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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

Altostra template creates ChatGPT-like apps on AWS

Altostra says ChatGPT-like apps can be built using AWS Lambda and any of the OpenAI GPT-3 models in less than five minutes.

By Paul Krill

Feb 21, 2023 2 mins

Amazon Web Services Artificial Intelligence Natural Language Processing

Oracle’s new Java subscription model to cost a lot more: Gartner

In January, Oracle replaced the Java SE and Java SE Desktop subscription with the new Java SE Universal subscription that charges enterprise on a per employee metric instead of a per processor or per named user plus metric.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Feb 21, 2023 3 mins

Java Technology Industry

Google Cloud Flex Agreements woo users during a slowdown in demand

Google Cloud Flex Agreements offer the option to migrate enterprise workloads with no up-front commitments, and provide access to free storage, compute and network services such as Spanner, BigQuery, and AutoML.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Feb 17, 2023 3 mins

Cloud Computing Google Cloud Platform Technology Industry

Microsoft offers Visual Studio IDE extension for .NET upgrades

Developers can move apps to .NET 6 and .NET 7 from older technologies.

By Paul Krill

Feb 17, 2023 2 mins

Development Tools Microsoft .NET Software Development

Real-time Ubuntu Linux now available

Canonical's platform emphasizes security and time-bound workload usage for verticals such as defense, telecom, and the public sector.

By Paul Krill

Feb 16, 2023 2 mins

Canonical Software Development

GitHub Copilot update includes security vulnerability filtering

GitHub says the controversial AI-assisted coding tool is now being used by more than 400 organizations to increase developer productivity and improve code quality.

By Paul Krill

Feb 15, 2023 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Java Version Control Systems

Docker, Maven lead the way in packages

The JFrog Software report also listed NPM JavaScript among the leaders while Rust Cargo showed impressive growth.

By Paul Krill

Feb 14, 2023 2 mins

C Language C++ Java

EnterpriseDB adds Transparent Data Encryption to PostgreSQL

The new Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) feature will be shipped along with the company’s enterprise version of its database.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Feb 14, 2023 2 mins

Databases Encryption

Android 14 preview for developers arrives

The mobile OS emphasizes tablets, foldables, and enhancements such as improvements in battery life, security, and font scaling.

By Paul Krill

Feb 10, 2023 2 mins

Mobile Development Software Development Technology Industry

Deno 1.30 backs built-in Node.js modules

The JavaScript/TypeScript runtime also updates the configuration file.

By Paul Krill

Feb 9, 2023 2 mins

JavaScript Software Development

DataStax launches Astra Block to support Web3 applications

Astra Block, which is based on the Ethereum blockchain, will be available as part of the company’s Astra DB NoSQL database-as-a-service.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Feb 8, 2023 2 mins

Blockchain Cloud Computing Databases

Starburst adds low code and Warp Speed capabilities to Enterprise and Galaxy offerings

The new capabilities include a low-code interface, private preview of data products along with a data catalog, an environment that supports Python, and an indexing and caching solution called Warp Speed.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Feb 8, 2023 3 mins

Analytics No Code and Low Code

Microsoft pledges support in .NET language updates

The company has just updated its strategy for C#, F#, and Visual Basic, committing to performance and stability for all three languages.

By Paul Krill

Feb 8, 2023 3 mins

C# Microsoft .NET Programming Languages

Snowflake to acquire LeapYear to boost data clean room abilities

The San Francisco-based startup will bolster Snowflake's ability to offer secure data collaboration among customer enterprises.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Feb 7, 2023 3 mins

Cloud Computing Data Governance Technology Industry

C++ still shining in language popularity index

The language grew nearly 6% year over year in Tiobe's index and ranks fifth on PYPL's popularity index.

By Paul Krill

Feb 7, 2023 2 mins

C Language C# C++

Oracle per-employee Java licensing could benefit rivals

Eclipse, Azul, other providers may see increased Java downloads from new Oracle pricing based on total number of employees rather than number of users.

By Paul Krill

Feb 6, 2023 2 mins

Java Software Development Technology Industry

Visual Studio Code 1.75 brings configuration profiles

Profiles allow VS Code users to create and share configurations for the UI, extensions, settings, keyboard shortcuts, tasks, and user snippets.

By Paul Krill

Feb 3, 2023 2 mins

Development Tools Software Development

Go 1.20 previews profile-guided optimization

Profile-guided optimization enables the Go compiler to perform application-specific and workload-specific optimizations based on run-time profile information.

By Paul Krill

Feb 2, 2023 3 mins

Golang Programming Languages Software Development

Splunk to lay off 4% of its workforce to reduce costsdownsize

The data observability software provider will incur $28 million in charges on the planned downsizing plan, primarily related to severance payments.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Feb 2, 2023 2 mins

IT Jobs

Red Hat Linux comes to Oracle Cloud

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is now certified and fully supported on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure virtual machines.

By Paul Krill

Feb 1, 2023 2 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development Technology Industry

Privacera connects to Dremio’s data lakehouse to aid data governance

The integration of open-source based Privacera into Dremio’s data lakehouse is designed to allow joint customer enterprises to manage and organize secure data access.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 31, 2023 2 mins

Data Governance Databases Open Source

C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup defends its safety

US National Security Agency recommends using memory safe programming languages instead of C/C++ when possible, because hackers frequently exploit memory issues.

By Paul Krill

Jan 31, 2023 4 mins

Application Security C++ Programming Languages

Oracle per-employee Java pricing causes concern

New pricing plan for Oracle Java SE starts at $15 per employee per month and scales downward based on number of users.

By Paul Krill

Jan 27, 2023 2 mins

Java Software Development Technology Industry

Google Flutter previews new renderer on iOS

The Impeller renderer precompiles a smaller set of shaders at engine build time to reduce early-onset jank. Android support for Impeller is also in the works.

By Paul Krill

Jan 26, 2023 3 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Mobile Development Web Development

Canonical security subscriptions for Ubuntu Linux now available

Security maintenance service for Ubuntu LTS releases offers CVE protection and security updates for some 23,000 packages beyond the main OS.

By Paul Krill

Jan 26, 2023 2 mins

Application Security Security Software Development

Google pulls the plug on Optimize

Google’s Optimize and Optimize 360 website testing and analytics tools will be phased out later this year in favor of Google Analytics 4.

By Paul Krill

Jan 24, 2023 1 min

Analytics Technology Industry Web Development

CodeSandbox adds Rust support

Cloud development environment allows users to spin up Rust development environments ‘within two seconds’ and access them in iOS or Visual Studio Code.

By Paul Krill

Jan 23, 2023 1 min

JavaScript Rust Web Development

Google V8 API bridges WebAssembly and asynchronous web

The WebAssembly JavaScript Promise Integration API suspends a Wasm application when it issues a synchronous API call and resumes it when the asynchronous I/O operation is completed.

By Paul Krill

Jan 23, 2023 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

.NET Community Toolkit 8.1 enhances MVVM capabilities

MVVM toolkit updates include new diagnostic analyzers and performance optimizations for improved developer user experience.

By Paul Krill

Jan 20, 2023 2 mins

Development Tools Microsoft .NET

JavaScript and Java both loved and hated

JavaScript and Java scored high as both most liked and most disliked programming languages in JetBrains’ State of the Developer Ecosystem survey. Perl was far and away the most disliked language.

By Paul Krill

Jan 19, 2023 2 mins

Java JavaScript Programming Languages

Couchbase’s managed Capella database now on Microsoft Azure

Capella, earlier known as Couchbase Cloud, is already available on Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 19, 2023 3 mins

Cloud Storage Databases

Researchers warn of malicious Visual Studio Code extensions

Attackers could easily spoof popular Visual Studio Code extensions and trick developers into downloading them, Aqua Nautilus researchers report.

By Paul Krill

Jan 18, 2023 2 mins

Development Tools Security Software Development

Aerospike adds connector for Elasticsearch to run full-text queries

Elasticsearch, which is an Apache’s Lucene library-based search engine, can be used to run full-text search queries on JSON documents via a web interface.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 17, 2023 2 mins

Databases Enterprise Applications Open Source

JavaScript, Java, and Python skills top demand

And demand for TypeScript, Swift, Scala, Kotlin, and Go skills all exceed supply, according to CodinGame-CoderPad tech hiring report.

By Paul Krill

Jan 14, 2023 2 mins

Java JavaScript Python

Kotlin 1.8.0 adds recursive copy, delete for directories

Latest upgrade to the Kotlin programming language adds support for Java 19 and introduces experimental functions for the JVM to recursively copy or delete directory content.

By Paul Krill

Jan 12, 2023 2 mins

Java Kotlin Programming Languages

DataStax acquires machine learning services firm Kaskada

Seattle-based Kaskada claims to be the first company to train machines using event-based data and real-time data being fed from streaming sources.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 12, 2023 2 mins

Databases Machine Learning Technology Industry

Interest in React, Angular, and Vue is waning

State of JavaScript 2022 survey of developers finds highest levels of interest in the Svelte, Solid, and Qwik frameworks and the Vite build tool.

By Paul Krill

Jan 12, 2023 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Conan 2.0 revamps C/C++ package manager

Major upgrade due in February features a cleaner syntax, a new public Python API, new build system integrations, and a new graph model that better represents the relations between packages.

By Paul Krill

Jan 11, 2023 2 mins

C++ Development Tools Software Development

Informatica to lay off 7% of its workforce to cut costs

The decision to lay off 450 staffers globally is expected to better align the company’s workforce to its cloud-focused strategic priorities and cut costs to suit current business needs, Informatica said in a statement.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 11, 2023 2 mins

Careers Human Resources

OpenJDK plan would improve support for archived Java heap objects in class data sharing, aligning with the Project Leyden effort to improve startup performance.

By Paul Krill

Jan 10, 2023 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

Microsoft previews Graph API proxy for developers

Graph Developer Proxy allows developers to test their Microsoft Graph applications locally by simulating Microsoft Graph API errors and mocking Microsoft Graph API responses.

By Paul Krill

Jan 7, 2023 2 mins

APIs Cloud Computing Microsoft .NET

C++ wins programming language of the year award

Tiobe recognized C++ as the programming language with the biggest gain in popularity in 2022. C and Python were the runners-up.

By Paul Krill

Jan 6, 2023 2 mins

C++ Java Python

Snowflake to acquire Myst AI to provide time series forecasting

The data warehousing company wants to help enterprises apply time series forecasting to their data to generate future predictions as an aid to strategic decision making.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 6, 2023 2 mins

Data Warehousing Predictive Analytics

Vue 3.3 to support externally imported types

Front-end JavaScript framework project will be working on an alternative compilation strategy called Vapor Mode in the coming year.

By Paul Krill

Jan 5, 2023 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Ruby backs WebAssembly for CRuby binaries

Ruby 3.2.0 ships with initial WASI support, allowing CRuby binaries to be run in web browsers, serverless edge environments, and other WebAssembly/WASI embedders.

By Paul Krill

Jan 3, 2023 3 mins

Programming Languages Ruby Software Development

Visual Studio 2022 adds C++ atomics

Version 17.5 Preview 2 brings a wide range of improvements to the IDE including an experimental implementation of C11 atomics in MSVC.

By Paul Krill

Dec 22, 2022 3 mins

C++ Development Tools Software Development

Eclipse GlassFish catches up with Jakarta EE 10

The Eclipse GlassFish 7.0 application server implements the Jakarta EE 10 framework for enterprise-level Java deployments.

By Paul Krill

Dec 20, 2022 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

SvelteKit 1.0 brings a full stack to Svelte

Milestone release makes SvelteKit the recommended way to build all Svelte applications, the Svelte team said.

By Paul Krill

Dec 16, 2022 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Low-code DevOps Center aims to ease app development on Salesforce

Salesforce says that the new low-code product will make change-and-release management easier for developers planning and writing applications on its platform.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Dec 16, 2022 3 mins

Cloud Computing No Code and Low Code SaaS

GraalVM compilers may be coming to Java

Project Galahad would contribute Java-related GraalVM technologies to the OpenJDK Community for possible incubation in Java, starting with GraalVM’s JIT and AOT compiler tech.

By Paul Krill

Dec 14, 2022 2 mins

Java Libraries and Frameworks Programming Languages