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Wednesday October 16, 2024. 11:00 AM
The single biggest new feature in Python 3.13 is something Python users have anticipated for ages: a version of Python that allows full concurrency between Python threads by removing the Global Interpreter Lock. Whether you call it “free-threaded” or “no-GIL” Python, ...
Tuesday October 15, 2024. 11:00 AM
Generative artificial intelligence has grown extremely rapidly, attracting investment and sparking developer interest and creativity. Companies see generative AI as a route to building innovative services and revolutionizing their industries. However, while developers are...
A report by cloud security company Tenable discovered that 74% of companies surveyed had exposed storage or other misconfigurations. This is a dangerous open door to cybercriminals. Overall, cloud security is getting worse. The availability and quality of security tools is...
I like Instagram as much as the next guy. I check in daily on my carefully curated feed of folks I follow and then work hard not to doomscroll the day away. One of my favorite follows is an adorable Corgi (aren’t they all adorable?) named Parsnip. Every day Parsnip, whose ...
Monday October 14, 2024. 05:48 PM
Open source application packages, including those in Python and JavaScript, have a vulnerability in their entry points that could be used by threat actors to execute malicious code to steal data, plant malware, and more. This warning to developers and infosec leaders comes...
It’s not often someone can talk about genAI in a “pragmatic and realistic” way, but those are exactly the accolades handed out to AWS Product Management Director Massimo Re Ferrè following his recent generative AI (genAI) talk. It’s not hard to find opposing...
It’s not often someone can talk about genAI in a “pragmatic and realistic” way, but those are exactly the accolades handed out to AWS Product Management Director Massimo Re Ferrè following his recent generative AI (genAI) talk. It’s not hard to find opposing...
The world has come to rely upon the free work of millions of skilled software developers—the maintainers of free open-source software (FOSS) projects. But the world hasn’t given them a tip. While it’s true that many open-source maintainers are passionate and contribute ...
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses face constant pressure to adapt or risk being left behind. The strategic use of IT-enabled information management capability (IMC) is no longer just an advantage — it’s a necessity. Companies like Amazon and...
Saturday October 12, 2024. 12:32 AM
Ktor 3.0, the latest version of the Kotlin-based framework for building asynchronous client- and server-side applications, is now available. Ktor 3.0 switches to the kotlinx.io library for handling data sources. The release also highlights support for server-sent events...
Friday October 11, 2024. 07:37 PM
Developers and software engineers face mounting pressure to balance rapid innovation with safety and security, says software provider BlackBerry Limited. The company released the results of its survey of 1,000 embedded software developers and engineers worldwide on October...
Sustainability was once a highly touted advantage in public cloud computing. Enterprises and cloud providers flaunted their green initiatives, promoting data centers powered by renewable energy that would reduce carbon footprints. This topic has quietly slipped off the radar ...
Thursday October 10, 2024. 10:25 PM
TypeScript 5.7, the latest planned release of Microsoft’s JavaScript variant with syntax for types, is now available as a beta release. With the update, the language’s type system is now able to report errors when variables have never been initialized. Introduced October ...
The Microsoft Azure Incubations team is one of the more interesting components of Microsoft’s hyperscale cloud. It is something between a traditional software development team and a research organization working to build solutions to the problems of distributed systems at...
Microsoft is previewing packages geared to integrating generative AI services into.NET applications. Called Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions and Microsoft.Extensions.AI libraries, the packages are available in preview as of October 8. The packages are described as...
The Microsoft Azure Incubations team is one of the more interesting components of Microsoft’s hyperscale cloud. It is something between a traditional software development team and a research organization working to build solutions to the problems of distributed systems at...
Generics are used in Java to allow types or methods to operate on objects of various types while providing compile-time type safety. Generics address the problem of ClassCastExceptions being thrown at runtime as a result of code that is not type safe. In this Java 101: Learn ...
Wednesday October 9, 2024. 11:59 PM
Deno 2.0, a major update to the open source Deno runtime for JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly, is now available as a production release. It emphasizes backward compatibility with the rival Node.js runtime and NPM and a stabilized standard library. Proponents say the...
Google Cloud has announced Gemini Code Assist Enterprise, billed as an enterprise-grade tool that lets developers generate or transform code that is more accurate and relevant to their applications. Generally available on October 9, Gemini Code Assist Enterprise is a...
WebSockets is a network communication protocol that enables two-way client-server communication. WebSockets are often used for applications that require instantaneous updates, using a persistent duplex channel atop HTTP to support real-time interactions without constant...
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