Microsoft is continuing to improve generative AI across Windows with new updates to Microsoft 365 Copilot. The company has announced that the ability for users to create their own autonomous agents in Copilot Studio is moving from private to public preview next month. Agents can be triggered by specific events and act on their own, … continue reading
Gemini users will now be able to more easily select the model that fits their requirements by using Google AI Studio’s new Compare Mode. “As a developer, you understand the critical tradeoffs involved in model selection, such as cost, latency, token limits, and response quality. Compare Mode simplifies this process by allowing you to evaluate … continue reading
Apple is adding new requirements for developers releasing apps through its App Store in the EU because of new rules imposed by the Digital Services Act (DSA), a new regulation for online platforms and marketplaces designed to make those spaces safer and more transparent. As of October 17, developers will need to submit their “trader” … continue reading
Endor Labs is trying to help companies select more secure open source models with the release of Endor Scores for AI Models. The new scoring system evaluates AI models on Hugging Face using 50 metrics related to security, popularity, quality, and activity. The company had previously developed a scoring system for open source packages in … continue reading
More and more, development teams are adopting an API-first approach to software development, in which APIs are the building blocks of software and everything else is built around them. This is in contrast to code-first, where the full application — including the API, UI, and other components — is planned out together at the same … continue reading
The Eclipse Foundation recently conducted a report on open source in the Global South, the region of the world which the United Nations defines as “the developing and emerging industrial economies across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and Oceania.” To learn about the findings of the report and what they mean, we spoke with … continue reading
Microsoft is making it easier to use passkeys on Windows 11 by introducing a way for third-party passkey providers to integrate with Windows’ passkey system, improving the user experience for creating and using passkeys, and adding the ability to sync passkeys across multiple Windows 11 devices. Passkeys are a safer alternative to passwords where users … continue reading
To enable companies to more easily incrementally adopt GraphQL without needing to overhaul their existing systems, Apollo GraphQL has announced a public preview of Apollo Connectors, which enables developers to turn a REST API into a GraphQL endpoint. According to the company, this helps to bridge the gap between REST architectures and GraphQL deployments, which … continue reading
Over the last year, Atlassian has been introducing a number of AI enhancements across its products to help users be even more productive, such as generative AI in Confluence and Jira, suggestions on how to break down large projects, and AI generated automation rules. Additionally, earlier this year, the company announced Atlassian Rovo, a generative … continue reading
The collaboration workspace platform Miro has announced a new evolution of its platform called the Innovation Workspace, which the company says is the most significant update to the platform since 2012. According to the company, other productivity apps follow a document-first or task-first approach, while Miro follows a canvas-first approach. This makes it easier to … continue reading
Having the correct customer information in your databases is necessary for a number of reasons, but especially when it comes to active contact information like email addresses or phone numbers. “Data errors cost users time, effort, and money to resolve, so validating phone numbers allows users to spend those valuable resources elsewhere,” explained John DeMatteo, … continue reading
Microsoft has announced and is open-sourcing a new data processing system called Drasi that can detect and react to changes in complex systems. This new project “simplifies the automation of intelligent reactions in dynamic systems, delivering real-time actionable insights without the overhead of traditional data processing methods,” Mark Russinovich, CTO, deputy chief information security officer, … continue reading
