Android’s back button might be going away entirely, replaced with a quick swipe to the left from the home button. From a report: XDA Developers has been digging into a leaked, early set of code from the next version of Android, codenamed Q, and the latest discovery from those forays is this potential demise of…

Who do you think you are? Paris-based code botherer CAST Software said today it would buddy up with Software Heritage to tackle the sometimes tricky task of identifying the provenance of open-source code in modern projects.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Ren Zhengfei tells the BBC the world needs Huawei because it’s “more advanced.” He also denies spying allegations. …read more Source:: CNet

As others give up on the segment, Toyota is still focused on small cars. …read more Source:: CNet

The latest intelligence says ‘Galaxy X’ does not mark the spot. …read more Source:: CNet

I’ve noticed that we hear a lot less from corporate research labs than we used to. They still exist, though. Sure, Bell Labs is owned by Nokia and there is still some hot research at IBM even though they quit publication of the fabled IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin in 1998. But today innovation is more…

Newly funded firm competes with NetApp, other on-premises filers Wannabe killer of on-premises NAS boxen Nasuni has just wolfed down $25m in funding to spread its message and open up new offices.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Programming interview questions can feel unnecessarily difficult. Sometimes they actually are, a new study has found. And this isn’t just because they make interviews excessively stressful. The study shows that harder programming questions actually do a worse job of predicting final outcomes than easier ones. From the study: Programming under time pressure is difficult. This…

A very funny ad for the iPhone XR is witty on so many levels. …read more Source:: ZDNet

You want to talk about Apple hardware durability? Here’s an example. …read more Source:: ZDNet