Code.org and Amazon have announced the launch of a new curriculum for grades 8-12 to teach AI coding skills to kids. Code.org is a learning platform for computer science that is used in many schools, and it has been partnering with Amazon on various educational initiatives for a decade. According to Code.org, this new program, … continue reading
The web and mobile development company WaveMaker today announced the launch of WaveMaker AutoCode, which is an AI-powered plugin for Figma that creates “pixel-perfect front-end components with lightning fast accuracy,” according to the company. Figma is a collaborative design platform that brings together design and development teams into a single space. WaveMaker AutoCode works out-of-the-box … continue reading
OpenAI has just announced a new AI agent that can synthesize large amounts of information online to complete multi-step research projects. “Deep research is OpenAI’s next agent that can do work for you independently—you give it a prompt, and ChatGPT will find, analyze, and synthesize hundreds of online sources to create a comprehensive report at … continue reading
Software companies are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms, and it can be hard to keep up with it all. We’ve written this roundup to share updates from 10 notable companies that have recently enhanced their products with AI. Amazon Q Developer agent gets an update The agent now … continue reading
Microsoft has announced that DeepSeek R1 is now available through Azure AI Foundry and GitHub. DeepSeek is an open source AI model created in China that has been a topic of conversation over the past week after claims of how the model was seemingly trained for a fraction of what U.S.-based AI companies have spent … continue reading
Yugabyte has announced the release of YugabyteDB 2.25, which offers complete compatibility with PostgreSQL 15 and introduces several new features. According to the company’s co-founder and co-CEO Karthik Ranganathan explained that this release is the culmination of a long-term project to bring YugabyteDB users the features that were added in more recent versions of PostgreSQL … continue reading
Testing is an important part of the software development process, helping to ensure that applications are working as they’re intended. But what happens when those tests aren’t trustworthy? A “flaky test” is a test that sometimes passes and sometimes fails under the same exact circumstances, according to Trisha Gee, lead developer advocate at Gradle, in … continue reading
A new report from the Java vendor Azul claims that 88% of companies are considering moving off of Oracle Java to another alternative as a result of rising costs and restrictive policies from Oracle, among other issues. Oracle changed its licensing model for Java two years ago to base the cost on the number of … continue reading
Value Stream Management (VSM) was all the rage a few years ago, but now there’s a new contender for measuring how much value software is driving: Software Engineering Intelligence. “While Value Stream Management continued to lose steam in 2024, we also saw the fast emergence of Software Engineering Intelligence (SEI) to take its place,” Derek … continue reading
The Android development team today announced the first beta for the upcoming Android 16, which is expected to be released in Q2 of 2025. Currently, it’s expected that Android 16 will reach platform stability in March, at which point the Android team will deliver the final SDK and NDK APIs as well as final internal … continue reading
JetBrains has announced the launch of its new AI coding agent, Junie. Junie runs within JetBrains IDEs and can take on simple coding tasks or assist on more complex tasks with collaboration from the developer. “Thanks to the power of JetBrains IDEs, coupled with reliable LLMs, Junie already solves tasks that would otherwise require hours … continue reading
Postman is helping make it easier for developers to design, test, and deploy AI agents with the launch of its AI Agent Builder tool. According to the company, the rise of AI agents represents a shift in how software systems are being built and run. “As agents gain traction, we could see a 10X–100X increase … continue reading
