code

Amazon CodeWhisperer gains an enterprise tier

On the heels of the debut of its Bedrock service for building generative AI apps, Amazon has launched a new enterprise plan for CodeWhisperer, its AI-powered service to generate and suggest code. The

Imbue raises $200M to build AI models that can ‘robustly reason’

Imbue, the AI research lab formerly known as Generally Intelligent, has raised $200 million in a Series B funding round that values the company at over $1 billion. Among those participating are the As

Meta built a code-generating AI model similar to Copilot

Meta says it’s created a generative AI tool for coding similar to GitHub’s Copilot. The company made the announcement at an event focused on its AI infrastructure efforts, including custom

With Kite’s demise, can generative AI for code succeed?

Kite's failure doesn't bode well for the many other companies pursuing — and attempting to commercialize — generative AI for coding.

Google wants robots to generate their own code

There are countless big problems left to solve in the world of automation, and robotic learning sits somewhere near the top. While it’s true that humans have gotten pretty good at programming system

Deno raises $21M to launch a fully managed runtime service

Deno, the development company behind the eponymous Deno runtime, today announced that it closed a $21 million Series A round led by Sequoia that brings its total raised to $26 million. According to CE

Swimm raises $5.7M to help teams document their code

Most developers don’t enjoy writing documentation for their code and that makes life quite a bit harder when a new team member tries to get started on working on a company’s codebase. And

Facebook to warn third-party developers of vulnerable code

Facebook has announced a policy change that will see the company notify third-party developers if it finds a security vulnerability in their code. In a blog post announcing the change,Facebook said it

Azure’s Immersive Reader is now generally available

Microsoft today announced that Immersive Reader, its service for developers who want to add text-to-speech and reading comprehension tools to their applications, is now generally available. With Immer

Crunch Report | Microsoft’s New Laptop Surfaces

Microsoft's new Surface laptop gets released and it costs $999.00, YouTube gets a new redesign with support for dark mode, Facebook denies allegation of gender bias and a beekeeper builds a deep learn

Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg and others urge Congress to fund K-12 computer science education

Some of the biggest names in tech and corporate America, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, have teamed up with g

Watch The Inspiring Movie ‘CODEGIRL’ For Free On YouTube Until November 5th

Alphabet, which backs diversity in all facets of technology, is helping to shed light on a specific project…a film called “CODEGIRL“. It comes via filmmaker Lesley Chilcott, who you

Snapchat Considers Losing A Finger

You might not have to hold your finger on the screen to view your snaps in the future, says CEO Evan Spiegel. “It’s annoying to hold your finger there,” said Spiegel, talking about the diffic

YC-Backed Omniref Is Rap Genius For Code

While the open source movement has made getting up and running with a software project incredibly easy for those who know what to look for, the reality is that not every project can be updated to supp

Obama, Celebrities, Politicians And Tech Co’s Come Together To Launch Coding Education Push

Back in January, brothers Ali Partovi and Hadi Partovi launched a new non-profit organization called Code.org with a simple mission: Change the perception America has of coding and computer science an

Code.org Launches To Help Make Computer Programming Accessible To Everyone

When you think about hackathons and coders building something quick and dirty, you might envision a dark dorm room at Harvard filled with pizza boxes and empty Red Bull cans. That’s because the

New Start Up CodeNow.Com Lets You Build And Test Code In Real Time, In Your Browser

Trying new APIs is tricky. You can spend hours setting things up, gaining permissions, and learning syntax before you even get to write one line of code. That's why <a HREF="http://www.codenow.com/">C

Learning To Code Apps? Programr, The Codecademy For Higher-Level Languages, Adds Support For Android

<a href="http://www.programr.com/">Programr</a>, an online lab for learning to code - yep, sort of like <a href="http://www.codecademy.com/">Codecademy</a>, but for higher-level languages, has just in

Verious Launches First Marketplace For Mobile App Components

Today, TechCrunch Disrupt finalist <a href="http://www.verious.com/">Verious</a> is launching the world's first marketplace for mobile application components - that is, the libraries, the SDKs (softwa

Google+ Source Code Snoop Gets Hired By Google

Austrian blogger and developer <a href="https://plus.google.com/114407290472947588380">Florian Rohrweck</a> recently discovered a lot of Google+'s upcoming features just by digging around in the so
Load More