SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: OSS Port

Getting involved in an open source project is a great way to build your skills as a developer, especially for those looking to have some practical experience they can show to prospective employers. OSS Port is an open source repository of projects that are actively looking for contributors that can make it easier to find … continue reading

SD Times news digest: Vertex Pipelines general availability; AudioEye issue reporting; Crystal 1.2.2; Habu Series B

Google announced the general availability of Vertex Pipelines, which is a machine learning (ML) pipeline. Vertex Pipelines supports Kubeflow Pipelines (KFP) and TensorFlow Extended (TFX), two widely used open-source libraries, meaning users can define their pipeline using one of these libraries and run it on Vertex Pipelines. In addition, Vertex Pipelines operates entirely server free. … continue reading

Google expands Summer of Code eligibility beyond university students

Google announced that it is broadening the scope of Google Summer of Code (GSoC) by opening the program to all newcomers of open source that are 18 years and older.  Previously, the program was focused only on university students or recent graduates.  The goal of the 17-year-old program is to have these new contributors stay … continue reading

SD Times news digest: Allstacks releases industry benchmark dashboard; IBM to add new NLP enhancements to Watson Discovery; Workato raises $200 million in Series E

Allstacks today announced the release of a live dashboard with valuable industry benchmark data from software engineer teams for free on its website. This allows any organization to access real-time, actionable data in order to achieve continuous improvement goals by comparing the progress of its own software teams. With this, software teams can become more … continue reading

Plutora takes on progressive release management

Plutora today is releasing updates to its platform with an emphasis on empowering progressive release management, a new practice that relies on analytics to focus on things that are problems. According to Plutora, progressive release management helps organizations scale and de-risk their release processes as they transition from traditional, project-based ways of working to current … continue reading

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NVIDIA goes all in on AI advancement at GTC

At its virtual GTC event, NVIDIA announced a number of new technologies it believes will transform several industries. It expanded its virtual world collaboration platform Omniverse with the introduction of NVIDIA Omniverse Avatar and NVIDIA Omniverse Replicator.  NVIDIA Omniverse Avatar can be used to create interactive AI avatars using the company’s speech AI, computer vision, … continue reading

Veracode launches scanning tool to find API vulnerabilities

Veracode launched an advanced scanning tool that enables organizations to find and fix vulnerabilities in APIs.  The new capability leverages Veracode’s Dynamic Analysis (DAST) scanning engine to provide comprehensive security insights and remediation guidance for APIs. “The explosion of APIs means that application development is becoming more fragmented and decentralized in nature, so the attack … continue reading

SD Times news digest: NuGet 6.0; .NET MAUI Preview 10; Contrast Security $150 million in Series E funding

Microsoft announced that NuGet 6.0 is being included in Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 6.0 out of the box. NuGet 6.0 can also be downloaded for macOS, Windows, and Linux as a standalone executable. The NuGet tooling assists developers in discovering new .NET packages to use for their .NET applications, while also making package management … continue reading

McAfee to be acquired by an investor group for $14 billion

McAfee today announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by an investor group led by Advent International Corporation (“Advent”) and Permira Advisors LLC (“Permira”, Crosspoint Capital Partners (“Crosspoint Capital”), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (“CPP Investments”), GIC Private Limited (“GIC”), and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority … continue reading

SD Times news digest: Swimm raises $27.6 million in funding; Python in Visual Studio Code November release; UiPath platform 2021.10 released

The continuous documentation startup, Swimm, today announced the launch of an open beta, granting free access to any team that wishes to use the platform. With the use of Swimm’s continuous documentation platform, organizations can simplify the process of creating, finding, and maintaining relevant documentation as part of the existing development workflows.  Swimm ensures that … continue reading

SD Times news digest: Microsoft launches .NET Tech Community Forums; Microsoft joins Java Community Process; AWS announces Babelfish Aurora PostgreSQL

Microsoft recently announced the .NET Tech Community Forums for all .NET developer topics and discussions. To take part in this forum, developers can join the .NET tech community, choose a discussion space, start a new discussion, and collaborate with other .NET developers. The .NET Tech Community Forums also allow users to follow any topic that … continue reading

Huawei’s Harmony OS: Doing what Microsoft couldn’t

When the United States moved to sanction Huawei and deny it access to American technology, it forced Huawei to pivot away from Google and Android and embrace a next-generation operating system it had been working on quietly for years.  The disadvantage to a new OS is that it has no initial developer support; the advantage … continue reading

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