Software

App helps Mexican tortilla makers join digital economy
Long marginalized by the banking industry, Mexico's neighborhood tortilla producers are cautiously embracing financial technology,... Read more
Researchers speed up fault localization during software development
Modern software applications usually consist of numerous files and several million lines of code. Due... Read more
Interoperable multipath hemispherical map: A unified approach for enhanced GNSS precision
Multipath effects, resulting from satellite signals reflecting off objects before reaching the receiver, seriously compromise... Read more
New low-cost technology to prevent drone collision
Using only on-board sensors and cameras, researcher Julián Estévez, from the Computational Intelligence Group (GIC)... Read more
How travel among synthetic populations reveals gaps in essential services
Think about your neighborhood. Where are the stores or doctor's offices? How easy is it... Read more
Study shows clear influence of driving noise on individual sound preferences in a car
Loud or unpleasant driving noises can impair the enjoyment of music in the car. Some... Read more
Novel approach improves automatic software repair by generating test cases
IMDEA Software researchers Facundo Molina, Juan Manuel Copia and Alessandra Gorla present FIXCHECK, a novel... Read more
Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage: How a single software update was able to cause IT chaos across the globe
The world as we know it increasingly relies on digital connectivity that, for the most... Read more
Software in science is ubiquitous yet overlooked, researchers say
Software is omnipresent in science, and yet it is overlooked everywhere. At a time when... Read more
Microsoft unveils software that allows LLMs to work with spreadsheets
A team of programmers and AI specialists at Microsoft has developed an AI tool called... Read more
ZeroEyes raises $53 million, employs over 150 as demand for gun scans grows
At a 24-hour computer center in Conshohocken, technicians for ZeroEyes monitor software tied to surveillance... Read more
Swedish game studio channels fandom in 'Star Wars Outlaw'
From Yoda figurines to Lego stormtrooper helmets, Star Wars is everywhere around the Massive Entertainment... Read more
From doubt to trust: The journey of Cameroonian software developers in open source
A recent study delves into the trust and engagement of Cameroonian software developers in open-source... Read more
Redesigning videoconferencing for, and by, people who stutter
As a former tech lead at Meta, Shaomei Wu, Ph.D. '12, found she had to... Read more
New open-source software for quantum cryptography is greater than the sum of its parts
Accurate models of real-world scenarios are important for bringing theoretical and experimental research together in... Read more