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software

[sawft-wair, soft-] / ˈsɔftˌwɛər, ˈsɒft- /


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“Accommodating the changing needs and preferences of employees in a high-turnover industry is a complex optimization problem that has been challenging, even for sophisticated software to solve,” said Williams Woolley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The government has recently announced substantial investments of public money in energy software company Kraken, self-driving firm Wayve and a UK tech focused investment fund Playground Global.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Oracle also said that software revenue fell 2% from a year before to hit $6.8 billion in the latest quarter.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

All of its software is open-source, allowing third parties to inspect its code and verify that it performs as advertised.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Unfortunately, nobody had spotted the time bomb lurking in the code, a zero that engineers were supposed to remove while installing the software.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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