
UCL’s Sapienz wins ISSTA 2026 award for powering Meta and WhatsApp app reliability at scale
The automated testing engine, originally developed at University College London, has been recognised for a decade of improving app reliability at scale.
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The automated testing engine, originally developed at University College London, has been recognised for a decade of improving app reliability at scale.

Meta’s Forum app development used AI agents for autonomous coding cycles, shifting engineer roles from execution to outcome verification and quality control.

The open-weight model activates 42B parameters and supports a 1M-token context, running on dual M5 Ultra systems.

A study funded by Amazon, Google and Meta warns that European cloud independence plans carry costs six times higher than Commission estimates.

Attackers mimic interview scheduling tools to bypass two-factor authentication and harvest login details from job seekers targeting Meta roles.

A Delaware jury ruled Arm interfered with Qualcomm’s business but awarded only two dollars, prompting both firms to claim victory in the ongoing dispute.

Meta releases premium Muse Wonder AI models via its API, targeting complex professional workflows and long-context agent tasks for developers.

Meta enforces a global ban on paid marketing from TikTok owner ByteDance starting Thursday, escalating the corporate rivalry between the two tech giants.