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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

Rust adds diagnostic attributes for compiler messages

The optional hints allow source code to provide diagnostics even when they are not supported by all compilers.

By Paul Krill

May 3, 2024 2 mins

Programming Languages Rust Software Development

Rust adds diagnostic attribute namespace for compiler messages

The optional hints allow source code to provide diagnostics even when they are not supported by all compilers.

By Paul Krill

May 3, 2024 2 mins

Programming Languages Rust Software Development

Microsoft unveils TypeSpec language for API development

High-level definition language allows developers to define an API and then output many different protocols, clients, servers, and documentation, Microsoft said.

By Paul Krill

May 2, 2024 2 mins

APIs Programming Languages Technology Industry

MongoDB Atlas Stream Processing is finally here

At MongoDB.local in New York, the company announced general availabiity of Atlas Stream Processing and other long-awaited features.

By Anirban Ghoshal

May 2, 2024 2 mins

Databases

Oracle renames Database 23c to 23ai, makes it generally available

Oracle Database 23ai has been updated with new features to support AI-based application development and other tasks.

By Anirban Ghoshal

May 2, 2024 3 mins

Databases

Svelte 5 moves to release candidate stage

The Svelte 5 UI framework is one step closer to stable release, featuring signal-powered reactivity via Runes.

By Paul Krill

May 1, 2024 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Google lays off Flutter, Dart staffers – reports

The multi-platform app framework and language both lost personnel this week, adding to Google layoff speculation.

By Paul Krill

May 1, 2024 1 min

Software Development Technology Industry Web Development

Java 17 is most-used LTS version of Java – report

More than 35% of Java applications are using Java 17 in production, up from 9% in 2023, according to New Relic’s 2024 State of the Java Ecosystem report.

By Paul Krill

May 1, 2024 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

MongoDB aims to jumpstart AI app development with MAAP

The MongoDB AI Application Program will offer enterprises strategic advice, professional services, and an integrated end-to-end technology stack for building generative AI applications.

By Anirban Ghoshal

May 1, 2024 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

OpenSilver 2.2 shines on LightSwitch

LightSwitch Compatibility Pack enables legacy Visual Studio LightSwitch applications to run in modern browsers.

By Paul Krill

Apr 30, 2024 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Microsoft .NET Web Development

Amazon Q for developers is generally available

Amazon Q Developer, the evolution of Amazon CodeWhisperer, can be used from the AWS console, Slack, or development environments such as Visual Studio Code and JetBrains IDEs.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 30, 2024 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Generative AI

Teradata adds support for Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake tables

The analytics platform provider joins a long list of vendors who already support the open table formats.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 30, 2024 2 mins

Analytics Data Management

Google lays off Python team – reports

Company denied that the layoffs were company-wide when asked about the fate of the Python team.

By Paul Krill

Apr 29, 2024 2 mins

Python Technology Industry

GitHub previews GitHub Copilot Workspace

Copilot-native developer environment allows developers to brainstorm, plan, build, test, and run code using natural language.

By Paul Krill

Apr 29, 2024 1 min

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

React 19 builds on async transitions

Now in beta, React 19 supports using async functions in transitions to handle pending states, errors, forms, and optimistic updates automatically.

By Paul Krill

Apr 26, 2024 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Meta’s Meditron LLM suite to fill gap in low-resource healthcare

Jointly developed by researchers from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Yale School of Medicine, and supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the LLM is built upon the Meta Llama2 platfo

By Gyana Swain

Apr 26, 2024 4 mins

Generative AI

Ubuntu Linux update brings performance boosts, tool updates

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS features the Linux 6.8 kernel with improved syscall performance and merges low-latency kernel features into the default kernel.

By Paul Krill

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins

Software Development

.NET MAUI Community Toolkit adds TouchBehavior support

TouchBehavior provides the ability to interact with visual elements in .NET apps based on touch, mouse clicks, and hover events.

By Paul Krill

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Microsoft .NET Software Development

Node.js 22 arrives, backs ECMAScript modules

The latest Node release includes require() support for ES modules, improved WebSocket communications, and an update to Google's V8 JavaScript engine 2.4.

By Paul Krill

Apr 24, 2024 2 mins

JavaScript Software Development

Snowflake’s open-source Arctic LLM to take on Llama 3, Grok, Mistral, and DBRX

Arctic will be available under the Apache 2.0 license and can be accessed via Snowflake Cortex for serverless inference or across providers such as AWS, Azure, Nvidia, Perplexity, and Together AI.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 24, 2024 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Generative AI

OpenAI ramps up enterprise support with a focus on security, control, and cost

The new features are designed to give businesses more control, enhance security, and offer cost-effective options.

By Gyana Swain

Apr 24, 2024 4 mins

Generative AI

Wasmer unveils Python to Wasm compiler

py2wasm draws on Nuitka to convert Python programs to WebAssembly and run them at 3x faster speeds, Wasmer says.

By Paul Krill

Apr 24, 2024 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Python Web Development

Oracle JDK Mission Control 9 adds dark theme, configurable JVM browser

Tool kit for monitoring, managing, profiling, and troubleshooting Java applications now requires JDK 17 or later to run.

By Paul Krill

Apr 23, 2024 2 mins

Development Tools Java Software Development

Microsoft unveils Phi-3 family of small language models

The 3.8-billion-parameter Phi-3 Mini is small enough to run on mobile platforms and rivals the performance of models such as GPT-3.5, Microsoft’s researchers said.

By Elizabeth Montalbano

Apr 23, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Technology Industry

Java proposal would add exception case to switch

Allowing developers to handle an exception from the selector in switch with a case in the switch block would make switch more usable for pattern matching, the proposal says.

By Paul Krill

Apr 23, 2024 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

AWS moves Amazon Bedrock’s AI guardrails, and other features to general availability

The updates include new large language models and a capability to import custom models, which is currently in preview.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 23, 2024 6 mins

Amazon Web Services Artificial Intelligence

Android 15 reaches beta

The upcoming Android update emphasizes security, productivity, and making apps more widely accessible.

By Paul Krill

Apr 19, 2024 2 mins

Mobile Development Software Development Technology Industry

Meta eyes LLM dominance with new Llama 3 models

The new generation of models is expected to take on all large language models, including the likes of GPT-3.5, Claude Sonnet, Mistal models, and Grok.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 19, 2024 7 mins

Generative AI

Java proposal would streamline module package imports

Allowing entire modules to be imported all at once would eliminate tedious typing and simplify the reuse of modular libraries in Java.

By Paul Krill

Apr 19, 2024 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

AWS Snowmobile drives into the sunset

Customer demand for more efficient methods and faster online data transfer capabilities have led AWS to exit the data trucking business.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 19, 2024 4 mins

Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing

Java services hit hardest by third-party vulnerabilities, report says

State of DevSecOps report finds 90% of Java services susceptible to vulnerabilities in third-party libraries.

By Paul Krill

Apr 18, 2024 2 mins

Java JavaScript Python

OpenAI’s Assistants API gets a boost

The OpenAI Assistants API, used to build AI assistants, has been updated with faster and expanded file search, vector stores, and a new tool choice parameter.

By Paul Krill

Apr 17, 2024 2 mins

APIs Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

Intel, RedHat, and others join hands for Open Platform for Enterprise AI

The Open Platform for Enterprise AI will spearhead the development of open, robust, multi-provider, and composable GenAI systems that are flexible, scalable, and enterprise-grade.

By Gyana Swain

Apr 17, 2024 4 mins

Generative AI Open Source

Java G1 fix would speed JIT compilation

G1 garbage collector improvement would also reduce the overhead of the JDK’s C2 optimizing compiler, benefiting cloud-based Java deployments.

By Paul Krill

Apr 17, 2024 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

Most developers have adopted devops, survey says

83% of developers report being involved in devops-related activities, according to the State of CI/CD 2024 report.

By Paul Krill

Apr 16, 2024 2 mins

Build Automation Devops Software Development

Qdrant offers managed vector database for hybrid clouds

Qdrant Hybrid Cloud is based on the open-source Qdrant vector similarity search engine and vector database written in Rust.

By Paul Krill

Apr 16, 2024 1 min

Databases Generative AI Hybrid Cloud

ECMAScript 2024 takes shape

Latest update to the JavaScript standard brings seven new features including array grouping, growable ArrayBuffers, and promises with resolvers.

By Paul Krill

Apr 15, 2024 2 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Software Development

Rust gets security fix for Windows vulnerability

Rust 1.77.2 point release addresses a critical vulnerability affecting Windows deployments.

By Paul Krill

Apr 12, 2024 2 mins

Rust Security Software Development

Microsoft offers SDK for testing framework

The MSTest SDK is intended to improve the .NET unit testing experience through better defaults, simpler usage, and easier extensibility.

By Paul Krill

Apr 11, 2024 2 mins

App Testing Microsoft .NET Software Development

JetBrains launches IDE management suite

JetBrains IDE Services centralizes management of JetBrains IDEs, JetBrains AI, remote development environments, and collaborative programming.

By Paul Krill

Apr 11, 2024 2 mins

Development Tools Software Development

Visual Studio update brings smoother Copilot integration

With Visual Studio 2022 17.10 Preview 3, GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat are combined into a single package for AI-powered code completions and explanations.

By Paul Krill

Apr 10, 2024 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Generative AI

6 key takeaways from Google Cloud Next ’24

Generative AI was the dominant theme at Google Cloud Next ’24, as Google rolled out new chips, software updates for AI workloads, updates to LLMs, and generative AI-based assistants for its machine learning platform Vertex AI.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 10, 2024 7 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management Generative AI

Go language shines for AI-powered workloads, survey says

Go Developer Survey respondents who build AI-powered applications and services already use Go or want to migrate to Go for those workloads.

By Paul Krill

Apr 10, 2024 2 mins

Generative AI Golang Python

Synopsys takes aim at software supply chain risks

Black Duck Supply Chain Edition promises to identify open source dependencies and resolve security, quality, and license compliance risks.

By Paul Krill

Apr 9, 2024 1 min

Application Security Devops Software Development

Synopsys takes aim at software supply chain risks

Black Duck Supply Chain Edition promises to identify open source dependencies and resolve security, quality, and license compliance risks.

By Paul Krill

Apr 9, 2024 1 min

Application Security Development Tools Software Development

Google unveils open source projects for generative AI

Google introduced an LLM inference engine, a library of reference diffusion models, and TPU optimizations for transformer models at Google Cloud Next ’24.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 9, 2024 2 mins

Generative AI Google Cloud Platform Open Source

Teradata taps Anaconda to add Python, R packages to VantageCloud Lake

Enterprises that already subscribe to Teradata VantageCloud Lake will be able to download Python and R packages from the Anaconda Repository at no additional cost.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 9, 2024 3 mins

Analytics Python R Language

Google updates Vertex AI with new LLM capabilities, agent builder feature

Other updates include grounding applications and virtual agents in Google Search via Vertex AI and Vertex AI agent builder.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 9, 2024 5 mins

Generative AI Google Cloud Platform Machine Learning

Gemini Code Assist debuts at Google Cloud Next 24

Formerly Duet AI for Developers, Gemini Code Assist taps Google’s most powerful generative AI model for code completion, code generation, and code chat.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 9, 2024 3 mins

Development Tools Generative AI Google Cloud Platform