The top software development news of the year

This article contains 10 of what we believe to be the biggest stories we covered throughout the year on SD Times.

U.S. automakers urge Washington to uphold the USMCA

The six-year review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is not scheduled to take place until July, but automakers in ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Secure Offline: A Hardware-Bound Cryptographic Framework for Software License Validation in Internet Constrained Educational Environments ()

The system employs HMAC-SHA256 (Hash-based Message Authentication Code using SHA-256) for license integrity verification. SHA-256 refers to the Secure Hash Algorithm producing 256-bit hash values (see ...
Live Science on MSN

'What the heck is this?' James Webb telescope spots inexplicable planet with diamonds and soot in its atmosphere

Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging ...

Master Google Gemini 3 Flash AI : Code, Animate and Play in 2026

Build apps by speaking instructions with Google Gemini 3 Flash, which writes code in real time and edits pages, saving hours on quick prototypes.
Fox Sports

2026 NFL Draft Declarations Tracker: QB Tommy Castellanos, WR Denzel Boston, More

The 2026 NFL Draft is still months away, but it's time for some of the top potential prospects to declare their intentions to either stay or enter the NFL Draft. There are two separate deadlines for ...