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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

Cython 3.0: The next generation of Python at the speed of C

Long in development, the new major release of the Python-to-C compiler sheds legacy Python support and readies Cython developers for big changes in Python.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jul 17, 2023 2 mins

C Language Libraries and Frameworks Python

Golang vulnerability checker flags Go vulnerabilities

Govulncheck is a command-line utility that uses the Go vulnerability database to identify known vulnerabilities in Go source code and Go binaries.

By Paul Krill

Jul 14, 2023 2 mins

Application Security Development Tools Golang

Microsoft Semantic Kernel will support OpenAI plugins

Fall 2023 roadmap for the AI-integrating SDK also lists plans for plugin testing, dynamic planners, end-to-end telemetry, and links to vector databases.

By Paul Krill

Jul 14, 2023 2 mins

Development Tools Generative AI Technology Industry

Visual Studio Code stabilizes Remote Tunnels to WSL

Connecting to Windows Subsystem for Linux over Remote Tunnels is out of preview. Group and tab resizing also highlighted in latest VS Code upgrade.

By Paul Krill

Jul 13, 2023 2 mins

Development Tools Software Development

Microsoft Dev Box workstations on Azure go GA

Azure-hosted, project-specific development workstations can be accessed from Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android devices.

By Paul Krill

Jul 12, 2023 2 mins

Cloud Computing Development Tools Microsoft Azure

ACM issues principles for generative AI development

One of the world’s oldest, and biggest, computing technology associations has issued a call for responsible generative AI development.

By Jon Gold

Jul 11, 2023 3 mins

Artificial Intelligence

Rising C++ closes in on C language

C++ has surpassed Java and may soon eclipse C, according to the Tiobe index of programming language popularity. Cobol is back in the top 20.

By Paul Krill

Jul 11, 2023 2 mins

C Language C++ Java

Kotlin 1.9.0 features beta of advanced K2 compiler

Release also stabilizes language features including replacing the enum class values function.

By Paul Krill

Jul 11, 2023 2 mins

Java Kotlin Mobile Development

Microsoft improves F# language hints in Visual Studio

Microsoft is previewing inline type hints, inline parameter name hints, and return type hints for the F# programming language in Visual Studio.

By Paul Krill

Jul 10, 2023 2 mins

Development Tools Microsoft .NET

GitHub Enterprise Server debuts time-based roadmap layout

GitHub Enterprise Server 3.9 introduces a time-based roadmap layout in GitHub Projects, allowing users to view project issues and pull requests on a timeline.

By Paul Krill

Jun 30, 2023 2 mins

Development Tools Software Development Version Control Systems

ECMAScript 2023 spec for JavaScript finalized

ECMAScript 2023 adds new methods for searching and changing arrays, allows symbols to be used as WeakMap keys, and standardizes support for hashbang grammar.

By Paul Krill

Jun 29, 2023 2 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Web Development

How Databricks is adding generative AI capabilities to its Delta Lake lakehouse

The Delta Lake updates aim at helping data professionals create generative AI capabilities for their enterprise with foundation models from MosaicML and Hugging Face, among others.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 29, 2023 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Management Databases

Rust language project revamps governance

Rust Leadership Council established in the wake of community complaints of governance shortcomings and a fork of the language to escape bureacracy.

By Paul Krill

Jun 28, 2023 3 mins

Open Source Programming Languages Rust

Databricks Delta Lake 3.0 to counter Apache Iceberg tables

The updates in Delta Lake 3.0 include a new universal table format, dubbed UniForm, a Delta Kernel, and liquid clustering to improve data read and write performance.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 28, 2023 3 mins

Data Management Databases

AI is catching on with API developers

Some 60% of API developers use generative AI to help them code, according to a Postman survey of more than 40,000 developers and API professionals.

By Paul Krill

Jun 27, 2023 3 mins

APIs Artificial Intelligence Software Development

Snowflake updates target generative AI demand from enterprises

While Snowpark Container Services and an Nvidia partnership will help enterprises manage large language models, Streamlit and Git updates are squarely aimed at easing developers’ tasks.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 27, 2023 6 mins

Cloud Management Databases Software Development

Svelte 4 shrinks code footprint, compiled output

Upgrade reduces Svelte package size by 75%, produces smaller and faster hydration code, and lays the groundwork for Svelte 5.

By Paul Krill

Jun 26, 2023 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Databricks’ $1.3 billion MosaicML acquisition to boost generative AI offerings

Databricks will add MosaicML's model-training capabilities to its lakehouse platform.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 26, 2023 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Databases Technology Industry

Oracle introduces free license for GraalVM

Oracle is making GraalVM, a high-performance Java virtual machine and JDK with an optimized compiler, available to use and redistribute for free.

By Paul Krill

Jun 23, 2023 2 mins

Java Software Development

MongoDB Atlas updates focus on simplifying developer tasks

Updates include support for additional programming languages on AWS, easier installation of Atlas’ Kubernetes Operator, and a new Kotlin driver.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 22, 2023 2 mins

Databases Software Development

MongoDB adds vector search to Atlas database to help build AI apps

In addition to integrating Google Cloud’s Vertex AI foundation models, MongoDB is adding features aimed at making Atlas a complete developer data platform.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 22, 2023 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Databases Generative AI

WASIX undermines WebAssembly System Interface spec, Bytecode Alliance says

Wasmer says the goal of WASIX is to allow any kind of program to run on top of WebAssembly, and this requires system call extensions that fill gaps in WASI. Bytecode Alliance says WASIX is non-standard.

By Paul Krill

Jun 21, 2023 3 mins

Software Development Web Development

Databricks takes on Snowflake, MongoDB with new Lakehouse Apps

Databricks has also updated its Marketplace to allow enterprises to share AI models while monetizing them, the company said.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 20, 2023 4 mins

Data Management Databases Software Development

Aerospike’s new Graph database to support both OLAP and OLTP workloads

The new database adds a property graph data model to the existing capabilities of its NoSQL Database and Apache TinkerPop graph compute engine.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 20, 2023 2 mins

Databases

GitLab Dedicated offers single-tenant, SaaS-based devsecops

Service hosted and managed by GitLab is geared to users with strict compliance requirements such as isolation, data residency, and private networking.

By Paul Krill

Jun 17, 2023 2 mins

Build Automation Devops Version Control Systems

Canva design platform unveils developer platform

Popular online graphic design platform is wooing software developers with an app marketplace, SDK, and APIs for building creative, workflow, and collaboration apps for the Canva community.

By Paul Krill

Jun 15, 2023 2 mins

Mobile Development Software Development

Rust most admired language, Stack Overflow survey says

Stack Overflow 2023 Developer Survey finds that JavaScript and Python are the most used and most desired languages, but they fall far short of Rust in satisfying their users.

By Paul Krill

Jun 15, 2023 2 mins

JavaScript Python Rust

DataStax adds Schema GPT Translator to Apache Pulsar-based Astra Streaming

The new Schema GPT Translator is designed to free developers to focus on other aspects real-time data pipelines instead of coping with the time-consuming process of manually creating schema mappings.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 14, 2023 3 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Integration Generative AI

Microsoft unveils C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code

The C# Dev Kit extension combines the C# extension with AI-powered code completion, solution management, and integrated testing.

By Paul Krill

Jun 14, 2023 2 mins

C# Development Tools Software Development

Microsoft’s DeviceScript brings TypeScript to IoT

DeviceScript is a subset of TypeScript that compiles to a custom VM bytecode. The experimental project also includes a Visual Studio Code extension.

By Paul Krill

Jun 13, 2023 2 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Technology Industry

Visual Studio Code 1.79 introduces read-only for files, folders

The latest version of Microsoft’s code editor also offers automatic copying of external files, images, and video.

By Paul Krill

Jun 12, 2023 2 mins

Development Tools Software Development

Java 21 to drop generational Shenandoah GC

The latest JDK 21 feature list looks to cut the garbage collector capability, which might arrive in a future release.

By Paul Krill

Jun 9, 2023 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

JetBrains adds to Aqua testing IDE

Added support for Playwright and Cypress improves testing and debugging.

By Paul Krill

Jun 8, 2023 2 mins

App Testing Java Python

Microsoft launches GPT-enabled Azure AI for US government agencies

For government customers, Microsoft has developed a new architecture that enables government agencies to securely access the large language models in the commercial environment from Azure Government.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 8, 2023 2 mins

Generative AI Machine Learning Microsoft Azure

DataStax, Google partner to bring vector search to NoSQL AstraDB

The two companies are also partnering to launch an open source project, CassIO, aimed at making Apache Cassandra more compatible with AI and large language model workloads.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 7, 2023 4 mins

Databases Generative AI Technology Industry

Apple SwiftData framework manages app data

The platform allows developers to add persistence and concurrency capabilities to apps.

By Paul Krill

Jun 7, 2023 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Software Development Swift

Snowflake’s Government and Education Data Cloud focuses on security, data tools

The industry-specific data cloud is designed to help government entities meet security and compliance standards.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 6, 2023 2 mins

Data Management Data Warehousing

Latest Apple Xcode IDE improves code completion

Builds are faster, and the tool platform also supports Apple's new Vision Pro device.

By Paul Krill

Jun 6, 2023 2 mins

Development Tools Software Development Technology Industry

TypeScript 5.1 production release arrives

TypeScript upgrade soothes pain points with easier implicit returns for undefined-returning functions and greater type flexibility for getters and setters.

By Paul Krill

Jun 5, 2023 3 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Web Development

Bootstrap 5.3.0 emphasizes dark mode, custom colors

Bootstrap 5.3.0 mobile-first web framework features a revamped core, improving support for dark mode and color mode features.

By Paul Krill

Jun 1, 2023 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Microsoft offers Azure ML data import CLI, SDK for Snowflake, other databases

The new integration, which is in public preview, is designed to bring data into Azure’s ML service from data repositories outside the Azure platform.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 1, 2023 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Data Integration

Wasmer melds WebAssembly, Posix with WASIX spec

The superset of WASI can be used for apps and runtimes, offering a high-performance JavaScript alternative that runs in browsers and servers.

By Paul Krill

May 31, 2023 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Software Development Web Development

Latest Deno release supports NPM packages

Deno 1.34 improves NPM and Node.js compatibility and adds support for Globs, TLS certificates, and more.

By Paul Krill

May 26, 2023 2 mins

Development Tools JavaScript

PostgreSQL 16 advances query parallelism

Next major release of the major open source relational database, now in beta, brings performance improvements to query execution and to logical replication.

By Paul Krill

May 26, 2023 3 mins

Databases Software Development

Microsoft Dev Box due this summer

Azure-hosted service allows developers to spin up project-specific Windows-based workstations on demand, with support for custom images and configuration-as-code capabilities.

By Paul Krill

May 25, 2023 2 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development

Angular users want better server-side rendering

Angular Developer Survey 2022 marks server-side rendering, testing, debugging and profiling, component authoring format, and initial load performance as key areas for improvement.

By Paul Krill

May 25, 2023 2 mins

JavaScript Software Development Web Development

Microsoft .NET 8 boosts Blazor, WebAssembly

Microsoft works to improve web app performance with Blazor server-side rendering and streaming rendering, Blazor WebAssembly runtime improvements.

By Paul Krill

May 25, 2023 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Microsoft .NET Web Development

Snowflake acquires Neeva to add generative AI-based search to Data Cloud

Neeva, which uses large language models to offer an AI-based search experience, is the latest company to be picked up in Snowflake's acquisition spree.

By Anirban Ghoshal

May 24, 2023 2 mins

Databases Generative AI Technology Industry

DataStax taps ThirdAI to bring generative AI to its database offerings

The partnership will see the Apache Cassandra-based database take advantage of ThirdAI’s Bolt technology to achieve better AI training performance on CPUs.

By Anirban Ghoshal

May 24, 2023 3 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Generative AI