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
Containers have long been a popular way of packaging up and delivering software, but many developers have also begun to explore using containers in more ways than originally intended. In a recent episode of the SD Times podcast, What the Dev, Scott McCarty, senior principal product manager for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, sat down with … continue reading
The Linux-focused security company TuxCare is attempting to alleviate issues caused by .NET 6.0 end of life — which happened in November — by offering its Endless Lifecycle Support for .NET solution. Available for both Windows and Linux, the new offering will enable development teams to keep working with .NET 6.0 in a secure and … continue reading
OpenAI is revealing a beta for a new feature in ChatGPT that enables users to set up one-time or recurring reminders within conversations. A demo created by OpenAI shows a user chatting with ChatGPT about exercises, and then asking “Can you remind me to work out every day at 2pm and pump me up with … continue reading
President Biden today signed an Executive Order to facilitate building the infrastructure needed for AI. Its goal is to enable the country to set up the necessary infrastructure for AI while balancing environmental concerns. “We will not let America be out-built when it comes to the technology that will define the future, nor should we … continue reading
