Tag: tech

October 19, 2023

Oracle has released the Oracle Java Platform extension for Visual Studio Code, bringing full-featured Java development for Maven and Gradle projects to Microsoft’s popular code editor. Available in the VS Code portion of the Visual Studio Marketplace, the Oracle Java […]

October 18, 2023

Just the other day, we talked about how unusual it is for the iPhone version of Google Maps to get new features before the Android version. Google did it with the weather information, and it’s about to do it again […]

October 16, 2023

Every software developer knows the dream. We sit in some deck chairs by the pool as the AIs and no-code layers keep the enterprise stack running smoothly. Perhaps we get a whim or an urge to redesign some section of […]

October 11, 2023

Agile software development is an iterative approach to software development that focuses on delivering working software quickly and frequently, with continuous feedback from stakeholders. It is a broad term that encompasses a variety of methodologies. Including Scrum, Kanban, and Extreme […]

October 10, 2023

Since Structured Query Language was invented in the early 1970s, it has been the default way to manage interaction with databases. SQL remains one of the top five programming languages according to Stack Overflow, with around 50% of developers using […]

October 6, 2023

Microsoft has released a revamped and redesigned Teams app for Windows and macOS. The preview version was launched back in March, with the company planning for a general release in June. After a few months’ delay, it’s now finally available. […]

October 5, 2023

BastionZero’s OpenPubkey, which is a new cryptographic protocol that’s designed to fortify the open-source software ecosystem, is now a Linux Foundation open-source project. Docker is also integrating OpenPubkey, so that you can use it for container signing. This innovative cryptographic […]

October 4, 2023

In the ever-evolving world of Java enterprise applications, efficient data integration and persistence are crucial for building robust and scalable systems. The Jakarta Data specification helps with data handling. This framework simplifies data integration, supports polyglot persistence, and unifies Jakarta […]

October 4, 2023

When you choose Python for software development, you get a large language ecosystem with a wealth of packages covering all manner of programming needs. But in addition to libraries for everything from GUI development to machine learning, you can also […]

September 29, 2023

Version 2.14 of Linkerd, a service mesh and graduated CNCF project, has been released, with improved enterprise multi-cluster support, full Kubernetes Gateway API conformance, and many other changes. Following the recent 2.13 release, which brought circuit breaking and dynamic request […]

September 20, 2023

Just months after unveiling its three-tier generative AI strategy across multiple product offerings, Oracle has taken the covers off its new API-led generative AI service at its ongoing annual CloudWorld conference. The new generative AI service, which is built and […]

September 20, 2023

In the Linux world, package managers catalog and install the software available in a given Linux distribution. Until recently, Microsoft Windows software management wasn’t that centralized. There was a system for adding or removing components for Windows itself, but not […]

September 11, 2023

Last week, the European Union (EU) announced the first set of gatekeeper tech companies and gatekeeper services, and we’ve already discussed what it means. For example, iMessage isn’t a gatekeeper yet, so it doesn’t have to support Google’s RCS. But […]

September 11, 2023

The Register reports that IBM Software’s Kareem Yusuf, senior VP for product management, and Dinesh Nirmal, senior VP for products, gave employees the bad news in an internal blog published last week. “If we want to maintain the flexibility of […]

September 11, 2023

Old and current versions of Android are affected by a peculiar bug in the way the OS calculates storage space usage on mobile devices. Android specialist Mishaal Rahman, who discovered the issue earlier this year, noted that even in the […]

September 8, 2023

Bun, an all-in-one toolkit for building, testing, debugging, and running JavaScript and TypeScript apps, has reached stable production-ready status as of September 8. Positioned as a drop-in replacement for Node.js, Bun is a single executable intended to eliminate complexity and […]

September 1, 2023

Zoom video calls are the cornerstone of many businesses’ everyday operations and act as a platform for idea collaboration, project management, information sharing, and more. As a result, taking notes in Zoom calls is oftentimes essential, and this new feature […]

September 1, 2023

The familiar Google Maps interface might start looking a bit different soon. 9to5Google reports that Google is testing a major redesign of the default map layer with a new color scheme. The new color scheme looks a lot more like […]

August 28, 2023

The latest version of the Google Maps app for the iPhone includes hidden code-level references to Live Activities, according to MacRumors contributor Steve Moser. The feature remains in development and it is not yet functional in the app. Live Activities […]

August 28, 2023

No one would have guessed in October 2022 that artificial intelligence (AI) would shortly revolutionize the world. Then, on November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT and everything changed. Now, AI is everywhere. The next major step was when ChatGPT would […]