Having the correct customer information in your databases is necessary for a number of reasons, but especially when it comes to active contact information like email addresses or phone numbers. “Data errors cost users time, effort, and money to resolve, so validating phone numbers allows users to spend those valuable resources elsewhere,” explained John DeMatteo, … continue reading
Microsoft has announced and is open-sourcing a new data processing system called Drasi that can detect and react to changes in complex systems. This new project “simplifies the automation of intelligent reactions in dynamic systems, delivering real-time actionable insights without the overhead of traditional data processing methods,” Mark Russinovich, CTO, deputy chief information security officer, … continue reading
OpenAI now offers a more collaborative way of interacting with ChatGPT. ChatGPT Canvas is a new interface for conversations that makes it easier to iterate on a writing or coding project. When triggered, it opens a separate window where ChatGPT and the user can collaborate side by side. “People use ChatGPT every day for help … continue reading
The process of coming up with an official Open Source AI Definition has been progressing along, and now the Open Source Initiative (OSI) — the group that has been spearheading this effort — has announced Release Candidate 1 for the definition. The OSI started the process of creating this definition back in 2022, and for … continue reading
Today at Degreed Vision, Degreed, the world’s leading enterprise learning platform for skill-driven development, announced several new solutions and partnerships to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of learning and talent development. A decade after pioneering the Learning Experience Platform (LXP) to streamline the complexity of using always-on digital content for workforce learning, Degreed today showcased new skills, automation, and artificial … continue reading
MongoDB has announced the release of the latest version of its database platform—MongoDB 8.0. According to the company, this release offers significant performance improvements compared to MongoDB 7.0, such as 36% better read throughput, 56% faster bulk writes, 20% faster concurrent writes during replication, and 200% faster handling of higher volumes of time series data, … continue reading
OpenAI held its annual DevDay conference yesterday, where it announced its Realtime API, as well as features like prompt caching, vision fine-tuning, and model distillation. The Realtime API is designed for building low-latency, multimodal experiences, and it’s now available as a public beta. The company shared a couple of examples of companies that are using … continue reading
SmartBear, a provider of software quality and visibility solutions, has integrated the load testing engine of LoadNinja into its automated testing tool, TestComplete. Testers can now re-use their functional tests and run them as a load test in a single workflow, optimizing efficiency and productivity, enhancing test coverage, and reducing costs – solving the pain … continue reading
BURLINGTON, Mass., Oct. 1, 2024 — The former Synopsys Software Integrity Group announced today that it has rebranded as Black Duck Software, Inc. (“Black Duck”), a newly independent application security company. The company’s new brand is inspired by its flagship software supply chain solution, Black Duck software composition analysis (SCA), which has helped thousands of organizations … continue reading
The iPhone 16 Pro is Apple’s premier iPhone. It has several new features, like a dedicated camera multi-function button that cuts across the iPhone line, that are both useful and needed. But as I watched the launch presentation of the iPhone 16 Pro and they spoke about the camera features, the phone seemed to be … continue reading
Liquid AI, an AI startup spun out from MIT, has announced its first series of generative AI models, which it refers to as Liquid Foundation Models (LFMs). “Our mission is to create best-in-class, intelligent, and efficient systems at every scale – systems designed to process large amounts of sequential multimodal data, to enable advanced reasoning, … continue reading
Fostering a positive developer experience and aligning it with business goals may seem like an obvious focus for organizational stakeholders. When developers feel empowered to innovate, they deliver customer experiences that positively impact the bottom line. Yet key organizational stakeholders still struggle to get visibility into how products are advancing, from ideation to delivery. To … continue reading
