The Linux Foundation has launched the Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers initiative in an effort to fund open development of projects within the Chromium ecosystem. The initiative will offer a neutral space for tech companies, academia, developers, and the open source community to come together and work on these projects. The Linux Foundation hopes it will … continue reading
The latest feature drop for Android Studio Ladybug is now available, adding in several new ways to interact with Gemini. Gemini Code Transforms can modify, optimize, or add code to an app by right-clicking in the editor and selecting the Gemini > Generate Code option or highlighting code and selecting Gemini > Transform Selected Code. … continue reading
CISA, the government agency tasked with securing the U.S.’ cyber and physical infrastructure, has released new Information Technology (IT) Sector-Specific Goals (SSGs). According to the organization, the IT SSGs complement Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs) and offer “additional voluntary practices with high-impact security actions.” Organizations can use them to improve the security of their software … continue reading
Software testing company Code Intelligence today announced Spark, an AI test agent that can identify bugs and vulnerabilities without human interaction. In its beta period, for instance, Spark found a vulnerability in WolfSSL where the only human involvement was running a single command to launch the agent. The agent handled analyzing the code, generating a … continue reading
Google has announced the availability of a public developer beta for Android for its Home APIs, which enable developers to create experiences for Google Home devices, such as smart speakers, thermostats, lights, and plugs. The Home APIs were first announced last year at Google I/O, with the goal of opening up access to the ecosystem … continue reading
The low-code company Qt Group has announced a new platform for creating software for use cases like manufacturing, mobility, consumer electronics, and more. According to Qt, this new offering, Qt Accelerate, is ideal for companies that must create proof-of-concepts and then deploy them quickly. The new platform provides packages of pre-designed templates that users can take … continue reading
Companies are planning to invest more heavily in AI skills and security governance, risk, and compliance initiatives this upcoming year, according to new research from O’Reilly. The company’s Technology Trends for 2025 report analyzed data from 2.8 million users on its learning platform. The research shows significant increases in interest in various AI skills, including … continue reading
A number of companies have announced major changes to their executive leadership last month. Here are a couple of the moves across the industry this past month. Intel names two interim co-CEOs after ousting of Pat Gelsinger It was reported that Intel’s board was unhappy with the results Gelsinger was bringing for the company, such … continue reading
High-quality data is the key to a successful AI project, but it appears that many IT leaders aren’t taking the necessary steps to ensure data quality. This is according to a new report from Hitachi Vantara, the State of Data Infrastructure Survey, which includes responses from 1,200 IT decision makers from 15 countries. The report … continue reading
GitHub has announced a free tier of GitHub Copilot to expand the platform’s reach to more developers. “We couldn’t be more excited to make Copilot available to the 150M developers on GitHub,” Thomas Dohmke, CEO of GitHub, wrote in a post. The free tier provides access to 2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages per … continue reading
OpenAI announced several new capabilities for developers, including the availability of OpenAI o1 in the API and updates to the Realtime API. OpenAI o1 is the company’s reasoning model for complex multi-step tasks, and it has begun rolling out to developers on the API’s usage tier 5. Some key capabilities enabled by o1 include function … continue reading
The AI coding assistant provider Tabnine today announced a new feature, Code Provenance and Attribution, to protect companies from unintentionally adding restrictively licensed code into their codebase when using generative AI to write code. The new feature checks AI-generated code against public GitHub repositories to find matches, and flags the license type of the original … continue reading
