Microsoft has launched its Insiders preview program for Visual Studio 2026, providing insights into what developers can expect from the upcoming release. One of the main highlights is that the company plans to integrate AI even further into the IDE, describing it as being “woven into the daily rhythms of coding” as opposed to being … continue reading
Mistral announces new connectors, Memories Mistral announced that its generative AI chat Le Chat now connects with over 20 new connectors, including tools like Asana, Atlassian, Box, Databricks, GitHub, Outlook, Snowflake, Stripe, and Zapier. Users will also now be able to add their own connectors via MCP. The company also announced a beta for Memories, … continue reading
Most reports comparing AI models are based on benchmarks of performance, but a recent research report from Sonar takes a different approach: grouping different models by their coding personalities and looking at the downsides of each when it comes to code quality. The researchers studied five different LLMs using the SonarQube Enterprise static analysis engine … continue reading
The graph database company Neo4j today announced Infinigraph, a new distributed graph architecture that allows Neo4j’s database to run both operational and analytical workloads in one system. According to the company, silos often keep these workloads separate, leading AI applications to suffer, decision-making to be delayed, and costs to increase as a result of complex … continue reading
Cloudsmith, providers of an artifact management platform, announced its ML Model Registry, which can act as a single source of truth for all AI models and datasets a company is using. The registry integrates with the Hugging Face Hub and SDK so that developers can push, pull, and manage models and datasets from Hugging Face … continue reading
Microsoft has announced it is going to be retiring the Microsoft Graph CLI, with a deprecation phase starting now and full retirement scheduled for August 28th, 2026. During the deprecation phase, Microsoft will not add any new features and will only address critical vulnerabilities. According to Microsoft, this change is part of the company’s efforts … 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
