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Snapchat celebrated its sixth Lens Fest today and shared a new version of the Lens Studio with more capabilities for developers. The Lens Studio 5.0 Beta loads faster and features Gen AI.

The App Store review process is soon going to get even more rigorous. Apple will start requiring developers to explain why their apps use certain APIs before submitting them for approval.

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GitHub has said that generative AI tools for developers will lead to a huge $1.5 trillion boost to global GDP by the year 2030. It said people are still learning what it can do to help them.

Apple has released the visionOS SDK so developers can get to work building products for the Apple Vision Pro. It also said developer labs will spring up in cities around the world next month.

Microsoft has updated Visual Studio Code. It comes with several updates of interest to developers including GitHub Copilot Chat improvements and read-only mode for specific files and folders.

A new study by Analysis Group shows that small developers on the App Store managed to increase their revenues by 71 per cent between 2020 and 2022. This was a larger increase than big developers saw.

Visual Studio 2022 17.6 will bring better syntax highlighting for developers working on JavaScript and TypeScript files. This version is still in preview but you can try it out today.

The new Babylon.js 6.0 release will allow web browser-based developers to include Havok physics in their applications, including web-based games, among a number of other new features.

Apple will introduce a new billing sheet in the summer to help developers retain subscribers. It'll help customers to rectify billing issues without even having to leave the app they're in.

GitHub now allows npm package developers to link their published packages to their source code to prove that the package was built from the source. This will help build trust and boost security.

Leading neural network engineers are being offered fantastic compensation packages, according to people in the know. Some have been offered up to $20 million worth of assets for their labour.

This version of the Android Studio comes with new UI tools to live preview elements as you code. The build process is revamped with new features. The Inspect option gives more in-depth insights.

The GitHub Shop has some new arrivals including a premium book called Art of the Octocat, which costs $125 but will only be printed in limited numbers, making it ideal for GitHub super fans.

Google has managed to prevent $2 billion worth of fraudulent transactions in 2022, the company has said. It outlined a few ways developers can take additional steps to further reduce fraud.

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2022 17.6 Preview 2. If you install it, it will be installed side-by-side with the stable version of Visual Studio so you won't lose any of your work.

Apple has launched the peer group benchmarks for its App Analytics service for developers. It hopes that this tool will help developers further refine their apps to reach more customers.

Twitter has announced that it will be charging $100 per month for the basic tier of its API. The company also extended the deadline for shutting down free API access to February 13th.

Microsoft is working on an All-in-One Search functionality in Visual Studio. This will allow developers to search for both code and features in a single interface, along with an editable code preview.

Python developers who spent some time coding over the holiday break may want to check out an advisory regarding a malicious PyTorch package that was being fetched from PyPI last week.

Microsoft has released a Developer News extension for Visual Studio, restoring similar functionality that was present in older Visual Studio versions. As it's an extension, it's optional.

Microsoft has detailed the performance gains in Visual Studio 2022 17.4. Most Save operations have been moved to a background thread and Find and Replace in Files should be a whopping 3-4x faster.

Visual Studio 2022 users can now have up to ten Git repositories open at once. This helps when working on projects that are situated across several repositories. This feature was highly requested.

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Twitter Chirp developer conference is a celebration of the innovation that developers bring to the microblogging platform. Sadly, Twitter called off the event without citing any reasons.

Google's annual Android Dev Summit begins on October 24th, giving developers the opportunity to learn directly from Google the best practices and knowledge for creating apps. Here's how to tune in!

Google has started bringing passkeys to Android and Chrome. It's still early in the day for this technology, and this rollout is intended for developers to add support to their products.

Announced back in May, Microsoft Dev Box has now hit public preview. The managed service allows organizations to spin up developer-ready workstations hosted in the cloud, according to their needs.

Unity has selected Microsoft Azure as its cloud partner. The alliance will see developers leveraging Azure-powered technologies in the Unity engine to reach wider audiences on Xbox and PC.

Canonical has said that the Dell XPS 13 Plus Developer Edition will be available in August, with Ubuntu. The system will be Ubuntu certified, meaning the hardware and software just work.

To kick off WWDC22, Apple is hosting a Special Event at Apple Park on June 6 where a randomly selected group of eligible people will get to meet Apple engineers and see the new Developer Center.

Apple has said that it will give developers an extra 90 days to update their App Store apps if they receive a notice saying their app is scheduled to be removed due to a failure to maintain it.

Meta has introduced a new way for developers to make reels easier to share on Facebook. 'Sharing to Reels' feature will allow users to share videos short-form videos from third-party apps on Facebook.