory Workbook, helping businesses, big and small, build a single, organised database to monitor how and where cryptography is used. The PQC is a not-for-profit, voluntary organisation designed to create a broader understanding of and advocate for the wider public adoption of post-quantum …

Read more “New post-quantum cryptography workbook maps priorities”