Google announces a new experimental conversational AI service
The team at Google recently announced that Bard, Google’s new experimental conversational AI service powered by LaMDA, has been opened up to select testers before it becomes more widely available in the coming weeks. Bard is intended to foster the combination of knowledge with the power, intelligence, and creativity of Google’s language models. The AI …
SonarQube 9.9 LTS helps organizations produce clean code
SonarSource’s release of SonarQube 9.9 Long-Term Support (LTS) aims to help organizations clean their code quickly with accelerated pull request analysis, support for building and deploying secure cloud-native applications, and more. “Our mission is to equip organizations with the solution and methodology to achieve a state of Clean Code, making all code fit for development …
Android app authentication just got simpler with Credential Manager
Android developers now have a better way to authenticate users using the new Credential Manager. Credential Manager is a Jetpack API that brings together various sign-in methods into a single API, which will make it easier for users to become authenticated, regardless of their preferred sign-in method. According to the Android team, the simplification provided …
The Layers and Phases of Effective Digital Transformations
Technology is a tool, not a strategy. When a company undergoes a digital transformation, they are embedding technologies across their businesses to drive fundamental change, often resulting in increased efficiency and greater agility. But that change doesn’t just happen on its own overnight, and a big reason why only 30 percent of transformations are successful …
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Software intelligence is key to creating better applications
Development teams are always on a mission to create better quality software, be more efficient, and please their users as much as possible. The introduction of AI into the development pipeline makes this possible, from software intelligence to AI-assisted development tools. Both can work hand in hand to reach the same goal, but there’s a …
Sonatype’s OSS security offerings can now be deployed in the cloud
The software supply chain security company Sonatype is attempting to make it easier for development and security teams to come together and innovate. They announced new deployment options, enabling companies to run Sonatype software in the cloud. Nexus Lifecycle and Nexus Firewall can now be deployed in the cloud, which enables companies to get up …
How to build trust in AI for software testing
The application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in software testing is both lauded and maligned, depending on who you ask. It’s an eventuality that strikes balanced notes of fear and optimism in its target users. But one thing’s for sure: the AI revolution is coming our way. And, when you thoughtfully consider …
SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Helios
HashiCorp announced that it is open-sourcing the design system used in the company’s product UIs called Helios. Helios was launched internally 6 months ago, and it enables product teams to create beautiful, consistent, and accessible user experiences and interfaces, all while being scalable and flexible. “The public launch of Helios is an active choice to …
Go 1.20 includes a preview of profile-guided optimization
The Go team has announced the release of Go 1.20, which features four language changes and changes in the implementation of the toolchain, runtime, and libraries. It also includes a preview for profile-guided optimization (PGO), a new feature that allows the compiler to perform optimizations based on run-time profile information. According to the team, providing …
Netlify acquires Gatsby to bolster web dev capabilities
The team at Netlify, the modern web development platform, has announced its acquisition of Gatsby Inc., provider of a cloud platform for web delivery and content orchestration, and creators of the open-source framework Gatsby. According to Netlify, this latest acquisition is geared at further supporting its 3 million users with the addition of Gatsby’s open-source, …
Jetpack.io launches to help developers write cloud apps at scale
Platform engineering company Jetpack.io has formally launched with its main offering of Devbox Cloud, a managed service offering for the open-source project Devbox. Devbox enables developers to define development environments by selecting their preferred tools one time and then recreating those same environments locally everytime. With Devbox Cloud, developers can share those environments with others …
OpenAI launches paid ChatGPT subscription plan
In a surprise to no one, OpenAI has begun to monetize ChatGPT, its generative AI chatbot that was released as a free research preview in November 2022. It has announced a new subscription plan that costs $20/month and solves some of the issues people have been having with ChatGPT, such as it seeming to be …
How observability prevents developers from flying blind
When changing lanes on the highway, one of the most important things for drivers to remember is to always check their blind spot. Failing to do this could lead to an unforeseen, and ultimately avoidable, accident. The same is true for development teams in an organization. Failing to provide developers with insight into their tools …
Time to hide your API
The need for robust API security is growing rapidly in response to the increasing dependence of organizations on APIs for their digital operations. With 70% of respondents to a report expecting to use more APIs in 2023 than last year, this presents a heightened challenge for API security, which only comprises about 4% of the …
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