BBC Four will become ‘Home of Repeats’ with original programming slashed in cost-cutting drive as BBC Three returns to TV screens BBC 4 will ‘become the home of the most distinctive content from BBC’s archive’ Corporation delivered £880 million savings last year compared to 2016/17 levels Channel will still broadcast programmes BBC Proms and BBC … Read more
Channel Nine was forced to cancel much of its live programming on Sunday due to an ‘unprecedented cyber attack’. TV Blackbox reports that the technical glitches are believed by security experts to have been orchestrated by ‘Russian hackers’ who sought to stop Monday’s episode of Under Investigation, which focuses on Russian president Vladimir Putin, from going to air. … Read more
Channel Nine was forced to cancel much of its live programming on Sunday due to an ‘unprecedented cyber attack’. TV Blackbox reports that the technical glitches are believed by security experts to have been orchestrated by ‘Russian hackers’ who sought to stop Monday’s episode of Under Investigation, which focuses on Russian president Vladimir Putin, from going to air. … Read more
While you probably listen mostly to music on Spotify, the music streaming giant has been exploring other non-music programming to cater to those who want to go beyond music. We’ve seen how podcasts have been given a special place right alongside albums and artists. Now it looks like they’re testing out another form of audio … Read more
Engineers at Twitter successfully petition company to stop using racially-charged programming terms like ‘master’ and ‘blacklist’ Twitter will change references in code and official documents Engineers lobbied Twitter to stop using terms like ‘master’ and ‘slave’ The terms are commonly used to described certain programming processes Terms like ‘grandfathered’ and ‘man hours’ were also altered … Read more
Code reviews, developer burnout, website design blunders, reactive mobile apps, and books about programming languages are some of the topics covered in these free TechRepublic downloads. For software and web developers, there’s always something new–skills, programs, apps, and more–to learn. Software engineering is a lucrative and in-demand technical career. But if you let yourself slide … Read more
These are the best programming languages to learn to land a great developer job and to earn more money. Also, find out developers’ favorite tools, free resources for coders, GitHub guides, and more. Image: iStockphoto/comzeal While not every programmer may follow the oft-repeated advice to learn at least one new programming language each year, most … Read more