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OpenAI’s desktop superapp: The end of ChatGPT as we know it?

A product consolidation raises bigger questions about where OpenAI is really headed.

By Gyana Swain

Mar 20, 20265 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevelopment ToolsSoftware Development

EU supports AI challenge to Silicon Valley and China

OpenEuroLLM aims to develop open-source language models to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty.

By Gyana Swain

Feb 3, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

JavaScript Temporal to ease dates and times

Support for JavaScript’s new Temporal object is finally arriving in web browsers, giving developers a simpler alternative to the problematic Date.

By Paul Krill

Jan 31, 2025 2 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Web Development

TypeScript checks returns for conditional and indexed access types

Next TypeScript release, due February 25, will support a limited form of checking against conditional and indexed acces types in return statements.

By Paul Krill

Jan 30, 2025 3 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages TypeScript

Sourcegraph unveils AI coding agents

Sourcegraph has rolled out an auto-edit capability to Cody and made a code review agent and API for building custom agents available through early access programs.

By Paul Krill

Jan 30, 2025 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Generative AI

Async closure support is stable for Rust 1.85

The Rust leadership team announced progress on its 2024 project goals including support for async closures, stabilizing Rust language features used in the Linux kernel, and ongoing work on return type notation.

By Paul Krill

Jan 29, 2025 3 mins

Programming Languages Rust Software Development

Now US government agencies can use OpenAI’s ChatGPT too

Amidst a flurry of recent AI announcements and launches, OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov to meet the government’s unique demands.

By Taryn Plumb

Jan 28, 2025 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

Stable values API would speed Java startups

Stable values combine immutable state and flexible timing of initialization, enabling optimizations for user code previously available only to JDK code.

By Paul Krill

Jan 28, 2025 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

New tweak to Linux kernel could cut data center power usage by up to 30%

A relatively small addition to the v6.13 Linux kernel could trim data center costs by optimizing how data is delivered to an application based on network traffic conditions.

By Lynn Greiner

Jan 28, 2025 1 min

Software Development

Java-based organizations mostly use Java for AI development – report

Half of organizations that use or deploy Java-based applications and infrastructure also use Java to code AI functionality, according to the Azul 2025 State of Java report.

By Paul Krill

Jan 28, 2025 3 mins

Java JavaScript Kotlin

Endor Labs’ new tool helps enterprises track the AI models they use

AI Model Discovery roots out models in use, assesses their safety, and enforces use policies — but only if they are from Hugging Face and wrapped in Python, for now.

By Lynn Greiner

Jan 28, 2025 5 mins

Generative AI Software Development

Prompt Security adds code sanitization, data leak prevention for GitHub Copilot

Security platform for AI coding assistants also brings added support for GitHub Copilot Free, Amazon Q, Tabnine, Blackbox, GitLab Duo, Supermaven, and Sourcegraph Cody.

By Paul Krill

Jan 27, 2025 1 min

Application Security Data and Information Security Mobile Security

Puppet open source fork OpenVox arrives

OpenVox is a drop-in replacement for Puppet that uses the same commands, settings, modules, and extensions, maintainer Vox Pupuli said.

By Paul Krill

Jan 25, 2025 2 mins

Devops Open Source

Bun 1.2 squashes Node.js compatibility bugs

All-in-one JavaScript/TypeScript runtime and toolkit also adds Amazon S3 object storage API and PostgreSQL client, with MySQL support coming soon.

By Paul Krill

Jan 24, 2025 3 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks TypeScript

JetBrains launches AI coding agent

Junie can speed up coding and improve code quality by allowing developers to delegate routine tasks, JetBrains says.

By Paul Krill

Jan 24, 2025 2 mins

Development Tools Devops Generative AI

Palo Alto Networks releases QRNG API framework

Quantum Random Number Generator Open API framework enables companies to begin preparing for a future of quantum security threats, the company said.

By Paul Krill

Jan 23, 2025 2 mins

Data and Information Security Quantum Computing Security

The OpenJDK’s plans for Java in 2025

Major Java enhancement projects for the coming year include work on code reflection, AOT compilation, eight-byte object headers, and finalizing the structured concurrency and scoped values APIs.

By Paul Krill

Jan 23, 2025 3 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

Google BigQuery gets metadata service with Iceberg support

The BigQuery metastore is designed to help enterprises cut down the complexities of metadata management as it supports multiple query engines.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 23, 2025 3 mins

Analytics Data Management

Stargate Project launched for OpenAI AI infrastructure

Company created to invest in US-based AI infrastructure for OpenAI is backed by SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, and MGX.

By Paul Krill

Jan 22, 2025 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Generative AI

Perplexity launches Sonar API, enabling enterprise AI search integration

This strengthens Perplexity's position as a direct competitor to OpenAI and Google, providing users with real-time, web-connected search capabilities.

By Prasanth Aby Thomas

Jan 22, 2025 1 min

APIs Generative AI

Software bill-of-materials docs eyed for Python packages

Python enhancement proposal would incorporate SBOM documents in Python packages as a way to improve dependency tracking and vulnerability analysis.

By Paul Krill

Jan 21, 2025 2 mins

Programming Languages Python Software Development

Node.js set to stabilize type stripping

Type stripping allows Node.js developers to run TypeScript without source maps or additional configuration, speeding up the development process.

By Paul Krill

Jan 18, 2025 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks TypeScript

Secure AI? Dream on, says AI red team

Microsoft’s ethical AI hackers provide some answers — as well as more questions.

By Paul Barker

Jan 17, 2025 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Security

Here’s how Google is using LLMs for complex internal code migrations

The tech giant has developed a step-by-step AI toolkit that it says has improved end-to-end code migrations by 50%.

By Taryn Plumb

Jan 17, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Software Development

Google rolls out Vertex AI RAG Engine

Vertex AI RAG Engine streamlines the complex process of retrieving relevant information from a knowledge base and feeding it to an LLM, Google said.

By Paul Krill

Jan 16, 2025 2 mins

Development Tools Generative AI Google Cloud Platform

Snowflake open sources SwiftKV to reduce inference workload costs

SwiftKV optimizations developed and integrated into vLLM can improve LLM inference throughput by up to 50%, the company said.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 16, 2025 4 mins

Data Management Generative AI

Red Hat offers OpenShift Virtualization Engine, Kubernetes Connectivity Link

With the rise in generative AI, cloud, and edge deployments, the company sees a growing demand for tools that support applications spanning clusters, data centers, and cloud providers.

By Paul Krill

Jan 15, 2025 3 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Kubernetes and Containers

Angular team unveils strategy for 2025

Main goals for the Angular framework in the coming year are enhancing the developer experience and making it easier for developers to adopt new features.

By Paul Krill

Jan 14, 2025 3 mins

JavaScript TypeScript Web Development

CISA publishes security goals for software development process, product design

IT sector-specific goals to protect against cyber threats include 11 for more secure software development processes and seven for more secure software product design.

By Paul Krill

Jan 13, 2025 3 mins

Application Security Data and Information Security DevSecOps

Oracle refuses to yield JavaScript trademark, Deno Land says

Unless Oracle voluntarily withdraws its claim to own the name ‘JavaScript’ by February 3, the battle over the trademark will go to court.

By Paul Krill

Jan 10, 2025 2 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Technology Industry

Cohere goes ‘North’ with agentic AI

Cohere is positioning North for its ease of use for building and deploying agents, a growing concern among developers.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 10, 2025 4 mins

Generative AI

Rust 1.84 introduces strict provenance APIs

The new APIs can in many cases replace the use of integer-pointer casts, making it easier for Rust developers to reason about the code.

By Paul Krill

Jan 9, 2025 2 mins

Programming Languages Rust Software Development

Researchers build a bridge from C to Rust and memory safety

Computer scientists from Microsoft and Inria have developed a way to automatically translate C code to memory-safe Rust.

By Lynn Greiner

Jan 9, 2025 6 mins

Application Security C Language Rust

GlassFish update fixes restart hangs, random 403 responses

Latest version of Eclipse’s Java application server improves admin and error messages and fixes a few ‘nasty’ bugs.

By Paul Krill

Jan 8, 2025 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

Oracle offers price-performance boost with Exadata X11M update

Oracle says its new Exadata database compute platform will run generative AI workloads faster for the same price as the old version.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 8, 2025 5 mins

Cloud Computing Databases

Building generative AI applications is too hard, developers say

A new survey reveals that AI developers face many challenges, including a skills gap and frustration with immature processes and inadequate tools.

By Lynn Greiner

Jan 8, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Gleam 1.7 brings faster record updates

New version of the type-safe language for the Erlang virtual machine and JavaScript runtimes is geared to offer better performance.

By Paul Krill

Jan 7, 2025 3 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Software Development

Almost nothing remains of Software AG

With the sale of Alfabet and Cumulocity, what was once Germany’s second-largest software provider continues to shrink.

By Manfred Bremmer

Jan 7, 2025 1 min

Databases Development Tools

Python wins Tiobe language of the year honors

Python saw a whopping increase of 9.3% in the Tiobe popularity index during 2024, despite already being rated the most popular programming language.

By Paul Krill

Jan 6, 2025 3 mins

C Language Java Kotlin

Demand for AI skills soars, while demand for programming skills falls – O’Reilly report

O’Reilly online learning platform saw huge spikes in consumption of AI-related content in 2024, while consumption of Python and Java content declined.

By Paul Krill

Jan 6, 2025 3 mins

Java Python Rust

Ruby completes switch to Prism parser

Ruby 3.4.0, also known as Ruby 3.4.1, arrives on Christmas Day with Prism as the new default parser.

By Paul Krill

Jan 2, 2025 2 mins

Programming Languages Ruby Software Development

Go teams struggle with coding standards – survey

The vast majority of developers feel satisfied working with Go, but maintaining consistent coding standards across teams has been a challenge, according to the latest Go developer survey.

By Paul Krill

Jan 2, 2025 2 mins

Golang Programming Languages Software Development

Critical warning from Microsoft: .NET install domains changing

Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions installation tools 'dependent on some of the resources,' the company says; less than two weeks to make the change.

By Lynn Greiner

Dec 27, 2024 3 mins

Devops Engineer Libraries and Frameworks

GitHub launches free tier of Copilot AI coding assistant

GitHub Copilot Free is integrated into Visual Studio Code and requires a GitHub account.

By Paul Krill

Dec 18, 2024 1 min

Development Tools Generative AI Software Development

OpenAI rolls out upgrade to reasoning model, new dev tools

Analyst calls latest launch ‘something of a defensive move’ in order to keep up with AWS, Google, and Microsoft in AI development space.

By Paul Barker

Dec 18, 2024 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools

Tabnine code assistant now flags unlicensed code

Tabnine's new Provenance and Attribution capability supports the use of large language models by checking AI-generated code for licensing restrictions.

By Paul Krill

Dec 18, 2024 2 mins

Generative AI Open Source Software Development

JetBrains launches search portal for Kotlin Multiplatform libraries

Klibs.io is an experimental search platform that uses AI-generated metadata to make searches for KMP libraries faster and easier for developers.

By Paul Krill

Dec 17, 2024 2 mins

Kotlin Libraries and Frameworks Programming Languages

Gemini Code Assist tools target developer productivity from within IDEs

Google said developers can sign up to test the new tools for their software development lifecycles.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Dec 17, 2024 3 mins

Development Tools Engineer

JavaScript is still number one – JetBrains report

JavaScript remains the most used programming language, while TypeScript, Rust, and Python surge, according to JetBrains’ State of Developer Ecosystem report.

By Paul Krill

Dec 16, 2024 3 mins

Java JavaScript Python