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Xcode 26.3 unlocks agentic coding. That lets developers harness agents like Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex directly in Xcode. The new Xcode 26.3 release candidate introduces support for ...

Xcode 26.3 adds autonomous AI agents inside the IDE. Agents can build, test, and fix compile errors on their own. New visual checks use screenshots, but device limits remain. Apple today introduced a ...

Software developers have spent the past two years watching AI coding tools evolve from advanced autocomplete into something that can, in some cases, build entire applications from a text prompt. Tools ...

The Albanian avatar known as Diella, a public anticorruption crusader, has been described as the world’s first government minister created by artificial intelligence. By Lara Jakes The avatar known as ...

Vibe coding tools now dominate developer workflows with 85% adoption. Here's how the $2B market is reshaping software development in 2026. The term "vibe coding" barely existed 12 months ago. Now it ...

Most Go developers are using AI-powered development tools, but their satisfaction has been hindered by quality concerns, according to the 2025 Go Developer Survey. Most Go language developers are ...

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