Month: June 2025

How My Neighbor Alice Plans to Airdrop $500K in $ALICE Tokens Over 4 Months

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What happens when a blockchain game combines rewards, competition, and social tasks to re-engage its community? That is the premise behind My Neighbor Alice’s $500K airdrop, announced as part of its in-game birthday celebration. Starting June 3, the campaign is rolling out the largest airdrop in the game’s history, with 500,000 $ALICE tokens earmarked for … Read more

How Developers Struggle with Copilot (And What GitHub Has Fixed)

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Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2. Methodology and 2.1. Research Questions 2.2. Data Collection 2.3. Data Labelling 2.4. Data Extraction 2.5. Data Analysis 3. Results and Interpretation and 3.1. Type of Problems (RQ1) 3.2. Type of Causes (RQ2) 3.3. Type of Solutions (RQ3) 4. Implications 4.1. Implications for the Copilot Users 4.2. Implications … Read more

How Researchers Used Grounded Theory to Decode Copilot Issues

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Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2. Methodology and 2.1. Research Questions 2.2. Data Collection 2.3. Data Labelling 2.4. Data Extraction 2.5. Data Analysis 3. Results and Interpretation and 3.1. Type of Problems (RQ1) 3.2. Type of Causes (RQ2) 3.3. Type of Solutions (RQ3) 4. Implications 4.1. Implications for the Copilot Users 4.2. Implications … Read more

What Developers Wish GitHub Copilot Did Better

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Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2. Methodology and 2.1. Research Questions 2.2. Data Collection 2.3. Data Labelling 2.4. Data Extraction 2.5. Data Analysis 3. Results and Interpretation and 3.1. Type of Problems (RQ1) 3.2. Type of Causes (RQ2) 3.3. Type of Solutions (RQ3) 4. Implications 4.1. Implications for the Copilot Users 4.2. Implications … Read more

What Developers Really Think About GitHub Copilot

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:::info Authors: (1) Xiyu Zhou, School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (xiyuzhou@whu.edu.cn); (2) Peng Liang (Corresponding Author), School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (liangp@whu.edu.cn); (3) Beiqi Zhang, School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (zhangbeiqi@whu.edu.cn); (4) Zengyang Li, School of Computer Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China (zengyangli@ccnu.edu.cn); (5) … Read more

Cloudbet Opens CS2 Austin Major Odds Following s1mple’s Loan Move To FaZe

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Willemstad, Curaçao, June 3rd, 2025/GamingWire/–Odds are now live on Cloudbet for the BLAST Austin Major — with an explosive storyline already unfolding: FaZe Clan announced Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev joins the roster on loan from Natus Vincere for the tournament. The switch comes on the back of benching Helvijs “broky” Saukants. s1mple’s reputation is enough to … Read more

Dems Say They’re Blocked From Info on Verge of Crypto Market Structure Bill Hearings

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On the eve of a U.S. House of Representatives hearing to scrutinize a bill to establish rules for the crypto markets, Democrats said they’ve been stymied from seeking technical information about its effects from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to staffers. Regulatory agencies such as the SEC routinely give technical analysis to lawmakers, … Read more

FCC investigation looms over EchoStar’s missed interest payments and a new satellite

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EchoStar is skipping interest payments even as it commissions a new Dish TV satellite — citing “uncertainty” caused by a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) probe.  The company just missed a $183 million interest payment, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. It missed another $326 million interest payment, Bloomberg reported on Friday. It’s potentially setting … Read more

The Infinite Jackpot No One Ever Pays For

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To all the math-crunching engineers and devs out there… let’s play a game. You flip a coin. The pot starts at $2. Every time it lands tails, the pot doubles. The game ends when you hit heads—and you take home whatever’s in the pot. First toss is heads? Cool, you win $2. Tails, then heads? … Read more