August 2026 TIOBE Index keeps the top 10 unchanged, with Java closing on C++, Rust holding No. 10, and MATLAB falling out of the top 20 after a decade.

JDK 27 will include a new default garbage collector and eight other features. A release candidate is due August 6.

Mojo programming language reaches 1.0 stable release after three years of API churn, ending breaking changes for production developers. An Oak Ridge National Laboratory study found Mojo GPU kernels ...

The MSVC Build Tools Preview is updated regularly with the latest features and fixes from the MSVC (Microsoft C++) development team. The MSVC team’s updates for August 2026, targeting the Visual ...

Brew Execute and Ask Mode arrive in the Homebrew 6.0 update for Apple Silicon M5. Users get faster installations and better ...

The Gold linker is no longer included in the primary source distribution and is instead provided separately. Gold has seen relatively little active development in recent years, while the GNU project's ...

Claude Code creator Boris Cherny advises developers to delete and rewrite system prompts. Testing with claude_code_simple=1 ...

Modular's Mojo reached its 1.0 milestone on Tuesday, promising developers a stable, production-ready, general-purpose programming language. But its primary purpose is more specific: to unify the AI ...

The two Chrome updates in June patched more bugs than the 23 updates before them. Now, Google is ramping up its patching schedule thanks to AI-assisted vulnerability discovery.

Zed is a speed demon you can't ignore.

From Rust in the core to much improved NTFS support and better Mac compatibility, your kernel does it all.

Google's Go team argues the language fits AI-assisted coding because the job has shifted from writing to reviewing, sparking fierce debate among developers.