Over the weekend, I was looking to book flights for holidays. All excited, I was able to find a decent price for my family to head for some sunshine later this summer. I reached the payment stage, and that’s where the excitement and smile stopped. I was waiting for confirmation that my payment was finalizing, … continue reading
Anthropic starts testing a Claude extension for Chrome The extension will enable Claude to take action on websites on behalf of the user. “We’ve spent recent months connecting Claude to your calendar, documents, and many other pieces of software. The next logical step is letting Claude work directly in your browser,” the company says. The … continue reading
Google has announced that it has brought the Gemini CLI to the open source code editor, Zed. The new integration will enable Zed users to generate and refactor code in the editor, get instant answers on code or error messages, and chat naturally in the terminal. Developers will be able to follow along live with the … continue reading
Microsoft has released the August update for Visual Studio 2022, adding several features related to AI-assisted development. The company announced that GPT-5 is now integrated into the IDE, and support for MCP is generally available as well. MCP support enables developers to authenticate with any OAuth provider directly from the IDE, perform one-click installation of … continue reading
The product analytics company Amplitude is announcing new self-service capabilities that will enable marketing and growth teams to run user experiments without waiting on development teams. “Every click and conversion matters, and marketers can’t afford to wait weeks just to test an idea. Unfortunately, that’s the reality with most legacy experimentation tools: visual editors break … continue reading
Android will soon require app developers to go through an identity verification process before their apps can be installed on users’ devices—regardless of if the apps are downloaded through the Play Store or sideloaded. “Think of it like an ID check at the airport, which confirms a traveler’s identity but is separate from the security … continue reading
Today at the Open Source Summit Europe, The Linux Foundation announced that the open-source document database, DocumentDB, would be joining the foundation and be released under the MIT license. DocumentDB was created by Microsoft and launched earlier this year. Since its release, it has gained 1.9k stars and hundreds of contributions, feedback, and users, according … continue reading
Agent Mode in Gemini Code Assist now available in VS Code and IntelliJ This mode was introduced last month to the Insiders Channel for VS Code to expand the capabilities of Code Assist beyond prompts and responses to support actions like multiple file edits, full project context, and built-in tools and integration with ecosystem tools. … continue reading
HoundDog.ai today announced the general availability of its expanded privacy-by-design static code scanner, now purpose-built to address privacy risks in AI applications. Addressing the growing concerns around data leaks in AI workflows, the new release enables security and privacy teams to enforce guardrails on the types of sensitive data embedded in large language model (LLM) … continue reading
R Systems International Limited, a global leader in digital product engineering, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Novigo Solutions, a specialist in low-code/no-code (LCNC) development and intelligent-automation services. The strategic acquisition creates a global digital product engineering services powerhouse with INR 20,600M (~$240M) revenue and INR 3,800M (~$45M) EBITDA, … continue reading
Microsoft has been adding several new diagnostics features to Copilot in Visual Studio for .NET to make the debugging process easier. “The same tools you rely on are now able to keep up with you, identify issues more quickly, offer context-smart fixes, and help you move from asking ‘why is this broken?’ to ‘oh, I … continue reading
GitHub has added a new panel to its UI that enables developers to invoke the Copilot coding agent from anywhere on the site. The coding agent was launched a few months ago, allowing developers to assign an issue to it and have it work in the background and create a draft pull request. The functionality … continue reading
