This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.

I tried four vibe-coding tools, including Cursor and Replit, with no coding background. Here's what worked (and what didn't).

I'm not a programmer, but I tried four vibe coding tools to see if I could build anything at all on my own. Here's what I did and did not accomplish.

Like all AI models based on the Transformer architecture, the large language models (LLMs) that underpin today’s coding ...

Perplexity was great—until my local LLM made it feel unnecessary ...

My favorite NotebookLM combination yet.

ChatGPT has quietly gained bash support and multi-language capabilities, enabling users to run commands and install packages in containers without official announcements.

Generative AI is reshaping software development—and fast. A new study published in Science shows that AI-assisted coding is ...

JIT compiler stack up against PyPy? We ran side-by-side benchmarks to find out, and the answers may surprise you.

Most commercial tax-prep companies have free tiers. H&R Block is one of the most popular and has an easy-to-navigate ...

You really came through this winter for free software. We made our winter goal of $400,000 USD and more. We then sprung a last minute extension on you, to gain 100 members in just 16 days, and we came ...

Proton Pass is at the forefront of free password management, syncing unlimited passwords across all your devices while adding ...