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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

Sysdig’s new Cost Advisor aims to cut Kubernetes costs

The company claims that the new tool, in combination with its existing Sysdig Monitor, can cut Kubernetes costs by an average of 40%.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Oct 24, 2022 3 mins

Careers Cloud Computing Software Development

Oracle makes Java discovery service free to all

Oracle’s Java Management Service can shine a light on which versions of Java you’re running, what apps are running on them, and which installs are outdated.

By Paul Krill

Oct 21, 2022 2 mins

Devops Java Technology Industry

Node.js 19 boosts HTTP throughput

Upgrade to popular JavaScript runtime automatically enables HTTP Keep-Alive for outgoing connections, improving throughput through the reuse of connections.

By Paul Krill

Oct 19, 2022 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Oracle unveils performance pack for Java 8

Enterprise Performance Pack is a drop-in replacement for Java 8 that promises significant improvements in memory management and performance.

By Paul Krill

Oct 18, 2022 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Technology Industry

Oracle debuts MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse to take on rivals

The new lakehouse service, designed to quickly load and query up to 400TB of data, will compete with offerings from Oracle rivals that have also jumped on the lakehouse concept, including Snowflake, Google, AWS and Microsoft Azure.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Oct 18, 2022 6 mins

Cloud Computing Data Warehousing Databases

Run your own Oracle Cloud with Oracle Alloy

Oracle Alloy serves as a cloud infrastructure platform for service providers, integrators, ISVs, and others who want to roll out their own cloud services to customers.

By Anirban Ghoshal and Paul Krill

Oct 18, 2022 3 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

PostgreSQL 15 streamlines workload management, improves performance

The new features of the most popular open-source database include improved sort and compression, the MERGE command, and other workload management tools.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Oct 17, 2022 5 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Software Development

Java needs sequenced collections, OpenJDK proposal says

Proposal for enhancing the Java programming language would define interfaces for sequenced collections, sequenced sets, and sequenced maps.

By Paul Krill

Oct 14, 2022 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

Ant Group lists OceanBase on AWS Marketplace to increase reach

The distributed SQL-compatible database, which supports hybrid transactional analytical processing (HTAP), is expected to add support for other public cloud service providers soon.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Oct 13, 2022 2 mins

Databases SQL

VirtualBox 7 remotes into Oracle Cloud

Update to Oracle’s virtualization application adds remote control of cloud-hosted VMs and the ability to fully encrypt virtual machines.

By Paul Krill

Oct 12, 2022 2 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Technology Industry

Microsoft debuts PostgreSQL support for Cosmos DB, multiple Azure updates

At Microsoft Ignite 2022, the company launched new Azure cloud services including additions to its Dev Box developer environment, PostgreSQL support for Cosmos DB, invite-only access to the DALL·E 2 OpenAI image-generating software, and cost-s

By Anirban Ghoshal

Oct 12, 2022 5 mins

Cloud Management Databases

WebAssembly comes to Apache web server

VMware Labs’ mod_wasm is an extension module for the Apache HTTP Server that serves WebAssembly binaries as endpoints.

By Paul Krill

Oct 12, 2022 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Software Development Web Development

Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile SDK nears the finish line

JetBrains’ Kotlin SDK allows developers to maintain a shared codebase of networking, data storage, analytics, and other logic for Android and iOS applications.

By Paul Krill

Oct 11, 2022 1 min

Kotlin Mobile Development Programming Languages

Google aims for BigLake data lake support for all unstructured data

What you need to know about Google Cloud Next data announcements: BigLake support for Apache Iceberg, Hudi and Delta Lake; BigQuery adds unstructured data, Apache Spark and DataStream support; Looker Studio unifies business intelligence products; and

By Anirban Ghoshal

Oct 11, 2022 7 mins

Data Warehousing Databases Google Cloud Platform

VS Code 1.72 enhances Git source control

Visual Studio Code now supports discovery for nested Git repositories and improves autoscrolling, among other features.

By Paul Krill

Oct 7, 2022 3 mins

Development Tools

Canonical expands application security coverage

Ubuntu Pro, now offered in public beta, features expanded security maintenance and compliance for a wide range of packages, including Node.js, Apache Tomcat, and Rust.

By Paul Krill

Oct 6, 2022 2 mins

Software Development

Apollo GraphQL debuts GraphOS platform for building ‘supergraphs’

GraphOS provides an execution fabric and modular architecture for building, connecting, and scaling large networks of applications, services, and data.

By Paul Krill

Oct 5, 2022 2 mins

Data Management Databases Software Development

Linux 6.0 kernel arrives, quietly

Linux 6.0 release is loaded with many small improvements, with bigger changes including Rust support promised for Linux 6.1.

By Paul Krill

Oct 4, 2022 2 mins

Software Development

TypeScript turns 10 years old

Surprise! Despite initial skepticism, Microsoft’s typed JavaScript not only survived but continues to thrive after a decade.

By Paul Krill

Oct 4, 2022 2 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Web Development

Kotlin 1.7.20 advances K2 compiler

Latest production release of the popular JetBrains programming language for JVM, web, and native development also introduces a new operator for expressing open-ended ranges.

By Paul Krill

Oct 3, 2022 2 mins

Kotlin Programming Languages Software Development

Materialize offers early release of its streaming database as a service

The startup's managed, distributed database service is designed to run queries against real-time data in a more cost-efficient manner than batch processing systems.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Oct 3, 2022 4 mins

Databases SQL

Bun JavaScript runtime is in the oven

Bun is a JavaScript runtime built on the JavaScriptCore engine with a native bundler, transpiler, task runner, and NPM client built-in.

By Paul Krill

Oct 3, 2022 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Deno 1.26 improves Node.js compatibility, npm support

Latest update to the alternative TypeScript/JavaScript runtime also brings bug fixes and performance boosts.

By Paul Krill

Sep 30, 2022 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Software Development

MIT startup DataCebo offers tool to evaluate synthetic data

Synthetic Data Metrics is an open-source Python library for evaluating model-agnostic tabular data by pitching machine generated data sets against real data sets.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Sep 29, 2022 3 mins

Data Quality Data Science Machine Learning

Should C/C++ be deprecated in favor of Rust?

Microsoft executive says it’s time to retire the C and C++ programming languages and use Rust instead.

By Paul Krill

Sep 29, 2022 2 mins

C++ Programming Languages Rust

Microsoft .NET 7 bolsters WebAssembly support

Expanded WebAssembly support in .NET 7 allows developers to reuse .NET libraries from JavaScript or build new .NET-based apps that will run on Wasm.

By Paul Krill

Sep 28, 2022 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Microsoft .NET Web Development

SAS Viya analytics suite now available on Azure Marketplace

Viya’s move to the Azure Marketplace allows enterprise customers to access its tools and features in a pay-as-you-go model, the company said.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Sep 27, 2022 3 mins

Analytics Microsoft Azure

JDK 20: What’s next for Java?

The next version of standard Java could pack features ranging from universal generics and primitive types to virtual threads and structured concurrency.

By Paul Krill

Sep 26, 2022 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

Eclipse Jakarta EE upgrade zeroes in on cloud

Jakarta EE 10 arrives with a focus on building modern, simplified, and lightweight cloud-native Java applications, including a Core Profile for microservices.

By Paul Krill

Sep 22, 2022 3 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

CockroachDB gets database migration tool, as CockroachDB Serverless launches

The new migration tool, Molt, is expected to ease complexities arising out of database migration, while CockroachDB Serverless becomes generally available.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Sep 21, 2022 4 mins

Databases Serverless Computing

Cppfront project aims to modernize C++

Cppfront is an experimental compiler for an alternate C++ syntax that would make the venerable programming language ‘10x simpler, safer, and more toolable.’

By Paul Krill

Sep 21, 2022 2 mins

C++ Development Tools Programming Languages

Starburst’s new data products aim to ease cross-cloud analytics

Data product capabilities added to the Starburst Enterprise software are targeted at enhancing data management and security while being compliant with cross-border regulations.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Sep 21, 2022 3 mins

Analytics Data Governance Data Management

JDK 19: The new features in Java 19

Now available for production use, Java 19 features structured concurrency, virtual threads, pattern matching for switch expressions, a vector API, and a Linux/RISC-V port.

By Paul Krill

Sep 20, 2022 6 mins

Java Open Source Programming Languages

Go developers are catching on to generics — survey

Go developer survey shows more than one in four are already using generics, though some are prevented by limitations of the current implementation or tools.

By Paul Krill

Sep 16, 2022 2 mins

Golang Programming Languages Software Development

Microsoft .NET 7 enters release candidate phase

Performance improvements, multi-platform targeting, cloud-native development headline the Microsoft development platform upgrade due in November.

By Paul Krill

Sep 16, 2022 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Microsoft .NET Web Development

JavaFX 19 rich client Java platform arrives

Update extends H.265 video support to HTTP Live Streaming, adds CSS focus indicators, and fixes modal behavior and touch-screen bugs.

By Paul Krill

Sep 15, 2022 2 mins

Java Mobile Development Web Development

Swift language speeds standard library, reworks generics

Swift 5.7 features a smaller and faster standard library, usability improvements, and a new generics implementation that boosts performance and removes long-standing bugs.

By Paul Krill

Sep 14, 2022 2 mins

Programming Languages Software Development Swift

Oracle MySQL HeatWave comes to AWS

Oracle’s MySQL database service supporting mixed analytical, transaction processing, and machine learning workloads is now available on Amazon Web Services.

By Paul Krill

Sep 13, 2022 1 min

Amazon Web Services Databases Technology Industry

Rust programming language gains dedicated security team

Beginning with a security audit and threat modeling exercises, the Rust language security initiative draws on staff and support from the OpenSSF and JFrog.

By Paul Krill

Sep 13, 2022 2 mins

Programming Languages Rust Security

Extent-local variables would provide a way to share data both within a thread and with child threads in Java, making it easier to reason about data flow.

By Paul Krill

Sep 12, 2022 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

TensorFlow 2.10 shines on Keras, Decision Forests

Update to Google’s open source machine learning platform brings Keras improvements, performance enhancements, and TensorFlow Decision Forests 1.0.

By Paul Krill

Sep 9, 2022 2 mins

Analytics Development Tools Machine Learning

Wasmtime WebAssembly runtime set for 1.0 release

Developers of the embeddable WebAssembly runtime have focused on compiler performance and runtime security in the run-up to a September 20 release.

By Paul Krill

Sep 9, 2022 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Software Development

GitHub had planned to axe the page that lists hot projects and developers due to low usage, but the company is reconsidering in light of community feedback.

By Paul Krill

Sep 7, 2022 1 min

Software Development Version Control Systems

Golang adds vulnerability management tooling

Go’s new support for vulnerability management pairs the Go vulnerability database with tooling that analyzes a codebase and surfaces known vulnerabilities.

By Paul Krill

Sep 7, 2022 2 mins

Development Tools Golang Programming Languages

Visual Studio Code 1.71 brings merge editor improvements

A full-fledged Markdown Language Server and expanded codecs support also debut in the latest version of the Microsoft code editor.

By Paul Krill

Sep 6, 2022 2 mins

Development Tools Software Development

Apple moves WebKit to GitHub

WebKit project team cites numerous benefits to using GitHub including its large community of developers and powerful automation capabilities.

By Paul Krill

Sep 2, 2022 2 mins

Open Source Version Control Systems Web Development

CodeSee launches enterprise plan with service maps

CodeSee Enterprise scans repos to automatically detect the connections between services, visualize them, and link them to the underlying code, providing a Google Maps-like view of the codebase.

By Paul Krill

Aug 31, 2022 2 mins

Java JavaScript Python

Microsoft adds container support to .NET SDK

The ability to create container images with the .NET SDK debuts in a preview phase for Linux-x64 image deployments, with Windows support to follow.

By Paul Krill

Aug 30, 2022 1 min

Microsoft .NET Software Development

TypeScript 4.8 shines on intersection and union types

Update to Microsoft’s typed JavaScript introduces improvements to how intersection and union types work and how TypeScript narrows types.

By Paul Krill

Aug 29, 2022 2 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Web Development

Teradata launches VantageCloud Lake for ad-hoc analytics

VantageCloud Lake edition comes with expanded ClearScape Analytics suite that supports in-database analytics for artificial intelligence and machine learning operations.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Aug 29, 2022 4 mins

Analytics Data Management