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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

Ecma unveils more permissive JavaScript license

Proposed by Mozilla, the alternative license for the JavaScript specification allows for forks, aligning with the W3C software license covering HTML and CSS.

By Paul Krill

Jun 29, 2022 2 mins

JavaScript Open Source Web Development

Yugabyte adds Voyager migration service to its 2.15 database update

With the latest update, the company claims it is the first and only distributed SQL database to offer all three PostgreSQL isolation levels.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 28, 2022 3 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Software Development

Databricks adds data governance, marketplace features

The data marketplace and other features are expected to accelerate data engineering tasks with an option for data monetization down the road, Databricks said.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 28, 2022 5 mins

Analytics Data Governance Databases

Databricks open sources its Delta Lake data lakehouse

Databricks is open sourcing Delta Lake to counter criticism from rivals and take on Apache Iceberg as well as data warehouse products from Snowflake, Starburst, Dremio, Google Cloud, AWS, Oracle and HPE.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 28, 2022 4 mins

Analytics Data Warehousing Databases

ECMAScript 2022 blesses class elements, top-level await

Next version of JavaScript standard gains formal approval, while the new capabilities are already supported by browsers.

By Paul Krill

Jun 27, 2022 2 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Software Development

Apache Doris just ‘graduated’: Why care about this SQL data warehouse

The open source, massively parallel processing (MPP) analytical database will take on the likes of ClickHouse, MariaDB, Apache Druid, Apache Pinot, and hyperscaler services such as Google BigQuery, Amazon RedShift and Microsoft Synapse.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 24, 2022 4 mins

Databases Open Source SQL

Rust is most popular WebAssembly language, survey says

The State of WebAssembly 2022 survey of Wasm developers shows Rust on top, with Blazor and Python on the rise.

By Paul Krill

Jun 23, 2022 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Rust Web Development

IaaS, PaaS, drive public cloud ecosystem revenue to $126 billion in Q1

New research from Synergy Research Group found that revenue in the cloud services market grew by 26% from last year.

By Charlotte Trueman

Jun 23, 2022 2 mins

IaaS PaaS Technology Industry

OpenJDK proposal would provide Java class file API

Proposal cites the need for an ‘accurate, complete, up-to-date, performant’ API for parsing, generating, and transforming Java class files.

By Paul Krill

Jun 22, 2022 2 mins

Java Libraries and Frameworks Software Development

Developers value flexibility, tech stack in a hybrid working world

Stack Overflow’s latest developer survey shows that most developers are working remotely and favor a flexible working environment where they can use their favorite technologies.

By Scott Carey

Jun 22, 2022 4 mins

Careers Development Tools Technology Industry

GitHub Copilot AI coding assistant is now generally available

Copilot is available via subscription for commercial developers, free to students and maintainers of popular open source projects.

By Paul Krill

Jun 21, 2022 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Version Control Systems

C# extension for Visual Studio Code set for LSP overhaul

Microsoft will switch the C# extension to the Language Server Protocol to enable more advanced tooling, including closed-source capabilities such as IntelliSense.

By Paul Krill

Jun 17, 2022 2 mins

C# Development Tools Software Development

Aerospike partners with Starburst to jump on the SQL bandwagon

Aerospike is joining the trend for NoSQL database providers to allow users to query data with popular SQL-based business intelligence and analytics tools, to reach a broader customer base.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 16, 2022 3 mins

Analytics Databases SQL

Internet Explorer reaches the end of the line

Microsoft has ended support for its legacy Internet Explorer web browser, though IE mode lives on in Microsoft Edge.

By Paul Krill

Jun 15, 2022 2 mins

Technology Industry Web Development

Microsoft previews text classification API for ML.NET

New text classification API for Microsoft’s open source machine learning framework streamlines model training by using your data to fine-tune an existing model.

By Paul Krill

Jun 15, 2022 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Machine Learning Microsoft .NET

Kubernetes users struggle with security, Red Hat survey says

State of Kubernetes Security report indicates security is a roadblock for organizations adopting Kubernetes, containers, and a cloud-native ecosystems, though devsecops adoption is on the rise.

By Paul Krill

Jun 15, 2022 2 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Security Security

Snowflake taps Python to take on Teradata, Google BigQuery, and Amazon Redshift

Snowflake's updates include support for Python on the Snowpark application development system , data access capabilities, and external tables for on-premises storage.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 14, 2022 5 mins

Data Integration Data Warehousing Python

Snowflake switches gears, from data warehouse to application cloud

With its new Native Application Framework, Snowflake offers developers the ability to build and run applications on a common cloud-based data platform and leverage its Data Marketplace to monetize those apps.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 14, 2022 5 mins

Cloud Computing Data Governance Data Warehousing

Visual Studio Code 1.68 identifies deprecated extensions

May 2022 edition of Microsoft’s open source code editor now alerts users to extensions that are no longer maintained or have been deprecated in favor of another extension.

By Paul Krill

Jun 14, 2022 3 mins

Development Tools Software Development

Kotlin unveils K2 compiler

Kotlin 1.7.0 introduces an alpha version of the new K2 compiler and a new approach to incremental compilation in Gradle.

By Paul Krill

Jun 13, 2022 2 mins

Java JavaScript Kotlin

Will Google’s new bet on low code/no code pay off this time?

The internet giant has launched an updated Vertex AI platform in response to the growing interest in low-code/no-code platforms.

By Varun Aggarwal

Jun 10, 2022 4 mins

No Code and Low Code

Wasmer WebAssembly runtime adds native compilation

With version 2.3, Wasmer compiles to Wasm and introduces a stack switcher to run Wasm code in a separate stack from the host stack.

By Paul Krill

Jun 10, 2022 2 mins

JavaScript Rust Web Development

How MongoDB’s NoSQL database is encroaching on relational database turf

Updates announced at the company’s annual MongoDB World conference this week include new analytics capabilities, a data lake for its Atlas database as a service, and the ability to query encrypted data.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 9, 2022 8 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Software Development

GitHub adds supply chain security tools for Rust language

GitHub’s supply chain security features including the advisory database, Dependabot alerts, and dependency graph are now available for Rust Cargo files.

By Paul Krill

Jun 7, 2022 2 mins

Application Security Rust Version Control Systems

Angular 14 arrives with typed forms, standalone components

Standalone components promise to streamline the development of Angular apps by reducing the need for NgModules.

By Paul Krill

Jun 6, 2022 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Deno Deploy moves toward GA, adds paid plan

Beta 4 of the serverless edge hosting service for JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly applications improves the management dashboard and adds three new regions.

By Paul Krill

Jun 3, 2022 2 mins

Cloud Computing JavaScript Serverless Computing

GitHub Enterprise Server adds code security, automation features

Update to GitHub’s software for managing repositories on private servers features GitHub Container Registry access, Dependabot security alerts and updates, and reusable workflows.

By Paul Krill

Jun 3, 2022 2 mins

Devops Software Development Version Control Systems

C++ 23 to introduce module support

Starting with the standard library, modules promise to improve both compilation speed and how C++ developers organize code.

By Paul Krill

Jun 2, 2022 2 mins

C++ Programming Languages Software Development

“유선 케이블까지 대체 가능?” 와이파이 7의 주요 특징 3가지

와이파이 7이 사용하는 주파수 대역은 와이파이 6E와 같다. 그러나 최대 속도가 두 배에 이른다. 와이파이 6E가 벌써 뒷전으로 밀려나는 것일까?

By Jim Martin

May 30, 2022 5 mins

Networking

Eclipse unveils Java binaries marketplace

The Adoptium Marketplace will give developers access to standard Java binaries from Eclipse, Microsoft, IBM, Azul, and other providers, but not Oracle.

By Paul Krill

May 26, 2022 2 mins

Java Open Source Programming Languages

TypeScript 4.7 crosses the finish line

The latest version of Microsoft’s strongly typed JavaScript introduces support for ECMAScript modules in Node.js, adds coding enhancements.

By Paul Krill

May 25, 2022 3 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Software Development

Microsoft .NET MAUI framework arrives

Microsoft’s Multiplatform App UI framework for .NET allows developers to build desktop and mobile apps from a single C# and XAML codebase.

By Paul Krill

May 25, 2022 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Microsoft .NET Software Development

Google gets serious about Gitops

The cloud vendor is putting its weight behind Gitops as a better way to manage and control configurations across fast-growing Kubernetes environments.

By Scott Carey

May 25, 2022 6 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Software Development

CockroachDB’s 22.1 update aims to help prototype faster, scale on demand

The latest update from the distributed SQL database is expected to aid enterprise engineering teams to prototype faster, automate more operations, and maintain peak performance during massive transaction spikes across geographies with a single platfo

By Anirban Ghoshal

May 25, 2022 3 mins

Databases SQL

Informatica’s Data Management Cloud gets new data engineering, MLOps tools

Updates to Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) are meant to maximize efficiency of an enterprise to handle complex challenges such as data integration, management and engineering.

By Anirban Ghoshal

May 24, 2022 4 mins

Analytics Cloud Computing Machine Learning

GitHub Copilot AI coding assistant due this summer

Microsoft also unveiled cloud-based Dev Box workspaces, Power Pages low-code web development, Azure Container Apps, and more at its annual Build developer conference.

By Paul Krill

May 24, 2022 2 mins

Cloud Computing Development Tools Software Development

Project Leyden set to bring faster startups to Java

Green-lit Project Leyden will work to mitigate slow startup and performance issues by introducing static images to the Java platform.

By Paul Krill

May 23, 2022 2 mins

Java Software Development

Red Hat ditches CodeReady name for dev environments

Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3 and Red Hat OpenShift Local 2 provide an integrated experience for developers working with containers on the OpenShift Kubernetes platform.

By Paul Krill

May 23, 2022 3 mins

Open Source Software Development Technology Industry

OpenFeature feature flag project applies for CNCF sandbox project status

The open source feature flag standard wants to follow in the footsteps of the OpenTelemetry project.

By Scott Carey

May 19, 2022 2 mins

Open Source Software Development

Developer survey: JavaScript and Python reign, but Rust is rising

More than 20,000 developers in 166 countries participated in the SlashData survey, which found that Rust's usage nearly quadrupled over the past 24 months.

By Paul Krill

May 19, 2022 3 mins

Golang Java JavaScript

Java concurrency could be about to get easier

Structured concurrency, a new proposal incubating in the OpenJDK community, would treat multiple tasks running in different Java threads as a single unit of work.

By Paul Krill

May 19, 2022 3 mins

Java Software Development

Bootstrap 5.2.0 bolsters CSS, custom components

Major upgrade to popular web framework introduces CSS variables for all components and improves helpers and utilities for fonts and colors.

By Paul Krill

May 18, 2022 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Mobile Development

Kotlin 1.7.0 beta alters builder type inference

A new memory manager is also featured in the planned language upgrade.

By Paul Krill

May 17, 2022 2 mins

Java Kotlin Mobile Development

CNCF launches ethics in open source training course

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation has developed a new certification for developers looking to better incorporate ethical-first thinking into their open source software design.

By Charlotte Trueman

May 16, 2022 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Certifications Open Source

Microsoft .NET 7 Preview 4 brings Regex improvements, cache metrics

Fourth preview of the forthcoming .NET upgrade adds span support to the Regex library and hit and miss stats for IMemoryCache.

By Paul Krill

May 14, 2022 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Microsoft .NET Software Development

Cloudflare to take on AWS, Azure, Google with D1 distributed database

Cloudflare claims that its new serverless database will reduce data transfer fees and latency for developers when compared to rival databases from AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Oracle.

By Anirban Ghoshal

May 13, 2022 3 mins

Databases

Google Flutter 3 backs macOS, Linux

Framework for building mobile, web, and desktop applications from a shared codebase adds stable support for two key platforms.

By Paul Krill

May 12, 2022 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Mobile Development Web Development

Google Firebase expands Extensions to become more customizable

Google is extending its Firebase software development platform to allow developers to customize pre-built code extensions themselves.

By Scott Carey

May 11, 2022 2 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Google Cloud Platform

Why Google Cloud is battling AWS, Azure, in the red-hot PostgreSQL market

Google Cloud's AlloyDB for PostgreSQL has moved into public preview, and as a Postgres-compatible, fully managed DBaaS (database-as-a-service), will take on offerings from AWS and Microsoft in the hot PostgreSQL market.

By Anirban Ghoshal

May 11, 2022 7 mins

Cloud Computing Databases

RHEL 9 features edge management, container rollback

First production release built from CentOS Stream also introduces Microsoft SQL Server role and protection against hardware-level security vulnerabilities.

By Paul Krill

May 11, 2022 2 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development Technology Industry