Google announced that it will be bringing Privacy Sandbox to Android with the goal of introducing new, more private advertising solutions. Privacy Sandbox is an existing initiative by Google to better protect users’ private data. These solutions will limit sharing of user data with third parties and operate without cross-app identifiers, including advertising ID. Google … continue reading
Mizu is an API traffic viewer for Kubernetes that enables users to view all API communication between microservices to help debug and troubleshoot regressions. “Viewing API traffic between microservices is essential if you want to understand the root cause of problems found in complex distributed systems,” Alex Haiut, the co-founder and vice president of engineering … continue reading
The software industry’s reliance on open source along with a sharp increase in open source software (OSS) dependencies helped to make supply chains a major security target. 64% of organizations were impacted by a software supply chain attack in the last year according to a recent report. The report, The 2022 State of the Software … continue reading
Microsoft Azure has been showing faster growth than any other cloud provider over the last few years, and its vast ecosystem of partnerships and integrations continually make it an appealing platform for existing and prospective customers. The platform currently stands as the second largest cloud offering in the world with 21% market share, following AWS’s … continue reading
OpenSSF announced the Alpha-Omega Project to improve the security posture of open-source software by working together with software security experts. Microsoft and Google are supporting the project, which aims to improve global OSS supply chain security by working with project maintainers to systematically look for new, as-yet-undiscovered vulnerabilities in open source code with a $5 … continue reading
Codefresh launched the Codefresh Software Delivery Platform (CSDP), which brings the Argo toolset, including Workflows, Events, CD, and Rollouts, into a single platform. Argo is an open-source project that Codefresh maintains that offers tools for running workflows and managing clusters in Kubernetes. “Enterprise-class tooling for Argo – built on GitOps best practices – enables faster … continue reading
Security company ShiftLeft today announced the new release of its ShiftLeft CORE platform with the Velocity Update that has new features for identifying and addressing potential vulnerabilities earlier in the software development life cycle. New features and capabilities include the ability to perform code analysis for Kotlin apps for mobile development, which is an early-stage … continue reading
Elyra is a set of AI-centric extensions to JupyterLab Notebooks that includes features like an AI pipelines visual editor; the ability to run a notebook, Python, or R script as a batch job; reusable code snippets, and more. To create pipelines using the Visual Pipeline Editor, users need to open the JupyterLab Launcher and select … continue reading
Weaveworks acquired the policy-as-code startup Magalix to secure Kubernetes applications by integrating the solution into Weave GitOps. “Enterprise customers have made it clear that trusted application delivery is critical to the success of their increasingly complex cloud native platforms,” said Alexis Richardson, the CEO of Weaveworks. “With the acquisition of Magalix, Weaveworks introduces customizable policies, … continue reading
Microsoft released its roadmap for its planned updates for Java on Visual Studio Code and highlighted its most important improvements in 2021. 2021 saw substantial improvements on all extensions in the Extension Pack for Java including 1.0 release of Language Support for Java, a Gradle for Java extension release, a new and better getting started … continue reading
The Harness CI/CD platform is now available through a free, source-available community edition. The company recently announced that it released the CD component of its platform as an open-source tool, whereas previously only the CI component had an open source version. According to the company, Harness uses machine learning to determine deployment quality and can … continue reading
The Linux Foundation announced that it created three new training courses on the edX platform, which cover Linux, Git, and other open source development tools. The courses can be taken individually or combined to earn a Professional Certificate in Open Source Software Development, Linux and Git. Open Source Software Development: Linux for Developers (LFD107x) covers … continue reading
