SQL database company Yugabyte has announced a number of enhancements across its portfolio to provide customers with a database that suits the demands of modern applications. YugabyteDB 2.17 was released with new APIs for xCluster, which will help support planned and unplanned failovers to help companies meet business continuity goals. The database now offers a … continue reading
Microsoft has had a bit of a year in terms of providing developers with the tools they need to succeed. A lot of the updates that Microsoft has made in the last 12 months have been developer-focused, including .NET 7, .NET MAUI, and Visual Studio updates. .NET 7 was released just last month. When the … continue reading
There were two major Java releases in 2022: Java 18 and Java 19. Java 17, released in 2021, was the last Long-Term Support release of the language, and the majority of developers tend to stick to LTS releases, according to various surveys of the ecosystem over the years. But still, it’s important to go over … continue reading
Quantum infrastructure company Q-CTRL has announced the release of a new software package aimed at helping algorithm developers get more useful results from quantum computers. According to the company, quantum computing shows great promise across a number of industries, but most of the computers today are very prone to errors and can only perform short … continue reading
The game development ideation platform Ludo has announced two new features to its toolset: a new Market Analysis capability and a new Image Generator. Market Analysis uses AI to predict the market potential of a new game idea. This will help developers save time by limiting their focus to work on things that will connect … continue reading
AWS re:Invent is coming to a close today, but the company hasn’t stopped making announcements. Check here for recaps from the previous days: Day 1 Day 2 Here are the latest updates from the event: Amazon previews CodeCatalyst CodeCatalyst is a platform for software developers to plan, develop, collaborate on, build, and deliver applications on … continue reading
Privacy will be top of mind next year for many organizations, as five U.S. states will have new data protection laws going into effect. These include Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and Utah, as well as a new California law that is expected to be more rigorous than the already existing CCPA law. Companies who handle customer … continue reading
Amazon’s annual technology event AWS re:Invent kicked off on Monday, and throughout the week the company has been making exciting announcements at the event. The latest highlights from the event include: Amazon previews OpenSearch Serverless This new offering will enable customers to do analytics on their data without having to manage any of the underlying … continue reading
Anyscale, the company behind the open source unified compute framework for machine learning called Ray, has announced new updates to the Anyscale Platform. The platform enables companies to build, deploy, and manage machine learning and Python applications. One new addition is Anyscale Workspaces, which provides a unified development environment for building machine learning workloads. Developers … continue reading
Contrast Security has announced a new sponsorship program to support open source developers. Under the new Open Source Software Sponsorship Program, developers working on open source projects will be financially supported. According to the company, this will help accelerate time-to-market of those projects as well. Contrast Security explained that while open-source software has many benefits, … continue reading
Meta is yet again being fined for violating privacy laws in the EU. Earlier this year in September it was fined USD $400 million by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission for mishandling children’s data, and last September they were fined USD $267 million by Irish data authorities for violation in the messaging service WhatsApp. Now, the … continue reading
The release candidate for the latest version of the Linux kernel was announced last month, and one of the highlights in the release notes for Linux 6.1 is the inclusion of the initial infrastructure for adding Rust as a language. Rust has been growing steadily in popularity through the years, and though according to the … continue reading
