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We’ve all heard the term “robot” since the days of Rosie from the Jetsons. Recently, the buzz is about virtual robots and AI. However, the term “co-bots” has also been around for a while, and because of the interesting conversations lately about rob...

Facebook has begun offering broad access to RacerD, a tool intended to tackle the longstanding problem of race conditions in software.RacerD had been available as a prototype, accessible in Facebookrsquo;s open source code base only through a series of backdoor options, said codeveloper Sam Blackshear, a Facebook research scientist. Now, the tool will run by default in Facebookrsquo;s open source Infer static analysis tool for bug detection.
Initially, RacerD is available only for Java code.

But plans call for expanding coverage to other languages, including C++.[ The new Java versions are here! Learn everything you need to know about whatrsquo;s new in Java SE 9 and whatrsquo;s new in Java EE 8. | The big 4 Java IDEs reviewed: See how Eclipse, NetBeans, JDeveloper, and IntelliJ IDEA stack up. | Keep up with hot topics in programming with InfoWorldrsquo;s App Dev Report newsletter. ]With race conditions, overlapping processes trying to access the same data concurrently can cause conflicts in programs.

These concurrency errors can be difficult to debug or even reproduce. “This has really been a hard problemrdquo; in computing for about 50 years, said Peter Orsquo;Hearn, a research scientist on the Infer team and co-author of RacerD.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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With hundreds of new bots popping up daily, it seems everyone is exploring chatbot development.
In fact, the chatbot market size is estimated to grow from $703.3 million in 2016 to $3.2 billion by 2021.
In an ever-expanding sea of chatbots, how do y...

"As Joe Biden would say, this is a BFD for the space industry."

California Forestry Dept. has not yet ruled on an official cause for any of the fires.

Cook responded to a customer e-mail to say that the Mac mini still has a future.

Dissolving a metal in liquid metal leads to unusual chemical reactions.

The ride-hailing service is on the ups, but GM might be headed to Uber.

Meet “Axon Citizen,” a new service from the company formerly known as Taser.

Chief Security Officer described security report as a “very painful process.”

Nationwide Salmonella infection rate has quadrupled, CDC numbers show.

Deputy commissioner says the system is "backed up"; IT staff affidavit says otherwise.

Canadian family posted bite pictures afterward.

Airline upgraded their next flight.

Optional "TruePlay" protects game memory, monitors OS for common cheating patterns.

The company has laid out a "safety calendar" with changes through January.

The key question now is: Does Congress care?

Agency will keep Renewable Fuel Standard despite earlier moves to help fossil fuels.

Once upon a time, researchers paid attention to the problems with their field.

If you downloaded and installed stuff from Eltima yesterday, you are totally screwed It's going to be an unpleasant weekend for some Mac users who are facing a complete system wipe and reinstall – after hackers stashed malware in legitimate application...

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