







Following the layoffs earlier this week, id Software has put out a statement on the matter to attempt to calm fans' nerves.
New AI Flaw Reporting System Fills Crucial Security Gap | CMU Software Engineering Institute
Flaw Reporting for AI (FLARE-AI) allows developers and security researchers to submit artificial intelligence flaws for formal, coordinated disclosure.

Is Apple Intelligence Making Up Words Now?
A Reddit post suggests that Apple Intelligence is making up words in notification summaries.

Developers say AI coding tools work—and that's precisely what worries them
Ars spoke to several software devs about AI and found enthusiasm tempered by unease.

AI-SLOP: Develop best current practises for Open Source maintainers · Issue #178 · ossf/wg-vulnerability-disclosures
Open source projects are increasingly facing a wave of low-quality, AI-generated vulnerability reports and contributions—commonly referred to as "AI-slop." This issue aims to develop best...
Dell's CES 2026 chat was the most pleasingly un-AI briefing I've had in maybe 5 years
"A bit of a shift from a year ago where we were all about the AI PC."

DevEx in Action
Somewhere, right now, a software developer is pulling open a ticket from the project backlog, excited by the prospect of working on something new. As the developer begins reading through the description of the task, their laptop is suddenly flooded with alerts from the team’s production error-tracking system, disrupting the developer’s ability to focus. Eventually, returning to the task at hand, the developer studies the requirements described in the ticket. Unfortunately, the task lacks context and clarity, so the developer asks for help, which will take days to resolve.

Laid off id Software developer says crunch on Doom: The Dark Ages' Revelations DLC was "brutal" with up to 17-hour days
Doom: The Dark Ages developer id Software may have managed to ship the Revelations DLC on time, but it reportedly came at the cost of the wellbeing of its staff

Companies Are Blaming AI for Layoffs. The Real Reason Will Piss You Off.
180,000 tech workers lost their jobs in 2025. Companies say it’s because of AI. Oxford researchers call BS.

AI layoffs are looking more and more like corporate fiction that's masking a darker reality, Oxford Economics suggests | Fortune
"Firms don't appear to be replacing workers with AI on a significant scale," the firm said. It suspects some are trying to "dress up layoffs" as good news.

The AI Engineering Report 2026: The AI Acceleration Whiplash - Ten Takeaways
What two years of telemetry data from 22,000 developers reveals about AI's real impact on developer productivity, code quality, and business risk in 2026.

Opinion | The A.I. Disruption Has Arrived, and It Sure Is Fun
We’re entering a new renaissance of software development. We should all be excited, despite the uncertainties that lie ahead.

Opinion | The A.I. Disruption Has Arrived, and It Sure Is Fun
We’re entering a new renaissance of software development. We should all be excited, despite the uncertainties that lie ahead.

Something Big Is Happening
A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.

LukeW | Common AI Product Issues
At this point, almost every software domain has launched or explored AI features. Despite the wide range of use cases, most of these implementations have been t...


Apple urged to withdraw 'out of control' AI news alerts
Apple has pledged improvements to its news summarising tool, but critics say it is dangerous and needs to be withdrawn.
