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Hackathon stories
Apple opens 2026 Swift Student Challenge to global coders
Last month
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software development
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ios
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apple
Apple has opened submissions for the 2026 Swift Student Challenge, inviting student developers worldwide to submit Swift app playgrounds by 28 February.
GitLab pushes agentic AI to orchestrate software delivery
Last month
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devops
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digital transformation
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application security
GitLab unveils agentic AI strategy to orchestrate software delivery, adding governance tools, maturity assessments and a developer hackathon.
Milestone reveals city AI model as hackathon prize hits EUR €5,000
Fri, 14th Nov 2025
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smart cities
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digital entertainment
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genai
Milestone Systems launched its Vision Language Model in a global hackathon, awarding EUR €5,000 to the winning AI project improving city video intelligence.
Milestone unveils generative AI plug-in for smarter video analytics
Fri, 7th Nov 2025
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digital entertainment
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api
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genai
Milestone Systems launches generative AI plug-in for XProtect, enhancing video analytics with real-time incident reporting and event validation.
New benchmark tool aims to strengthen AI agent security
Wed, 29th Oct 2025
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devops
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phishing
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advanced persistent threat protection
Check Point and Lakera launch the open-source b3 benchmark to boost AI agents' LLM security against real-world cyber threats with threat snapshots.
Cognizant launches AI blueprint to accelerate enterprise coding
Fri, 17th Oct 2025
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uc
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digital transformation
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ai security
Cognizant unveils the Enterprise Vibe Coding Blueprint to help Global 2000 firms implement AI-assisted coding securely and at scale.
These hackathons are stupid...and that's the point
Sat, 20th Sep 2025
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martech
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commerce systems
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google
The Stupid Ideas Hackathon, founded by Maya Lekhi, embraces silly concepts to spark creativity and innovation in a fun, fiery atmosphere.
Cognizant sets world record with global AI hackathon & 53,199 staff
Sat, 23rd Aug 2025
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erp
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genai
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ai
Cognizant set a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD with 53,199 staff in a global AI hackathon, creating over 30,600 ideas to boost innovation and AI skills.
SuperOps & AWS unveil AI marketplace with $100,000 contest
Fri, 15th Aug 2025
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hyperscale
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ai
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software development
SuperOps and AWS launch an AI marketplace for IT teams, offering ready-made agents and a $100,000 contest to boost AI adoption in managed service providers.