It has been one year since Anthropic first open sourced Model Context Protocol (MCP), and to celebrate this anniversary a new version of the specification is being released. “It’s hard to imagine that a little open-source experiment, a protocol to provide context to models, became the de-facto standard for this very scenario in less than … continue reading
Anthropic has released the latest version of its largest Claude model, Opus. Claude Opus 4.5 is better at handling complex reasoning than previous Claude models and makes improvements across agentic tool use, computer use, novel problem solving, and more. The company says early testers of the new model claim that it handles ambiguity better and … continue reading
A new malicious campaign linked to the Shai-Hulud worm is making its way throughout the npm ecosystem. According to findings from Wiz, over 25,000 npm packages have been compromised and over 350 users have been impacted. Shai-Hulud was a worm that infected the npm registry back in September, and now a new worm spelled as … continue reading
The adoption of AI in enterprise organizations is causing an evolution in the practice of strategic portfolio management (SPM). The changes reshaping this — lean portfolio management, shorter application delivery cycles and the rise of agentic AI — are redefining how organizations align investment with execution. Many organizations that have brought AI into their operations … continue reading
The latest version of the web framework Angular is now available, with new features like Signal Forms (experimental), Angular Aria (preview), and updates to the Angular MCP Server. “With the release of v21, Angular is an even greater partner for your daily adventures — giving you the stability of the Angular framework while enabling you … continue reading
The first wave of AI adoption in software development was about productivity. For the past few years, AI has felt like a magic trick for software developers: We ask a question, and seemingly perfect code appears. The productivity gains are undeniable, and a generation of developers is now growing up with an AI assistant as … continue reading
ChatGPT captured the world’s imagination, but it may have also trapped it. The chatbot interface—with its familiar conversational format—made AI accessible to millions, demonstrating the remarkable capabilities of large language models (LLMs) in a package that felt natural and inviting. Yet this very success has created a misconception: that AI equals chatbots, and that every … continue reading
It seems in the great, exhilarating, terrifying race to take advantage of agentic AI technology, a lot of us are flooring it, desperate to overtake competitors, while forgetting there are several hairpin turns in the distance requiring strategic navigation, lest we run out of talent in the pursuit of ambition and wipe out entirely. One … continue reading
The world of software development is undergoing a transformation, and GitKraken’s free, two-day virtual event, GitKon 2025, is set to redefine what it means to “ship responsibly in the age of AI.” The theme of the conference is “The Builder’s Era,” and according to Jeremy Castile, VP of developer research at host company GitKraken, the … continue reading
CIOs and CTOs have heard the same refrain for years on end: before you can deploy AI, you need to clean and unify your data. That belief made sense in the era of legacy machine learning, when reductive models required meticulous preprocessing and endless consulting hours. Vendors and integrators built entire business models on that … continue reading
Honeycomb has announced that it is expanding its observability platform with native support for standard OpenTelemetry metrics. According to the company, engineers can now use gauges, counters, and histograms to track trends, monitor system health, and detect performance changes over time. This data will give them a better sense of how what is happening in … continue reading
During the Microsoft Ignite conference, Microsoft announced several new products and features designed to enable the agent-powered enterprise. “The future of work will be shaped by Frontier Firms—organizations that are human-led and agent-operated. These companies are reshaping how work gets done, empowering every employee with an AI assistant, amplifying impact with human-agent teamwork, and reinventing … continue reading
