Apple adds official Vision Pro support to Godot game engine

Photo of an Apple Vision Pro headset as the company begins contributing official support to the Godot game engine.

Apple has begun contributing official support for its Vision Pro headset to the popular Godot game engine. Ricardo Sanchez-Saez, a senior iOS engineer working on Apple's visionOS team, announced the effort via a pull request (PR) submitted to the Godot project on GitHub.

This first contribution lays the foundational groundwork for running Godot applications natively on the visionOS platform.

"We're really excited to be working with the Godot community on adding visionOS...

24 April 2025 | Development Tools

EU DMA: Apple and Meta hit with first major fines

Man punching as the EU flexes its regulatory muscles under the new Digital Markets Act (DMA), imposing hefty fines on Apple and Meta for non-compliance over App Store and personal data practices.

The EU has flexed its regulatory muscles under the new Digital Markets Act (DMA), imposing hefty fines on Apple and Meta for non-compliance. In its first enforcement actions of this kind, the Commission levied a €500 million fine against Apple and a €200 million fine against Meta.

The EU Commission found Apple breached its obligations regarding "anti-steering" practices within its App Store, while Meta was found to have failed to provide users with adequate choice concerning...

23 April 2025 | App Stores

Why developer-centric AI will transform business

Today, GenAI sits at the forefront of innovation, with millions across the UK utilising its capabilities to elevate their work, and nearly three-quarters of these users reporting a significant boost in productivity. Yet, this wave stands apart from previous technological booms because developers, instead of operating behind the scenes, are now taking centre stage. In earlier movements, developers served as invisible architects bringing others’ visions to fruition. Now, with GenAI, they...

7 April 2025 | Approaches

Critical security flaw uncovered in Next.js framework

Caution pattern illustrating the discovery of a critical security flaw discovered in the popular Next.js framework, potentially impacting millions of websites and applications.

A critical security flaw has been discovered in the popular Next.js framework, potentially impacting millions of websites and applications.

Security researchers Rachid Allam, known online as zhero, and Yasser Allam (inzo_) collaborated to uncover the flaw within the framework's middleware functionality.

Next.js, boasting over 130,000 stars on GitHub and nearly 10 million weekly downloads, is a framework built upon React. Its extensive feature set makes it a popular...

24 March 2025 | Developer

AI model Claude fully automates Arduino development in demo

Photo of a Arduino hardware board as Limor 'Ladyada' Fried, an American electrical engineer and owner of Adafruit, showcases the capabilities of AI model Claude to fully automate Arduino development.

Limor 'Ladyada' Fried, an American electrical engineer and owner of Adafruit, recently showcased the capabilities of AI model Claude to fully automate Arduino development.

As explained in a video, the core idea is to give Claude – an advanced AI model by Anthropic – access to a computer connected to an Arduino board. This setup allows Claude to not only write Arduino code but also to compile and upload it to the hardware, all without human intervention.

The...

10 March 2025 | Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Copilot continues to expose private GitHub repositories 

Variety of mobile AI apps on a smartphone illustrating an investigation by security company Lasso following a LinkedIn post that caused alarm by alleging that ChatGPT (and, by association, the Microsoft Copilot tool) was capable of accessing data from private GitHub repositories.

In August 2024, a LinkedIn post caused alarm by alleging that ChatGPT (and, by association, Microsoft Copilot) was capable of accessing data from private GitHub repositories. Such a claim, if true, could have significant ramifications for data security and privacy.

Eager to uncover the truth behind the claim, the research team at Lasso, a digital security company, undertook a thorough investigation. What they found was a digital conundrum involving cached, publicly exposed, and...

28 February 2025 | Artificial Intelligence

CocoaPods flaws highlight growing supply chain risks

Security researchers at E.V.A Information Security have uncovered several critical vulnerabilities in CocoaPods, a popular dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C projects. These vulnerabilities potentially expose millions of Apple devices to supply chain attacks, highlighting the growing risks associated with open-source software dependencies.

CocoaPods, used in over three million mobile apps, plays a crucial role in the iOS and macOS development ecosystem. The discovered...

2 July 2024 | Developer

SlashData: Rust sees fastest growth, JavaScript still dominates

According to SlashData's findings, the JavaScript community grew by an impressive four million users in the past 12 months, solidifying its status as the most widely-used programming language globally.

Here is a breakdown of the size of various programming language communities:

JavaScript: 25.2 million developers Python: 18.2 million developers Java: 17.7 million developers C++: 11.6 million developers C#: 10.2 million developers PHP: 9.8 million...

12 June 2024 | Developer

Apple updates Developer app ahead of WWDC 2024

Apple has released an update to its Apple Developer app in preparation for WWDC 2024, scheduled to commence next Monday.

The revamped Developer app will serve as the hub for 2024 session videos, 1-on-1 labs with Apple engineers and designers, and additional resources. Apple will stream the WWDC keynote event, the Platforms State of the Union, and other developer sessions throughout the week via the app.

With the update, Apple has introduced new features and enhancements...

4 June 2024 | App Stores

Gemini Pro: Google empowers developers with advanced AI capabilities

Google has announced the availability of its AI model Gemini Pro for developers and enterprises to craft solutions for their specific needs. This move is accompanied by a commitment to ongoing refinement based on user feedback.

Gemini comes in three distinctive sizes: Ultra, Pro, and Nano. The Nano version has already been integrated into Android – starting with the Pixel 8 Pro – while a specially tuned iteration of Gemini Pro is embedded in Bard.

Empowering...

15 December 2023 | API