Google’s Agent2Agent protocol finds new home at the Linux Foundation At the Open Source Summit North America, it was announced that Google donated its Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol to the Linux Foundation. The A2A protocol offers a standard way for connecting agents to each other. In this way, it complements Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), which … continue reading
Google’s Agent2Agent protocol finds new home at the Linux Foundation At the Open Source Summit North America, it was announced that Google donated its Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol to the Linux Foundation. The A2A protocol offers a standard way for connecting agents to each other. In this way, it complements Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), which … continue reading
The Eclipse Foundation today announced the release of Jakarta EE 11 Platform, which builds on the releases of the Core Profile in December 2024 and Web Profile in March. This update adds significant enhancements, including a modernized Test Compatibility Kit (TCK) framework, updates to several specifications, and a new data specification. According to Tanja Obradovic, … continue reading
Warp is undergoing a significant transformation with its 2.0 launch, shifting from its origins as a terminal emulator with AI integrations into an Agentic Development Environment (ADE). “The products on the market today, from AI IDEs to CLI coding agents, all miss the mark supporting this workflow. They bolt agents onto code editors through chat … continue reading
The Overture Maps Foundation today announced the launch of its Global Entity Reference System (GERS), which assigns a unique ID to geospatial entities, including 2.6 billion buildings, 61 million places, 321 million road segments, and almost 447 million addresses. The system will allow developers to more easily join datasets, share information, and onboard new data, … continue reading
The Android development team has announced the addition of Agent Mode for Gemini in Android Studio. With Agent Mode, a developer can describe a complex goal, then the agent will come up with an execution plan and then complete the tasks. Examples of tasks Agent Mode can tackle include building a project and fixing errors, … continue reading
At the Open Source Summit North America, it was announced that Google donated its Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol to the Linux Foundation. The A2A protocol offers a standard way for connecting agents to each other. In this way, it complements Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), which provides a way to connect agents to different data sources … continue reading
Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash are generally available and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite in preview According to Google, no changes have been made to Pro and Flash since the last preview, except for the pricing for Flash is different. When these models were first announced, there was separate thinking and non-thinking pricing, but Google said that … continue reading
Google has announced updates across its Gemini 2.5 family of reasoning models, including making Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash generally available and introducing a preview of Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite. According to Google, no changes have been made to Pro and Flash since the last preview, except for the pricing for Flash is different. When these … continue reading
IBM is announcing new capabilities to help companies unify their security and governance strategies for their AI agents. “AI agents are set to revolutionize enterprise productivity, but the very benefits of AI agents can also present a challenge,” said Ritika Gunnar, general manager of data and AI at IBM. “When these autonomous systems aren’t properly … continue reading
Parasoft released the latest version of its testing solution for C and C++ code, Parasoft C/C++test 2025.1. According to Parasoft, this latest update includes new capabilities that are designed to meet the strict requirements of applications in heavily regulated industries. It now supports MISRA C:2025, which are guidelines for using C in critical systems; has … continue reading
The team behind the open-source distributed NoSQL database ScyllaDB has announced a new iteration of its managed offering, this time focusing on adapting workloads based on demand. ScyllaDB X Cloud can scale up or down within a matter of minutes to meet actual usage, eliminating the need to overprovision for worst-case scenarios or deal with … continue reading
