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.
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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 ...

You can now create a Windscribe account completely anonymously – here's how

Windscribe unveils new hashed anonymous accounts for extra privacy-conscious users, but traditional authentication remains.

How AI coding agents work—and what to remember if you use them

At the core of every AI coding agent is a technology called a large language model (LLM), which is a type of neural network ...

Anonymous money fuels $5 million in attacks on Georgia’s Lt. Gov. Burt Jones

Someone operating under the name “Georgians for Integrity” has dumped around $5 million into television ads, mailers and ...