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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

Google adds Gemini to databases to aid faster code development, migration

Gemini's availability across Google Cloud database offerings is expected to help developers code and migrate faster than Duet AI, which was integrated last year.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 9, 2024 4 mins

Databases Generative AI Google Cloud Platform

Parasoft unveils safety testing tool for C and C++ apps

C/C++test CT is designed to streamline test automation and ensure continuous compliance with safety and security standards.

By Paul Krill

Apr 9, 2024 2 mins

Application Security C Language C++

PHP sinks in Tiobe language popularity index

Onetime favorite for web development drops to 17th place, while Fortran returns to the top 10.

By Paul Krill

Apr 8, 2024 2 mins

PHP Programming Languages Python

Eclipse joins with industry groups to secure open source

Collaborative effort aims to establish common specifications for secure software development based on existing open source best practices.

By Paul Krill

Apr 5, 2024 2 mins

Application Security Open Source Software Development

Microsoft’s Azure AI Search updated with increased storage, vector index size

The increased capacity comes at no additional cost.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 5, 2024 3 mins

Generative AI

Cohere launches new Command R+ LLM on Azure first

Despite a long-standing partnership with Oracle, Cohere has decided to make its new model available to Microsoft customers first.

By Sascha Brodsky

Apr 5, 2024 3 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

Visual Studio Code finalizes test coverage API

Latest update of Microsoft’s code editor brings native support for test coverage, custom editor labels, locked scrolling, and more.

By Paul Krill

Apr 4, 2024 3 mins

Development Tools Software Development

JetBrains IDEs add AI-powered code autocompletion

JetBrains IDEs introduce full line code completion using a built-in language model, starting with the 2024.1 versions.

By Paul Krill

Apr 4, 2024 3 mins

Golang Java JavaScript

DataStax acquires Langflow creator Logspace to aid gen AI app development

Langflow is an open-source, web-based, no-code GUI for visually prototyping LangChain flows.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 4, 2024 3 mins

Generative AI Machine Learning

Google rolls out a new JPEG coding library

Jpegli reduces noise and improves image quality, which could lead to a faster, more beautiful Internet.

By Paul Krill

Apr 3, 2024 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Technology Industry Web Development

GitHub Actions update tightens security

Automated CI/CD platform update adds Azure private networking for improved security and GPU-hosted runners for machine learning.

By Paul Krill

Apr 3, 2024 2 mins

Build Automation Microsoft Azure Version Control Systems

Bun 1.1 JavaScript toolkit backs Windows 10

Bun 1.1 also features speed and reliability updates and improvements for Node.js compatibility.

By Paul Krill

Apr 2, 2024 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Small and Medium Business

Google to merge Angular and Wiz frameworks

The search giant says the two frameworks are 'better together' in a merge focused on improving Angular's performance.

By Paul Krill

Apr 1, 2024 2 mins

Development Tools JavaScript Web Development

Babylon.js web rendering engine gets 3D enhancements

Procedural geometry supports 3D capabilities, while basic global illumination manipulates light and shadow for a more lifelike visual experience.

By Paul Krill

Apr 1, 2024 2 mins

Development Tools JavaScript Web Development

Deno boosts dependency management with JSR

Deno 1.42 brings faster startups, improved Node compatibility, and support for a new open-source package registry designed for TypeScript.

By Paul Krill

Mar 29, 2024 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Microsoft unveils safety and security tools for generative AI

New tools for detecting prompt injection attacks and hallucinations and for ensuring model safety are coming to Azure AI Studio.

By Paul Krill

Mar 29, 2024 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Microsoft Azure

Snowflake’s Data Clean Room promises to ease analysis of PII data

Free Snowflake Native Application appears to eliminate the complexity of self-managing a data clean room for non-technical users, analysts said.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Mar 28, 2024 4 mins

Data Governance Data Science Machine Learning

Microsoft .NET 7 support ends in May

Microsoft will no longer provide technical support or security fixes for .NET 7 after May 14.

By Paul Krill

Mar 28, 2024 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Microsoft .NET Software Development

JetBrains IntelliJ IDE to add K2 compiler mode

K2 compiler provides significantly faster and more stable Kotlin code highlighting and Kotlin code completion, JetBrains said.

By Paul Krill

Mar 28, 2024 2 mins

Development Tools Java Kotlin

Microsoft unveils Copilot for Azure SQL Database

AI assistant available in private preview provides natural language to SQL conversion and self-help for database administration.

By Paul Krill

Mar 27, 2024 2 mins

Databases Generative AI Microsoft Azure

Databricks’ open-source DBRX LLM beats Llama 2, Mixtral, and Grok

Databricks says DBRX, its latest open-source LLM, outperforms its open-source competitors, potentially offering enterprises a low-cost way to train it on their own data for generative AI use cases.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Mar 27, 2024 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

Intel taps developers in a massive AI push

The company's AI PC Developer Program is tailored to provide developers with accessible tools, workflows, AI-deployment frameworks, and developer kits featuring the latest Intel hardware.

By Sandeep Budki

Mar 27, 2024 3 mins

Development Tools Engineer Software Development

Oracle’s GraalVM backs Java 22

GraalVM for JDK 22 makes most Java 22 features available for Graal just-in-time and Native Image ahead-of-time compilation.

By Paul Krill

Mar 26, 2024 2 mins

Java Libraries and Frameworks Software Development

Redis moves to source-available licenses

Cloud service providers hosting Redis offerings will no longer be permitted to use Redis source code free of charge, the company said.

By Paul Krill

Mar 25, 2024 2 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Open Source

Hot code heap proposal would speed Java execution

OpenJDK draft plan would decrease fragmentation in the JVM code cache and reduce application execution time.

By Paul Krill

Mar 25, 2024 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

Puppet’s devops report plumbs the benefits of platform engineering

Platform engineering improves developer productivity and software quality by quelling the chaos of tools, tasks, and information, the report says.

By Paul Krill

Mar 25, 2024 2 mins

Devops Software Development

Vue team releases VitePress 1.0 static site generator

VitePress is based on Vue and Vite and ships with a default theme designed for technical documentation.

By Paul Krill

Mar 22, 2024 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Java 22 brings security enhancements

JDK 22 adds 10 new root CA certificates, a new asymmetric key interface, and a -XshowSettings option for displaying security settings.

By Paul Krill

Mar 22, 2024 3 mins

Java Programming Languages Security

Nutanix sues DBaaS startup Tessell for IP theft

Nutanix claims that Tessell's new products are built using Nutanix’s source code and other resources.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Mar 22, 2024 3 mins

Databases Technology Industry

Rust adds support for C-string literals

Support for C-string literals makes it easier to write code that interoperates with foreign language interfaces requiring null-terminated strings.

By Paul Krill

Mar 21, 2024 2 mins

Programming Languages Rust Software Development

Microsoft introduces AI-powered UI controls for .NET

Currently experimental .NET Smart Components for Blazor, MVC, and Razor Pages bring Azure OpenAI intelligence to forms, menus, and text areas in apps.

By Paul Krill

Mar 21, 2024 2 mins

Generative AI Libraries and Frameworks Microsoft .NET

JetBrains clarifies dependency injection plans for Ktor

Ktor will never require the use of a DI framework or include a DI framework as part of its design, JetBrains said.

By Paul Krill

Mar 21, 2024 2 mins

Kotlin Libraries and Frameworks Software Development

GitHub previews AI-powered code scanning autofix

Code scanning autofix pairs GitHub’s CodeQL code scanner with GitHub Copilot APIs to generate fix suggestions for discovered vulnerabilities.

By Paul Krill

Mar 20, 2024 1 min

Application Security Devops Generative AI

AI used extensively for security but not for coding, JFrog survey finds

Most organizations use AI/ML-powered tools to assist in security scanning and remediation, but only a third use them to write code, JFrog reports.

By Paul Krill

Mar 20, 2024 2 mins

Application Security Devops Generative AI

Databricks acquires Lilac AI to boost data quality for LLM training

Lilac AI’s suite of products when integrated with Databricks could help enterprises explore their unstructured data and use it to build generative AI applications.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Mar 20, 2024 3 mins

Data Management Generative AI

JetBrains unveils CI/CD service for smaller teams

TeamCity Pipeline aims to be an intuitive platform that allows small developer teams to run devops pipelines with minimum complexity.

By Paul Krill

Mar 19, 2024 2 mins

Build Automation Devops SaaS

JDK 22: The new features in Java 22

Java 22 arrives with previews of scoped values, structured concurrency, stream gatherers, and the ability to execute multi-file programs.

By Paul Krill

Mar 19, 2024 8 mins

Java Programming Languages Web Development

C++ creator rebuts White House warning

Biden administration seems oblivious of the strengths of contemporary C++ and the efforts to provide strong safety guarantees, Bjarne Stroustrup said.

By Paul Krill

Mar 18, 2024 3 mins

Application Security C++ Programming Languages

Mechanoid brings Wasm to embedded systems and IoT

Open source framework allows developers to build and run WebAssembly applications on microcontrollers and other small devices.

By Paul Krill

Mar 15, 2024 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Software Development Web Development

Feds seek attestation on secure software

Form published to ensure software producers abide by secure development techniques.

By Paul Krill

Mar 13, 2024 2 mins

Application Security Software Development

Visual Studio taps more GitHub Copilot capabilities

Visual Studio 2022 17.10 Preview 2 integrates Copilot-generated pull request descriptions and Copilot-powered explanations of commits.

By Paul Krill

Mar 13, 2024 2 mins

Development Tools Generative AI Microsoft .NET

OutSystems unveils no-code AI Agent Builder

Tool for OutSystems Developer Cloud allows users to build AI agents using models from Azure OpenAI or Amazon Bedrock without any coding.

By Paul Krill

Mar 13, 2024 1 min

Amazon Web Services Generative AI Microsoft Azure

New AI assistant threatens software engineering jobs

Devin has the ability to actively collaborate with users during software development. This includes providing real-time progress updates, accepting feedback, and working together to make design choices.

By Sandeep Budki

Mar 13, 2024 4 mins

Generative AI Software Development

Rust-based WinterJS web server reaches 1.0

‘Ridiculously fast’ JavaScript runtime from Wasmer supports Cloudflare apps and React Server Components and can be compiled to WebAssembly.

By Paul Krill

Mar 12, 2024 1 min

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

JetBrains unveils Ktor roadmap

OpenTelemetry plugins, gRPC support, simplified dependency injection, and managed database transactions are coming to the Kotlin-based framework for building asynchronous applications.

By Paul Krill

Mar 12, 2024 3 mins

Kotlin Libraries and Frameworks Software Development

JetBrains releases security fixes for TeamCity CI/CD system

Two critical security vulnerabilities discovered by Rapid7 could allow an attacker to gain administrative control of TeamCity On-Premises servers.

By Paul Krill

Mar 12, 2024 1 min

Application Security Build Automation Devops

DBOS Cloud overturns database-on-OS conventions for speed

Postgres pioneer Mike Stonebraker and Spark creator Matei Zaharia have cofounded a venture whose main product is a database-oriented operating system or DBOS — a high-performance distributed database that runs OS services on top.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Mar 12, 2024 6 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Serverless Computing