Matt Foster

London, Nottingham

UK Deputy Editor at POLITICO Europe

U.K. News Editor, @POLITICOEurope. Launched London Influence. Mainly on Threads now.

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From Architecture to Deployment: How AI-Powered Toolkits Are Unifying Developer Workflows

1 week ago | infoq.com | Matt Foster

Developer tooling is undergoing a shift as AI moves beyond code completion to unify multiple stages of the software development workflow. Recent announcements like GitHub Copilot Workspace and Claude 3’s system-level reasoning showcase how AI is beginning to assist not just with coding, but also with planning, documentation and testing.
2 kids, 1 adult hit by car outside SC church preschool; suspect arrested after island manhunt

1 week ago | wsbtv.com | Matt Foster |Emily Shapiro |Meredith Deliso

SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, S.C. — Two children and one adult were struck by a driver outside a preschool at a South Carolina church in what may have been an intentional act, authorities said. Following an hours-long manhunt, a suspect in the hit-and-run incident was taken into custody without incident, police said.
2 kids, 1 adult struck by car outside church preschool in Sullivan's Island, South Carolina

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Matt Foster |Emily Shapiro

Two children and one adult were struck by a driver outside a preschool at a South Carolina church in what may have been an intentional act, authorities said. Police are searching for the suspect following the crash at the Sunrise Presbyterian Church on Sullivan's Island, a beach town just outside of Charleston, according to Isle of Palms police Sgt. Matt Storen. One child and one adult were taken to hospitals and the third victim was treated at the scene and released, police said.
Activision Reduces Build Time of Call of Duty by 50% with MSVC Build Insights

2 weeks ago | infoq.com | Matt Foster

Activision has cut build times for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (COD) in half by profiling and optimizing their C++ build system with MSVC Build Insights to uncover bottlenecks in their compilation pipeline. The effort unblocked developers, accelerated delivery, and reduced idle time. Their success reflects a broader trend across the industry, with teams at Netflix, Canva, and Honeycomb investing in CI performance engineering as a way to improve both productivity and developer experience.
Compromised GitHub Action Highlights Risks in CI/CD Supply Chains

4 weeks ago | infoq.com | Matt Foster

A popular GitHub Action used by thousands of repositories recently compromised those repositories, exposing a critical weakness in how open-source Actions are published and consumed. A new maintainer briefly hijacked the tj-actions/changed-files Action by publishing a version that contained obfuscated, malicious code. This triggered concern within the developer community about CI/CD security in the GitHub Actions ecosystem.
AMD’s Gaia Framework Brings Local LLM Inference to Consumer Hardware

1 month ago | infoq.com | Matt Foster

AMD has released GAIA, an open-source project allowing developers to run large language models (LLMs) locally on Windows machines with AMD hardware acceleration. The framework supports retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and includes tools for indexing local data sources. GAIA is designed to offer an alternative to LLMs hosted on a cloud service provider (CSP).
Beloved Catholic priest fatally shot at church in Kansas

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Nadine El-Bawab |Matt Foster

A man has been arrested in the murder of a Catholic priest, who was shot Thursday outside the residence at his church in the small town of Seneca, Kansas. Gary Hermesch, 66, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was charged with first-degree murder on Friday. He is being held on $1 million bond, according to Nemaha County Attorney Brad Lippert. A 911 call was made at around 3 p.m. on Thursday to report shots fired at the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
An Official Journal Of The NRA | Hardware Review: Marlin Model 1895 Dark

1 month ago | americanhunter.org | Matt Foster

If you think lever-action rifles should only have walnut stocks and a blued-metal finish, then the new Marlin Dark series with its polymer buttstock and aluminum AR-esque handguard probably won’t be your thing. That’s a shame, because this recent offering in Marlin’s line of modernized, capable lever-action rifles has a lot going for it in terms of performance, functionality and fun. When it comes to guns, we’re still allowed to have fun, right?
Mizzou Tigers face Drake Bulldogs in the NCAA Tournament Thursday night in Wichita

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Matt Foster

Share WICHITA, Kan. — It’s time for the Tigers to put on their dancing shoes. After missing the NCAA Tournament last year, Missouri is back in the big dance, but this time they’re planning on staying awhile. "I believe in our team a lot," said Missouri sophomore guard Anthony Robinson II. "The offseason we put in a lot of work. Right away we knew we had something special.
3 charged with second-degree murder after 5-year-old killed in hyperbaric chamber explosion

2 months ago | thepulseofnh.com | Meredith Deliso |Matt Foster |Julia Jacobo |Nadine El-Bawab

(TROY, Mich.) -- Three people have been charged with second-degree murder after a 5-year-old boy was killed when a hyperbaric chamber exploded at a medical facility in Michigan earlier this year, officials announced Tuesday. Thomas Cooper died on Jan. 31 in the incident at the Oxford Center in Troy, officials said. The chamber contained 100% oxygen, making it extremely flammable, Lt. Keith Young of the Detroit Fire Department said at the time.