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GERARD JULIEN/AFP via Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. A software issue caused Arizona prison inmates to be stuck behind bars longer than legally allowed. A separate software issue resulted in potentially thousands of inmates wrongly held in max custody. Other software issues have led to fatal outcomes, leading experts to call for increased oversight. It's easy to forget just how much of the modern world is powered by software, from trains and planes to emails and file transfers. Corene Kendrick, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)'s National Prison Project, says that when software is "working behind the scenes, that kind of business operations stuff, you just assume normally it's doing its job."
Two physicists developed an algorithm to analyze Taylor Swift's emotions in each of her songs. The analysis was published on April 1, and the paper is meant as a joke — but the science is real. A total of nine hours, 43 minutes, and six seconds of music were analyzed by the pair. Two physicists from the University of Chicago released an in-depth report on Thursday outlining an algorithm that they developed to analyze 149 Taylor Swift songs to decode the award-winning singer's emotions over the past 14 years. The report, titled "I Knew You Were Trouble: Emotional Trends in the Repertoire of Taylor Swift," was published on arXiv, a prominent online repository for papers on math, science, and artificial intelligence. And despite the fact that it was released on April Fools' Day, the research and data that went into this paper are real.
Amid all of this, developers are taking a side: An open letter calling for his removal from all leadership positions has racked up signatures from almost 3,000 individuals and nearly 60 organizations at the time of publication, while an opposing letter in support of Stallman has racked up over 5,000 individual signatures (no organizations have signed). The response to the return of Stallman— both the fierce backlash and the show of support — highlights how open source software is grappling with issues of accountability and power dynamics. On one side are those who say his behaviours shouldn't supersede his contributions to the industry, while the other believes that allowing him in leadership implicitly condones his behavior, harms the community, and drives out talent.
Architecture decision records (ADRs) help keep track of decisions about tech tools and projects. GitHub, ThoughtWorks, and eBay use ADRs to provide a detailed, clear history and guide the future. Losing the context on a decision can make it a "silent, lurking liability" and ADRs avoid that. When developers at fintech startup Nubank needed to choose which database they'd use for its customer interaction system, they didn't rush into the decision. They carefully listed all of the attributes they wanted the database to have — like flexibility and compatibility with existing tools — as well as all the different options, like Amazon DynamoDB and Datomic. For each option, they then listed the pros and cons of each tool.
Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. That marked a 240x return on Bessemer's seed investment in Auth0. The firm invested $1 million in the seed round and ultimately held a 20% stake in the company. Former Bessemer investor Sunil Nagaraj was in the middle of making a presentation when he started receiving a flood of messages. "I finished my presentation, glanced at my email, and I saw a bunch of congrats emails. My heart skipped a beat — I said, 'Oh my God, what happened?" Nagaraj told Insider. "I looked at the news and my jaw hit the ground."
The quantum computing market is projected to reach $64.98 billion by 2030. Companies like Microsoft, Google, and Intel are racing to build quantum computing tools. This article is part of a series about cloud technology called At Cloud Speed. Today, our phones are millions of times more powerful than the computers that landed Apollo 11 on the moon. Technologists are now exploring the power of quantum computers that are 100 million times faster than any classical computer that will, in theory, be able to solve computation problems deemed impossible today. The appeal of quantum computers is the promise of helping to quickly answer questions so difficult that it would take decades for today's computers to solve.
Nick DeJesus/GitHub GitHub Sponsors lets stakeholders give money to developers of open source projects they depend on. Hundreds of devs use it to make a full-time living and some even pull in six figure salaries. A GitHub product exec told Insider the firm is planning a global expansion and testing new models. Although open source software powers some of the world's most well-known technologies, even the most popular projects are often maintained by developers who volunteer their time and effort. Microsoft-owned GitHub is trying to change that through a program that helps those open source developers get paid for their work.