Microsoft today announced that users of Outlook, OneDrive, Family Safety, and more can now opt out of using passwords and choose alternative authentication methods, predicting that “the future is passwordless.” This comes after the company announced that passwordless sign-in was generally available for commercial users, bringing the feature to enterprise organizations around the world. Some of the … continue reading
The latest edition of the OWASP Top 10 showed that all of the highest-priority vulnerabilities since 2017 have shifted and new ones have been introduced. Broken Access Control has dethroned Injection as the top vulnerability, whereas it previously held fifth place. The 34 Common Weakness Enumerations (CWEs) mapped to Broken Access Control had more occurrences … continue reading
Android announced the final Beta update for Android 12 to help developers with testing and development. Since platform stability was achieved with Beta 4, all app-facing surfaces are final, including SDK and NDK APIs, app-facing system behaviors, and restrictions on non-SDK interfaces. “Today’s Beta 5 release has everything you need to try the Android 12 … continue reading
Micro Focus announced the release of UFT Mobile 2021 which visually enhances the mobile testing experience, optimizes utilization of devices, simplifies administration capabilities, and supports additional technologies. The dashboard can also assist with decision making. For example, device information is useful when deciding if additional devices of a certain OS version are required in general … continue reading
JetBrains announced a new dedicated IDE for Data Science under the Early-Access Program. DataSpell offers a productive development environment for data science professionals who are actively involved in exploratory data analysis and prototyping machine learning models. The IDE offers native support for Jupyter notebooks and provides an enhanced experience over traditional Jupyter notebooks. It also … continue reading
Microsoft announced the September 2021 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code, which includes a rich Python editing experience in the browser, a revamped testing experience, and a new button for running and debugging files on the editor. The new version also includes an update regarding the Microsoft Python Language Server’s end of … continue reading
It’s no surprise that organizations are trying to do more with less. In the case of managing infrastructure, they’re in fact trying to do much more in the area of provisioning software — not by lessening it but by eliminating infrastructure altogether, through the use of serverless technology. According to Jeffrey Hammond, the vice president … continue reading
The Apache Drill Project announced the release of Apache DrillTM v1.19, the schema-free Big Data SQL query engine for Apache Hadoop, NoSQL, and Cloud storage. “Drill 1.19 is our biggest release ever,” said Charles Givre, the Vice President of Apache Drill. “With an already short learning curve, Drill 1.19 makes it even easier for users … continue reading
Tableau unveiled its new data and analytics platform capabilities that include new capabilities to make data challenges easier to manage and to ensure that analytics scales with enterprise demand. Tableau Prep now makes it easier for customers to reduce loads and costs of server resources automatically, and new capabilities help by alerting users of potential … continue reading
Rookout, the modern debugging platform, today announced Live Logger, which will complement the company’s existing Live Debugger for dynamic observability into modern applications. Live Logger enables developers to switch logs on and off on-demand and to change their verbosity on the fly to significantly reduce logging noise and cost. “Logs have become a ‘can’t live … continue reading
Anaconda announced that it would begin funding the Pyston project by hiring its lead developers Kevin Modzelewski and Marius Wachtler. Pyston’s core developers will focus on building an open-source community of users, contributors, and maintainers to ensure the Pyston project’s long-term sustainability, according to the company. The project is an open-source implementation of the Python … continue reading
Apple announced new changes to the App Store that will resolve a class-action lawsuit from US developers. The agreement clarifies that developers can share purchase options with users outside of their iOS app; expands the price points developers can offer for subscriptions, in-app purchases, and paid apps; and establishes a new fund to assist qualifying … continue reading
